Perhaps, i'm being a bit biased here, RDR no doubt is a polished work of a veteran team. The obvious repetitive use of their previous successes and trying to mask it in an unappealing - in my opinion - wild west theme is kind of insulting. They could've easily called this game GTA:Wild West and no one would've though twice about the name.
I don't know if it's just me, but I think the wild west theme belongs to the 40's; we've grown tired of it, it's not cool to be a cowboy, it's not cool to roam between cacti and the accent is definitely not attractive.
The game starts out by giving you no ties with the character whatsoever, they throw you off in the middle of no where and then start giving you pitty tasks to teach you the controls of the game. Some would argue that the reason the character doesn't have a back story at the beginning of the game is to give the player the impression that they control the outcome of the character, which is somewhat true, how the player rarely have control over scenarios that might get you shot like the first bit of the game.
The game could've been much more enjoyable on a PC, this is clearly not a console game from the control scheme, moving the two analogue sticks while you're riding is pain as it is, then you have to aim with a trigger button, shoot with another and adjust aim with the right analogue stick. I believe these mechanics would've worked a lot better with a keyboard and a mouse.
Not to mention the painful horse back riding experience; carefully tapping the x button on a high speed chase while desperately trying to control the crazed camera is one thing, but shooting while doing that is something else.
The game would definitely have it's fans; Rockstar games fans probably get their socks off playing this; but this isn't my cup of tea ... definitely hoping that they would try a much more original effort with LA Noir; looking forward for that one.
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