[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by timrpgland

I thought the ending was good.

Come on.

Spoilers!

You finish Dutch and rescue John's family, only to find out that they're a bunch of ungrateful simpletons, including a heretofore unmentioned lazy uncle. Then you have to endure the soul-crushing tedium of leading a normal life after your life of adventure ends. The worst was that ride to Bonnie's ranch with your wife nagging you the whole time. And when you leave, Bonnie gives that longing look because she knows as well as the player that it would've been better if John had never gotten his family back. And once John has been thoroughly beaten and humiliated with menial ranch work, the army comes and he's just so beaten down that he gives up and walks into a hail of bullets. And the icing on the cake: you have to play as his shitty, cheap-looking Johnny Depp knockoff of a son. Boo, Rockstar, boo. You were supposed to put all those endgame missions at the beginning so the players would have even the slightest interest in rescuing John's family. Hell, they ran like tutorial missions anyway.