I gave up on this game on PS4. The combination of 30 fps, heavy motion blur and vaseline filter was unbearable to me. And i always felt i was spending too much time on horseback moving from A to B just to have a few minutes of meaningful action. I loved the setting, story and characters though.
I double dipped on PC as i usually do. And... Now i love the game. Higher framerate, fov slider. Man, i love this stuff. And i could actually see what was i shooting at.
But the game was pretty much broken at first. I could barely play it. Constant crashes at startup. But it's better now. Though it still crashes from time to time.
Let me talk about the things i still hate about the game first. The control scheme, aim assist and mission design.
Aim assist and control layout are completely archaic. It's like Rockstar's being frozen in 2010. Aim assist is snap to target or nothing at all. I tried to find the sweet spot but i just couldn't.
I would completely rework the control scheme if i could. D-pad is mostly wasted. No way to quickly switch weapons. Schizophrenic context buttons. Sometimes you interact with (xbox controller) X, sometimes it's Y, sometimes it's R2. Too much reliance on weapon/item wheel.
Movement is clunky. Sometimes when i press against cover Arthur will climb over it and awkwardly get shot. And what the fuck is this shit of having to keep pressing A to run. Yeah, i know you can change it to toggle with L3. But it shouldn't be a thing in the first place. If you could watch me playing you'd see me constantly yelling at Arthur. "What the fuck are you doing?!?"
The game often switches your weapons or force you to use ones you don't want. In one mission i was using a pump action shotgun. Then Dutch threw me a double barrel shotgun and it replaced my pump action one. It was overwriten.
I spend money customizing my weapons just to find mid mission that the game replaced it with a cattleman revolver.
Mission design is too restrictive. In one mission i had to kill this beast. I brought my rifle. But if i tried to use it i'd immediately fail. Game forced me to use a revolver instead. In another mission i had to kill this nasty wolf. But if you shoot it before it's appropriate you do no damage.
I still spend a long time crossing the map on my horse. But my mindset changed a little. I'll camp, hunt, rob people or explore instead of making a bee line to my next objective. BUT i still wish fast travel was more convenient.
I really want to see how the story ends. I remember the names of every character and their stories. Rockstar made a damn good job making them all feel alive.
I don't know what else to say. RDR2 is the worst GOTY i've ever played. It's an amazing game. Production value through the roof. But it has some annoying flaws.