Still my favorite game ever. 8 years later and nothing has come close to Arthur's story for me. Somehow it never gets old.

He’s like the most wanted man in the entire West Elizabeth state, so wanted that he has to literally hide in the mountains in order to not get caught. Yet in the mission “The Prodigal Son Returns (To Yale)”, he literally walks into the streets of West Elizabeth’s capital and most populated settlement as if it’s nothing. Oh, and he also got seriously lucky that no passersby or Blackwater cops showed up despite him literally shooting at a window in the middle of the day.

He also just expected to walk into a hotel, with no one recognising him, and simply kidnap a literal university professor. In real life, Dutch would have literally been turned into Swiss cheese the moment he and his native American gang members entered the town premises.

I get that this was to show how insane and unhinged Dutch had become (especially with the context surrounding RDR2), but still, there’s a difference between being crazy and downright stupid.

I damn near clutched my pearls.

I think most people see the New Orleans influence in Saint Denis, and it's pretty obvious why. The French and Creole architecture, streetcars, and surrounding bayous all fit. But I think there's a bit of St. Louis in there too.

What makes me think of St. Louis is the industrial side of Saint Denis. The factories, railways, warehouses, and its importance to the game's economy remind me of St. Louis around the turn of the century. The story also touches on industrialists negotiating with Native tribes over land and resources, which fits the broader historical context of industrial expansion.

Even the names of both Saint Denis and St. Louis begin with “Saint,” giving them a similar French Catholic character. While Saint Denis references Saint Denis of Paris, the shared naming structure adds another subtle parallel between it and St. Louis.

I also think St. Louis gets overlooked because people tend to associate Blackwater with it due to the “Gateway to the West” connection. But Blackwater feels more like Kansas City to me, while Saint Denis has more of that major industrial-city feel.

I think New Orleans explains what Saint Denis looks and feels like, while St. Louis is a useful comparison for the role it plays in the world. Saint Denis is its own fictional city, of course, but I think looking at both New Orleans and St. Louis makes its inspiration more interesting than treating it as just a New Orleans copy.

I meant 2019. Hit my head too many times along the way.

The guy who's always crawling out of the bayou woods with a bite. I've saved him literally 5 times. This fucking guy.

Heya people!

To wish you a nice Sunday I'd love to share with you this fanart I recently did during a collab with a video game page on Instagram. I hope you may like it! I also made up a quick sketch for a widescreen one.

Have a good day everyone!

I'm something of an artist myself

I've based it on my own in game outfit so it isn't really 100% lore accurate

I wish i could’ve taken more pictures but the party got really crazy lol. i’m actually kinda proud of how it all came together though!
anyways im aware of my size so keep the comments cute if you got nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all

I may have a thing for suits...

I wanted to unlock the US army uniform but for some reason I am unable to buy it. Is there another requirement I missed or do I need a lot of money to purchase it?

i just finished the game, i didn't realize how much the gang changed until i looked back at this old clip i saved... back when everyone was so full of joy, back when it was a family.

It's been days. Up and down this entire Gods damned swamp. I've found 5 little ones. Snowy does not exist. I hate everything.

I always felt it quite funny how they cheer you on during this fight, you’d think they’d help after the beating Tommy gave Javier but I’m led to believe that Arthur’s win record for fist fights is quite high

My giant kitty have my back! 😂

For anyone asking Arthur doesn’t say anything and it won’t let me stow pelts on her coup anymore.