Red Dead Redemption 2 (no spoilers)

It's obviously a massive game that tries to do too many things at once. It's natural it won't do all of them perfectly, hence it will not get perfect scores from everyone.

From the reviews I can already spot a bunch of stuff that I consider unnecessary ingame chores which will lower my personal score of the game. I am also not into westerns and never played the first RDR, so no nostalgia or fanboyism to boost the score. If some reviewers think the same as me, they won't give a 10/10. Which by no means makes the game less worth.

You probably didnt install the game yet.

So, I'm not going to get this game anytime soon, since I'll likely only buy it for the PC,
but here's a question to any of you who are already playing:

How much control do you have on the direction of the plot and the game in general?
I understand that you can play a "good guy" or a "bad guy", but what I'm curious to know is whether this is anything more than cosmetic choices that change very little.

How deep is the "choices and consequences" angle?

The thing about a story like this with a defined and established character and only limited control, is that you either like this character or you don't. It's similar to The Witcher in that way.

I can definitely understand the strengths of telling a story in this way, but on the other hand, if you don't like the character this story is about or how said character is written, then you are SOL. Again, I completely understand why this is done, the ability to tell a tighter story and react exactly to who and what the protagonist is, makes for a much more compelling and cinematic story.

I don't exactly hate the idea of RDR2's story from what I know of it, but I don't really love it either.
It was a similar story with GTA5 for me, I can sort of appreciate the story and characters on some level, and the gameplay was enjoyable, but nothing about that game really clicked with me.