User blog comment:Bumfree/Spoiler ---- Epic End/@comment-1980831-20100609203607

Because I was modding on here long before the games release, I had the end game spoiled for me almost a week before the game was even released in North America.

Despite that, despite knowing how it was going the end, it was still brilliant, beautiful and poignant. The last ranch missions even lulled me into a false sense of security.

I almost hate Rockstar for killing him off, after spending that much time identifying with him and shaping his redemption from a life he did not want. On the other hand, Rockstar pulled it off with amazing skill. Whatever their writers and cinematic directors get paid; it's not enough.

Rockstar is really starting to define themselves as almost an auteur within the video game industry. That is something that really has had little meaning in the passed.