Just started RDR2. Been putting this off for too long. Any tips? I’d like to just concentrate on the mission content.
As someone who recently completed it and did most side quests, it drags terribly at the end. However, I didn't know that you can do most, if not all side quests after completing the main game.
So just avoid them all, (EDIT: Actually for some side quests it's relatively clear to the player that some will lead to good things like equipment early on in the game, still do those, only stop when you've had enough to focus on main story, some side q's appear miles away in far reaches of map, rarely worth riding to mid game) if you still like the game after the main story then you can play them afterwards.
Look before you leap, your horses can't take much of a drop.
If you get a vibe before a quest like "**** is going down" then maybe don't take your favourite, most levelled up horses along with you.
Some emergent gameplay quests, (IE: no quest marker encounters) can lead to getting free weapons, etc, some just lead to just being annoying and taking you off your main mission, but may be worth doing some of those even if leaving sidequests, but these too should remain after the game's main quest is done.
Make sure to loot enemies as you can get by not buying ammo or health items ever that way.