RDR2 is on my list and I need to stop fiddling around with all my other games and play this one.

All I ever hear is great things about this game.

It's an all-timer as far as video game stories and production value, but the railroading that they did to players did irk a great deal of us, as chronicled in that Nakey Jakey video. They set up so many dynamic systems for the player to interact with and then basically dictated that you couldn't get creative with them during the story missions. Deviating even slightly from the intended path would be a mission failed.

LOVED RDR1. Wanted to like RDR2 but... it just kind of really sucks to play?

The "cinematic" movement makes me feel like I am piloting a giant- no, actually an Atlas would control a lot better. I don't know WHAT RDR2's problem is but it just feels horrible to actually move around.

And the controls in general similarly feel... way more complicated than they should be? Feels like I have five context specific modes at any given time. Like, I play some fairly complex games and have a long love of HOTASes. But RDR2 is the only game where I was ever regularly afraid that I would hit the wrong button and even managed to punch a Stranger in the face once while trying to talk to them. Like... for probably three or four months of my life I could start a frigging F-15 from memory but RDR2 just breaks my brain somehow.

Will probably try again some time. But bopping that one rando and potentially losing out on a cool quest after like 2 hours of tutorial was just... no.

It's good but I didn't really get on with it after a couple chapters. It constantly goes through highs and lows, and although I can be fun I found the lows to be absolute boredom.

It's so damn good. I must've replayed it like six times since it came to pc. The story, the voice acting, characters, graphics, everything is absolutely top notch. Except for the goddamn controls (and the menus). I'm not sure if it's due to it being a console-first game or just a rockstar thing as rdr1's were also crap, but holy shit they're infuriating. The amount of times I shot people by mistake, lost missions because of a wrong key, or just plain ended up with an unpayable bounty is too damn high.

I can't get into it. I'm probably halfway through, but done in little spurts over the last 3+ years. The gameplay and story are pretty boring but ok. The console trash style controls and ui piss me off so much.

I have tried several times to get into it but the slow, boring start makes it impossible for me.

I loved that game and RDR. I 99% completed it. The only thing I have left is the gambling challenges which are ridiculous. I should have did them before I finished everything else.

Yeah its like the soy sauce on rice. Gotta have it.