What do you think of RDR2 so far? (for those who are playing it)

[Jaxyfoo]

I've enjoyed it a lot so far. Some things are truly annoying though. Things like people jumping out of the way of other horses, straight to dying under your horse in town. Suddenly everyone's a witness, your aim for being a good guy rep wise is out the window. At that moment you realise you haven't saved after a long session hunting and gathering herbs and something has to give. The GTA checkpoints style doesn't quite cut it for this game either. The map is one of the worst I've seen in a game.

I'm not sure I like how you can be hunting in the wilderness and suddenly somebody starts shooting at you. So you shoot back, and despite being in the middle of nowhere, you have gone through a routine investigating - murder witness - somebody else I have to kill. It just doesn't seem quite right right that so many people would be remote places, and know it was exactly you, no matter if you ride off or hide.

It is not all about negatives. It is at times unrivalled and jaw dropping beautiful and fantastic in everything it does. My opinion might change as I do the second half of the game. It just seems with a few small design and structural changes, I could have gone from an "I love this game, but..." into a straight "I love this game."

But for now I am shocked to find it not my game of the generation, and not even my game of the year. It will probably hit my all time top 20, which is no mean feat. But the niggles, mean it doesn't steal the number one spot I had reserved for it. It seems to be a similar case to GTA, where everyone buys them, everyone says they like them, but when they give you favourite game list, most people won't include GTA on them. For now my rating is I love this game, but...

Please don't let me put anyone buying this game though. It is fantastic. My list are about things stopping it being the best game I've ever played, not disputing it's overall greatness.