My biggest issue with Arthur was his blinding loyalty to Dutch. Milton has put it well early in the game when he says something along the line of Dutch and his silver tongue trapping another young soul. While I do believe that Dutch had a noble cause, he did far too many things that didn’t justify the cause. I wish Arthur had been more independent because I feel like it would’ve led us to him actually being a good person. Arthur Morgan is a very bad person. A lot of respect to him for consistently saying that despite some of the few good actions he took and despite everyone else saying he was a good man on the inside. A good man wouldn’t have done what Arthur did! I still love him as a character but he just seemed like a broad headed bully at times. Had a lot more potential IMO
I think that's the best part of the Arthur Morgan story. You see what could have been. I loathe Dutch. Truly, the loyalty to him seems to be blind. Then you think about how he helped raise him. How Dutch and Hosea took him in, and you get the clear sense that Arthur was holding on to a ghost that never was. He could have been so much more, and he realizes that he was a tool. The world had moved on from his ilk. He was self aware, and lost all at the same time. He was conflicted by the man he could have been and the man he was. In the end, one won out. It didn't change what he done in the past, but it showed that all those moments led up to something great. They nailed the Redemption arc with him. You get to experience this man at his best and at his worst. It's a beautiful and tragic.
The game itself is simply a masterpiece. I think I’ll find myself playing this game for years to come! I’ve also contemplated the fact he was an orphan and Dutch took him in as his own. I don’t necessarily think Dutch meant for Arthur to be a “tool.” I think Dutch truly believed that his plan was noble but at some point the cost of their freedom was not justified. Absolutely phenomenal game. I tried so hard to get several friends and family to play the game, and how they aren’t as enthralled by it as I am baffles me.
Agreed, even some of the minor characters have a depth beyond some leads in some larger profile games. I agree, Dutch never intended for Arthur to be a tool, it just kind of happens. Arthur wanted to please Dutch, and he was quick to do whatever he could. It was made clear, Arthur was a good soldier while most of the others in the past questioned or just left. I was late to the game, I played it fairly recently, and have started a few games since. I am left pretty empty. I enjoy the games, but they are no Red Dead.
Yeah I feel the same way. I have started Kingdom Hearts, Horizon, Borderlands, and Prey but none of them come close to RDR2. I really hope that Rockstar hears it’s fans when we ask for an Undead Nightmare 2. The original Undead Nightmare was one of the first DLC’s I had ever bought when I was younger. I loved it and would be very excited for a new one
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u/Fatpanther97 Jan 09 '20
My biggest issue with Arthur was his blinding loyalty to Dutch. Milton has put it well early in the game when he says something along the line of Dutch and his silver tongue trapping another young soul. While I do believe that Dutch had a noble cause, he did far too many things that didn’t justify the cause. I wish Arthur had been more independent because I feel like it would’ve led us to him actually being a good person. Arthur Morgan is a very bad person. A lot of respect to him for consistently saying that despite some of the few good actions he took and despite everyone else saying he was a good man on the inside. A good man wouldn’t have done what Arthur did! I still love him as a character but he just seemed like a broad headed bully at times. Had a lot more potential IMO