Arthur Morgan And John Marston
However their relationship strained when john ran away for little over a year after getting abigail roberts pregnant with his son jack.
Arthur morgan and john marston. Arthur morgan or john marston. John marston was the original cowboy from the first game but arthur morgan is an equal contender for best red dead protagonist thanks to the nuanced take on his character. With the ability to play as john marston in the epilogue chapters following the conclusion of arthur morgan s story john has become the only playable protagonist of an open world sandbox game developed by rockstar games to be playable in more than one game. John marston and arthur morgan despite being so different share the trait of making their players relate and connect to them in a land inherently foreign to contemporary audiences.
This hurt arthur deeply and left him feeling betrayed and also annoyed at john not. John marston hires arthur morgan a private detective to look into the death of heidi mccourt a former friend who he suspects was the victim of foul play rather than suicide. A few weeks ago i dedicated a fair amount of words to talking about why the original red dead redemption s protagonist john marston is to put it plainly so damn good. Arthur morgan is a better protagonist than john marston.
His investigation leads them into the middle of an escalating war between two powerful gangsters fighting for control over west elizabeth s bootlegging industry both of which arthur has unpleasant and unfinished history with. Arthur and john were more or less like brothers as both of them were raised by dutch and hosea for 15 years. John is very reluctant to leave arthur behind before he dies and is deeply saddened by his death posthumously referring to him as an old friend and using arthur s ring to marry abigail.