Ex-Mob Boss REACTS to Red Dead Redemption 2 | Van Der Linde Gang

I love how he appreciates the graphics

I love that Dutch's plan just goes sideways from the get go. Kinda like how most plans go.

I honestly would love to see a native who's well versed in American history react to Rains fall and his tribe. It would be interesting to see how accurate they were portrayed in the game with the added context of a tribesmen giving insight on the thoughts and feelings of his people during this time

“I’d rather be loved than feared” His reasoning behind that is awesome. Love watching this stuff!

This is an unexpected surprise. Franzese has adjusted well despite being 70 years old

Ex-mob boss reacts to Angelo Bronte's mob would be amazing.

I love how Michael sees one scene with Micah after the bank job goes wrong and he's like, "Yeah, he gave them up." I've always been on the fence on the "was or wasn't Micah a rat" debate, but I think his immediate assessment closed it for me.

He just made me realize.. What if Rockstar did a Mafia game.. holy crap I could 100% see that happening down the line and it would be so good. Nobody would expect that.

"If I needed a gun, today... I'd have whatever I wanted." Something chilling about that line.

I wish they'd given Michael a bit more info about the scenes he was reacting to, especially the scene at the Braithewaite manor. Even gangsters would balk at the idea of kidnapping a 4 year old over a personal dispute.

Seeing Hosea got shot always stopped my heart for a second, every time...

Video games are an under appreciated art that is becoming more and more recognised as a medium to tell a powerful story. He said he likes westerns, and as westerns go RDR2 has a great story.

Met this guy in July . He’s a slight man, 5’7 probably 130lbs. But his eyes and aura are intimidating no doubt . He’s the real deal

The Pinkerton Detective Agency was a private investigator firm which back then was hired by the U.S. government as well as various private clients - such as Mr. Cornwall in the game - to deal with interstate crime cases that could be anything from a missing person case to taking down outlaws like the game's Van der Linde Gang. They were very expensive but had the largest force of field agents in the States; in a sense they were forerunner for the FBI. Also, something I noticed as a regularity in the commentary: cowboys are NOT to be mixed with outlaws and gunmen. Being a cowboy was a legitimate business of herding cattle from A to B across long distances and living on the rough along the animals, as opposed to ranchers who were working at a more or less fixed location. It was the bandits and outlaw gangs that made a living by robbing trains, banks, stagecoaches, etc. Fun fact: There was also a tradition of "cowboying" in Europe as well up to the mid/late 1700s in Central Europe and the Balkans, with medieval Hungary being the biggest contributor to it. Since Hungarians had a nomadic ancestry before settling in Europe, trekking long distances with animals wasn't at all a strange concept and they herded quality cattle for meat and hide as far as the markets of London. In Hungarian we called these people a "hajdú" (hajdúk in plural) which is a derivative of the word "hajtó" which means - among other things - a herder or cattler.

Love his reactions. Gives me a perspective on how realistic and unrealistic is, during this time period.

I think it's cool to have an actual ex-capo of a real mob to validate everything in a mafia game. It's like sitting in a classroom and a special speaker comes in and you're just locked into his speech. I love the authenticity.

Shows that no matter the time period, the gang life is the same no matter what.

I'd be down to see Michael react to Mafia 3. Granted it's the least Mafia-like but it's more or less around his time as a mobster/captain at that point.

Let's just say killing Micah aka giving that sniveling, cowardly rat what he deserved as John in the post-game epilogue was so satisfying and it helped that I hated Micah's guts due to how he acted in the main story.

Whether it is accurate or not. The acting and characters and setting is just top notch. Its really a good modern tribute to old western movies. If it somehow came out in the 60's it would be a hit for several reasons. Not just because of the alien high tech technology its run on.