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** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand man]], [[SinisterMinister "Reverend" Josiah Reed]], is a monster in his own right. Reed initiates a massacre at the game's beginning on a steamboat that takes the life of the hero Colton White's adoptive father Ned. When a prostitute named Sady refuses to give Reed answers, he throws a hatchet into her head and has the entire crew massacred. Reed is revealed to be an unhinged lunatic, every bit as bad as his violent boss. When he captures a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold prostitute named Jenny]], Reed pointlessly slits her throat to let her die in front of Colton.

** [[BigBad Major Thomas Magruder]] is feverishly seeking a legendary lost city of gold called Quivira, and murders or tortures anyone who gets in his way. His defining moment came in a flashback to years before the events of the game, when he came to a small homestead out in the plains belonging to a benevolent doctor who helped the nearby Apaches. When the Apache chief tells Magruder that his lust for the treasure will lead to his doom, he coldly shoots him, then beheads the doctor. When one of his own soldiers protests his actions, Magruder shoots him, too. In present, Magruder simply attempts to wipe out the Apaches and whoever else he deems an obstacle to his hunt for gold. Magruder is a man singularly devoted to satisfying his own {{greed}}, no matter who gets in the way.

And we don't know much about Hollister himself, apart from the fact that he led the attack on the steamboat at the beginning of the game ([[OffscreenVillainy even though we don't actually see him do this]]) and he's not even introduced until much later in the game, only to be killed off two missions later. If anything, it's as though he was only introduced so that the game could have a boss battle in which Cole re-obtains Ned's rifle.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sergeant Hollister and the Renegades. The idea of an entire fort of U.S. Army soldiers having gone not only rogue, but totally insane ala ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', seems like an interesting concept to explore, except it's never explained ''[[NoodleIncident why]]'' they're like that, or why they would work for Reverend Reed, who is in turn working for a former Confederate officer (Thomas Magruder). Indeed, if it weren't for their association with Reed, they would just seem like a mere WackyWaysideTribe.\\\

* UnfortunateImplications: The game's portrayal of Native Americans and Chinese is quite...questionable. Some accuse the developers of using the period setting as an excuse to be racist.
** On the other hand, the game makes no claim at being realistic, and the portrayals are well within the boundaries of established SpaghettiWestern tropes.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sergeant Hollister and the Renegades. The idea of an entire fort of U.S. Army soldiers having gone not only rogue, but totally insane ala ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', seems like an interesting concept to explore, except it's never explained ''[[NoodleIncident why]]'' they're like that, or why they would work for Reverend Reed, who is in turn working for a former Confederate officer (Thomas Magruder). Indeed, if it weren't for their association with Reed, they would just seem like a mere WackyWaysideTribe.///

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sergeant Hollister and the Renegades. The idea of an entire fort of U.S. Army soldiers having gone not only rogue, but totally insane ala ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', seems like an interesting concept to explore, except it's never explained ''[[NoodleIncident why]]'' they're like that, or why they would work for Reverend Reed, who is in turn working for a former Confederate officer (Thomas Magruder). Indeed, if it weren't for their association with Reed, they would just seem like a mere WackyWaysideTribe.

:: And we don't know much about Hollister himself, apart from the fact that he led the attack on the steamboat at the beginning of the game ([[OffscreenVillainy even though we don't actually see him do this]]) and he's not even introduced until much later in the game, only to be killed off two missions later. If anything, it's as though he was only introduced so that the game could have a boss battle in which Cole re-obtains Ned's rifle.

:: And we don't know much about Hollister himself, apart from the fact that he led the attack on the steamboat at the beginning of the game ([[OffscreenVillainy even though we don't actually see him do this]]) and he's not even introduced until much later in the game, only to be killed off two missions later. If anything, it's as though he was only introduced so that the game could have a boss battle in which Cole [[spoiler: re-obtains Ned's rifle]].

:: And we don't know much about Hollister himself, apart from the fact that he led the attack on the steamboat at the beginning of the game ([[OffscreenVillainy even though we don't actually see him do this]]) and he's not even introduced until much later in the game, only to be killed off two missions later. If anything, it's as though he was only introduced so that the game could have a boss battle in which Cole [[spoiler:can re-obtain Ned's rifle]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sergeant Hollister and the Renegades. The idea of an entire fort of U.S. Army soldiers having gone not only rogue, but totally insane ala ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', seems like an interesting concept to explore, except it's never explained ''[[NoodleIncident why]]'' they're like that, or why they would work for Reverend Reed, who is in turn working for former Confederate officer (Thomas Magruder). Indeed, if it weren't for their association with Reed, they would just seem like a mere WackyWaysideTribe.
:: And we don't know much about Hollister himself, apart from the fact that he led the attack on the steamboat at the beginning of the game ([[OffscreenVillainy even though we don't actually see him do this]]) and he's not even introduced until much later in the game, only to be killed off two missions later. If anything, it's as though he was only introduced so that the game could have a boss battle in which Cole [[spoiler:can re-obtain [[AncestralWeapon Ned's rifle]]]].

: And we don't know much about Hollister himself, apart from the fact that he led the attack on the steamboat at the beginning of the game ([[OffscreenVillainy even though we don't actually see him do this]]) and he's not even introduced until much later in the game, only to be killed off two missions later. If anything, it's as though he was only introduced so that the game could have a boss battle in which Cole [[spoiler:can re-obtain [[AncestralWeapon Ned's rifle]]]].

** [[BigBad Colonel Thomas Magruder]] is feverishly seeking a legendary lost city of gold called Quivira, and murders or tortures anyone who gets in his way. His defining moment came in a flashback to years before the events of the game, when he came to a small homestead out in the plains belonging to a benevolent doctor who helped the nearby Apaches. When the Apache chief tells Magruder that his lust for the treasure will lead to his doom, he coldly shoots him, then beheads the doctor. When one of his own soldiers protests his actions, Magruder shoots him, too. In present, Magruder simply attempts to wipe out the Apaches and whoever else he deems an obstacle to his hunt for gold. Magruder is a man singularly devoted to satisfying his own {{greed}}, no matter who gets in the way.

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** The BigBad, Colonel Magruder, is feverishly seeking an el Dorado called Quivira, and murders or tortures anyone who gets in his way. His defining moment came in a flashback to years before the events of the game, when he came to a small homestead out in the plains belonging to a benevolent doctor who helped the nearby Apaches. When the Apache chief tells Magruder that his lust for the treasure will lead to his doom, he coldly shoots him, then beheads the doctor. When one of his own soldiers protests his actions, Magruder shoots him, too. In present, Magruder simply attempts to wipe out the Apaches and whoever else he deems an obstacle to his hunt for gold. Magruder is a man singularly devoted to satisfying his own {{greed}}, no matter who gets in the way.
** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], [[SinisterMinister Reed the preacher]], is a monster in his own right. Reed initiates a massacre at the game's beginning on a steamboat that takes the life of the hero Colton White's adoptive father Ned. When a prostitute named Sady refuses to give Reed answers, he throws a hatchet into her head and has the entire crew massacred. Reed is revealed to be an unhinged lunatic, every bit as bad as his violent boss. When he captures a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold prostitute named Jenny]], Reed pointlessly slits her throat to let her die in front of Colton.

** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], [[SinisterMinister Reed the preacher]], is a monster in his own right. Reed initiates a massacre at the game's beginning on a steamboat that takes the life of the hero Colton White's adoptive father Ned. When a prostitute named Sady refuses to give Reed answers, he throws a hatchet into her head and has the entire crew massacred. Reed is revealed to be an unhinged lunatic, every bit as bad as his violent boss. When [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold he captures a prostitute named Jenny]], Reed pointlessly slits her throat to let her die in front of Colton.

** The BigBad, Colonel Magruder, is feverishly seeking an el Dorado called Quivira, and murders or tortures anyone who gets in his way. His defining moment came in a flashback to years before the events of the game, when he came to a small homestead out in the plains belonging to a benevolent doctor who helped the nearby Apaches. When the Apache chief tells Magruder that his lust for the treasure will lead to his doom, he coldly shoots him, then beheads the doctor. When one of his own soldiers protests his actions, Magruder shoots him, too. His cruelty only worsens from there.
** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], [[SinisterMinister Reed the preacher]], starts by ordering a group of barbaric renegade soldiers to slaughter a steamboat in order to search it for a missing artifact. Later on, he murders [[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch Jenny]]]] in front of Colton White, just to hurt him.

** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], [[SinisterMinister Reed the preacher, starts by ordering a group of barbaric renegade soldiers to slaughter a steamboat in order to search it for a missing artifact. Later on, he murders [[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch Jenny]]]] in front of Colton White, just to hurt him.

** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], [[SinisterMinister Reed the preache]]r, is almost equally bad. The game starts with him ordering a group of barbaric renegade soldiers to slaughter a steamboat in order to search it for a missing artifact. Later on, he murders [[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch Jenny]]]] in front of Colton White, just to hurt him.

* UnfortunateImplications: The game's portrayal of Native Americans and Chinese is quite...questionable. Some accuse the developers of using the period setting as an excuse to be racist.

* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler: Jenny's death]].

** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], Reed the preacher, is almost equally bad. The game starts with him ordering a group of barbaric renegade soldiers to slaughter a steamboat in order to search it for a missing artifact. Later on, he murders [[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch Jenny]]]] in front of Colton White, just to hurt him.

** Hollister, a former Union sergeant turned utter psychopath who commands a small army of like-minded individuals. The man looks like a ghoul and wears the blood-stained skin of a BEAR on his back (with the head still attached no less). So as you can imagine he's not the most stable of men. When you manage to defeat him, he pulls a TakingYouWithMe.
*** [[spoiler: [[PostMortemOneLiner As Cole puts it]]]]
-> [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "Shame to waste good dynamite."]]]]

** The BigBad, Colonel Magruder, is feverishly seeking an el Dorado called Quivira, and murders or tortures anyone who gets in his way. His defining moment came in a flashback to years before the events of the game, when he came to a small homestead out in the plains belonging to a benevolent doctor who helped the nearby Apaches. When the Apache chief tells Magruder that his lust for the treasure will lead to his doom, he coldly shoots him, then beheads the doctor. When one of his own soldiers protests his actions, Magruder shoots him, too. His cruelty only worsens from there.
** Magruder's [[TheDragon right hand]], Reed the preacher, is almost equally bad. The game starts with him ordering a group of barbaric renegade soldiers to slaughter a steamboat in order to search it for a missing artifact. Later on, he murders [[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch Jenny]]]] in front of Colton White, just to hurt him.

* CompleteMonster: Hollister, a former Union sergeant turned utter psychopath who commands a small army of like-minded individuals. The man looks like a ghoul and wears the blood-stained skin of a BEAR on his back (with the head still attached no less). So as you can imagine he's not the most stable of men. When you manage to defeat him, he pulls a TakingYouWithMe.
** [[spoiler: [[PostMortemOneLiner As Cole puts it]]]]
-> [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "Shame to waste good dynamite."]]]]

* CompleteMonster: Hollister, a former Union sergeant turned utter psychopath who commands a small army of like-minded individuals. The man looks like a frikkin' ghoul and wears the blood-stained skin of a BEAR on his back (with the head still attached no less). So as you can imagine he's not the most stable of men. When you manage to defeat him, he pulls a TakingYouWithMe.

* CompleteMonster: Many of the antagonists fit this description, but the one who seems to take this cake the most is the crazed Hollister, a former Union sergeant turned utter psychopath who commands a small army of like-minded individuals. The man looks like a frikkin' ghoul and wears the blood-stained skin of a BEAR on his back (with the head still attached no less). So as you can imagine he's not the most stable of men. When you manage to defeat him, he pulls a TakingYouWithMe.