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[Mister Apoc]

He is by far my protagonist of the generation if not all time. from his journal, his voice actor's performance, his mannerisms etc. I love him, I remember everyone thought he was going to be some boring generic guy and he turns out to be one of the all time great protagonists. Anyone else fans of good ol Arthur

Really feels like a legit human character, flaws and all....

 

[Derktron]

No......Just no --- this is an opinion and should stay at that my boy. You are in the wrong neighborhood.

 

[xBlueStonex]

100% agree.

 

[GuinGuin]

He's an idiot for following around his boss who didn't have a clue. He should have ditched Dutch after the first 2 hours. He's the third best RDR protagonist after John and Jack Marston. The first game was just soooo much better.

 

[Maogp]

Totally agree.

 

[Star-Lord]

You meant John Marston, right?

 

[TheInfamousKira]

You misspelled Solid Snake.

 

[Captain Toad]

Nope. It's Seaman.

 

[Thief1987]

Meh, he is just some degenerate in an awful game

 

[Fuz]

 

[MiguelItUp]

He's definitely one of my personal favorites. But I'm sure the majority don't agree with him being THE best.

 

[Dick Jones]

Pong paddle #1

 

[LaughingStock]

One of the best? Yes.
The best? I don't know.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

He's quite good. Yet not even top 10 for me.

 

[Sealord of Braavos]

He’s right up near the top for me. Hoping for a next-gen version of RDR2.

 

[Hugare]

He has great personality. Very endearing.

But his development is all over the place. But thats RDR 2 for you. Its pacing is a mess.

He goes "I dont know, Dutch" pretty early on, but it takes waaay too much time for him to start confronting Dutch. And even then, he still does a lot of shit for Dutch "just 'cause".

John Marston is an already established character in RDR, so his development is limited, but I enjoyed him much more because he stayed true to his character 100% of the game.

My answer would be Marston / Solid Snake / Joel

Probably Solid Snake.

 

[Thirty7ven]

He’s really not and if it weren’t for a terminal disease his name would be simple Jack.

 

[M.W.]

He's phenomenal, just like the game. GOTG easily.

 

[Dick Jones]

He’s really not and if it weren’t for a terminal disease his name would be simple Jack.

 

[YoshiMadness]

You were saying?

 

[M.W.]

You were saying?

I'm not 4

 

[JLB]

He is by far my protagonist of the generation if not all time. from his journal, his voice actor's performance, his mannerisms etc. I love him, I remember everyone thought he was going to be some boring generic guy and he turns out to be one of the all time great protagonists. Anyone else fans of good ol Arthur

Really feels like a legit human character, flaws and all....

ots hard to say if its the best for me, but easily in my top 5.

 

[bender]

 

[WoodyStare]

Edit: Nvm

 

[Fredrik]

I may not like all his choices but yeah I think he’s the most belivable and fully realized game character ever and he’s also in the most living and fully realized game world ever. Can Rockstar top RDR2? We’ll see in 10 years or so.

 

[existensmaximum]

Yeah, no. To me he's as interesting as a piece of white paper. I felt he was completely devoid of personality and I never grew to care about him. As bland and generic as they get.

John Marston on the other hand, now that's a protagonist! In the first game specifically.

 

[Nobody_Important]

It's either him or Geralt. But yeah.

 

[Perrott]

You are 100% right OP.

Fuck the haters.

 

[GuinGuin]

He has great personality. Very endearing.

But his development is all over the place. But thats RDR 2 for you. Its pacing is a mess.

He goes "I dont know, Dutch" pretty early on, but it takes waaay too much time for him to start confronting Dutch. And even then, he still does a lot of shit for Dutch "just 'cause".

John Marston is an already established character in RDR, so his development is limited, but I enjoyed him much more because he stayed true to his character 100% of the game.

My answer would be Marston / Solid Snake / Joel

Probably Solid Snake.

Joel isn't a main character. He's a supporting character to Ellie who is the real GOAT.

 

[rofif]

he is a well written character with a fantastic even if cliché arc.
He was the best part of that game 100% and one of best main protagonists

That said, I liked Nathan Drake from uc4 more.
Trico from The Last guardian (it's a stretch so we can ignore since it's not literal protagonist)
Niko from gta iv.
Kratos is also now a crazy good character. He matured and learned.

and... I will get hate for that but Abby from TLOU2. The shit she goes through and how she changes. Similar for Ellie. Not sure if she counts as protagonist though.Anyway - My pick is Niko from gta iv.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

For another few months maybe.

 

[EDMIX]

The writing in that game is just awful. It legit felt like 20 people wrote it and all disagreed with each other lol

The man watched Dutch drown someone and acted like he just went too far.....after they did a mission where he himself legit killed fitty men. Just fucking stop lol You can't have some shit like this where you try to make a murdering bank robber, this um "nice guy" as he continues to go on missions killing people. It doesn't fucking make sense and becomes laughable. No one is putting a gun to this dumbasses head and FORCING him to do any of this shit. Nothing here comes across as deep or complex as much as it comes across like he is stupid and a follower.

Many already stated this, but its very hard to write something like this in a genre and series known for its freedom and free agency given to the player. You can write a character that is this nice, humble and peaceful person all day, but you can't really then give the player all the freedom to literally contradict that idea. Make a linear, or limited game and it makes much more sense, but once the option to rob and murder people is put into missions, it hurts that whole narrative.

Let me be as evil or as peaceful as I want to be and save the pre-written character for something else.

Deeply missed opportunity.

 

[GuinGuin]

I hope that isn't how your Arthur looked. If you weren't rocking a Father John Misty beard you were playing it wrong.

 

[Droxcy]

His progression was fantastic really wished his story continued or his realized the madness happening sooner. Definitely one of my favorite characters I’ve played ever.

 

[M1chl]

Nope. It's Seaman.

This one?

 

[GC_DALBEN]

Top3 easily

 

[Thirty7ven]

The writing in that game is just awful. It legit felt like 20 people wrote it and all disagreed with each other lol

Yup, and it’s not like he’s just defending himself either, he’s out there killing innocent people nonstop. Dumb motherfucker too, it’s weird how many people see themselves in him.

 

[Bernkastel]

Reimu is the greatest video game protagonist

 

[Roufianos]

Snake for me but if I try and remove my nostalgia then I could definitely see it being Arthur.

 

[Saber]

John Martson is 20x better than him, sorry lad.

 

[Certinty]

It’s not even just him, the game has the best supporting characters and even the best story of any game I’ve ever played. What a masterpiece in writing.

 

[DAHGAMING]

I agree.

 

[Rykan]

It's like you people haven't even played Kula World.

 

[Warablo]

He's much better than John Marston.

 

[mcjmetroid]

Controls like a 400 pound man trying to get out of quicksand though...

 

[Topher]

 

[BennyBlanco]

He is definitely up there and had an amazing character arc in 1 game.

 

[ReBurn]

Controls like a 400 pound man trying to get out of quicksand though...

Controls like a human of unremarkable athletic ability. Which was probably the right way for him to control.

 

[FoundryMusic]

You're all wrong. Hail the King.

 

[mcjmetroid]

Controls like a human of unremarkable athletic ability. Which was probably the right way for him to control.

ugh don't know. I'm not saying he has to control like Sekiro but the input lag and the weightness to the character made it very unenjoyable to me.

He's a cool character though no denying that.