Why do people quote these very simplistic words from video game characters? And act like it's some really deep or significant piece of dialogue? "I tried...in the end I did" "Be loyal to what matters" "I gave you everything I had" These are basic C grade filler dialogues! What's so great about them, or so significant that every fankid keeps mentioning them in quotes? Do games not understand what a good, memorable quote is? Or what exactly makes a quote quotable?
Arthurs first words: “I found us a place where we can get some shelter.” Arthurs last words. “John made it. He’s the only one. The others… no… but… I tried. In the end, I did.”
This picture is making me cry. Arthur was the best character ever created in gaming history. The way we bonded with him in such a short period of time made us even more heart broken in his death. Its as if a part of me died with him as well.
@@taylorgriffith1064 Fictional indeed but can you ignore the fact that from deep inside you and I and every one who played this game cannot and still will not believe that he is not real. The fact that we will still cry for him even tho we know he is not real is so wonderful. Rockstar really created a masterpiece.
I love the symbolism in the first song. That the violin symbolizes his fear of dying and the guitar symbolizes his bravery in the face of death. Arthur is afraid of dying but knows it's inevitable, and that he must do what he can with the time he has left. Those two thoughts are battling with each other as the song's violin and guitar battle for center of the stage. Then as the song comes to an end they kind of harmonize as he comes to terms with it all. Excellent composing.
It’s a somber but satisfying melody. Like, it’s the end, I’m afraid. It’s time to go, but I fought for love, and it shall prevail…the violins pick up, match the rest of the melody, the slow motif in the back changes meaning. Now it’s a bittersweet sendoff. Only one way forward. Redemption.
So am I lol but I think the violin is just Arthur's theme, and the guitar is the outlaw\gang theme. Notice how the guitar only plays when the van der linde gang/outlaws are on screen
I totally agree! I'm studying Fine Art and I'm going to give a presentation next Tuesday on contemporary art and I'm definitely including RDR2 as an artwork. I really hope more games in the future will own the status of literature, art or something similar.
@@donnaquixote9249 Awesome! Please post it here if you can, would be cool to see it. It's a pity Dan Houser retired, going to miss his writing but the rest of the Rockstar writers were just as talented
Its difficult for video games to be considered art by many people when the slight sight of politics is filled with outrages from "gamers" This is coming from someone who genuinely believes video games are art
@@conscioushealing1602 prezi.com/p/59u3vdnnlcox/?present=1 Hey, thanks for the interest. Let me know if the link works or not. I made it for "Crosslinks" in which we're supposed to compare different art forms (paintings, sculptures, games, etc) to eachother that all have a common subject linking them together. In this case I chose the Bible (something that is frequently referenced in RDR2) The teacher was very enthusiastic about it and asked the class if there were any other people who liked videogames. Only one person raised their hand :(. But hopefully, that was just because it was a zoom meeting...
They could've milked RDO like a damn cow for cash, it had endless potential and the community told them exactly what things they wanted. Will never make sense why they abandoned it, they love money and they could've gotten so much from it
@@thorny8013 how about we start a petition for all gamers to join to build one...but Arthur was an outlaw anyway ...killed a lots of people, plus his tb was a consequence of his actions ..
My great grandpappy said that a sinner in those days always carried 3 things; a bible, some loose tobacco for cigarettes, and some matches. Besides all their gun stuff of course, bullets and cleaning tools and other toiletries, like a knife for shaving and a knife for making food and a knife for whittling. The same knife you see. “Anyways everyone asks, what about paper for the cigarettes? Ya IDGIDT! What dya’ think the Bible is for!?” You could get 3 good cigarettes from a page if you cut it right. They burn real good. Clean. The Sinners Choice, it was called.
@@sendhelp7057 if you ever looked around youll find swansons bible hollowed out with his needle and other tools inside. Guessing the gang already smoked it 😂
I love RDR2 so much and as time goes on I think we will even more. Everyday I feel like the world is changing and it’s becoming a world I can hardly understand much less exist in and I think that how Dutch’s gang felt in 1899
yes the world is changing in a way i fear the most. A dictatorship ruled from rich people like leviticus cornwall. And fools like duth who try to reach them and in the end we either and up like arthur or john or worse a crazy man like dutch. But we end like something. I hope for all of us to a better beeing
It’s always the beginning of the end of something. Things always end. When they do, make sure you start something before you leave here. Love, hate, commitment, revenge, whatever you want. Either way, you’re changing people for the better. Even if they don’t see it that way at first. Even if you don’t either.
Remember when you’re all at the fort in Guarma and Micah says “you kinda have to hand it to this fella” referring to Fussar…their current greatest enemy…it says a lot about how Micah thinks about people. Doesn’t matter if he’s fighting them. He’s a survivor. He admires strength and smarts because he’s lived his whole…life….wait. Oh shit…is…is Micah EMPATHETIC!? To bastards who survive off misery, sure, but still. He’s sees some of that in Arthur. Also their outfits are a dead giveaway. Arthur has a black hat, light jacket, blue shirt, black pants. Micah has a white hat, black jacket, red shirt and light pants. It’s almost like rockstar is trying to tell us something……
There was never a plan Dutch just said that to keep them in line all Dutch wanted to do was kill and get money they could’ve disappeared if they wanted to they already had a bunch of money.
@@obriendrew58 actually dutch wanted to make successfully robberies in hes mind to keep the people with him. After the fail of blackwater dutch want to success in the train robbery he doesn't wanted to be failure
The choice where you don't help John is called "Go for the money" when in reality it is choosing revenge over redemption against Dutch and Micah. I think that they should have called it the revenge ending, as that sounds way more badass and more people would have taken it seriously. While its less heroic I still consider it to be valid. The voice acting, fighting, and lighting in that ending is incredible
Arthur never liked revenge. He always went against it and even got pissed at Dutch for going for revenge. Helping John is canon. Low Honor Arthur doesn’t develop as a character much and while that playthrough is still valid. It doesn’t portray Arthur’s true story. It’s in the name of the game, and the name of the final mission. Redemption
Well I thought since it’s been a while since I’ve beaten the game that I’d be more prepared for this. Made it to about 1:05 before it all hit me. Sobbing and I don’t care, the story of Arthur Morgan’s redemption is absolutely and tragically beautiful.
@Monsieur_Baguette i would say the one in the red dead redemption mission is kinda more quiet and not like this one where it’s kinda loud Edit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-meTjBGmjrKU.html
Honestly your comment made me think about it and I realized that RDR2 also marked the end of my childhood It's insane how this game helped me so much with it
I don't know about you guys but this part 0:00 to 0:13 makes me feel like death is just breathing next to my ear. Like damn this game gave me so much chills when i played it for the first time. Running away while blasting bullets and bullets just missing you by inches makes me feel like in an action movie.
yeah the gameplay isnt the best, its not bad, its fun to play, but its just basic. the weapon mechanics are basic, not bad, but basic. traversal, side quests, main missions are all fairly basic and not that creative in terms of gameplay, but its still fun as hell. what he's saying is its not the best game for its gameplay, but rather everything else, the story, the world. the music and the writing. what he probably means is that other games that have better gameplay are usually 2d platformers and games like that, the traversal, fighting and all that is usually more creative in smaller games like that that arent AAA. this doesn't mean that RDR2s gameplay is bad, its just not the best. its still one of the best games out there.
The first one. Arthur against the world, he has absolutely no fear, like a true legend he knows the end is near but he’s gonna throw all he can at the enemy
Bruh, i legit got a Mangoe Allergy. I first noticed it when i drink a Mangoe Juice and my troath swelled, i almost choked to death that day Edit: Mangoe Typo
These games remind me of my Pawpaw. Granted he passed before the first one came out; but I know he would love watching the storyline progress. I love and miss you Pops. You inspire me to always be a better man.
Arthur knew he was a bad man he knew he couldn't change yet he changed but to fucking late i really loved his character from a outlaw to someone who cared for others other than just his gang
I always thought loyalty was a great quality but it only got Arthur killed in the end, he got killed for being so loyal to Dutch and the gang he gave everything and all he got was betrayal. To what extent must one person be loyal? and how do you know you must stop? How do you know what really matters? what do you do when it all comes crashing down? When everything you've ever know is destroyed?
"I gave you all I had, I tried, In the end i did" last words from Arthur morgan, died in 1899 in RDR series one of the best character in gaming history what a masterpiece created by Rockstar TBH never feel that attached with Micheal, Trevor and Franklin in GTA V.
I doubt in 20 years a video game protagonist will show up and grip our hearts the way Arthur Morgan did. Best character ever. Best game ever. Period. Now.... OUTTA THE DAMN WAY!
Absolutely if sick Arthur in his very late stages of tb who just got pounced on and STABBED held out against Micah, healthy Arthur would pulverize him. I’m talkin wipe the floor with Micah’s spine pulverize
@@bosskbennjpw you ever think that OP is a little kid? GTA SA is a big part of my childhood considering i was 7 years old when i first played that game and finished it
This cure my depression,made me able to walk again without a wheelchair,my blindness is no longer a problem also i found my lost lost wife who i thought was dead
Ain't nothing matter to me more then this gang but loyalty isn't always the solution to problems we come to and when this gang comes to an end...well John you run and keep running and don't look back and me I'll be fine and you go live your life as a man and be with your family your safe now and nothing isn't gonna stop me from getting you out of this bullshit even if it's the last goddamn thing I do. This song tells the whole story
"I told Dutch you weren't the right man for this job..." "In a lotta ways, He's the best man I know." "I want.. you.. run, and don't look back." "Go. Go to your family... Get the hell outta and go be a goddamn man!!!" Pour out a shot of whiskey for the best boah we know."
What's epic about Arthur Morgan is that he is extraordinarily similar to historical figures like Teddy Roosevelt. I'll spoiler tag after this. If he had never contracted TB, there is no evidence he could have EVER been killed, by ANYONE or ANYTHING. He dropped every legendary gunslinger in his path, faced down practically armies single handedly like when he rescued Sadie and Abigail. He was kidnapped and tortured and still treated his own wounds and escaped on his own two feet, killing whoever was in his path. No one (in a typical playthrough), even goliath characters larger than him, EVER bested him in a fist fight. He was basically the big brother of the later legend John Marston. Micah (who was also an exceptionally talented killer) was only able to be his equal once Arthur was at death's door. He was the undisputed, invincible champion of the Dutch Van Der Linde Gang. The only way this man could have been killed was either through disease or old age, which brings me to the Roosevelt comparison: "Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight." And Arthur Morgan never lost a fight, and in comparison, John eventually did lose a fight and he was at his best. If Arthur Morgan was real, he would have been perhaps the most legendary warrior and gunslinger in American history and went down with Gods like Achilles. He was the Beast of the West.
Opening song You have chosen to help John. Golden aura surrounding Arthur as he puts on his hat one last time. "I'm going to get you out of this bullsh*t if it's the last thing I do!"
Arthur was always a good person deep down, I don’t think he ever truly wanted be a brutal outlaw like how he was, it just seems he was forced into that life, being born to parents that orphaned him, left him seemingly without a second thought, having nowhere else to go as a kid until he found Dutch and the gang and that was the only place he could go from there. Same with John from how it seems, it’s really sad actually, if they didn’t have such rough upbringings, their good sides never would have been so buried until things got too far and as bad as they did.
I kinda wish John had worn his classic hat while a member of Dutch's gang and wore the other hats during his time as Jim Milton, instead of his so many other hats.
