There are 2 sides to Red Dead Redemption 2. Single player, and the trash part.
-The single player is one of the best stories I've played in a while. It's fascinating to see the gang before it broke up. All of the characters are interesting and well developed, even the strangers you meet. The protagonist, Arthur Morgan, is one of the few Characters that games have made me actually feel for. By the end of the game I had cried a couple times and that is rare for me. I won't go into much detail about the story itself because it's honestly worth just playing. Play, The. Single. Player.
-Red Dead Online is s cesspool of boredom. Every single gamemode is boring and insanely unbalanced, matching fully kitted out level 150's with someone that still doesn't know how to clean their guns. The combat is bland as it gets and worthless. It doesn't matter if you can aim well because everyone just used the paint ability card. It's a lot like GTAOnline, obviously this is to be expected. Good luck minding your own business because people will just kill you for no reason over and over until you just swap servers. There are roles, all of which are basically useless when it comes to earning money other than Collector, which is broken. The other roles are more fun, sending you on missions and interacting with characters. Collector earns you massive amounts of money but you just travel around the map collecting stuff for 1 lady.
There is some good in the online, if you have some friends and play the online story, it's fun. As well as some genuinely funny, positive interactions with random people online. It's just too bad it's overshadowed by how broken it is.
-It's got glitches as well, mainly the horses though.
-Visually it's stunning, the soundtrack is beautiful and the couple of songs that have lyrics are actually moving and serve the storytelling. There's a lot of attention to detail which is always a huge plus.
-All in all, play the single player, leave the online dumpster fire alone.

There are 2 sides to Red Dead Redemption 2. Single player, and the trash part. -The single player is one of the best stories I've played in a while. It's fascinating to see the gang before it broke up. All of the characters are interesting and well developed, even the strangers you meet. The protagonist, Arthur Morgan, is one of the few Characters that games have made me actually feel for. By the end of the game I had cried a couple times and that is rare for me. I won't go into much detail about the story itself because it's honestly worth just playing. Play, The. Single. Player. -Red Dead Online is s cesspool of boredom. Every single gamemode is boring and insanely unbalanced, matching fully kitted out level 150's with someone that still doesn't know how to clean their guns. The combat is bland as it gets and worthless. It doesn't matter if you can aim well because everyone just used the paint ability card. It's a lot like GTAOnline, obviously this is to be expected. Good luck minding your own business because people will just kill you for no reason over and over until you just swap servers. There are roles, all of which are basically useless when it comes to earning money other than Collector, which is broken. The other roles are more fun, sending you on missions and interacting with characters. Collector earns you massive amounts of money but you just travel around the map collecting stuff for 1 lady. There is some good in the online, if you have some friends and play the online story, it's fun. As well as some genuinely funny, positive interactions with random people online. It's just too bad it's overshadowed by how broken it is. -It's got glitches as well, mainly the horses though. -Visually it's stunning, the soundtrack is beautiful and the couple of songs that have lyrics are actually moving and serve the storytelling. There's a lot of attention to detail which is always a huge plus. -All in all, play the single player, leave the online dumpster fire alone.