The reaction of some on here to RDR2 reminds me of when an incredibly vocal minority of people were claiming people only liked Breath of the Wild because they were in the honeymoon period. 9 months later it swept the GOTY awards both on here and on review sites and all the 'honeymoon period' talk swiftly died down. People still point out that they don't like the game, as is their right, but the belittling of other people being blinded by the shiny new Zelda game doesn't happen anymore.
RDR2 will have a similar trajectory. People just get upset that they don't like the highly acclaimed new critical darling as much as everyone else and will shout 'honeymoon period!' and accuse those who like the game as being blinded. It makes one feel better if lots of people who like something can be dismissed as 'wrong', uncritical and blinded by the shiny new thing.
I can find plenty of flaws with RDR2 but they don't outweigh the positives or the holistic experience the game gives me. Same as with BOTW, in fact. People who write a shopping list of negative things about a game and then just use that list as some kind of proof that the game isn't worthy of the praise can't see the wood for the trees. That's not how artforms work.
Criticism is fine. Accusing those who like something you don't as lacking critical faculties isn't.
