Was Milton Really better than Ross?

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  • Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
  • Was Agent Andrew Milton of the Pinkertons Detective Agency any better than Agent Edgar Ross of the Bureau Of Investigation?
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    Milton's Actions - 3:51
    Ross' Actions - 12:50
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  • @DaddyBeans199
    @DaddyBeans199 Месяц назад +584

    I like to think Milton, despite his sadistic tendencies, tried to uphold some code of honor. He didn't immediately try to kill Arthur and the rest of the gang and offered them 3 chances at running away. Ross didn't even try to hide what a vindictive bastard he was.

    • @Rdr2449
      @Rdr2449 Месяц назад +15

      Milton didn’t kill molly and he only gave them one chance

    • @TheHQZombie
      @TheHQZombie Месяц назад +76

      @@Rdr2449 1)with Arthur as he would tell the camp 2)when he went to the camp directly 3) at St Denis bank

    • @RyanTheDark
      @RyanTheDark Месяц назад +50

      I like to think Milton would uphold his end of the bargain. It's kind of boring to make Fordham and Milton like Ross.

    • @capndikkens5790
      @capndikkens5790 Месяц назад +38

      ​@Rdr2449 Did you just completely blackout the part where Milton and Ross march into Clemen's Point to tell everyone to leave and live and normal life? That was the chance he gave them. Pay attention.

    • @Rdr2449
      @Rdr2449 Месяц назад +5

      @@capndikkens5790 the only time he gave the a chance with pure intentions

  • @Lukas77___
    @Lukas77___ Месяц назад +364

    Milton was a bad guy doing his job right.
    Ross was an even worse guy doing his job wrong but still getting paid.

    • @crypto40
      @crypto40 Месяц назад

      Milton was never a bad guy. He was doing his job in general as an officer of the state. Wanna be technical we are the bad people. However after Milton was killed it sent Ross on a diffrent path and he became corrupt after realizing there is no hope for scum

    • @star4326
      @star4326 Месяц назад +65

      I’d say Milton was a neutral guy doing a bad job well. When you take a step back and really think about it, Milton saying he enjoyed killing the Van Der Linde members really isn’t that bad considering how awful most of them were. How was he supposed to know Hosea wasn’t that bad a guy? He was one of the founding members of the gang.

    • @TheChosenMoose01
      @TheChosenMoose01 28 дней назад +32

      ​@@star4326milton also warned the entire gang to leave before they all got hunted by the pinkertons in chapter 3, showing some level of good

    • @simoneidson21
      @simoneidson21 18 дней назад

      Federal agents and Pinkertons are no different, both are organized to protect property over people. Both were utter psychopaths

    • @erenjaeger1738
      @erenjaeger1738 16 дней назад +10

      People need to understand the differences being
      Bad vs Evil they're huge differences.

  • @eggy6815
    @eggy6815 16 дней назад +81

    That moment when you realise Milton died thinking Johns name was actually Rip Van Winkle

    • @Frtordels
      @Frtordels 16 дней назад +17

      I think the got his name when John got arrested

  • @user-cj6ro9dd9c
    @user-cj6ro9dd9c 29 дней назад +122

    Considering how many chances Milton gave to the gang, he practically saint.

  • @user-hs1pp9ir8h
    @user-hs1pp9ir8h Месяц назад +99

    The reason why I believe that Ross was so brutal in RDR 1 was because he learnt from Milton’s mistakes being that Milton gave the gang chance after chance to turn themselves but they refused so he when caught John he knew from the start that Ross was going to take out John

    • @KeyUploads
      @KeyUploads 28 дней назад

      Absolutely nonsense. Killing John proved he kidnapped his family just for pride not need

  • @CDNBreadDogs
    @CDNBreadDogs 11 дней назад +10

    You can really see the big difference between Milton and Ross during the first time you meet them in RDR2.
    Milton finds a wanted criminal taking a child out on a fishing trip, announces his arrival and approaches them unarmed, informs Arthur of his intentions and explains his reasons, offers Arthur an exchange for his freedom, informs Arthur of Mac's passing, remains calm and collected even after Arthur shows aggression, threatens the adult and only the adult, walks away calmly.
    Ross finds a wanted criminal taking a child on a fishing trip, approaches them with a shotgun in hand and says absolutely nothing, aims the gun when Arthur shows the slightest bit of anger after finding out his friend died, threatens not the guilty adult, but the innocent powerless child who doesn't understand what's going on, leaves.
    Milton is honest, calm, offers mercy even to the undeserving, and is collected even when threatened by someone who could easily overpower him, and does it all for his country.
    Ross is egotistical, smug, unforgiving, quick to intimidate, and gets off from talking down on those he knows he can beat, and he does it all for fame and fortune.

  • @star4326
    @star4326 Месяц назад +187

    Personally I feel like Milton would’ve let them live their lives peacefully if they’d taken his offer. Milton is a direct reflection of society itself. He is accommodating and respectful, but if you don’t play by his rules he will hunt you to the ends of the earth and the end of time. I feel Milton would’ve let the rest of the gang go because it would be the civilized thing to do, not to break a deal.
    Ross was motivated purely by greed and pride. He most likely never intended to let John live. John was the only person on earth who could contest the idea that Edgar Ross had tracked and killed the remaining outlaws himself. John was always the final loose end Ross had to clean up at some point.

    • @trashbandit3270
      @trashbandit3270 20 дней назад +17

      In rdr2 Emmet Granger was apparently allowed to live a peaceful life and given a bit of land because of a deal with the government. The only government agents we see in RDR2 are Milton and Ross so it’s possible that Granger took their offer up and was spared.

    • @Jose-ue1ss
      @Jose-ue1ss 20 дней назад +2

      ⁠@@trashbandit3270you believe emmet Granger?

    • @trashbandit3270
      @trashbandit3270 20 дней назад +18

      @@Jose-ue1ss In this case yes. Granger talks about how tough he is, but as soon as Arthur starts threatening him he comes clean about being a government witness, also Theodore writes on the back of Emmet Grangers picture “Federal pardon - WHY?” So he’s probably being completely honest about being a rat.

    • @simoneidson21
      @simoneidson21 18 дней назад +2

      I don’t believe that for a second. The Pinkertons were and are cartoonishly evil. Milton isn’t better than Ross, he’s simply nicer

    • @star4326
      @star4326 18 дней назад

      @@simoneidson21 they were cartoonishly evil true, but they absolutely followed the letter of the law most of the time. The vast majority of their killing was allowed by the government.

  • @Connor-fj5rc
    @Connor-fj5rc 29 дней назад +59

    Controversial opinion: It’s totally understandable why Ross betrayed John in the end, especially after RDR2. If gameplay during missions is canon, which it probably isn’t but whatever, the Van der linde gang is responsible for killing *hundreds* of people including dozens and dozens of Pinkertons. Ross probably lost a lot of friends, as well as his mentor Milton. Many of the people killed by the gang were totally innocent, like the girl Dutch killed in Blackwater. Yeah Ross is an asshole, but I can understand not just letting things slide. John doesn’t just get to live a normal happy life after everything he’s done. His kill count is probably in the thousands, he’s like a walking 9/11, there need to be consequences.

    • @KingAlternate
      @KingAlternate 23 дня назад +14

      There’s something called a “witness protection” which was promised to John in a way

    • @Matt_History
      @Matt_History 16 дней назад +7

      ​@@KingAlternatewitness protection doesn't protect you if a different group is tipped off, or the practice isn't fully developed. John and his family did absolutely nothing that indicated witness protection. Not to mention John is still an outlaw meaning he is exempt from any form of legal protection

    • @KingAlternate
      @KingAlternate 14 дней назад +3

      @@Matt_History The agency promised him and his family protection categorically, if he hunted down his gang members

    • @Dawid23_Gamer
      @Dawid23_Gamer 9 дней назад +1

      ​@@KingAlternate that's not how witness protection works, get that GTA V misconception out of here.
      The goal of witness protection is to allow people to safely testify in court against someone or a group of people if doing so would put them in danger otherwise. There is no witness protection if the courts are not involved!
      Michael in GTA V wasn't in witness protection either, that's just what he told Lester, Trevor and Franklin to try to cover up what he actually did. In reality he took a deal with a corrupt FIB agent: Michael would fake his death, Trevor would be killed, burried in Michael's place and signed off by Dave to be lost somewhere in the federal prison system while Brad would go to prison to bear witness in front of both the law and criminal world to this line of events. Dave gets the glory, Michael gets a new life for himself.
      But Brad was shot instead and Trevor ran off, which screwed up the entire plan and set the events of the entire game into motion.

    • @KeyUploads
      @KeyUploads 6 дней назад

      Making him betray his friends and NOT admitting they did it for protection, he's just another Shane. Your morals are absurd and you are a danger to society.

  • @Spider-Nalgas
    @Spider-Nalgas Месяц назад +47

    When I think about it, Ross may have reflected on the way Milton gave the Van Der Lind gang chances and decided to not make the same mistake by being sparing. I like that for the narrative of the overall series.

  • @Emoney5435
    @Emoney5435 Месяц назад +68

    Thing is Ross watched Milton he learned from him he learned what to do and not to do even before the start of the second game then in the first he used all he had learned from the gang and his former boss

    • @elperrodelautumo7511
      @elperrodelautumo7511 Месяц назад +9

      Unfortunate that Ross took the route of traitor instead of Milton’s. At least had Milton taken John family, he would at least kept his promise. And not turn on John after.

    • @Rdr2449
      @Rdr2449 Месяц назад +5

      @@elperrodelautumo7511I doubt that because Milton was fine with arresting Abigail with false charges

    • @thickt
      @thickt Месяц назад +3

      ​@@Rdr2449yeah l mean Milton kidnapped Abigail in the end he is a bad dude

    • @RyanTheDark
      @RyanTheDark Месяц назад +6

      I like to think Milton would uphold his end of the bargain. It's kind of boring to make Fordham and Milton like Ross.

    • @Emoney5435
      @Emoney5435 Месяц назад

      @@RyanTheDark Milton always said that he wanted just Dutch, Hosea only died to prove that he was willing to kill anyone Dutch cared about to get to Dutch

  • @WillyC300
    @WillyC300 Месяц назад +55

    Milton isn’t an awful man, he does questionable things but gave the gang several chances to give up Dutch and live their lives in peace, even in the end I didn’t hate Milton I was mainly just happy to see him go for Hosea.

    • @drysoup3017
      @drysoup3017 Месяц назад +3

      You were happy to see him take out Hosea?

    • @Billy_the-cat
      @Billy_the-cat 29 дней назад +15

      ​@@drysoup3017 nah that aint what he said

    • @LowRedemptionCoyote
      @LowRedemptionCoyote 16 дней назад

      He gave them one chance. If there was any chance at all.

  • @theprelate4219
    @theprelate4219 17 дней назад +10

    I think that we only really see these two from the Outlaws point of view. One must remember that in a traditional western these two are the good guys. If you think about it the cycle of murder degrades everyone involved. Milton's death likely changed Ross for the worse in the same way as John's death turned Jack into the killer his father never wanted him to be. One can assume that at some point Jack was also killed by someone avenging Ross.

    • @nordicgaming5429
      @nordicgaming5429 16 дней назад +3

      Probably as a very old man due to several theories saying otherwise, mainly the book one.
      But Yeah i wouldn’t be suprised he is shot, just not very likely with how things are put.

    • @theprelate4219
      @theprelate4219 16 дней назад +2

      @@nordicgaming5429 I saw the ending as a grim message of "Things change, but violence is forever." In another game it would be the beginning, not the end.

  • @baron-chan6484
    @baron-chan6484 Месяц назад +13

    Milton is willing to let a group of Outlaws free to live a normal life if it means sacrificing their snake's head so to speak

  • @psychosparten049.esquire9
    @psychosparten049.esquire9 Месяц назад +36

    Maybe just because I’m stupid but personally I trust Milton would have kept his word early on. I say it was all business with him unlike Ross. I do believe that’s the biggest difference between the two.

    • @star4326
      @star4326 Месяц назад +15

      I agree. Milton probably would’ve let them live normal lives, he says it himself “I enjoy society, flaws and all”. He probably would’ve let them live simply because it would’ve been the civilized thing to do.

    • @pupatart750
      @pupatart750 28 дней назад +6

      @@star4326i still think he would have gotten the main gunslingers of the gang put in jail. on the beach with arthur he says “you have my word you won’t swing” while i do think he would hold true to that part, i still think he would have had arthur put away

    • @erenjaeger1738
      @erenjaeger1738 16 дней назад +3

      Yes they're different
      Bad vs Evil
      That's their differences.

  • @Thomas-Edge-Richter
    @Thomas-Edge-Richter Месяц назад +35

    The real problem was Miltons atrocious haircut

  • @PlatosPunk
    @PlatosPunk Месяц назад +83

    Milton was the harbinger of doom. Ross was doom.

    • @nosir7882
      @nosir7882 24 дня назад +1

      Good way to put it

  • @gordonchen9510
    @gordonchen9510 Месяц назад +21

    Dont forget Milton let the members go after he interrogated them despite not getting info. Many often forget Milton let Molly go after not getting the info he needed despite "sweating her".
    They only started dying after Milton died and Ross took over, even going so far as to torture Strauss to death. This gives me reason to believe that whether or not he was lying about letting them go they have Dutch in, he still had somewhat of a heart whereas Ross enjoyed torture and instilling fear. As also showing his sadistic tendencies with not just torture but that joke about Abigail dying in prison in RDR1. Milton never wasted time with unnecessarily sadism. The closest being him telling Arthur about his "mercy kill" which arguably was the truth.
    Anyway youre my fav red dead channel and you earned a subscribe despite my depression usually holding me back from doing so for other channels.

  • @Whathappenughh
    @Whathappenughh Месяц назад +47

    Milton was fine with taking the gang down and letting the others go. Ross did the opposite

    • @erenjaeger1738
      @erenjaeger1738 16 дней назад

      Execpt he did killed hosea but one again. His POV he already tired of the gang bs doing more stupid shit. Dutch led hosea to his death. Wasn't Hosea the one thinking robbing a bank again was a terrible idea?

  • @Trash_Cat21
    @Trash_Cat21 Месяц назад +13

    Milton was a flawed but honorable man while Ross was a vindictive evil little man.

    • @piotr3580
      @piotr3580 29 дней назад +4

      What you mean honorable?

    • @Trash_Cat21
      @Trash_Cat21 29 дней назад +8

      @@piotr3580 I misspoke. I meant that he gave the gang chances to escape. When the gang members were captured they were given proper sentences.

    • @piotr3580
      @piotr3580 29 дней назад

      @@Trash_Cat21 That bitch was capping. If Dutch agreeded to be arrested Milton would kill everyone

  • @BaronVonPurp
    @BaronVonPurp Месяц назад +9

    Milton was an asshole but was fair with giving them chances to run.
    Ross was everything wrong with bureaucracy.

  • @Yes-Bean
    @Yes-Bean Месяц назад +5

    Ross seems like a pure evil man. He made John do his dirty work, he shot him 'like a dog', and was willing to do the same to Jack.

  • @firedragonmcqueen
    @firedragonmcqueen 22 дня назад +6

    I got rdr1 a few months ago it was awesome I loved the part where Dutch escaped to Tahiti and shot John in the head and started dancing

  • @fireartifact1488
    @fireartifact1488 17 дней назад +4

    I liked that milton always played it straight with the gang and im glad you mentioned that, Milton was honest with the gang and never fed them false promises, Ross literally killed a man who gave up his life to assist him

  • @MahmutTersak
    @MahmutTersak 23 дня назад +7

    Milton isn’t a bad guy he’s a saint compared to the gang y’all are just seeing him trough the eyes of the protagonist the gang are murderers and thief’s don’t forget that and he also gave them multiple chances of fleeing but they didn’t take them

  • @AngelGuzman0925
    @AngelGuzman0925 Месяц назад +2

    I was waiting for a video like this because I always wondered the same thing. Great video!

  • @thepandasamurai228
    @thepandasamurai228 26 дней назад +5

    This is my thoughts on Ross’s corruption and evil and dissing the saying of Milton “Just doing his job” Milton also did horrible stuff like torturing Mac after a time he knew he would stay loyal to Dutch but still killed him instead of putting him in prison or having him be executed in a more lawful way. Fired a machine gun in a shack with women and a child inside the shack he knew they were there because he had visited the gang’s camp multiple times and knew what people were there he even saw Jack directly one time and still fired the minigun without a warning or hesitation at all. He also said he enjoyed killing Hosea and Lenny which yes he completed the job of killing 2 very important gang members you are supposed to fill fullfilled and accomplished yes but he got sadistic pleasure out of their deaths which is totally different from feeling well at completing a job that you wanted to complete for years. So yeah Milton is not doing it “By the law that's BS. But he still has morals that Ross doesn't have He mostly talks with the gang with the utmost respect, unlike Ross who is just a prick to John for the whole game and treats him like a robot disregarding the fact that the guys he ordered John to kill people he called family and wanting him to kill or capture the gang members with no hesitation or remorse like John never cared about them. Also, Ross has John do all his dirty work by unlawfully kidnapping Abigail and Jack and forcing John to capture Javier, Bill, and Dutch, Milton can have informants but he doesn't order them to kill or do all his dirty work in capturing the criminals no they can help like informing about the gang’s hideout, talking about the gang’s plan etc Ross does the complete opposite. Milton gave Dutch 2 warnings before going psycho mode and he also wouldn't have done all these things if it wasn't for Cornwall pressuring him to give results. Ross captured John’s family without warning he just did and forced John to do all his work for him. Milton also gave the gang 2 warnings and 3 whole days to turn their life around and if they helped Milton they would have a new life which I believe is true and Milton is going to stick with his word. Ross says this to John but is nothing but a lie Ross says to John that this is his chance for redemption but then kills him as soon as he reunites with his family like just 3 weeks later. I'm saying that Milton is not a good person not in the slightest but he’s much of a better person than Ross. Milton is the personification of ends justify the means while Ross is the personification of Corruption. Hope this gives you a bigger understanding on both of their characters.

  • @Bro_wat
    @Bro_wat 29 дней назад +3

    As for capturing Abigail to be tried for murder, that would explain how she managed to escape Saint Denis during the bank robbery. Also, Abigail would have valuable information on the gang so it makes sense that there's a bunch of protection

  • @9-ac-7
    @9-ac-7 Месяц назад +8

    Your content is amazing, it would be really interesting to watch the same type of content but on topic of detroit become human

  • @redvice6210
    @redvice6210 25 дней назад +2

    6:09 in Red Dead Redemption 1 Nate Johns is running for governor and is promising to cut down on crime. To do this he has Ross extort Marston into doing their bidding

  • @gamingmoth4542
    @gamingmoth4542 14 дней назад +3

    I think that when it comes down to it, Milton truly believes in his ideals of a “lawful civil society devoid of outlaw gangs”. Meanwhile, Ross just simply wants to enhance his career and doesn’t care how many people he needs to step on in order to do so.

  • @Landon_ricketts_duals
    @Landon_ricketts_duals Месяц назад +5

    You should make a video about what if Dutch and Hosea both died and Arthur became the leader

  • @cydude5856
    @cydude5856 13 дней назад +1

    Milton was run down by the stubborness of Arthur and Dutch. His first few encounters with the gang shows how willing he was to let everyone but Dutch go free.
    In Saint Denis, Milton shoots Hosea as a final warning to the gang, and when he next finds where they are hidden, Milton has lost all hope for the gang.
    His patience and mercy collapses, giving way to his sadism and anger as where before he was above threatening Arthur directly when near a child, now Milton only gives a count of ten before shooting up the house holding the gang.

  • @-SaintValentine
    @-SaintValentine 26 дней назад +3

    Andrew Milton should've been like his brother, the ranch hand of Proghorn ranch, Jim Milton. He would've been more successful.

  • @justsomeguy747
    @justsomeguy747 Месяц назад +3

    Red Dead Redemption II gives great insight into Ross’ character. I think that had Milton lived, he would’ve blackmailed John just the same. Whether he would’ve killed him, I don’t know but I don’t believe he would’ve let Arthur go scot-free if he turned Dutch in because of his high bounty. Look at how much more ruthless Micah became and how big of a menace he was. Milton never would’ve taken that chance. I do believe that what Ross did was under orders and not out of personal pleasure. Both of them followed orders. Both of them were ruthless and were killed for their duty. However the biggest difference is how they were both perceived by the audience - Milton appeared reasonable when Ross appeared to be a scumbag from the beginning. But in fact, they both were guided by very powerful men (Leviticus Cornwall and Nate Johns who arguably had more influence and authority than Cornwall.

  • @kestrels-in-the-sky
    @kestrels-in-the-sky Месяц назад +3

    I honestly think Milton would have held up his end of the deal he could have killed all of them multiple times the reason he got vindictive post the bank is because they killed so many of his men. As for capturing Abigail I think he saw that as a moral victory sorta thing “oh I’m not going to get Dutch but I got a van Der lin” kinda thing because if she wasn’t guilty of murder (which she could have been) she was certainly guilty of conspiring to commit (and because gang laws in the uk also guilty by association)

  • @SillyBoi_handle
    @SillyBoi_handle Месяц назад +2

    Yall know the song name from 3:50 to 6:50 i think? I've been looking through the soundtrack I can't find it 💀

  • @Djordjo.S
    @Djordjo.S Месяц назад +1

    20:26 whats the music in this part?

  • @elspanoo
    @elspanoo 24 дня назад +1

    phenomenal channel!

  • @rauhau_
    @rauhau_ Месяц назад +2

    milton gave a chance to the gang to fle ros manipulated and broke his promise

  • @daviscampbell9020
    @daviscampbell9020 17 дней назад +1

    Glad Milton is being accurately disscussed. Not just seeing him as a antagonist on the side of the law. A good but utterly brutal man who meets the Dutch Van Der Linde Gangs own brutality. Personally I see Milton took Abigail as a tool as she worked as a agent for the Pinkerton agency.

  • @seangross5057
    @seangross5057 Месяц назад +2

    Well, I think if Milton had survived the second game and the other guy had died I think Milton would still make John do the dirty walk, but I won’t think he hold his family hostage, but maybe he would but I also think he would’ve kept his and not attack, JohnI think someone should do it. What if agent Milton had survived and the other guy did not in the second game?

  • @justjackorwhatever
    @justjackorwhatever Месяц назад +3

    Milton was right about thew gang being equally guilty, even the women (except jack obviously)

  • @Chantalan
    @Chantalan Месяц назад +3

    Looking forward to seeing Agent Milton in Red Dead Redemption 3

  • @MavvodoHall
    @MavvodoHall 17 дней назад +1

    I feel with miltion he was tired of giving this gang a chance over and over and over again, and since he knew he couldn't ger through to them, they had to die,
    The public execution of hosea was shown that he was done being the nice guy, and to prove to Dutch, he wasn't so smart after all
    Ross, on the other hand, didn't care if Jack or Abigail or Uncle or John died they were the last of the gang that needed to die.
    Ross member had the slightest thing to want to help John. It was literally just an entire game to make his career look much much much better.
    As hit and Bing alone, gunman, who killed the biggest gang member.

  • @pktulismonprenom
    @pktulismonprenom 24 дня назад +1

    Well, Milton gave a lot of chances to the gang to deliver them Dutch, a chance to be spared. And Ross wanted to kill everyone at the beginning, sent John to make his dirty job, and not respecting his contract

  • @Freyafanboy90
    @Freyafanboy90 18 дней назад +1

    Milton to me seems to relay on intimidation and force. His offers to the gang were merely him trying to intimidate the gang into surrender. He knew Arthur was loyal to Dutch and so thought by relaying the message through Arthur it might scare the gang, the second was him directly riding into camp as a an act of pure intimidation. Showing how he has no fear of them and exuding control through his ability to ride into their home and try and scare them, showing how he KNOWS where they are and try to scare them into surrender. Milton shooting Hosea was another act of intimidation. He went for the oldest and weakest member to try and show his power which shows Milton as the coward he is. He shot and killed Hosea, who is not only unarmed but also old and when he attacks Arthur who is sick with TB. The only times Milton seems to take an active part is when he KNOWS he has the upper hand regardless.
    Ross has seen what force can do. It ultimately got Milton killed so Ross goes a more tactful if distasteful route. He kidnaps Abigail and Jack, after seeing how effective it was when Milton did it so then he can make John do his bidding. Ross believes he is doing right but Ross embody's the worst of civilisation. Enforcing ones will on another to live by the code he dictates while being exempt from consequences. When he goes after John at the end it''s because he was ordered to so some governor can be re-elected. The first time it was personal when he had John hunt down Bill, Javier and Dutch, the second time he was contracted to. I believe Ross knew he would be back for John and just wanted to let him off so then he could come back and finish the job. Ross' distain for others trying to live their lives is obvious from how he talks to John and even though he admits several faults and even saying he's vindictive, he says it like it's something funny, quaint. However, Ross had no intention of letting John go as right from the start I believe Ross knew about the governors re-election campaign and saw it as a chance to gain some glory by bringing in the the Van der Linde gain or what remains of them. So he has John do his dirty work so then there's only John to remove. But one thing always stuck with me, one thing Ross said which seemed to foreshadow his own demise.
    "We all pay for what we have done Mr Marston."
    Ross probably said that to try and sound like a moral person but the thing is Ross thought he was immune from that. Turns out NO ONE is. We all pay, it depends on if we pay through money, time or blood.

  • @piotr3580
    @piotr3580 Месяц назад +2

    Milton was nothing more then brutal merciless mercenary

  • @reefmyers4015
    @reefmyers4015 20 дней назад +1

    Ross was a corrupt official using john to do his dirty work than killed him and took all the credit

  • @CarolynDestruction
    @CarolynDestruction 27 дней назад +1

    Reminded me of Gary Oldman playing villains

  • @cosmonauthal7651
    @cosmonauthal7651 Месяц назад +6

    Ross is legit my favorite character because of how he makes the player hate him by proxy of the story and not really his character itself. He has seen where mercy and grace gets you in the case with Milton so has disregarded that idea. He also doesn’t sugar coat how nasty he can be and doesn’t try to make himself seem larger than the whole thing just understands his place in it all. He also apparently was a good man as evidence by NPC who aren’t outlaws say. I love how to us he is a nasty antagonist but from the “moral” perspective Ross is the hero .

  • @MistahJay7
    @MistahJay7 20 дней назад +1

    John buying property 10 feet outside of Blackwater and going to Bank just down street from the Bureau didn't help either

  • @dolodu
    @dolodu 21 день назад +1

    Micah was a Pinkerton agent the whole time

  • @julianbartholomewnavarro912
    @julianbartholomewnavarro912 15 дней назад

    I like how Ross and Milton were both killed by a Marston. Both Jack and Abigail

  • @BladeXRG
    @BladeXRG 17 дней назад +1

    Milton seems nicer but is considerably more incompetent than his partner Ross. And just to make it clear, Ross didn't hold anything personal against John, he was just following orders from Nate Johns to wipe out the remaining outlaws, Van der Linde gang leftovers between them. It does make sense to use an outlaw to take out other outlaws to stop more innocent lifes being taken away. Maybe an arrest would've been more fair, but in the end he finished what Milton couldn't.

  • @user-lc7yx5sb5q
    @user-lc7yx5sb5q 18 дней назад +1

    Milton did fair law to chase and pursue the gang eventually killing many of them and causing disorganization in the group. Ross did unfair botched attempts often illegal, or treacherous. although he did. He was the one who killed John.

  • @dashingdahlias8873
    @dashingdahlias8873 14 дней назад

    "Civilization may be dull, but the alternative is hell."

  • @mernyr
    @mernyr 10 дней назад

    I always knew there wouldn’t be an escape from the law. RDR showed us the feds will catch up with you eventually. At times I feel like Milton either had a honor code or didn’t like resorting to violence unless it was deemed a necessity. Yet I sit on the fence, thinking he was just playing good cop and Ross’ ruthless behavior came from watching his superior get killed while trying to take this gang down.
    This is why I love this game, even the antagonists are morally grey enough that you consider them good or bad

    • @petermj1098
      @petermj1098 7 дней назад

      Ross is no different than Abraham Reyes. They preach about justice but all they care about behind the scenes is fame and fortune.
      Reyes is a dictator no different than Allende and Ross is a thug no different than Dutch.
      That is the point. Savagery always takes a new form. Ross is a savage in civilization.

  • @pieterzaadschieter9
    @pieterzaadschieter9 Месяц назад +3

    7:02 why does uncle have no beard

    • @joaobebber4619
      @joaobebber4619 24 дня назад

      Because of what I suspect it's caused by a bug.
      Everytime Arthur or John uses a bandana, the beard disappears till the bandana is removed.
      I think the same happens with Uncle at that mission, since his beard only disappears once the gang have to put the bandana.
      So I suppose the bandana is there, just invisible, showing that cursed thing Uncle is without his beard.

  • @nonbasicz
    @nonbasicz Месяц назад +1

    Cool video.

  • @bgontop352
    @bgontop352 12 дней назад

    Milton killed Hosea in cold blood (when he was no longer a physical threat), ain’t no way he would’ve let the gang go free if he caught Dutch. He would’ve hunted each one down eventually.

  • @mrnobody2683
    @mrnobody2683 14 дней назад

    Honestly wouldn't be surprised
    If milton and Ross were.......buddies

  • @ethanwilliams7881
    @ethanwilliams7881 Месяц назад +1

    bro sounds like shino from naruto

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 29 дней назад +1

    Lore of Was Milton Really better than Ross? Momentum 100

  • @Dummy39167
    @Dummy39167 15 дней назад

    Milton: Reveals just about everything he is going to do but is merciful in some ways.
    Ross: A manipulative liar that uses others as a tool.
    Who knows truly of Milton did lie about Micah because in death, he truly is the fate of the gang.

  • @zoubeirfaouzi149
    @zoubeirfaouzi149 14 дней назад +1

    I dont know what's wrong with Milton. He just did his job and he was quite honorable. He gave them multiple chances to surrender.

  • @Adam_X78
    @Adam_X78 Месяц назад +1

    To a point

  • @datguy8468
    @datguy8468 16 дней назад +1

    everything they did seemed justifiable to me. ofc its a video game so they gotta paint narratives but realistically in that time period, the law *mostly* wanted to just maintain peace. if the people youre hunting are known theives and murderers and have been for 20 years, you sure as shit better fight fire with fire because thats the only way youre going to get them
    everyone associated with the gang had conscious decisions to stay or not and to bring jack to an actual safe place but no. they put him and themselves in harms way so then they gotta pay for it. even the way they treated marston is justifable, he never reaped what he sowed from his actions so he had to face the consequences and then some. there are no storybook endings in life. dont get expect a happy ending if youre going to actively choose to commit actions that offend more than the law

  • @kilcreper4919
    @kilcreper4919 11 дней назад

    I don't think Milton was really a villain, he was an antagonist to the Van Der Linde gang, but he was more like an anti-hero to the rest of society

  • @nsaad3048
    @nsaad3048 11 дней назад

    Both were crooked on some level. Offering deals made sense logically. When that didn't work, Milton would resort to full fledged assault, pressure that when applied, eventually crippled the gang. Even if it got Milton killed.
    Ross basically just got to do cleanup for what Milton largely accomplished, and took his sweet time at it. 12 years to be exact, but still took the credit. Despite not wanting to get his hands dirty, Ross ate it in the end by having his half assed retirement cut short by a 19 year old.

  • @bobbytaterbase3837
    @bobbytaterbase3837 25 дней назад

    7:30 where is uncle’s beard

  • @richyrivera9183
    @richyrivera9183 29 дней назад +1

    the only creator who brings both games into a combine!

  • @ivanhunter6492
    @ivanhunter6492 Месяц назад +8

    Milton gave them a chance

  • @LoneWolf051
    @LoneWolf051 15 дней назад

    RIP John..and rot in hell Ross

  • @cb-9938
    @cb-9938 14 дней назад

    Let's not forget that the Pinkertons are "Technically" the good guys.
    Dutch and the gang have robbed and killed for decades. Milton was more than justified going after them. We only see the gang as heros because the story wants us too. Its not until chapter 6, when Arthur and John decide too change

  • @Vibrioidimp7
    @Vibrioidimp7 16 дней назад

    I can't say for certain if I think Milton is ultimately a decent man, but I know one thing: I'll never forgive him for killing Hosea. He just straight up executed an unarmed man that was in their custody and no longer a threat, just to make a point to Dutch.

  • @narwhalz968
    @narwhalz968 7 часов назад

    Milton was just doing his job and under a lot of stress. Ross was power hungry and abusive of John

  • @ethanlong4670
    @ethanlong4670 4 дня назад

    Milton was pretty reasonable until Lakay. I don't believe he would have truly left the rest of gang alone even if they handed over Dutch though.

  • @AquaPlayzMC
    @AquaPlayzMC 15 дней назад

    Adichu's twin brother

  • @mehshutup3041
    @mehshutup3041 14 дней назад

    Is andrew milton the brother of jim milton?

  • @bruhman2089
    @bruhman2089 14 дней назад

    Tbh, Milton isn't a bad man, he would've let the gang go entirely if the head was severed (being dutch arrested), as he is shown to be honorable and negotiable, it was only until the saint denis bank robbery he lost his cool and wasn't open for any deals, but we could understand it, he doesn't see a point in offers anymore.
    Let's just think about it, he gave a murderous gang, a chance to leave in peace, but only then saw they weren't up for it, so he was forced to use force against them at Saint Denis and lakay lake
    As with Ross, he isn't redeemable, nor can he keep a promise, even after John did his bidding, Ross still went after them to deal with the last, well, the PREFINAL member of the van der linde gang.

  • @phil.moloney2980
    @phil.moloney2980 Месяц назад +1

    I don't care they are among my top four most hated characters, in a prefect world Arthur kills Milton and John kills Ross.

  • @jankusthegreat9233
    @jankusthegreat9233 Месяц назад +1

    U like your gold guns don't u?

    • @connortremmel
      @connortremmel Месяц назад +1

      I can see why... I do the same thing

  • @ladypeahen8829
    @ladypeahen8829 24 дня назад

    I said it before and I'll say it again. Milton is a good cop while Ross is bad cop. Milton was lying all time and way too many people have eaten it up.

  • @nickbuckley4371
    @nickbuckley4371 26 дней назад +3

    Ross was a man who didn’t care about John at all he used him for his dirty work and then execute him

  • @dominikk1982
    @dominikk1982 28 дней назад

    honest killer? in the last mission he literally took a mother from a kid

    • @elviraweekes3906
      @elviraweekes3906 26 дней назад +1

      He gave them all three chances, but they denied every single one so he said, screw being civilized and started blasting.
      At the end of the day in the perspective of the normal civilian, they are all cold-blooded killers. Even the women the only one who is truly innocent is Jack.

    • @Jazz_Jacob
      @Jazz_Jacob 24 дня назад

      What’s the contradiction here?

    • @MarkelMathurin
      @MarkelMathurin 21 день назад

      the mother was a criminal who associated with criminals

  • @metalm6455
    @metalm6455 7 дней назад

    I’d sooner Trust Milton than Ross.

  • @chancellor1055
    @chancellor1055 Месяц назад +5

    Yes, yes he was

  • @A.F.IAGENT
    @A.F.IAGENT Месяц назад

    no.

  • @sovafps6381
    @sovafps6381 Месяц назад

    milton did nothing wrong , But ross pure evil

  • @Adi-mk2lq
    @Adi-mk2lq Месяц назад +1

    yes

  • @granautismo42069
    @granautismo42069 Месяц назад

    no he isnt

  • @chancellor1055
    @chancellor1055 Месяц назад

    37 views in 7 minutes you fell off

  • @dsgtacotickler7064
    @dsgtacotickler7064 4 дня назад

    Milton was objectively better he gave the gang chances to split up and live normal lives except dutch (for obvious reasons) but ross essentially just str8 up lied to jhon promising a normal life with his family only to go and kill him like a dog who overstayed its use.

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 27 дней назад

    Lore of Was Milton Really better than Ross? Momentum 100