Damn I didn't even see this one. I deleted my doublicate thread.
I can post my rant about GTA/Rockstar gameshere
I think many of the innovative, talented and ambitious people leaving Rockstar over the course of GTA V and RDR2 is a bad sign. Neither RDR2 nor V getting a proper single player DLC is another nail in the coffin for me, especially after the Ballad of gay Tony and Undead Nightmare.
Then I also remember some press conference where Rockstar said that they want to tap even deeper into the online focused market. V online became this horrible "gaming as a service" walking corpse.
To me GTA is kinda like the Simpsons. Both enjoyed absolutely astonishing popularity but have since faded and their own inertia is the only thing carrying them forwards at the moment. It's a lot of inertia because of how huge they used to be but I think their soul/core is dead at this point because in both instances the important people that made the magic possible already left.
Simiarly, both also featured a kind of edgy satire homour that was defining the late 90s, early 2000s but just doesn't fly anymore in [current year].
Now, the "numbers game" is all that's left.
Ooooh look at the increased number, dear consumer. Old product's map had 10 football fields of area, but now we got 25! Look, Mr. customer! The number of polygons increased again! Please consumer the improved product now! Higher noooooomber!
Yet higher numbers aren't what make a good game.
View: https://youtu.be/GWVtZJo-HqI
Maybe, just maybe the few living souls behind RDR2 are now on board with VI and manage to breath some life into it but I am very very cautious about getting hyped.