User blog comment:Jeep girl 1213/RDR starting off wrong ??/@comment-3455248-20111023025954

I think it's more interesting having a character with "a past" where you have to fill in that past with your own imagination based on hints from the story. Playing a younger John wouldn't be as interesting for me. It's also easier to identify with "middle-aged" John - someone who has made mistakes and is trying to atone for them or at least put his past behind him - than it would be to identify with John in his gang days.