Great game. Got it at midnight launch. Super blast so far. My favorite things about it so far are the unscripted moments. For example:
Extreme minor spoiler:
My only very minor gripe is that it can be difficult to immediately assess good/evil threats. I see two men on horses chasing after another, and their guns are all blazing away. I am thinking, "I should intervene, but who do I shoot?!" I was thinking I should shoot the two men, as they outnumber the other guy and generally bad guys tend to do that. Nope. As I got close, I saw the Sheriff badges.
But it definitely forces me to keep a sharper eye out, which I kind of like. It's better than the whole giant glowing red reticle other games feature. And another thing I like is that the world continues to turn around you, no matter what. I was in a store with the menu open and selling some pelts, all of a sudden I start hearing a ton of gunfire outside. I quickly hit all the cancel buttons and run out of the shop. A half dozen men were riding through town, hootin' and hollerin' while firing their pistols in the air. Again, I had to think "Do I need to take these guys down?" No, they were just riding through and having fun as far I could tell. But the nice part was 1. The game doesn't pause around you. and 2. If I wanted to keep the peace in a deadly fashion, the option was open to me.
I spent way too much time playing texas hold'em (in game) too.