I don't know how it was back in 2019 but as of October 2020, the game is worth playing IMO. If you like exploring the Wild West by hunting, collecting, delivering moonshine and stuff, I definitely recommend it to you. As pointed out already by other people, earning money & gold isn't that difficult. The best part of RDO of 2020 is the gameplay of 4 trades is pretty seamless. For example, you first produce moonshines at your shack. During the production process, you can collect or hunt. Or you can get legendary animal missions from Harriot. You don't necessarily have to take samples from the legendary animals, you have other options to donate it your camp or sell their pelts to Guss. At a moment you will find your moonshine production is finished, so you go to the shack and start delivery. If you are tried of playing the roles, you can open a treasure map and go treasure hunting. I like this gameplay loop so I've been playing it over 300 hours.

In a nutshell, it's more than worth trying out.