I'm loving it. I've played the whole series for years and I think it's fantastic. Like, I understand that it's more PC than SR2 and some take issue with that, but I feel like the hatred towards it has become a bandwagon. I personally like that it took a more grounded but still progressive position in its storytelling. I love a good friendship story. People keep saying it deviated from SR2, but I feel like those people miss that time more than they miss that game.
Regardless, having a blast. 30 hours in and counting. Yes, I waited til the Steam release lol.
I agree my only gripe is the annoying ass multiplayer bugs. Some missions took us 5-6 tries to actually finish. Idgaf about the whole gender shit and tbh i didn't even notice anything like that. I was going around shooting shit to even care.
Ah, multiplayer is something I rarely touch so I can't have an informed opinion on that element. That sucks for you, tho.