if it would be like a prologue...i would buy it!

Potential Spolier....

More John, less Jake. Some more back story would be great.

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That's the one thing I didn't like about the main story of RDR. From the time that John was reunited with his family to the end, you really don't care for his family.

If they would have had some contact during the game, just a little bit, maybe some flashbacks, that part of the main story and even the ending would have meant a lot more to me.

I would love some story-based DLC for the game, or even something along the lines of the GTA IV episodic content, but all set in John's older life so we can really know him as a character.

But the short film, god kill me now. I don't know what happened, it could've been great but while some of the directing was cool, everything else was pretty terrible, only because they skipped over important parts and played around with the continuity of the story, and they even censored some words with extra (not present in the game) dialogue that you can't even see the characters saying, which looks pretty terrible. The whole thing felt like there wasn't anyone who really cared about the source material on the project.

my freaking gosh i might just drop gaming all together dlc that completes a story that i already paid for these developers are getting drunk on the dlc cash flow

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Yeah the ending was not great. Not only do you not get to kill the main baddie, Dutch, but then you spend 8 missions doing chores on a ranch, then you get killed, then you have to play as his awful son.

The kid sounded terrible and looked really weird. They took a risk, and I dont think it was a total failure, but it could have been better. I wanted the son to be angry, I wanted to feel it, I didnt feel anything with him.

I agree with both of you with regards to certain points.

I thought the ending was brilliant and well-thought out, even though it felt kinda sad. It had the perfect ending of how a Western movie should end - the main character gets shot down and killed in a blaze of glory, just as it happens in most classic Western action movies.

I kinda see what OSU__Gamer is saying. I did'nt feel too much for John Marston's wife and son, simply because I did'nt really know them because we hardly saw them for most part of the game. But I did like the part where John Marston attempts to bond with his son again by teaching him how to survive on the frontier, most men and teenagers can relate to that whole father-son thing. I did'nt find anything wrong with his son's voice tho, that was fine, he was still young. However I felt a lot more feelings and emotions for Bonnie McFarland more than anyone else in the game lol - especially at the cut-scene where you see an indication of her feeling a bit jealous after she continues to watch Marston and his wife leave her ranch on a cart after buying some of her cattle. She clearly looked attracted to him and it was plain to see in that scene that she wished she were the one to be his wife. I was hoping at the end that Marston would get with Bonnie in the end or at the very least I hoped he'd get the chance to give Bonnie a good bang, but it did'nt work out that way, oh well!

@ Eamon - LOL I did the same thing - I was so pent-up with revenge that I shot Edgar Ross's body like 10 times, even after I killed him. I shot his face so many times that it was no longer recgonizable. I even shot Edgar Ross's brother in the head and killed him right after he told me where to find Edgar ! I did'nt kill his wife tho, she seemed like a sweet lady.

I want this DLC to be about John Marston's son and the adventures he gets up to, that would be interesting. I don't really like the idea of goin backwards, a new story with his son would be very good idea in my view.

But those scenes could also be something that was removed from the game due to space or whatever.

That said RDR is a fantastic game and if I had my druthers for the DLC I'd much rather play as John than Jack.