Was Jack Marston the Main Protagonist of Red Dead all the time ????

[notrelayzz]

Saw this tiktok about Red Dead since its my favorite game and its on my for you page. The user claimed that the main character of Red Dead is Jack Marston all along. Thoughts?

[GoreTiger]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RAT_DMD:

You say magic makes red dead revolver not cannon yet red dead 2 litrally has the devil in it. Hes just not a mission or highlighted.

He's not really the devil, He admits to it and you find out who he really is.

But there is also an actual Vampire in Saint dennis tho, Plus all the voodoo magic going on.
Edit: And Magnifico, Who can teleport.

[Rat]

Who are we talking about? Am talking about the strange man who has the cabin in the swamp with the painting. His painting is also in the armadillo shop. Hes very much hinted to be death of some sort.

[GoreTiger]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RAT_DMD:

Who are we talking about? Am talking about the strange man who has the cabin in the swamp with the painting. His painting is also in the armadillo shop. Hes very much hinted to be death of some sort.

Death does exist in the Redemption games, We meet him as a black suit and top hat wearing man in the first redemption as john. I've never ran into him in rdr2 but it's cool if he is in it.

I'm talking about the guy you can find in a cave. When you enter he claims he's the devil and his cave is an entrance to hell so arthur should turn around. If you keep bugging him tho eventually he admits he's not but he wishes he was so people would leave him alone. You can find letters with his real name on them.

[Rhaaxerus]

Tiktok is degenerate trash.
That being said, there have been theories that tried tying Red Dead Revolver to Red Dead Redemption.
But Red from RD Revolver is already said by Rockstar to not be canon to the Redemption universe.
And at most is a sort of mythical figure mentioned about in the Redemption universe.

In response to Jack Marston being the actual main protagonist......that's now how storytelling works.

In RDR 1, you are entirely focusing on the events around John Marston and his motives to protect Jack and Abigail. And the final moments with Jack Marston are just for story conclusion.
In RDR 2, Jack is a kid that you see in passing like every other character you interact with.
In order to be a protagonist, the character has to have some sort of primary focus in the story. Jack Martson is a minor character at best in RDR2.

Would be very cool to see a RDR3 set in the early 1900s with Jack Marston actually as the protagonist though.

[Mr Madbull]

Stopped reading at tiktok

[Gigadesu!]

Maybe the main characters were the friends we made along the way.

[jordanwordan]

I wouldn't say he's the protagonist but he's the central character in both the Redemption games. In Layman's Terms: RDR2 - Arthur wants John to escape with his family because Arthur never had that chance, and family matters more than the gang. RDR1 - John wants to get his family back by hunting down his past "family." Overall the story always falls onto Arthur wants Jack to have a father, and have John to have a family, then John wants Jack to be a good man.

[GoreTiger]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Rhaazerus:

Tiktok is degenerate trash.
That being said, there have been theories that tried tying Red Dead Revolver to Red Dead Redemption.
But Red from RD Revolver is already said by Rockstar to not be canon to the Redemption universe.
And at most is a sort of mythical figure mentioned about in the Redemption universe.

In response to Jack Marston being the actual main protagonist......that's now how storytelling works.

In RDR 1, you are entirely focusing on the events around John Marston and his motives to protect Jack and Abigail. And the final moments with Jack Marston are just for story conclusion.
In RDR 2, Jack is a kid that you see in passing like every other character you interact with.
In order to be a protagonist, the character has to have some sort of primary focus in the story. Jack Martson is a minor character at best in RDR2.

Would be very cool to see a RDR3 set in the early 1900s with Jack Marston actually as the protagonist though.

Do you have a source for that claim that rockstar said Revolver isn't canon?

Początkowo opublikowane przez jord_an301:

I wouldn't say he's the protagonist but he's the central character in both the Redemption games. In Layman's Terms: RDR2 - Arthur wants John to escape with his family because Arthur never had that chance, and family matters more than the gang. RDR1 - John wants to get his family back by hunting down his past "family." Overall the story always falls onto Arthur wants Jack to have a father, and have John to have a family, then John wants Jack to be a good man.

Your logic doesn't really hold up. If you count Jack as being the central character of the whole series simply because arthur wants john to have a family, then you would have to say Abigail is the central character, which neither are.

The gang itself is the 'central character' of rdr2, And John is the central legacy of rdr1.