The Most Well Developed Character in History

Published 2023-11-29
A video essay about Arthur Morgan , the most well developed character in history. Red Dead Redemption 2 has a great supply of amazing characters but Arthur Morgan was able to make so many players cry like no other character was ever able to. Considering that RDR 2 's ending is considered one of the best endings of all times, Arthur Morgan being the best Rockstar character was a given.

Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar Games
Rockstar
RDR2
Arthur Morgan
Character Analysis
Arthur Morgan Analysis
RDR 2
RDR 2 Arthur
Story of Arthur Morgan
Greatest Fictional Character
The most well developed character in history

00:00 - Intro
01:58 - Sinful Debt
12:30 - A Dutch Standoff
24:01 - Repentance
28:19 - Unleashed Man
34:31 - Golden Gates or Fiery Pit?

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All Comments (21)
  • @Carljohnson666
    I remember beating the game for the first time an i literally cried…. It felt like Arthur morgan was real and it took me months to get over his death as if he was a family member….. RdR 2 is a masterpiece and it deserves a huge award
  • @wheelinndealin
    Charles was a good man, I always felt relieved when I had a mission with him because I knew I wouldn’t be betrayed.
  • Arthur.. especially when you play the game realistically and slowly as intended.. honestly feels like a friend and oh man, it crushes you when he dies! I go into some weird form of mourning
  • @Mystic-Midnight
    Arthur thanking his horse will never not make me cry man. Idk why it hits me harder than his literal death but that scene with a high bond horse and half of Mary Linton's content does it for me.
  • Dude, when Dutch turns away and walks out when Arthur is about to be killed... the anger I felt, oh boy
  • @Richard-iw1dd
    This game is literally a work of art. It is a piece of American culture on par with novels.
  • @Verdim22345
    The funny thing is what dutch said to leviticus cornwwall , he said cornwall destroy everything at his path , but in reality it’s dutch and his gang that did it
  • @Griff589
    Hearing Arthur say “I said don’t thank me” is so heartbreaking
  • @joedwyer3297
    When you said its Dutch's fall into insanity that saves Arthur, im inclined to agree. I like to think the moment he sees Dutch kill Bronte was the moment Arthur started questioning things, even before his diagnosis which of course had a massive impact on him. I remember trying to play arthur as low honour but that scene, seeing Arthurs face and johns kneejerk reaction of questioning him infront of the rest of them, seems like the place Arthur was able to doubt his lifelong father figure
  • Arthur was a character that literally made me panic when i thought he could die, when i found out ingame that he had tb i rushed to my phone to search tutorial on how to cure his tb, accidentally spoiling myself his bitter end
  • @theaethor
    I balled my eyes out like a baby on my first play-through. Hell, even on subsequent play-throughs, I still cry. This narrative is one of the best ever written, including other games, books, and movies.
  • @katev394
    This game had SUCH a profound effect on me, I think everyone should experience it at least once. Its the best game of all time IMO
  • @BiscuitsAintShi
    Arthur is one of those characters where you don’t know how to feel about him at first but as you get to know him it makes his tale even more tragic. the layers of depth to his character never fails to make me think how the influence of one’s circumstances can make even a good hearted man a measure of monster. It’s fascinating to see how the whole time he knows what he’s doing isn’t right he even hates himself for it at times but its not until he’s almost dead does he finally realize he has a choice and had one this whole time now that hes for once in life able to think outside of his programming and see things clearly and he knows his time is very limited more than ever he knows he has to do something and now. it’s so sad.
  • @MiniT2025
    The night the gang saved Sean, i spent about five or ten minutes sitting by fire listening to Hosea talk about ancient neanderthals first discovering fire, feeling likes gods. Literally a conversation my friend and I would have irl. This game almost acts like my secind home, and Arthur is a person I can look up to. A few others of the gang are too, especially Charles. For me, the quote that broke me was when Arthur admits his fear to the sister superior, and she eventually has this line. "Take a chance that love exists, and do a loving act." I'd given up on love recently, and hearing that in her kind voice really helped in a way. My whole life, video games have touched me more than any form of media besides maybe music.
  • @R451Ns
    my first play through i had Buell as my primary horse because i loved Hamish and his questline so much and the moment where Arthur comforts his horse at the end hurt so much more for it.
  • @Not-Kurosawa
    Arthur Morgan is without a doubt one of if not Rockstar's best written protagonist. This game crushes your soul. RDR2 is nothing short of a masterpiece, this game is art.
  • @butttrumpet698
    My favorite line in the whole game, "Into all that, CIVILIZATION ?
  • @mineseargent2482
    When I first played, I thought there was no way that this Arthur Morgan guy would be better than John marston. Little did I know he’d be so much bigger
  • @thinshady4956
    It's such a masterpiece of a game. I teared up a little in the video at some of the points where Arthur is confronted with the consequences of his prior life and his true desire for redemption. I wanted so bad for there to be some way for him to come out the other side. Even though his fate was sealed and we all knew his death was unavoidable it still ripps out your heart and feeds it to you. Thanks for the content I enjoyed the emotional recap.