6 Dumb Video Game Protagonists Not Known for Their Smarts
Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
God bless him, as he is a good man at his core, but Arthur Morgan can be stupider than a sack of bricks sometimes.
Whereas Dutch and the rest of the gang are usually the masterminds behind the schemes and robberies that go south, Arthur is the simple soul who goes along with them, even if he sees the flaws.
Micah wants to shoot up a town right after being broken out of prison? Arthur doesn’t like it, but he helps Micah do it all the same.
A few gang members want to walk right into Rhodes, despite their conning the most prominent members of the town? He’ll walk right in with them, even though he’s well aware that the town has figured out they’re being had.
Granted, this could be chalked up to his loyalty for the gang and everyone in it (and you know, because it’s a game), but many times speaking up sooner or even stopping to think a little harder could have led to a better outcome for everyone.
Factor in the dumb decisions he makes himself – namely choosing some of the loudest and most violent methods for breaking his friends out of prison – and it’s hard not to see that Arthur could have stood to think a little harder from time to time.
