Something I should have more clearly stated was that this is very much an opinionated reflection, and I chose the title specifically to point that out. People are more than welcome to disagree with such a bold statement and I’m interested to know what YOUR greatest character is. Nobody is wrong for simply harbouring an opinion so try to keep it civil. Have a great day!

@foxskyful

Жыл бұрын

Max Payne when it comes to Rockstar characters

@thenorthfaceenthusiast6230

Жыл бұрын

Every single rdr2 documentary.

@jesusdeputy931

Жыл бұрын

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE YOUR CONTENT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS YOUR MOST RECENT UPLOAD IN 5 YEARS OR SO

@w4976.

Жыл бұрын

I agree with literally everything you said here. This game leaves me speechless and Arthur Morgan is probably the best character to ever be written, it’s just perfect, nothing else to say.

@HANKSANDY69420

Жыл бұрын

This game is literally the definition of perfection, of _course_ Arthur rules

Arthur is the perfect example of “fighting not because you hate who’s in front of you but because of love you have of those behind you”.

@StrangeSeat

Жыл бұрын

Except for the O'Driscolls. Fuck those guys

@Mewtwo_150

Жыл бұрын

That also applies to John, especially in the first game

@godzillazfriction

Жыл бұрын

low bonor is the canon and best arthur especially in writing a morally bad person who guess what has 'redemption' at the end

@flyinggherkin41

Жыл бұрын

@@bearby3285 he killed those only who shot at him first he didnt want to kill anyone. Obviously he didnt love micah as he knew his intentions of destroying the gang. Did you even play?

@flyinggherkin41

Жыл бұрын

@@bearby3285 clearly you have absolutely no idea what your on about. Canonically?? Bro the game is canon micah started shooting first and everyome started shooting at arthur straight after like were you knocked out during the scene. Arthur never even wanted to free micah you tool dutch forced him too like im so confused how your arguing about literal things you can just look up and watch. Stop it

Arthur simply saying the words "I'm afraid" is still heartbreaking everytime I hear it

@johnpurdy3336

Жыл бұрын

Always hits me in the feels like a fully loaded freight train 😔

@thomastut_

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpurdy3336 i hope you dont plan on getting hit by a fully loaded freight train

@StephanoBro78

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it happened to me watching this video, getting in the feels. I feel it's because as men, we know what it's like to "mask" our emotions, to be "brave" and put on a smile for our loved ones when we aren't truly in the smiling mood, and seeing a character just like that in media, truly being honest with himself and someone he cares for admitting and accepting a fear, how they truly feel. Gives us this sense of sadness, relief, pain, joy. A mix of emotions as we too want to "man-up" like Arthur and admit how we feel yet we "can't" at times, We understand the want to admit the negativity we feel, whether we choose to avoid it or just can't admit it but we get this familiar sense of fresh air when he is true to himself and others. We truly "feel" for Arthur. The realest character in fiction.

@rottensquid

Жыл бұрын

I love that moment so much. Here's a guy who isn't afraid to run into gunfire, who's faced greater dangers than any of us could ever imagine. So when he says "I'm afraid," he's not really talking about fear. It's a much bigger, much more existential dread, the horrifying realization that his life has meant nothing. He's not just facing the terrible unknown of death, but the even greater horror that his life might have been pointless, that everything that mattered to him, everything he fought and suffered for, was an illusion. Facing the certainty of death has a way of forcing us to face the hideous possibility that our life doesn't matter, that oblivion erases all meaning. What is there to hold onto when we know everything we worked or fought for will come to nothing? Back when I was a teenager in the late 80s, I took my dad to see Barton Fink, and he instantly became a huge Coen Brothers fan. When we watched "No Country for Old Men," and I felt like it pulled the rug out from under me, he focused on the moment when Sheriff Ed Tom Bell goes to see his uncle, and complains that he's been waiting in vain for God to come into his life and make it all make sense. My dad felt that, in that moment when Ed Tom found himself wondering where the hell God was, that was the moment he began to connect with whatever it was he'd been looking for, the answer to that existential question, "What actually is all this?" I think that moment Arthur admits for the first time that he's afraid, that's the moment he finds meaning.

@shaungreer3350

Жыл бұрын

he is the most heartbreaking character. My first play-through i kept one horse the entire game, named after my pet dog. That last mission in chapter 6 made me weap.

I read a quote once. If I remember: "Playing as Arthur Morgan didn´t just make me want to play with more honor, he made me want to Live with more honor".

@nonamemcgee1295

Ай бұрын

For real, crazy how a video game character makes you want to be a good person because you played and saw his journey and his end.

@LukeLoureiro-um4em

27 күн бұрын

Him and Micheal Corelone really change and impact you alot ​@@nonamemcgee1295

@rushpatriot2866

24 күн бұрын

It's similar to how vinland saga makes you want to be a better person funny how both are masterpieces

The thing that gets me the most about the ending is that in a conversation with Hosea and Lenny he is asked how he would want to be buried, and he says he would like to be facing west, watching the sun set on all the good times they had. Instead, he dies facing East, the opening to the new life he managed to give John, Abigail and Jack.

@kimberlyh.1090

9 ай бұрын

Him dying to the Sunrise is also symbolic of the new, advent 20th Century. With Arthur's death, the age of The American Outlaw and Old West has officially died with him, and come to an end; now is the age of machines, Government ruled by few powerful (rich) men, Laws and World War.

@50HamstersInATrenchcoat

9 ай бұрын

This but then I remember the end of the first game and sink into a deep depression.

@ABC_of_anal_intercource

8 ай бұрын

​@@50HamstersInATrenchcoat Your goddamn right

@brennzzz

7 ай бұрын

Charles buried him facing West.

@alexdeghost2729

6 ай бұрын

Until Edgar Ross fucked it up

“I’m afraid” is the most heartbreaking and relatable thing a video game character has ever said.

@Frosty1026

Жыл бұрын

Agreed you hear it in his voice too it makes me tear up a bit just rehearing it

@agustinvenegas5238

Жыл бұрын

Haven't ever played rdr2, still teared up a bit hearing that conversation here

@Maggai

Жыл бұрын

That's the moment that breaks me. The delivery in his voice and the look on his face. 😢

@ShadeLZST

Жыл бұрын

@@agustinvenegas5238 you’ll never regret playing it man, just play the good story line. You won’t get true redemption for Arthur without playing it right

@UndeadSoul47

Жыл бұрын

I come back to that scene every so often because it's just so damn well done. From the voice acting, to the animation on the facial expressions, it gets me every time man. The expressions are so well done that even if you've got the fullest beard possible, you can still see and feel the emotion on his face underneath. I may not like where Rockstar has been going with their practices, more specifically their treatments of both gta online and rdr2 online, but damn can they crank out an amazing game/story when they put their minds to it.

Don't forget that Aurthur petted and talked to his dead horse , and thanked it for its service.. I 'm still crying. The 😭

@abhisheksavant4307

Жыл бұрын

That shit hit hard. In my gameplay I knew because of spoilers that Arthur was going to die but I wasn't ready for the horse death like that.

@Coach_Brian

Жыл бұрын

that's the scene that made me cry. 100%

@pepperblaster9397

Жыл бұрын

I think it actually only happens if you have level 4 bonding with your horse, but I got it and almost cried

@MrLorro

Жыл бұрын

Only happens if you have level 4 bounding, at the lowest he just give his horse a glance and move on.

@LotFrat

Жыл бұрын

@@pepperblaster9397 you need to be high honor too, right?

I was 32 when this game came out. No game had ever made me cry. This game made me cry twice in the same mission. I ugly cried when Arthur said goodbye to his horse. Then when he finally died... best story-driven game ever

@AP-op4rc

10 ай бұрын

Oh god dude, him saying goodbye to the horse was brutal, even more so if it was Beull who you got from the old veteran.

@inthemiddleofsomecalibrations

10 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Artemis, my brave, beautiful girl.

@strangelalansbury5028

9 ай бұрын

@@AP-op4rc I always get the white Arabian pretty early and name it Shadowfax. I use it the whole playthrough every time.

@kimberlyh.1090

9 ай бұрын

The Last of Us (Sarah's death, and Ellie refusing to let Joel abandon her to Tommy) was the first video game to ever make me cry; the entire game was a lesson in just how much emotional depth a game can give. Soma (2015) left me in a existential, depressed state for a week. But RDR2 was the first time that I felt I was actually subject to 'looking in' to a human being from 1899's life, more than playing a game. A masterpiece.

@LordMalice6d9

8 ай бұрын

@@inthemiddleofsomecalibrations I always choose female horses and female characters in online or mmo games typically. Not sure why.

The sadest part for me is that Arthur's final redemption is undone when John is betrayed and murderd by Edgar Ross which, I believe, leads to Abigails early death and for Jack to seek out revenge against Ross and then turn into an outlaw himself. Thus rebirthing the cycle that Arthur tried to end.

@jaimeruiz7837

9 ай бұрын

I still want a game with Jack as the main character. Send him to Germany or France for a war and have him come back to become a gangster.

@GunnGunn10

8 ай бұрын

In one of GTA games, there is a book titled Red Dead written by J. Marston. And knowing that Jack really loves literature, I think it was his book. Maybe he become a writer after killing Ross

@rikybarbeito4123

6 ай бұрын

@@jaimeruiz7837Why would jack be part of the goverment? They killed his dad

@rikybarbeito4123

6 ай бұрын

@@GunnGunn10it was just a reference. The games are set in different universes

@jaimeruiz7837

6 ай бұрын

@@rikybarbeito4123 because he gets forced into it because they somehow find out that he killed murdered that one guy. Super easy to figure that out… come on man. Use brain a bit.

Losing Arthur really felt like losing someone you know. Not someone close enough to grieve for, but close enough that it makes you sad to know they are gone. His death felt so "real".

@SHAH-UZER

Жыл бұрын

I think the only reason some of us didn't burst in tear was because he is a fictional character. If we knew him and lived with him in 1899, I bet he would be even more "real".

@catwithevilintentions2632

Жыл бұрын

​@@SHAH-UZER Honestly, yeah. I'm going to cry on his final scene (I haven't finished the game yet lol). But then again, I get attached too easily. But I also see them as real people, not being real as you and I are, but real as in they exist. Like, in their own universe, I mean. I'm on the outside looking in, y'know?

@Assassin5671000

Жыл бұрын

Man and they even killed my horse ,my good girl that was like an extra gut punch for me

@diskoelfas

Жыл бұрын

@@Assassin5671000 Yeah, I had tamed the white arabian. For some weird reason it had black tail and mane (haven't seen it anywhere else, a glitch maybe?). That horse was so special for me. :(

@12fall09

Жыл бұрын

@@diskoelfas same for me but that was my old save but I lost the white arabian so if you want to get it back you’d have to load a new save

I didn't actually cry at Arthur's death. I thought it was the best he could've hoped for as an outlaw. But then as I started playing John, even though I love him too, I felt that very real gaping hole of "oh, he's really gone". It was crazy how Arthur's death felt like missing a real person, missing the little quips and jokes he'd make. I was probably 5 missions into the epilogue when it hit me and I started crying.

@theoutsiderjess4869

Жыл бұрын

Same I love Arthur so much but I couldn't cry I felt like he didn't want me to cry and I felt proud of him when he died he went out the way he wanted to go while accepting that end of the Western civilization and the rise of the Eastern civilization. but a game did make me cry a lot that year and it was Spiderman that ending was equally emotional

@RS-gh5df

Жыл бұрын

Bro said he started crying💀

@AJB-mo5gx

Жыл бұрын

@@RS-gh5df if you didn’t tear up playing this game you have no heart

@megacheese6138

Жыл бұрын

@@AJB-mo5gx FR

@Kaiodenic

Жыл бұрын

Fr, it's amazing. I know they also did this before, but it's so effective to let you keep playing and add a whole two chapters after he dies. You can't just move onto the next game and conclude with his death - you have to continue the story to complete it, and actually live in the world where he's gone, and notice and feel his absence. It's a brilliant way to make the death of a character impactful more than conclusive. I think it also helps that his redemption is so in character. He doesn't flee and redeem himself by just being good moving forward. He doesn't magically fix all the problems he's created for people. He helps people who he can still help while being unable to fix the damage he's already done, and he's still tied to his found family and there is no escape from that. He goes down doing the best he can _at this point_ , having already done all the damage he's done. Which is far, far below than the best possible outcome he could have hoped for if he was a different person leading up to this moment - but unlike in many other games/stories, he can't just have the happy ending after all he was part of. That and the fact that all the "bad" stuff he does, you can see the duality of both his morality disagreeing with what he's doing, but also knowing he's part of the group and this is just what he's gotta do/being raised knowing that this is part of the job description despite Dutch's "teachings." I seriously appreciate that he doesn't just flip and refuse to do evil after the first quarter or half the story. He comes to terms with his position in life and the contrast between his morality and his actions very slowly, and even after that he still listens to Dutch for a long time. As well he should, he was raised in that life after all, people don't just flip a switch and become angels all of a sudden.

Every time I watch or play the scene with Arthur finally letting his feeling out, every time he says “I’m afraid”, I just tear up. It’s such a powerful scene, it’s gut wrenching and emotional.

@scarprince7557

4 ай бұрын

For real, I’ve been saying this everywhere, after seeing how he manages to scare the sh*t out of anybody, and then seen his face in a mixture of fear/sadness just broke me to the core, I had to pause the game because my tears keep covering my eyes from seeing the rest of the scene…

@godzillazfriction

3 ай бұрын

it's such a overrated scene to make up for the sake of trying to seem 'deep' and 'complex' enough for someone like Arthur to say 'I'm afraid' - it's a scene made to be as OP wrote 'powerful' for the sake of it... the Low Honor version of the Reverend scene (instead of Cauldron) does the same thing without having to resort to the lengths that the Sister Cauldron scene goes to although they're different because, one tries to make it seem as if Arthur 'can change' and his way of life doesn't 'determine' whether he's a bad person or not although Sister Cauldron contradicts herself by determining Arthur is good simply because of what she saw in Arthur in his doing from her own perspective which goes against her point about 'determining' and how Arthur 'can change' but with that comes with determining 'change' for Arthur... the other one is about how one can't seem to change but only that you keep fighting (trying) but not rationalise it by determining change or the morality within you or to others. This is something that RDR1 discusses about (although in a much better written way because RDR2s writing is convoluted for the wrong reasons), with John, Dutch and practically Humanity in general since the 'paradox' that Dutch talks about is something that is contradictory by nature with those who can't fight their own nature as well as change (and gravity) and that's the paradox of it. This is something that John comes to the conclusion that 'maybe we can't change, but we can at least try' - this is in correlation to Arthur Morgan via Low Honor in chapter 6... The 'redemption' aspect isn't supposed to be taken in its literal form as its meant to represent a mere catalyst of it that isn't supposed to be taken in its literal form.

@RedArrow808

Ай бұрын

@@godzillazfrictionit’s okay man.

@Dedpossum-lo6gf

27 күн бұрын

What the fuck kinda peyote shit are you smoking dawg cuz I want some ​@@godzillazfriction

Arthur is an insanely well written character because in the beginning most people we’re probably like “ugh I don’t want to play as this Arthur guy I wanna play as John” then by the end EVERYONE was saying “noooooo I wanna keep playing as Arthur not John” It genuinely makes me shed a tear when he dies. The last time I played the game I completely forgot that he died but when I was on the last mission I had to pause the game and take a break because I knew what was coming up

@godzillazfriction

3 ай бұрын

so care to elaborate how Arthur is 'an insanely well written character'... plus im sure those were not the only reasonings for not wanting to play as Arthur since he's also an evil scumbag...

@Hell_diver1

3 ай бұрын

@@godzillazfriction did you play the game and finish it? If so you would know that he became very kind at the end and sure he was “evil” at the start but then ended up becoming kinder and instead of leaving himself he allowed John to escape and be with his family. And also if you do all the debtor missions and other stuff he eventually gives the money back to some families and helped Sadie with getting revenge and being one of the only people she trusts We see him (Arthur) go from a criminal to someone who helps other before himself

@godzillazfriction

3 ай бұрын

@@Hell_diver1 same old, same old...

@mezz3036

3 ай бұрын

This whole video elaborates on how he is a well written character.@@godzillazfriction

@godzillazfriction

3 ай бұрын

@@mezz3036 😐... wUaaattt... i DidNt kNoW TgAT.

Rockstar designed the game so good that you actually bonded with Arthur Morgan. Such a good character.

@theskyizblue2day431

10 ай бұрын

Npc tier comment. Was this written by ai?

@therealshadow9949

10 ай бұрын

​@@theskyizblue2day431🤡

@KarmaDrip

10 ай бұрын

@@theskyizblue2day431🤡

@oui2611

10 ай бұрын

generated by chatgpt.

@beheumband5758

10 ай бұрын

@@theskyizblue2day431🤡

Let's all give Sister Calderon some applause because I think she played an important role and also helped shift Arthur's view on life... 😊

@danielboyle435

Жыл бұрын

and the funny thing is you can miss it entirely. I only saw this scene on my second playthrough because I didn't do many side quests during that part of the game. After hearing about it, though not seeing it, I replayed it and saw this absolute masterpiece of a scene. Even now, rewatching it in this video had me tearing up just because it meant so much to Arthur to have that conversation. And it meant so much for the audience to hear it as well.

@marbleherogaming735

Жыл бұрын

Im afraid

@Blessupph777

Жыл бұрын

@@marbleherogaming735 I'm afraid

@averywot.

Жыл бұрын

@@Blessupph777 There is nothing to be afraid of. Take a gamble that love exists, and do a loving act

@miggydoms

Жыл бұрын

​@@averywot. thanks for making me cry

My favorite line is when John says "Arthur what about the money for my Red Dead Redemption" and Arthur says "Forget the money, This is my Read Dead Redemption Too" truly heart wrenching.

@nate1735

10 ай бұрын

Arthur did not said that

@Bearcutio

10 ай бұрын

@@nate1735yes he did, and then he red dead redemption’d all over the place

@Doginawall

10 ай бұрын

@@nate1735yes I did

@epicman4415

10 ай бұрын

​@@nate1735see Arthur Morgan himself confirmed it

@howtoeatanelephant5745

10 ай бұрын

@@Doginawallngga you alive?

bro casually dropped this banger of a video and then left lol

@genxvrx

2 ай бұрын

Lmao

When Arthur died and I saw the sunrise. I felt relievrd. Relieved that Arthur could die watching the sunrise and resuce the last person he cared about. Relieved that I, the butcher of Valentine and Saint Denis, managed to miraculously end with a high honor ending. Relieved that I, like Arthur, managed to Red Dead Redeem myself.

@TheSnolana

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@DaveyFish1

Жыл бұрын

The Butcher of Valentine and Saint Denis😂 love it lol

@godzillazfriction

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSnolana low honor is canon and the best arthur

@jimbenzo

Жыл бұрын

@@godzillazfriction high honor is canon

@anijeepa

Жыл бұрын

@@godzillazfriction it's not canon nor is it the best

I LOVE Sister Calderón. Her missions and interactions were so good and genuine. When Arthur admits he's afraid and she gave him hope, you felt it too.

@beedlebur

Жыл бұрын

I teared up in their final exchange before she left on the train

@jmgfx4161

Жыл бұрын

@@beedlebur me too. The writing and acting in this game was superb. You almost forget that it's a game at times.

@sane7527

Жыл бұрын

@@jmgfx4161 it is better than most of the stories ever written

@Hally-oc8ry

Жыл бұрын

I cried during the final train scene

@nicktherude

Жыл бұрын

love doing it but kinda sad i don’t get to talk to reverend swanson for the last time

Arthurs emotional scenes always manage to get a couple tears out of me, now I wouldn’t consider myself a tough guy exactly, but I don’t usually cry very easily, I didn’t even cry when I found out that my grandpa died and I loved him very much. But something about this character (Arthur Morgan) is just so powerful and heartbreaking, brave and scared, good and evil, or happy and sad that I just can’t help but shed a tear for him. Amazing job to Rockstar, I envy those who have never played the game before because it gives them the chance to play it for the first time, something I can only dream of doing again. That’s all, thanks for reading.

@Word420-hv7yx

8 ай бұрын

Wtf How can you not cry over a real person (even tho sorry for your loss) but have emotion over arthur even tho it was sad, thats kinda...

@blinkq_530

5 ай бұрын

people handle things different i was the same doesn't mean you loved them any less@@Word420-hv7yx

@rawman44

4 ай бұрын

@@Word420-hv7yx I think sometimes people don't let out what they feel, and it comes through at other times. There have been times where I feel sad but don't show it, and I think that kind of thing builds up, so when the emotions do break through, you're feeling all of it.

@Temperius

4 ай бұрын

I find that for real people I have a far tougher time processing it and understanding that, while for Arthur it was a bit simpler to understand.@@Word420-hv7yx

@Google-Username

4 ай бұрын

​@@rawman44yeah, that's just waiting for every toxic little thing to build up and make a person explode from time to time. My guy should try to learn his Pops history, it's probably filled with just as much trouble and sorrow knowing what most our grandparents had to endure.

The Hamish questline is one of my all-time favorite questlines ever it's such a superbly executed quest with the contrast between man who fought for something he believed in and a man who fought for something he didn't understand and the friendship that blooms i can't even do it justice in 2 mins to write this but it's one of the only quest that effected me deeply in a videogame

in rdr2 there were only 3 moments that made me cry. Arthurs death, John's iconic theme playing in Jim Milton rides again? and Arthur saying that he's afraid no other game I've played has made me emotional like the way rdr2 has.

@CheezDoodlezz

Жыл бұрын

4 moments for me Arthur says he afraid Death of Eagle Flies Death of Arthur Morgan The Ending credits

@cornholio8739

Жыл бұрын

I’ve played a lot of games with sad shit that happens but Arthur saying he’s afraid like he did actually made me cry

@victoryteamtv

Жыл бұрын

mine are very memorable 1.Hot Air Baloon Man death ( idk) 2. Arthur’s Last Ride back to camp , thay song i was legitimately bawling, saddest part of the whole game 3. Susan Grimshaw death 4. Malibu my trusty black arabian death in last mission 5. arthur death but i was only tearing By far the saddest was his last ride

@Toy1er

Жыл бұрын

@@victoryteamtv These are the heartbreaking moments that made this gamer shed a tear. 1. Not finding Gavin 2. Not finding Gavin 3. Not finding Gavin 4. Not finding Gavin 5. And of course who could forget the death of the Hot Air Balloon Man. Truly one of the most heartbreaking moments in modern media. RIP Hot Air Balloon Man, we hardly knew ye

@victoryteamtv

Жыл бұрын

@@Toy1er we lost an innocent soul, gone but not forgotten. and who could forget my first morgan house wetty fap, hit by an oncoming train as i was experimenting with death

almost 5 years later and 6 playthoughs, i still always tear up seeing him take his final breath

@anasshahid224

Жыл бұрын

Same man 😢

@caveresch

Жыл бұрын

And watching him say goodbye to his horse... Man that ending. I've never wished I could go into a game and stop anyone from doing anything like I want to go in and stop Arthur from going near Downes. This goes for movies too, with the exception of iron man.

@randycompton9191

Жыл бұрын

Same, Even watching someone else experience it for the first time.

@josephhsaga

Жыл бұрын

i cant even get 45 fps :((

@Jeremy-hx7zj

11 ай бұрын

"tear up" yeah, just like, a single manly tear. I don't ugly cry like a baby. Not every single time. Nope.

I'm so glad that when you look up 'The greatest fictional character ever' on both youtube and google this is the first thing that comes up.

The stars seemed to align just right when Rockstar put this game together. I was talking to a friend that hadn't played it yet and he said "Everyone who tells me about it all say it's the best game they ever played". He finally finished his first playthrough and said "I get it now".

Something I'm surprised you didn't reference was Arthur's journal. He writes openly about how disgusted he is by the money lending and how he is "revolted" by his part in it. As well as how, while he loves Dutch as a father, he loves Hosea more because Hosea feels human but Dutch doesn't; and that was in the very beginning before any of the plot even started.

@wasabi5338

11 ай бұрын

yeah it makes sense. Dutch and Hosea were his fathers but it always feels like Dutch was cultivating a soldier while Hosea was raising a son. If you do missions with them seperately, even in the earlier chapters, Dutch seemed to keep subtly reminding Arthur of his place, while with Hosea they act like father and son.

@Walleyedwosaik

10 ай бұрын

@@wasabi5338rip hosea

@guerrero-iw9mw

10 ай бұрын

He writes a surprising amount in his journal actually, like when you do the Black Belle mission, he'll write afterwards that he thinks he could've had something good going with Black Belle if she was younger and it was a different time period

@amelieshuman3324

10 ай бұрын

@@guerrero-iw9mw I remember that too. One of my favorite things to do was just sit down and read his journal between story missions

@mightywilhelmi788

9 ай бұрын

@@guerrero-iw9mw damn I really need to read the journal more

At 18:58, Arthur's facial expressions are what a lot of men do when they're trying to hold back tears. Really well done.

@Colt_Buck

Жыл бұрын

it is true and it was indeed very well done

@felathar1985

Жыл бұрын

God damn... First time I saw this scene I was in my living room with my headset on and my wife walked in. She saw me crying like a kid. I've never felt like that about any other video game character ever.

@Colt_Buck

Жыл бұрын

@@felathar1985 me either

@basedboi3956

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing this out, you’re so right. Looking away from the other person so you can gather your emotions before facing them again, wincing in the eyes to stop any tears from flowing, the clenching and jutting out the jaw. Incredible animation of non-verbal communication

@AverageJoe483

Жыл бұрын

Outstanding observation !

My man comes back to KZread after 6 years with something profound to say, grabs 2M views and then rides off into the sunset again

The final ride was ridiculously emotional. I’ve never cried after watching a movie or tv show but RDR2 had me choked up and teary eyed at the end of the final mission.

I literally finished RDR2 the first time while I was going through cancer and rethinking the actions, relationships, and time in my own life (though with a much better prognosis, to be clear). There aren't enough words to conveny how much Arthur's story hit me.

@killerkomedian1342

Жыл бұрын

I hope you’re doing better man. That really an odd and specific way to have been able to view the game through and I feel like you may have gotten something from it that no one else was quite able to

@Miss_Distress

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing. I can only imagine!

@ari1758

Жыл бұрын

Are you doing ok now?

@vitinhosomente

Жыл бұрын

I hope you are doing ok buddy, glad you share it with us

@MaskedMazter

Жыл бұрын

​@@ari1758 damn he's dead

Arthur and Hosea are the best representation of good people caught in a bad situation. Hosea was Arthur’s morale compass, he openly challenged Arthur and the gangs decisions in early chapters. After Hosea died Arthur started to act in the same way Hosea does, even Dutch mentions how Arthur is turning into Hosea in later chapters. Even when he rescues John from prison, a something Hosea would have done with him if he was alive. The vander lin gang were referred to as the sons of Dutch. But given how things ended I always view Arthur, John and Charles as the sons as Hosea.

@inthemiddleofsomecalibrations

10 ай бұрын

Lenny and Sean, too.

@hylianro

10 ай бұрын

Hosea and Charles seemed to give Arthur a moral compass

@aminepro8978

10 ай бұрын

Charles joined the gang 6 months before the events of rdr2 which means he wasn't raised by dutch & hosea , although he is very similar to hosea , he is not like a son of him

@ForeignCapone

9 ай бұрын

The Vander Lin gang isn’t referred to as the children of Dutch. Only John and Arthur, Dutch (and Hosea) took in Arthur when he was 14, and took in John when he was 12. He basically raised both.

@joaquinmiranda5418

9 ай бұрын

​@@ForeignCaponeI think Javier was also raised by Dutch

29:01 made me cry. Your beautiful analysis of Arthur's character and his victory in death, coupled with "May I Stand Unshaken" was extremely emotional and sad (in a sweet, heartwarming way). This moment was the highlight of a generally insanely good analysis of one of my favourite fictional characters ever. Awesome video, keep it up!

@godzillazfriction

3 ай бұрын

so care to elaborate how good this game is especially Arthur's character and with him being deemed as a 'good person' by the majority of the RDR2 community...

There's a few moments where the motion capture absolutely shines through. "I didnt know i was talking to a Lady" and "I'm afraid". I've spent 400 hours laughing and crying with Arthur Morgan. He is the greatest fictional character

When I was playing this game my dad was diagnosed with not treatable cancer. He didn’t stopped fighting till the end. As I finished the game, i was so broken hearted because of Arthur’s death but it reminded me that Arthur was a fighter for those who loved and what it matters is what you give to those who you love and how they will remember you. After 3 weeks my dad passed away. Then I remembered that he did what he had to do and what it matters is that he gave me everything he had. I see Arthur like my father and John like me. Rdr2 is the only game I haven’t stop playing and every time I see Arthur passing out I feel blessed that I witnessed this great journey and blessed that I had such a great dad. The death scene doesn’t hurt anymore, is just a reminder of how blessed I am. Thank you Arthur, thank you Rockstar and thank you dad ❤ 2/1/1968 - 8/1/2020

@mainsource8030

Жыл бұрын

i wonder if the man who coughed in his face is the reason he contracted tuberculosis? im sorry about your father, may he r.i.p.

@nck2055

Жыл бұрын

@@mainsource8030 That's where Arthur got it from. That's why him getting TB is so poetic.

@mainsource8030

Жыл бұрын

@@nck2055 mind blown!

@negativeiqpoints396

Жыл бұрын

Im sorry for your loss

@GroundbreakGames

Жыл бұрын

As a dad I can say 100% your father would be very grateful to hear that. May he party in paradise! 🎉

Red Dead Redemption 2 is easily one of the most amazing stories ever told. I'd like to think that one day it'll be studied as heavily as a lot of other works of fiction. I've never been so attached to a story as I was with Arthur Morgan's

@themadtitan7603

Жыл бұрын

I'd argue it already up there from an online essay and analysis front. If video game storytelling is studied in the same way film does, I bet RDR2 will be one of the first games leading that charge alongside classics like TLOU.

@TheUndeadOhioan1999

Жыл бұрын

@@themadtitan7603 honestly I think its a huge shame that some people don't view video games the same way as books and movies. Hell most of the time these days games do a better job storytelling than any other form of media. But I agree that hopefully one day video games are studdied in schools, and it would be a bad call to not have the Red Dead series, The Last of Us, Telltales The Walking Dead, or Persona 3, 4, and 5 not being the first since they all leave a lasting impression, and most importantly, a message that stays with you long after

@Toy1er

Жыл бұрын

It is now Epic Gamer Time. 😎

@sentientbeing8738

Жыл бұрын

@@themadtitan7603 TLOU is really amazing by video game standards but honestly its just "good" by book standards.

@sentientbeing8738

Жыл бұрын

@@TheUndeadOhioan1999 Its because video games have much worse writing than any other for of media on average. Thats just a fact.

Your portrayal of Arthur's character is a profound testament not only to his depth but also to your own artistic prowess. I find myself moved to tears as I absorb the intricacies you've woven into his persona. Your deliberate selection of poignant scenes, the eloquence of your words, and the heartfelt manner in which you conveyed it all have elevated Arthur to unprecedented depths. Sir, I extend my utmost respect to you for this masterful depiction.

@TheSnolana

6 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️

This video is opening up my wounds again . I mourned a lot after Arthur passed away . Rockstar did an amazing job in making the audience care so much for a character.

When Arthur gave John his hat it hit me really hard. That means so damn much. When someone in that culture finds the right hat it becomes a part of who they really are. So when he passed on his hat to John, that was the biggest way Arthur could truly say I love you. This is why whenever I play as John I always have him wearing Arthur’s hat.

@69Solo

Жыл бұрын

The hat which Arthur gave to John, is the same hat which Arthur's father use to wear. You can see it in the picture's which are hanging on his caravan.

@technomage6736

Жыл бұрын

After seeing a clip of that scene with the raccoon hat, it was so ridiculous that I can't think of that scene the same again 🤪

@averywot.

Жыл бұрын

Since Arthur never really says he loves someone, him passing on his hat to John quite literally brought me to tears. That scene and the sister Calderone train station scene are the two most cathartic scenes in the whole game

@averywot.

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-jj8gz both their hats are stylish as hell

@nickh495

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-jj8gz you really have no understanding of what I said then

This is the only video game that ever made me literally cry. What a brilliant character arc and amazing story telling. Best game ever made hands down

It’s been so many years, I can honestly say that this game has stuck with me more than any other in the last 10 years. At the end of the game when Arthur is riding back to camp and he says “ It’s Red Dead Redemption Time” really broke me to my core 😢😢

What really makes it even more heart breaking is that in the end, he failed to save John

@TheSnolana

Жыл бұрын

Yes and no I think. The game’s epilogue isn’t something I talked about but I think while it does serve to pretty seamlessly set up the events of the first game, I think it’s also a pretty beautiful demonstration of what Arthur died for. I think John building a house and proposing to Abigail is made a lot sweeter knowing that such events were solely enabled by Arthur’s sacrifice. But yes, knowing John’s fate at the end of the first game is pretty rough hahaha

@yorickmori7735

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSnolana not quite His sacrifice wasn't only for John but for Jack too, as Jack got to live on avenging John and have a life. Who knows what would happen to Jack if Arthur didn't save Abbigail and John. It basically comes down to securing the future generations to survive and live on

@thatguy-lo3cn

Жыл бұрын

no he told john to run and never look back but john instead of doing that John went after Micah

@WEAREALLJUSTMEAT

Жыл бұрын

@@yorickmori7735 but jack also succumbs to the path of vengeance just like his father

@WEAREALLJUSTMEAT

Жыл бұрын

@@thatguy-lo3cn exactly

"You can't live a bad life and have good things happen to you." Arthur understands this and uses his limited time to help others and make sure everyone he is loyal to makes it out. It's too late for him, but not for everyone else. This is such an amazing and unique character trait.

@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle

Жыл бұрын

Too bad that it's literally not true.

@Coffee_and_Games_Official

Жыл бұрын

@@FuckKZreadAndGoogle how so? He spends the last bit helping his friends try and get out. If you're not a bastard he dies helping john get away.

@MrWepx-hy6sn

11 ай бұрын

If only that were true my best friend would be sharing a drink with me instead of being six feet under due to a negligent truck driver

@kingoreo6379

10 ай бұрын

​@MrWepx-hy6sn You can't be a bad person and have good things happen to you. But you can also be a good person and have bad things happen to you. It's the unfairness of life. I can relate to you, my brother died, my friend died. That's just how it goes. The uncaring cruelty of the universe, as long as you have joy, you don't have nothing. There's always something. "People die, but the potential for fun never does."- what I said a day after my brother died and I was going to a New Years party, had a great time, did karaoke, got a woman, don't let the unfairness and cruelty bog you down man

@kingoreo6379

10 ай бұрын

​@@MrWepx-hy6snI also only told one person at the party, other than my friends that actually knew. I didn't want anyone feeling bad for me, kind of like Arthur with his TB

The care and attention to this video, for Arthur's life deserves all the subs. “Be loyal to what matters.” - Arthur Morgan

I originally got this game just wanting to be an outlaw and having fun. I finished this game with a new perspective on life with a whole new love for games and the stories they can tell.

I love that John wears Arthur’s hat while fighting micah and his men. No matter how much John repeats that he left the pass behind.. he never let Arthur in the past. We can see that he is still on his mind, every day.

@piemseml6206

10 ай бұрын

i rememberd to always pick up the hat in american venom so that when i finally get to kill micah i will do it in arthurs hat

@shadowwylde

9 ай бұрын

If they ever remaster RDR1 they should change Johns hat to Arthur’s.

@wildmoose3979

9 ай бұрын

​​@@shadowwyldethey should just give you both like in the epilogue

@Coltist...6g3

9 ай бұрын

​@shadowwylde That's so dumb. John is his own person. He holds onto past, but he does have his own identity. John started the series and deserves his own persona along with his own hat instead of being Jarthur Margan.

@wildmoose3979

9 ай бұрын

@@Coltist...6g3 it would still be cool if they added in a couple refrences to Arthur and sadie and charles and such, they could also give you arthurs hat and johns hat like in the epilogue of rdr2, that way once you get around to jack you have the full protag hat set

I think there's something to be said about a character that people prefer to play as over a legendary character like John Marston.

@eagleye2893

Жыл бұрын

Yep. It's Amazing that a New Protagonist Can Outshine a Legendary One. Especially One Like John Marston, Who Was Renown For His Iconic Death, Not Unlike Arthur Morgan.

@alladeenmdfkr2255

Жыл бұрын

Yeah,i still remember people being angry when they discovered that the main protagonists is not John while later after the story everyone wanted to play more as Arthur

@codaboggs8430

Жыл бұрын

@@alladeenmdfkr2255 *beats red dead one* I hate playing as jack *rdr2 announced as a prequel* MORE JOHN *revealed you’re playing some unmentioned character from the gang* The heck is this *beats rdr2* I hate playing as John

@eagleye2893

Жыл бұрын

@Ayo Can't Argue with That. Though Can You Imagine the Shock When John Died the 1st Time?

@eagleye2893

Жыл бұрын

@Ayo Ashame. I Don't Even Have a PS. Aside From This PS4 I Have Yet to Use Since I Moved House.

I just finished this game for the first time (I know I am hella late). What a ride. What hit me like a train was the fact that you dont really know Arthur at all untill chapter 6 when I first learned that *Spoiler* he had a child and a wife ever before mary. And the fact that they died just entirely changed my perception of his relationships with Sadie and Mary and Jhon. Especially Jhon. At the beginning I didn't know why he was nagging jhon constantly about leaving. Its because he had done that in the past and paid the ultimate price for it. He still had his best intrest at heart. And the Charlotte side quest. Shes just like him hanging on to something even after all she had (her husband) was gone. That part also beautiful got intertwined with Rains Falls missions. Arthur was a man in much more pain than I imagined. I had my doubts when doing high honour run cause part of me wants to believe in Dutch as I have had but that was the easy way out. and Not Brave. Brave way out is to struggle with all to salvage anything possible of that family Arthur had. I cant remember how many times I had the flashbacks of the gang singing around the campfire and bantering while doing the last chapter. God damn this is enough to make a grown man cry.

Seeing Arthur nearly break when admitting he’s afraid is a struggle so many of us can relate to and it’s so heartbreaking. Being strong for those around is so expected and often little thought is put into the burdens we can bear. All my friends who played this game said they had a moment when their pent-up frustration , rage, and sorrow bubbled up and they either blew up or broke down. Some of those friends were let down in those moments of honesty and vulnerability and it hurt so badly to hear. It’s something I learned before this game, but Arthur’s story reinforced the importance of being honest with your love and doing everything in love whenever you can.

"I said DON'T thank me..." Has to be one of the best delivered lines in videogame history.

When you sit down and think about it, it’s hard to put any characters in fiction over Arthur. The shear amount of hours and days you can spend with his character hearing him talk and grow is almost unmatched

@fryingmilk

Жыл бұрын

​@@Ghost_001 🧢

@SKtasaras

Жыл бұрын

One character I'd argue about that would be Kiryu Kazuma, of course not saying he is necessarily a greater character than Arthur but having lived decades through his life from the Yakuza series was just amazing seeing it all conclude to Yakuza 6

@shreyas__

Жыл бұрын

@@SKtasaras agreed but I like Arthurs conclusion much more despite only being with him for one game. Y6 felt rushed in ways that rdr2 did not. Also rdr2s ending is just so much sadder and gut wrenching, I have to side with that because of how well they did it.

@moosesues8887

Жыл бұрын

Luffy better

@abdullahbhinder9023

Жыл бұрын

Bruce Wayne/Batman is a better character. But Arthur us up there too. Tyrion Lannister is another kne

The bit that got me the most in this whole game was Arthur saying goodbye and thank you to his horse, that really showed his heart and definitely made me tear up

in a world full of dutch and micah , be an arthur.

Not ashamed to say that the scene with the sister on the train platform, had me shedding a tear, as a grown ass man. Arthur's an onion, the greatest character ever written for a video game, a true testament to Rockstars amazing skills at their craft. When he says 'I'm afraid' the look is so real

@bigbadt

Жыл бұрын

"iM a gOdDaMn oNIoN mArstOn, yOu sHoUlD kNoW tHaT"

@miragemain105

Жыл бұрын

I cried when he said he was afraid of dying

@letsplayitoutmannn8646

Жыл бұрын

Eh i loved Sergio Leone characters more

@battfinkz

Жыл бұрын

@@letsplayitoutmannn8646 which game were they in?

@Mirandelorean

Жыл бұрын

​@@bigbadt "Or I'll turn you into a CauLiFloWEr!"

I agree he is the best character I've ever gotten to play. When he died I was legit down for a whole week, I was so connected to this fictional character. I will always believe him dying on the top of the mountain and seeing the sunrise is his true canon ending.

@NishaLashaee

Жыл бұрын

Same , I was grieving about 2weeks 💔

@StonayBalogna

Жыл бұрын

Sameee!

@hostileproductions6205

Жыл бұрын

Aren't you the dude that makes the movie clip video? I love those

@kai-wr6yk

Жыл бұрын

in the epilogue, charles n john had a convo about author’s body being found n charles said he was looking at the sun rise even though i got the low honor ending so even the plot says its canon.

@RyanMartinRAM

Жыл бұрын

The game is called "Red Dead _Redemption_", of course that ending is canon.

I completed the main story 3 days ago. Ever since then, I have a feeling of grief, a feeling that I’ve only ever felt when one of my family members died. It feels like a pit in my stomach. Knowing that their gone. It’s truly amazing how they designed the character Arthur Morgan so well that Im feeling sad 3 days after he died in game.

@Smevin0305

9 ай бұрын

I was the same. I literally felt like I was in mourning for a couple days after playing his death scene. It's probably the most difficult death to get over out of any other videogame protagonists because he felt so human

@carterslade1165

4 ай бұрын

We are on the same boat partner. My days were so gloomy even my wife asked what happened to me. I explained to her what happened but somehow she understood what I felt even though it was only a fictional character. it felt really real.

@orangofficial8665

3 ай бұрын

I finished a few days ago as well, I will admit I did not cry during the ending, but I truly felt devastated and almost in denial that my time with Arthur was over. During the epilogue as much as I loved John I couldn’t help but think about Arthur, especially when greeting random NPCs with different dialogues now. Major props to the developers, for creating a character changing perspectives of people across the world.

In his final moments, he was bloodied red, then he was dead, and then, he earned his redemption. Peak storytelling.

Everytime Arthur coughed it hurted me, reminding of the inevitable end. When I reached his last mission, I was playing with a teary eye. In my 20 years in gaming, I can't remember a game where I cared for a character this much(except Geralt). I couldn't continue the epilogue; I went back one and a half year later to kill the rat and finish the game. This is not just a game it's an experience that I will remember forever. Thank you Rockstar :)

@prodxshine5656

8 ай бұрын

i said so many times “Arthur please stop coughing bro” 😂 countless times

@evergreenrider

6 ай бұрын

I still have never went back and finished the game.

@toe7798

6 ай бұрын

As much as I love John, I wasn’t as attached to him, so I had to wait a couple weeks to even stomach playing the epilogue. Still haven’t finished it

@JAYBO4200

5 ай бұрын

It took me a good minute to recover to after Arthur’s death so yeah I didn’t play the game for a good amount of time too😢

@4carhur1more

4 ай бұрын

Very interesting you mention Geralt. If there's one game I feel like has something close to the emotional depth that RDR2 does, it would be the witcher 3. I think I ultimately came to the conclusion that while overall, I think Witcher 3 is the better game, RDR2 has a better story. But no discredit to the Witcher 3 because it has an outstanding story too.

I love how the memory of Arthur still lives on, as if he existed outside of the game.

I wouldn’t call myself a gamer but this game captured me like no other. 2 solid years of playing nothing but this game and I’m still blown away by it. The amount of work and attention to detail is unmatched still in 2023. I have about 4 other games that I had for over 2 years still with shrink wrap on them never played yet because I’m still only interested in rdr2

"I guess im afraid" hit so fucking hard

I love the small details during the scenes, like how the doctor washes his hands after he diagnoses Arthur with infectious TB. Or how sister Calderon doesn't go further away from Arthur, even after Arthur tells her he has TB, showing that Calderon genuinely cares for Arthur.

@airacummins5076

7 ай бұрын

If its the 1890s and a doctor examines you and then washes his hands, your f*cked

@Uknown76

6 ай бұрын

Naw sister is out of her mind being anywhere near someone with tuberculosis it was a literal death sentence in that era

@wolfsongrising

6 ай бұрын

@@Uknown76 I mean fair but also you kinda missed the point there didn't you

It’s weird, non of the moments is this game made me cry, but I wept like a baby when Arthur’s horse gets shot at the very end, I stayed faithful to that horse since the beginning. To hear it cry out in pain and Arthur stop for a sec to thank it for everything… in that moment I thought about everything that horse did for me, and it sent me.

@LotFrat

Жыл бұрын

You, you chose to go with john while having low honor, you should do a high honor playthrough, you won't be disapointed

@ismathrelatedtoapplesauce

Жыл бұрын

@@LotFratyour horse gets killed no matter the honour mate

@LotFrat

Жыл бұрын

@@ismathrelatedtoapplesauce I know, I mean the special scene where Arthur thanks his horse

@slodn

Жыл бұрын

💀💀💀💀💀

@leoseguin5761

Жыл бұрын

when I played I literally just stole other people's horses so I didn't care at all his horse had died🤣

19:54...When Arthur looks at sister and tells her he's afraid. It was heart wrenching. His fearful expression was perfect. This is the first and only time Arthur really is honest and allows himself to become vulnerable. It really couldn't have been done with a better listener in the nun. She was perfect in that role.

@syca5094

7 ай бұрын

Its the way he immediately looks up as if he's piecing together the words sister says when she says "there is nothing to be afraid of". He's visibly fumbling in his mind with the way his eyes were looking around. The animations are so good

@m1garand164

7 ай бұрын

@@syca5094 Rdr2 is a timeless masterpiece. Sad that it was basically the real Rockstar team's walk off ko. The ppl who made that game are gone from Rockstar.

@syca5094

7 ай бұрын

@@m1garand164 damn i never knew that.. that's such a bummer man

@m1garand164

7 ай бұрын

@@syca5094 I know brotha. It makes me a bit skeptical of the quality of gta6

I just finished this game and I think it may be my favorite ever. I agree, something about Arthur leaves me speechless. You feel for him as if he was real.

"I ain't got no lazy eye, nor respect for the likes of you" is such a good line. Pretty badass of Archie to say that to the person who basically just beat his father to death.

The line that hit me the hardest in the entire game is when Hosea asks arthur how he wants to die and he says "Just face me to the west so I can see the setting sun and remember all the fine times we had."

@AA-bz1pr

Жыл бұрын

At least in the end Arthur got what he wanted

@TheRealArcher-gn6wo

Жыл бұрын

@@AA-bz1pr He was facing the east towards the rising sun, dying without his dream found

@jack_74

Жыл бұрын

When was this line?

@Crimsontide-rr4sc

Жыл бұрын

@@jack_74 random interaction in camp I’ve always gotten it in horseshoe overlook

@FaithRox

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheRealArcher-gn6wo His dream changed when he realised death was coming. Its symbolic that he watched the rising sun. The sun is rising for John and more importantly Jack, and not setting for Arthur, and he understands that.

I always think, “Bad people don’t care that they’re bad, Kind people worry if they’re kind.” Arthur definitely worried.

Without having seen this video I told my friend today that Arthur is the best character in the history of fictional storytelling.

18:00 that scene always makes me cry so much. its so insane how they were able to make a fictional character feel so real dude.

I do honestly believe that at one point or another in the story, Dutch was genuinely a nice, honorable, and kindhearted man. I don’t think Dutch descended into villainy and madness just because he felt like it. I think it was a combination of his blatantly obvious head injury after the trolley accident, Micah playing into his every move and telling him exactly what he wants to hear like the silver tongued snake he is, and the helpless death of his nearly lifelong best friend. I think the combination of all those traumatic experiences are what transformed Dutch’s character the closer you got to the end of the game. I don’t think Arthur or the other gang members were manipulated. I genuinely believe that in the beginning, to them, Dutch was their father figure. He was the hero who pulled them out of a rough time and saved them, not because he wanted an ego trip, but simply because he felt like it. These people ( Arthur and John for example ) weren’t manipulated cult members, they were borderline the sons of Dutch and Hosea. This can be heard in a camp dialogue where Hosea recollects on teaching John how to read and write and all the good times they had. Even after Dutch’s slowly progressing character change, I believe that most of them continued to stay because of their loving feelings for Dutch. It was only after the gang got too sloppy with their actions that people decided to leave. Dutch at the beginning of the game would’ve seen that as understandable and just common sense. Dutch at that point in the game, however, only views it as lack of loyalty and subterfuge. I think that right there showcases that the changes in Dutch’s character weren’t the revealing of an underlying character. I think they were changes influenced by physical and mental trauma, as well as brainwashing done by Micah. Even in the end, after his character has already begun to break, Dutch still recognizes the mistakes he has made and that they were wrong. Someone who had always been that way from the start wouldn’t recognize that the way that Dutch did because they tend to possess high levels of narcissism. Dutch recognizes it because even he knows that this is not the person he originally set out to be. He has become the very type of man that he was running from. 1. When Arthur was dying and admitting his loyalty/love for Dutch and exposing Micah for what he was, Dutch was speechless. He was lost for words at the sight of his dying adopted son basically admitting that everything he did was out of love for him. Then, even given the chance to escape with Micah and all their money, Dutch chose to turn his back on him, to turn his back on all of it. 2. At the end of the epilogue, when Sadie and John hunt down Micah, they are pleasantly surprised by the surprise arrival of Dutch. Originally, they are led to believe that he and Micah joined forces again and had been working together. However, that opinion changes when Dutch admits he has nothing to say and shoots Micah in cold blood. Even after hunting down Micah for the money, Dutch abandons it all once more and leaves the money he took so much time and effort to work for just like that. Do you honestly think a genuinely cruel and evil man would do such a thing? I don’t. 3. Finally, even at the end of the first game, Dutch still shows a subtle sign of humility and awareness. The events in the second game broke Dutch and ultimately changed him from the man he was to the man he would be for the rest of his time on screen. On top of that, I think the events of the end of the game only proved to break the character more and mold him into the character he ultimately turns into during the entirety of the first game. Only recognizing his faults entirely and believing he’s a lost cause that can’t be fixed just like Arthur used to believe all those years prior. Instead, choosing to take his own life because he knew there was no redemption left for him to make ( no pun intended ) and that leaving this world would be the best gift to it he could give. Dutch wasn’t a cold hearted villain, he was a broken man, a man broken by the world that was out to kill him and the experiences he had to deal with.

@lucasbarros5928

Жыл бұрын

I loved your comment just as much as I loved the video

@corycashweigle

Жыл бұрын

This deserves a pin, and way more than 20 likes! Well said. And we all can agree Micah is the one that ultimately ruined this gang. There would have been a much better outcome for all of Micah would have swung when he got arrested!

@NeighbourhoodVandal

Жыл бұрын

Dutch openly admitted to John that he was there specifically to kill Micah. Micah was trying to set up Dutch to turn him in to the Pinkertons, red handed with the blackwater money (adjusted for inflation, Dutchs bounty In today's money is around half a million dollars). This is why Ross shows up on the mountain seemingly out of nowhere. Dutch however wasn't fully sold on the money. He wanted Micah's head, as he tells John. "What are you doing out here, Dutch?" "Same as you, I suppose."

@anthony-tl5ob

Жыл бұрын

Yo I will not read this comment it’s so long That what she said

@chriscuts7029

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't the head injury jfc. That's the dumbest fan theory there is. It was a plot device, used to shine light on Lenny, before his death in the next mission. The death of Hosea is what changed Dutch. That's when Micah started getting into his head. I can't believe you didn't even mention that. Which is the biggest factor to Dutch's change.

Arthur Morgan dying was the first time I played a video game where I cried. Arthur is such a perfectly complex written character that we can relate to as much as Joel or Kratos. These types of characters is something we like to see because we so much of us in them

I’m 21 years old, I’ve played a lot of video games and watched many movies in my lifetime. Athur is the first fictional character that touched my heart and hell, even my soul, and my way of thinking. RIP Arthur Morgan.

Still the greatest story mode / campaign I have ever ever played. An absolute masterpiece

This is one of those rare pieces of art where the main character is the BEST character. Arthur will forever live in our hearts.

@eddiebear34

10 ай бұрын

The problem with other games, is every line could be said by every character. In this game, every character has had so much attention and depth, that they genuinely have their own personalities and the things they say can only be said by them

I ugly cried at the sunrise. And watching this articulate reflection of Arthur damn near made me do it again.

@godzillazfriction

Жыл бұрын

low honor helping john ending is the best ending and shouldve been canon to majority of the communities opinion about it but since ppl want to bring in their own moral compass to an already established evil character, this is what me and others have to suffer with

@yukiutaware1064

Жыл бұрын

@@godzillazfriction K

@ImaTooliscool

Жыл бұрын

@@godzillazfrictionyou’re very persistent with telling everyone that

@gunsmokegaloreyt6840

Жыл бұрын

@@godzillazfrictionj

@gunsmokegaloreyt6840

Жыл бұрын

You’re very emotional, get your testosterone checked

Arthur was a beast. A Redemption Prophecy. A Menace. *A Legend.* *Legends never die, but this one did.* *I gave you all I had…*

One thing I absolutely loved about the character design is Dutch and Hosea's outfits. Dutch is mainly dressed in black and red, colors mainly for the bad guy or an antagonist, while Hosea is dressed in lighter colors like blue and tan which are colors that are akin to a more calm mentor figure. You can even see it in their personalities. Dutch is a closeted mad man with a thirst for blood, and Hosea is the Old Man that just wants to look out for his family. Another reason as to why this game needs to be made a part of history itself.

I'm not too man to admit that when Arthur said he was afraid, I broke down. That was the moment that Arthur became more than a character to me. He became someone I wanted to know and learn from. I've read and played through many stories, fictional and not, and none thus far have meant to me personally what RDR2 did. Live well, die well, do everything you can to make the world even just a little bit better, and there really is nothing to be afraid of. Because that's all we or anyone else could ask of us.

He is so real, that weeks after finishing the game, I had dreams about him, like I knew him in real life. I finished the game before my partner did and when my Arthur died and his was still alive, I felt this weird mix of envy and deep sandess... I was geniuenly going through griefing process. I believed every second of this beautiful performance, Arthur was as real as my friends and fanily to me. It actually took me two years to come back to the story mode, I could only play online for quite a while. There is a special kind of love in my heart for Arthur Morgan, I will never forget him.

@kameronbelcher

11 ай бұрын

Last time I played was in 2018, I'm replaying it right now. I tried a time or two before but it felt too weird, like I watched him die so it didn't feel right idk.

@MaxMcDonnell-iq1hk

11 ай бұрын

I grew up watching jhon Wayne and finally after playing as Arthur Morgan I wanted to be like him.

The greatest achievement by Rockstar is that they managed to create this character and still made him feel like *your* character. I’m not sure I completely understand everything that goes into it, but it genuinely feels like I’m co-writing him every time I play the game. RDR2 is a medium-specific masterpiece of storytelling, and I’d be surprised if I ever play anything like it again.

It’s not often that I’m compelled to comment on a KZread video but I literally agreed with everything you said in this video.. Arthur is hands down my favourite fictional character in any game I have played and belongs in the same bracket as some of the most iconic acting performances given by people like James gandolfini to name but a few.. I cried like a baby at the end.. I think Arthur reminded me of my own dad (especially in looks) who died when I was seventeen. Rdr 2 is the only game I have ever 100 % and I’m still playing through again. This game for me carries as much weight as the shawshank redemption or the godfather and even the sopranos. Brilliant video mate. Well done 🙏🏻

ive played thru this game like 4 times now but when I decided to 100% it recently it made arthurs death even more heartbreaking because of all the things I had never seen before like the stranger missions and just playing poker. the main story of this game is a masterpiece but if you also decide to do side missions you will fall even more in love with arthur as a character.

@stepwise77

Жыл бұрын

Doing that now. This will be the 3rd time but first going for 100%.

@guyjperson

Жыл бұрын

I applaud you for going 'round again. This game, to me, was like trying to re watch Magnolia or Logan. Going step by step, inexorably to something that was so tremendously sad? Can't do it. I look to my left, there's the game box ready to play. CAN'T DO IT

@mstorrence79

Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree! I’m doing this now. Just finished the story and Arthur’s death was so heavy I had to turn the game off before I could start the first epilogue.

@mstorrence79

Жыл бұрын

@@guyjperson I feel that! Knowing that Arthur was going to die no matter what I did made me explore further and complete many more challenges as him. I dreaded moving the story along toward the end of chapter 4.

@guyjperson

Жыл бұрын

@@mstorrence79 I'm no completionist, but I searched every nook and cranny I could think of to continue to hang out with Arthur before getting him to the end. Just rode around with him for a while. Had him talk to folks. I had no idea what the game had in store for him, but I just liked the guy.

I have never ever been so moved by a character, as I was by Arthur Morgan. A stunning character that had such real and tangible depth. You felt his change as naturally as you felt your own.

@jimmymurphy898

Жыл бұрын

Wholeheartedly agree, he feels like a real person to me. I legitimately felt empty inside when he died.

@user-jw9sp8xk8g

Жыл бұрын

Thank you BOAH, your nice comments about me are very heartwarming.

Every time I play the last mission of the main story, I always go talk to Jack before I start the mission

It’s amazing how building up to the game’s release, I hated that we weren’t playing as John Marston anymore and just some dude that was never mentioned to be in Dutch’s gang. After I played the game in 2018 I 100% agree that Arthur Morgan is one of the best written protagonists in not just video games, movies, shows, film, etc. As well as Roger Clarke’s performance being absolutely one of the best video game performances ever.

2:32 Is my favourite Arthur quote of all time. The way Roger Clark delivers it is just perfect, with the slight over-emphasis on the word 'lady' ... gets me every time

@believer431

11 ай бұрын

Man this game's voice acting is so good, every other game feels like a classroom drama in comparison

I cried so damn hard at Arthurs death I literally had to take a month long break before playing the epilogue.

@hammywoods

Жыл бұрын

bruh i took a 3 year long break before playing my second playthrough, i couldnt go through that pain again

@tamilpariyan

Жыл бұрын

I experienced Arthur's death two weeks ago for the first time!!! I started a new game and playing as him again. This time i will not play the last mission of Arthur!

@Rodslinger138

Жыл бұрын

@@tamilpariyan that’s the way to play it matter of fact don’t even visit Thomas downes that’s the true ending for Arthur

@VerminSupremeFanPage

5 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ it is not that sad

I played through the game like.....4 times now everytime I got to the point where Arthur admits and said "I guess......I'm afraid." still makes me tear up, even now seeing it again in this video

The train station scene literally makes me cry every time me and Arthur goes through it, its such a powerful experience to see Arthur get that little glimpse of hope.

I start to drop tears when he said "I'm afraid" and at his last moments, lying to the ground and watch the sun rises, just like what he wanted.

@Colt_Buck

Жыл бұрын

me too

@coffeecrispy2673

Жыл бұрын

Well, he actually wanted to watch the setting sun

Arthur Morgan and Roger Clark’s performance of him moved me in a way I can’t describe. But I will never forget his story

I cried a lot during this game. I'm currently on my second playthrough and dear god, I'm still crying. Just because I see things I didn't before, and because I'm reminded how hard everything hits. This story is easily the best one, and I will die on that hill.

Chuck Norris once got scared after watching Arthur Morgan give him a death stare.

Arthur is probably my #1 or 2 favorite character from any form of media, alongside Jin from Ghost of Tsushima. His dialogue is literally like reading a book. Watching his development arc was probably one of the most satisfying gaming experiences I've ever had.

@Colt_Buck

Жыл бұрын

i hope they make a movie or tv series from this in the future. i would pay to see it

@thomastheawesome4822

Жыл бұрын

I played both games at the same time. They are my two favorite protagonists in video game history. I love them so much

@josiahz21

Жыл бұрын

Same. I loved writing haikus as Jin. Both games have their good and bad points and both were amazingly immersive. I doubt I’ll get tired of either one.

@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit

11 ай бұрын

Same with me. Both are badass.

Man, I remember seeing the trailer for the 1st time and being so angry that I wasn't gonna be John Marston (obviously the Epilogue was far from known yet) RDR1 was the first game I 100% finished (cept for the glitched fabric for the last uniform) At that point, John Marston was a part of me it felt like, and I wasn't gonna be him in RDR2!! F THAT! I didn't buy the game until 2 years after release. I got a digital copy of Ultimate Edition for like $30 bucks, and still didn't install for almost another year. Yeah, I was super angry still that I wasn't gonna be John Marston. At this time I was heavy into the Borderlands series, well mostly BL2 so it was easy to stay away from RDR2 spoilers. This fella I work with was playing and said to trust him I wasn't gonna be disappointed. So, I was on vacation from work, and on the first night I fired it up, and honestly, I haven't played much else since. Arthur Morgan is a f'n amazing character, goin back and watchin some playthroughs of streamers and u can tell how good Arthur is, almost all the streamers eventually start talkin like him, then sounding like him. I did exact same. Ain't nobody do that for John really. I agree with this video... Arthur Morgan > John Marston and all fictional characters

@TheSnolana

Жыл бұрын

I was skeptical as well, and was a subject I considered talking about in early drafts for the script for this video, but I still bought it day one, set aside my bias for John and was completely blown away by Arthur (and of course the story as a whole).

@paulkuch420

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSnolana I still can't believe how freakin good the story is, plus the acting, and the score. The game should still be winning awards to this day. I'm playing rn and I was just fishing. So, I'm walkin back to my horse (I play on 3rd camera view) and a bloody Cardinal kinda jump scared me cuz it almost hit my camera view.

@Its_Me_Romano

Жыл бұрын

The sounding like him part is super accurate haha, caught myself doing that a few times too when playing the game

@DeadX2

Жыл бұрын

Lol no

@kevinlawson2170

Жыл бұрын

I have the first red dead redemption and now want the other 2 games now problem is I have a playstation 3 system I had a playstation 4 but my playstation 4 got stolen by a female drug addick but still want the other two games

who cried watching this?

I actually admired Arthur, inspired me to better myself and to be the helping hands of the people in need but also look strong and intimidating to those who seek harm. When I witnessed him peacefully passing away (like anybody would) I burst into tears but instead of letting me tear me down, really made the influence stick to me. Easily the best game of recent years in terms of history and still waiting to be beat.

As much as I prefer red dead 1 as a game over red dead 2. I can easily say Arthur Morgan is a perfect protagonist. Unforgettable and incredible.

@themadtitan7603

Жыл бұрын

As a game, older Rockstar titles had more fleshed out or even sophisticated gunplay, combat, movement or balance of systems imo. As a story though, Rockstar outdid themselves than most games out there with RDR2. You can see how it's a culmination of the characterization, commentary on America, and gradual maturation of their storytelling since 2001 and more recently from 2008.

@BourbonBandit-

Жыл бұрын

​@@themadtitan7603 I think given the fact that rdr2 is huge, very long, laced with countess details, and has incredible graphics, the game's gunplay suffered. They didn't have time to make it better I guess. Even though the game was delayed twice

@themadtitan7603

Жыл бұрын

​@@BourbonBandit- There's lots of things they arguably they couldn't or had the time to develop well, down to chunks of the story if you heard about Guarma. Nevertheless, this isn't the first Rockstar title to experience a downgrade in gunplay, we went from Max Payne 3's shooting mechanics which are regarded as some of the best in a 3rd person game to GTA V's a year later.

@mver191

Жыл бұрын

@@themadtitan7603 You can't make a realistic game with those arcady gun mechanics. RDR online feels completely different and unrealistic because they made it feel much more like GTA.

@jaydenshepard7928

Жыл бұрын

@@BourbonBandit- I dont know how you can possibly play RDR2 and call the combat engine bad…its one of the best and versatile combat engines Ive seen. The way you can blend the melee combat and shooting in a fight is beautiful. The highly detailed gore, dismemberment, and burn effects combined with the highly realistic NPCs makes a lot of people hesitant to kill people compared to a lot of Rockstar games. Or makes killing them a lot more enjoyable if you have psychopathic tendencies…but either way its a testament to the detail and realism that went into these features.

“Take a gamble that love exists and do a loving act” one of my favorite quotes from the game probably gonna get it tatted on me at some point

"Ended up doing bad at first, but came out a hero at the end by doing good." Arthur was powerful, Morgan wasn't immortal, but had a bad/good heart. Gun slinger of dead eye.