I know Ill get flaked huge for this, but to me the Character of John Marston is just too damn polite and not nearly badass enough to be doing all the crazy shit he gets into in Red Dead Redemption. Like I get that we are supposed to believe that hes a former criminal turned good guy, but that's it! Hes just too damn nice all the time! I'm sorry call me spoiled by stories like Game of Thrones, but if a main character whose supposed to be a badass doesn't at least kill a couple innocent people, ruin a few friends lives, or just generally mess shit up for no reason, I just cant believe his character.
Maybe that's what it is for me, hes just too "Good Guy", hes not nearly enough of a "Grey" character. That he led this former life of horrible crime and now lives solely for unselfish purpose, makes him sound so cliche in my opinion. Now do I complete hate him? No! I actually find some of his lines to be very witty, and at times just straight up Intellectual!
Like when you first get into Bonnies ranch and he says that line "Well you'll have to excuse me for my reticence." I was like WOAH...did a video game character just use a cool word that I didn't know yet? And its not just that he said it but the voice actor actually made it believable.
But in the end, I just wanted him to be so much more of a character. He seemed more plain to me than anything in the end because he just never showed us his true darkside, hiding behind his smart words and his overly-textured facial scars.
Maybe that's what it is for me, hes just too "Good Guy", hes not nearly enough of a "Grey" character. That he led this former life of horrible crime and now lives solely for unselfish purpose, makes him sound so cliche in my opinion. Now do I complete hate him? No! I actually find some of his lines to be very witty, and at times just straight up Intellectual!
Like when you first get into Bonnies ranch and he says that line "Well you'll have to excuse me for my reticence." I was like WOAH...did a video game character just use a cool word that I didn't know yet? And its not just that he said it but the voice actor actually made it believable.
But in the end, I just wanted him to be so much more of a character. He seemed more plain to me than anything in the end because he just never showed us his true darkside, hiding behind his smart words and his overly-textured facial scars.