Still can't get over how terrible it is to control Arthur in RDR2. The game is one of the most beautiful games when riding a horse and looking at the scenery. But walking (slooowly) or running around as Arthur feels goofy as fuck. And why is Arthur always underweight even when I feed him a whole fucking deer every day yet everyone comments on how good the horse looks when I feed it a carrot once a day?
Rockstar got so much right and so much wrong with this game.
I checked out of RDR2 the first time I took a bath in the game. I was like "Ok cool, you have to bath from time to time, whatever", but then it has you wash each individual limb...
They went down that road with San Andreas where you have to eat and work out and stuff and even back then I felt like it was getting too sim like, but RDR2 doubles down and that flavor of game is not for me.
And I agree, the awkward controls are frustrating as well. All the mechanics feel Slow, Clunky, muddy and convoluted. I never feel like I have control of the character. It feels like my actions are delayed and I have to push multiple buttons to do simple things. And because of that awkward control, I lost interest in playing the game. I didn't want to do the missions and I didn't want to dick around in the world. And then I walked away from it completely.
I loved the first one and I was soooo ready to bow down and worship RDR2, but I can't. Yeah its drop dead gorgeous and I respect its ambition, but that's about it for me.