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The following article contains massive story spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2.
The viral reaction of aRed Dead Redemption 2player garnered a response from none other than Roger Clark, the actor for protagonist Arthur Morgan.Red Dead Redemption 2tragically endswith the character passing on in one of two ways depending on the player’s honor levels.
Red Dead Redemption 2has among the most depressing video game storiesever written, and that’s one of many things the prequel title has been acclaimed for since its 2018–2019 launch. The game follows the exploits of equally-acclaimed character Arthur Morgan, a high-ranking member of the Van der Linde gang who has been working for them since he was orphaned at fourteen. He spends the game’s events navigating a fictionalized version of the American frontier, dealing with civilizational decline while also fighting various adversaries including government forces.
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The viral TikTok reaction is in the perspective of a mother, who is interrupted in the middle of food prep by her sobbing daughter, who recently beatRed Dead Redemption 2. The latter expresses heartbroken shock at the ending, involving Arthur’s death, describing the scenes that lead up to it, such asArthur discarding his iconic hatand promising to stay behind on the farm. The mother ends the clip, comforting her daughter in a tight hug and reassuring her that those events are fictional, although the daughter exclaims that they were real to her. If anything, that’s a testament to just how goodRed Dead Redemption 2’s writing is.
The icing on the cake is the reaction fromRoger Clark who provided the voice and motion capture for Arthurand received numerous award nominations for his acting. He gives a surprisingly subdued response, letting loose an “Aww” and some words of comfort upon seeing the daughter crying over his character’s death, but at the same time appearing flattered by the fact that she was able to get so immersed by his performance, as shown by the constant smirk on his face. The clip ultimately ends on a humorous note, with Clark asking the mother to be sure to drain the meat she’s cooking.
If there’s one cool thing about modern, more story-based video games is that they’re capable of eliciting such real and raw human emotional reactions, andRed Dead Redemption 2is one of many examples. The popularity of game streaming also makes such reactions incredibly easy to view and compare, and it should be interesting to see which games further down the line might garner similar reactions through sheer storytelling prowess.
Red Dead Redemption 2is available to play on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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