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zkp said:
Well its kinda funny to read all this complements about Arthur. Yea he is a really well created character, but nothing more. Maybe he would be one of the best characters this generation if not the fact that he is a FedEx deliver boy for Dutch gang. And no Arthur cant't stand in one line with characters like Kratos or Geralt of Rivia. I know hype and etc. But pls be more objective. |
I'm only on chapter 4 so perhaps Arthur will still get some character progression. So far he has indeed just been a very well acted mercenary for hire / delivery boy. Of course he suffers from the same problem any open world game hero suffers from. 95% of game time he's just a stoic mute with only a couple of repetitive greet and antagonize sentences in his repertoire. Kratos and Geralt both have a lot of history to draw on, it's not really a fair comparison. If you only play the last game in their series without any back story knowledge, you might feel the same about them.
However at least in God of war the heroes reflect on what you are actually doing and recognize the distractions. Geralt and Arthur both don't give a crap about what you're doing. Arthur just called himself an adventurer in the last mission I did. (Well didn't actually do it as it was a fetch quest) I guess that's the closest description that fits as he's not really tied to the gang at all while playing the game. RDR2 has some great dialogue, best in a R* game. Yet after 60 hours, if Arthur would drop dead and the focus shifts to another character, I wouldn't give a crap tbh. The map is the real character in the game. I would cry if I lost my map!
