r/videogames • • Aug 29 '26

Image / Video Bro had a good take

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u/Shydreameress Aug 29 '26

Everytime I see someone say that Jason sounds boring and seems bland I remember the early comments when RDR2 showed Arthur for the firsr time: "Who is this guy, I want John", "Dude has the most generic cowboy voice ever", "He looks boring".

Guys Rockstar has been taking their sweet time with this game, I'm not a fan of everything Rockstar does but one thing is certain, they know how to write characters, y'all are gonna love Jason eventually.

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u/brownarmyhat Aug 29 '26

“I’ll keep her in black on your behalf” is a line from the trailer I’ll never forget. It was so sinister and made me so curious how complex of a character Arthur might be.

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u/KassandraArms Aug 29 '26

I remember how the initial articles said that Arthur was a lot more of an asshole than everyone was expecting 

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u/Nickulator95 Aug 29 '26

They knew how to write good characters, most of Rockstar's talent has left. The people responsible for writing GTA 6 are the same ones who wrote all of the GTA Online story expansions and if you've ever played any of those, then you know exactly where this boring, bland or cringe writing is coming from.

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u/Phoenixskull295 Aug 31 '26

This is completely false lmao. GTA VI is written by Rupert Humphries and Michael Unsworth, the same writers who wrote for RDR2 and GTA IV, and had no involvement in Online. The only one who left is Dan Houser, who was one of three co writers for most of the previous games

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u/sharplight141 Sep 01 '26

Well that's promising to hear!

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u/sharplight141 Sep 01 '26

That's my main criticism without playing it. In the extended look, Jason sounds boring as hell, hoping it's better playing the full game.

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u/Shydreameress Aug 29 '26

Tbf it was a gameplay trailer, but they'll share more about the characters and the story eventually

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u/descendantofJanus Aug 29 '26

It wasn't just a gameplay trailer tho. We had bits of multiple missions, cutscenes, etc... Plenty of beats to showcase any personality from either of them.

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u/Shydreameress Aug 29 '26

Well, we'll see I guess, I just have a hard time thinking Rockstar would fumble the writing of their characters. I also only really played RDR2 but I've heard nothing but good things from all their other characters

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u/descendantofJanus Aug 29 '26

If you've not played gtav, you're missing out. Trevor was amazing.

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u/curtcolt95 Aug 29 '26

man I thought his voice was pretty damn perfect, sounds like a reserved dude who doesn't take shit

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u/war_ridge Aug 29 '26

People didn’t like Arthur at first because he wasn’t John. With Jason his voice acting in my opinion just isn’t good. Not sure about his character yet but his voice was annoying me through the entire trailer

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u/Shydreameress Aug 29 '26

I've seen complaints about Arthur's voice at the beginning too. And tbh, when I first started playing Rdr2 I was annoyed with their accent because I wasn't used to it but I eventually got to love the characters and their way of speaking.

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u/WunShawtMasturr Aug 29 '26

He reminds me of V from Cyberpunk