It is Rockstar, they haven't missed in a couple of decades and this is their flagship product.
Depends on your gaming tastes. I haven't really enjoyed any of the GTAs for longer than 2 hours, while RDR2 I also stopped playing after about 3 hours out of boredom - and similar to the GTA series, general frustrations involving the controls. Rockstar just doesn't fit my tastes, which is certainly a problem that rests with me
It doesn't, if we're talking about consensus.
https://www.metacritic.com/company/rockstar-games/
That's a lot of green, and your or my opinion on any particular game isn't relevant to the assertion that Rockstar has a stellar track record in making games people seem to love.
RDR2 is very much a movie game so ofc it's popular when at this point most new "gamer" love playing cutscenes.
Rockstar hasn’t missed, you’re an outlier.
Trying to act like Rockstar missed here is like sticking your head in the sand. It doesn't matter that you didn't like it, they accomplished every goal the game had.
Flipping through each page of a book to find the item you want is developer self-pleasuring.
People don't like RDR2 because of its gameplay but story, immersion and feeling. Which would be great for a movie but side dish for a game.