This is an interesting one. It's more serious than Read Dead Redemption, but not GTA4 serious. It's a hard game to pick apart. Some of the things that you could find wrong with it could be considered design choices. The story's pacing is slow (but then that has it's benefits) and some of the systems that it introduces turn out to be a little pointless (but then you could point to that helping the story).

The whole thing gets really depressing near the end and it just feels muted and hopeless and ... well that's appropriate I guess. But it is a bit of a slog.

It's entertaining to watch how things pan out in the gang and watching how things fall apart very slowly is great. Some of the missions were a pain, but on the whole were enjoyable. And running around as a cowboy is always a joy.

And the post game.... delightful, possibly a little long, but also heartbreaking.

But I don't know. I enjoyed the game and the story, but if you're playing it and are ready to throw it in the too hard basket, I'm not sure I'd tell you to continue. I think it's worth it to get to the end, but your mileage may vary...