While I agree there are some peoplel who are rabid RDR fanbois and will defend everything, I think most of us on this forum are jaded enough to know shit sometimes doesn't work.
In RDR2s case though, I give it a pass because its all part of the emergent game play systems and I am a lot less judgmental about that. I'd rather have a lot of complexity and shit go wrong occasionally than something like a Ubisoft game where everything is neutered and toned down so stuff never gets out of hand. Yes, it sucks that posses form instantly but otherwise it is way too easy to murder willy nilly and hide in a corner somewhere. The first time I tried that in RDR 2 the lawmen didn't fucking go away at all, I parked my ass in the upstairs closet in town somewhere, went afk for 5 mins, and when I came back they were still wandering around looking for me. WTF, that ALWAYS worked in these kind of open world games, what is this shit Rockstar! Same thing a million different ways, but I can appreciate them telling me "yeah, we fucking know how you fuck with AI to get away with everything, not gonna be so easy here".
But yeah I acknowledge all the criticism and as I am still on chapter 2 (only playing 1-2 hours a day) I have no idea where I'll end up on my final score for the game, gonna wait until I get to the end. So far I am really enjoying myself, I get just lost in this world and "becoming" Arthur Morgan much more than many recent games. God of War and Spider-man definitely had that feeling, and I definitely felt the same way in Yakuza 0 but most other new games don't have that immersive feeling for me anymore and I really appreciate it in RDR 2.
and as drinsic says its still pretty easy to avoid it all, just save often and I reload if I fuck up. I've run over so much stuff and been insta wanted, a few times I've played it out but now mostly I just reload a save to avoid the hassles. The funniest though was when I ran over a dog at St. Denis. Apparently you can be sorta hated for Animal Cruelty (an actual charge on screen) but they won't sic the cops on you. However, I thought to myself "... well, its a shame to let a dogs corpse lie here, lemme take it to the trapper and get some money". oops. picking up a dead dogs corpse was now a crime and everyone got on my ass.