I'm finally making my way through
RDR2, enjoying it a heap. It's very pretty, even on standard PS4 (not Pro). Mainly chiming in to say, "Yeah, the Micah jail breakout mission" also surprised me. There's the opening mission where it's clear Dutch's gang is not wantonly murderous by default, to it's surprising when Micah just goes Manson-Family in that, and Arthur seems to shrug and say, "Well, I guess we're murderin' now…"
GTA Online had an event "saying thanks" to players by giving away GTA$2M and then putting some of the mission-providing properties on sale. It was enough to bring me back for a bit, and I have to say that basic controls and interactions in
GTA V are heaps easier than the complex amount of shit you have to remember for RDR2, which has GTA San Andreas levels of fiddly shit to look after and navigate, UI-wise.
Purchased the MC Clubhouse to try that out, and did the only Job that allowed solo play. That went off without a hitch, and then there was a Free Mode "Business Battle," which was fun until the very end.
This job required I shoot my way through a warehouse, grab a satchel, and then take it to the other end of the map. I didn't realize what a tight timetable there was, so by the end I'm BLAZING up the highway on a maxed out Bati 801 motorcycle, threading through traffic, having a blast, and I can see on the minimap that two players are actually nearby and waiting at the next offramp. I cut crosscountry and am looking for this dropoff with 10 seconds to spare, and manage to pull into it as the opposing two players burst through the fence. In other dropoff Jobs, entering the circle completes the delivery, and there I was with 4~6 seconds left — and the timer didn't stop! The other two players in their car drove into me, killing me, took the satchel and bailed. I wasn't even mad at
them, just flummoxed that I'd spent 10 minutes competing this new mode, and the Job didn't resolve like Every Other Mission in GTA.