As many players know, Red Dead Redemption 2 switches PCs near the end of the game. After Arthur Morgan’s death, players take control of John Marston, but he has a serious impact on the story before then. Players go on missions with him, see him around the camp, and more. At camp, Redditor DR_CheeseNut managed to stumble across a conversation between Hosea and John, wherein the latter utters an iconic line he first said (or, said later) in Red Dead Redemption 1.

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When asked if the Dutch van der Linde gang will be able to get out of this mess, Hosea talks about slipping the law, disappearing from the world, and being forgotten. Ultimately, John disagrees with this sentiment, responding with the line, “People don’t forget. Nothing gets forgiven.” It’s entirely plausible that many-a-RDR2 player has come across this line without realizing its significance, but it goes a bit deeper than that conversation implies.

Interestingly enough, the only ex-member of the Dutch van der Linde gang that John Marston has to kill is Micah, but the entire first game is spent hunting down former allies. John does so in order to save his wife and son, Abigail and Jack, but he requires a lot of help across the way and all over the map. One of his first allies is Bonnie MacFarlane, who eventually asks about John’s past. In response, he says, “People don’t forget. Nothing gets forgiven.” His entire story arc, from Red Dead Redemption 2 to Red Dead Redemption 1, is evidence of this conceit and that Hosea (who dies in RDR2) is ultimately wrong.

Nothing John Marston or the gang does in Red Dead Redemption 2 exactly gets forgiven, and it’s the fallout of their life choices that put each where they end up by the story’s closure. It’s actually this idea that John wants Jack to escape from, but the end of Red Dead Redemption 1 highly suggests Jack follows in his father’s footsteps. He was just avenging his family, but he’s unlikely to be forgiven for it all the same. Overall, it’s a nice poignant connection between the two games, one hopefully all Red Dead fans can enjoy.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.

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