The first instalment of RDR was incredible, and perhaps I've grown to expect a little too much, but this latest version of the game feels rather slow and awkward. The early parts of the game has you on rails, so that didn't help. I'm hoping that as I progress further it will open up a little more. At times you feel shoehorned into a situation in order to enable a set piece and the fact that this is blatant grates a little.
It's without question a beautiful game to look at, but I was surprised to find all the graphics settings were defaulted to low even though I have equipment capable of cranking everything to the max. I don't even believe there was any kind of prompt to indicate this either.
My biggest issue though is the awkwardness of the controls. For example, some features require a tap, some a hold and some repeated tapping. It's not clear which in any given situation.
Some other aspects of the clunky controls may be fixed in the settings, but at this early stage I'm unsure. I find myself turning in the wrong direction at times presumably because the controls are contextualised around the player and not the character.
Once again the CDKeys process was smooth and without issues.