A lot of people feel that Arthur Morgan was literally the best realized character in a video game ever, and that Red Dead 2's story was literally the best writing in a game ever, and as you pointed out, different people have different priorities.
Gameplay isn't bad. Arthur's movement might be a little slow, but calling the gameplay bad is just hyperbole.
The question you should be asking yourself is "Is my opinion generally held?"
Tis the state of modern gaming.
This is where the money is. I first started watching him because of PC coverage - Sword of the Stars specifically, but now he seems to only do big stuff for the big clicks.
Yep. Always crazy to me when any game gets a pass for awful gameplay. I also think its completely messed up so many outlets keep throwing praise on rockstar for merely having a huge budget and taking advantage of their employees since thats essentially the reason why their open world games are always impressive.
I still feel like James Sunderland as a character and Silent Hill 2 as a story remain the goat but Arthur is up there, RDR2 had some iffy dialogue and the story beats were just okay, but I can respect the amount of work that went into it.
It's pretty great. If you really detested the writing in HR and Beyond you will see clear improvements everywhere, if it will actually transcend into good territorry for you is hard to say. The game itself is pretty modest and just aims to entertain, which it does plenty. It is not Oscar level writing, but it does what it sets out to do just fine. Pretty great game above that in terms of branching and decision making and every technical aspect
He addresses it right at the start of the video. He said #10 should probably be Smash but since he never played it he doesn't feel he can put it on the list.
His channel is also bigger and he is busier now, so he has less time for smaller games that draw a smaller viewership.
He stopped playing Nintendo due to the copyright strikes and Nintendo Partners Program, which is now defunct, but only recently.
