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Who's the better Red Dead protagonist: John Marston, or Arthur Morgan?
- Thread starter RoboitoAM
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john marston is great but cant match the motherfucking gravitas of arthur morgan.
one of the videogame greats, no doubt.
one of the videogame greats, no doubt.
He just seems a pretty standard, regretful gunslinger who has a wonderfully tragic last arc. I don't think he's one of the best characters ever, maybe you could argue he's the most well acted in a game and I could see that. Some great voice acting in chapter 5.
The first Red Dead is one of my favourite games of all time - I was skeptical that the second could top it. Ultimately I think it does in almost every regard. But most of all is in narrative depth, and Arthur is front and center of that. One of the most layered and compelling protagonists I've ever seen in a video game.
Arthur interaction with the old dude with the prosthetic leg was one of the most wholesome thing I ever saw in anything. He had so much respect for him and how it ended. Arthur is cool man.
Arthur by far. One of my favorite side quest of this gen was when he met that widow in the forest. Such a well written character moment.
On the whole I think RDR2 gives you a better journey with Arthur, but I have not personally experienced anything in a game that I thought was more earned than the climax of John's story in RDR.
I loved John but it's easily Arthur. Arthur really reaped benefits of hindsight throughout his development. I don't think Rockstar expected to make a RDR2 when they created John. I could see it being a lot closer if the games released chronologically.
Yup.
I do like Marston though. Just that Arthur was an exceptional character.
I've never cared more about a video game character than Arthur Morgan. The whole experience made me appreciate John even more too. The quality of the writing was simply on another level for RDR2. I'll never forget my time with the game.
I went in with the "John's my dude. Fuck this new guy" mentality but he really grew on me. I loved Arthur as a character. He was the perfect balance of being a piece of shit and also having some good inside him. It's hard to portrait a character that does bad things because he was dealt a shitty hand in life but they did a good job with that. I felt for the guy, and that's more than I can say for most video game protags
Arthur by a long shot. He is very likable character who shows significant amount of development over the course of the game. I also like his sassy attitude especially towards the gang members. John was kinda plain. He was not entertaining.
Arthur and it's not close.
His death genuinely bummed me out in a way I possibly haven't felt for another game character.
Arthur. John is cool in concept but holy shit did he feel and act like a errand boy at times. Arthur at least protested to some things.
Hard to make a call. I liked RDR more so its hard to admit that the better protagonist might be in another game.
without Arthur, I don't know if I could've gotten through RDR2
He felt so real and 3-dimensional
He felt so real and 3-dimensional
Arthur. John is pretty charismatic in RDR, but Arthur is on another level. And Arthur's actor sells his posturing and dishonorable actions way better than John's. Arthur is just more funny, more intimidating, more ranged... more everything. And I loved John in RDR. Gonna echo many others ITT in declaring him my favorite video game protagonist (sorry Niko, we had a good run).
Arthur is incredible. Really just the scene near the end with the Nun cemented him as the best character I've seen in a long, long time
I still remember the first screens of Arthur and we all thought he was just some generic corn fed white dude lmao
It's Arthur dude. He's possibly a top 3 all time video games.
It's Arthur dude. He's possibly a top 3 all time video games.
Arthur.....and I still miss him. Kinda funny it's just a videogame character looking back a year in retrospect it was very bittersweet.
Arthur was amazing. Arthur is among the best written characters in gaming and amazing even by movie standards. I think many people played Red Dead 2 saying "I hope I can eventually play as John" but by the end many didnt necessarily want to stop being Arthur.