I love it!
The world is made really beautiful. First thing i did was ride across the country until i reached the big river and couldn't get accross. Some beautiful scenery!
The horse riding is quite good, but a little funky sometimes i agree. Is there a way to quickly stop when you ride at slow speeds (walking speed)? The damn horse always walks another one or two meters when i take my hands off the joystick...
One thing that i thought was a bit annoying is when i killed one of the wanted guys... they somehow killed my horse in the process, and i ended up heading back to town on foot. So it was in the middle of the desert, at night... kinda "dangerous" situation perhaps, but... Is it really necessary that a team of 3-4 attackers on horses come after me every god d*mn 60 seconds (almost got killed a few times)? I understand it's probably the games way to provide me with a new horse in the middle of nowhere so i can get back to town... but come on!
Some of the first missions seem a bit tedious, but i guess that's their way of introducing you to the world and gameplay etc.
I'm not really complaining tho... it's a great game so far.