Players always kill this NPC with no memory and miss the next encounters - RDR2

Captain Russell all encounters & Outcomes

#rdr2 #arthurmorgan

[mid_life_crisis]

Put about 300 hours into this game and have been from one corner of the map to the other; and have never had this encounter. What a great game.

[FM-kloc]

There is a civil war hat in RDR2, but I wish you could find a general's outfit to put on and go back to this guy and mess around with him.

[Sabretoothsquirrel]

I came across him with a high bounty once. After having the conversation with him a big group of bounty hunters came after me and the old soldier promptly got in a shootout with them. He went down but took a few of them with him. I picked off the stragglers. He got his anticipated battle at last.

And then he respawned right back the next time I came through, still oblivious as to what year it was.

[bigcat]

The final confrontation is strange because it seems like it should set up a resolution where you track down Muriel and bring her to this man to get him to come home.

[cheesydanishgaming]

It baffles me how neither Arthur nor John have tried to get through to him properly
They could’ve said “sir, the war is over.. Union won, we’ve met multiple times and you’re out here stuck living the same day over and over, no one’s sending any message, it’s the year 1899 (1907 if you’re playing as John)”
He’d probably be like “that’s ridiculous”
“Look I can prove it, I’ve got a newspaper right here with the current date clearly stated”
To which he’d probably either break down because he’s been out there so long or be ecstatic that the Union won and run home
Or I guess more likely think it’s a trick and attempt to shoot you calling you a confederate spy or something

[retrospectre]

People say theres no resolution, but there is a body at a burned out military camp with a wedding ring on it. No other encounter attached. I wonder if this is Muriel and he lost his mind when he found out. Thats why he cant move past April 14th, because after that he went home and Muriel died.

[snakethejake]

My guess is he has anterograde amnesia. It’s where your brain is unable to process new information, so his mind is permanently stuck on the day of April 14th 1862.

[-Grizzly_]

If I was in Arthur’s position I would’ve come back and said general scollick has given word that the war is over, you can return home now, especially since he doesn’t remember who you are or telling you that general scollick exists

[VL]

This is historically accurate. This has happened to many soldiers on the frontier West in the Civil War. In fact, this has happened in most wars, WW2 even up to Vietnam.

[Szilagyicsabaistvan]

"It's been a hard war and a long war"...."very long in your case" hahaha Arthur, what a reply.

[MrBankalicious]

How in the world have I never encountered this in all my runs 😂

[rotcehlobo]

“Don’t tell me you’re a Delaware boy.” Is gonna be my go to now.

[Potatinized]

"Sir, the war is over, go home. Here's some proofs"
"Oh dang, I better go back to my betrothed" **runs off**
1 day later, same place:
"ARE YOU FROM THE UNION????"
you know, I think killing him is the better ending for him.

[eeloo]

More than 900 hours played, platinum trophy included... And I've never seen this encounter... This game amazes me more and more

[-yeme-]

I always felt like it would fit with the tone of the game and the themes in most of the shacks and cabins if you went back there as John in the Epilogue and found a skellyton still sitting in his uniform and holding his rifle

[TheMitchZone]

Damn. I was lowkey getting into this like a TV show. I was hoping for a better/happier ending, and thought that Arthur was going to either finish the old man's repeated sentences to show him that they've met before, or show him a newspaper with the current date on it to prove that it isn't the year he thinks it is. It's sad to see the poor man imprisoned in his own mind, and wants to be free with his wife, but won't because he's too loyal and proud, and can't because he's just too lost, and unfortunately his wife may be too. Yet another insane detail by this masterpiece of a game. It really does hit different. ❤️‍🔥

[MOONSUNLife]

Just another example of why there will never, ever be another game like this one.

[nickwang]

I actually never met this guy, it’s crazy that rdr have so many surprises for player

[WolfgangTheGerman]

Neither Arthur or John thought to say, “it’s 1899”?

[HUNGENT]

Real case : Japanese soldiers who didn't know the war was over. He kept stay in small village and steal chicken, crops. Just waiting for support team.