After a 2 year break I found my save was deleted somehow so my true playtime is probably closer to 60 hours. Honestly this game is more of a very large tech demo that wants to be a movie more than it is a good video game. The tech in it is impressive but the gameplay is very underwhelming. Pretty much each mission boils down to trotting on your horse for like 10 minutes while the characters talk, but since its not just a cutscene you still need to hold the X button and steer the horse, you get to your destination where you shoot a bunch of guys then you get back on your horse and do another 10 minute walk back while they do more talking. There are a few missions here and there that deviate from this path but for the most part it really is almost the same thing every time just in a different part of the map. I will say the story was very good, its the only reason i actually played through to the end of the epilouge but for me personally I was underwhelmed and unsatisfied with the ending. I say its a game that wants to be a movie because the story is great, the visuals are beautiful, but the actual gameplay part is just... alright i guess and the open world is pretty empty, pretty much just some randomly generated events that happen while you're riding your horse but after about 10 hours you'll probably have seen just about all of them.

If you like heavily cinematic, but surprisingly few cutscenes, games where you only actually play the game every so often for like 10 minutes at a time or you really want to immerse yourself in a piece of america's past you can just ignore my review you'll probably enjoy the game quite a bit. I do see why people enjoy the game its just not really for me

After a 2 year break I found my save was deleted somehow so my true playtime is probably closer to 60 hours. Honestly this game is more of a very large tech demo that wants to be a movie more than it is a good video game. The tech in it is impressive but the gameplay is very underwhelming. Pretty much each mission boils down to trotting on your horse for like 10 minutes while the characters talk, but since its not just a cutscene you still need to hold the X button and steer the horse, you get to your destination where you shoot a bunch of guys then you get back on your horse and do another 10 minute walk back while they do more talking. There are a few missions here and there that deviate from this path but for the most part it really is almost the same thing every time just in a different part of the map. I will say the story was very good, its the only reason i actually played through to the end of the epilouge but for me personally I was underwhelmed and unsatisfied with the ending. I say its a game that wants to be a movie because the story is great, the visuals are beautiful, but the actual gameplay part is just... alright i guess and the open world is pretty empty, pretty much just some randomly generated events that happen while you're riding your horse but after about 10 hours you'll probably have seen just about all of them. If you like heavily cinematic, but surprisingly few cutscenes, games where you only actually play the game every so often for like 10 minutes at a time or you really want to immerse yourself in a piece of america's past you can just ignore my review you'll probably enjoy the game quite a bit. I do see why people enjoy the game its just not really for me