Anyone else been playing this? Apparently I am 75 hours into the game. I believe I have a few missions to go. My thoughts before the game ends..
The story is just amazing. I think it's the only thing that's really keeping me playing. I like a lot of other aspects of the game, but the story and writing is really where it's at. The character of Arthur Morgan may be one of my favorite characters in a game. The amount of things you can do in RDR2 is overwhelming and I didn't touch a lot of it, but I'm glad they added in for those completionists. I thought all the animals in RDR was awe-inspiring. The voice acting of Dutch is probably my favorite in the game. I didn't look up who did the voice, I know it's the same as the first, but the man does a great job with the character. All in all, one of the best stories I have played.
However, the story has its faults too. I'll put spoiler tags up
Spoiler...
Guarma sucked and didn't need to happen. It really was just a mess. You start off on the island with none of your weapons or boosts for dead eye, stamina, etc. I felt like the story came to a complete halt when I got there. I barely did any exploring because I just wanted out of there so fast. With that being said, the finale to leave with all the boats and soldiers shooting you was pretty awesome.
Also, this ending with John Marston is way too fucking long. I loved Arthur Morgan and to see him go was a great ending to the game. I could have done with a few missions with Marston to really go into the next game, but I just feel like this game never fucking ends. The bounties with Sadie are okay, but with that lousy gameplay, it's one of my least favorite things to do. I even avoided bounties in the first game. I am hoping this starts to wrap up soon. Although I think building your house with Charles and Uncle is a lot of fun and, oddly, satisfying, I'm ready to finally put this game down so I can start something else. I'm really interested how it smoothly transitions to the first Red Dead though.
Also, I just do not like the gameplay and I feel like I can't get used to it. I more than likely just suck at the game, but I can't stand when my horse runs into trees, or runs into wagons when in cinematic mode..It's too easy to get off track and fall down a hill. The auto aim is hit or miss sometimes. It's just kind of rough for me.
As it stands, so far I give it an 8.5/10. I know many critics are giving it perfect scores, but due to some story problems and the horrible controls (imo), I can't give it higher than that. According to my Xbox, I'm 94% done with the story. So, I know all I have left is some story missions and I'm done. I feel like I can give it a proper score.