Pre-ordered the game but I played maybe 9-12 hours. My wife is still playing it though. The first game is her fav game of all time, and thats the main reason I bought the game lol. I like the story and the detailed world but I find the gameplay rather annoying. I HATE the Wanted system, its so annoying - fire a weapon near town - disturbing peace - everyone is shooting at you; kill a dog with my horse by accident - animal cruelty - everyone's shooting at you; try to rob a train in completely desolated area - wanted arthur morgan.... and other stuff like this. Also I cant roam for 20 min in the open without some deers or rams pushing/attacking me for no reason. The "simulation" part is too much, its like I am playing Sims - got tired or feeding, bathing, trimming and putting my guy to sleep after 2 hours of gameplay.
Otherwise the game have some great mechanics - the hunting is amazing, the weapon handling and the cleaning part is great, all the animations are gorgeous, how you get dirty/bloody is nice, the bonding with your horse is kinda nice, the camp system is good in concept but badly executed even so I liked it, the crafting of unique items is very sweet too.
But those things were not enough for me to keep me playing. The wanted and sims systems were too much. Maybe I am getting old, I dunno, I just prefer more straight forward experience these days. I mean like in Skyrim or Far Cry 5 where I don't have to look after my guy or worry about doing anything really or otherwise I'll be "wanted". Not a bad game at all, just not my cup of coffee. I liked the first one though lol. No complaints about it (just the lack of weapon customization).
