Red Dead Redemption: the biggest video game of 2018

This is the first of what could be the most important video game of 2018: the Red Dead Redemption 2 . It is the continuation of the popular game set in the Wild West, developed by the inhabitants of Rockstar Games the same authors of the most lucrative entertainment piece in history: the very popular Grand Theft Auto V .

Located in New York City, Rockstar Games is a studio founded in 1998 by brothers Dan and Sam Houser who has specialized over the years in interactive adventures. high flying, very ambitious stories (and adults), with hyperrealistic graphics and extended soundtracks. These are perhaps the people who develop the "biggest" games of the current market of video games and which serve as reference to measure the titles in this category. And the case of Red Dead Redemption 2 following the successful game of 2010, only confirms the above. It's a game that weighs nearly 100 gigabytes and whose action map is one of the largest in terms of expansion seen last time.

Of course, they are not the only ones. Recent examples such as Ubisoft's Assbadin's Creed Odyssey which follows the adventures of furtive badbadins in various chapters of the story, also suggest that one of the players' claims is " the biggest, the best. " To a certain extent, the above is primarily focused on the number of multiple activities that a map can offer, beyond history.

All about investment time spent finishing a video game in front of 60 hours! this could supposedly last the campaign or the story of the match. This, without taking into account secondary missions, complementary activities or multiplayer modes, of course. It's a lot of time. For many, maybe too much. This may seem attractive, in that the story is probably very rich and deep to explore his characters and their motivations in American society of that time. But it's too long. Especially if we consider that long and bulky titles usually last between 30 and 40 hours to count their dramatic arcs

It is understood that the developers want players to stay hooked as long as possible. But at the same time, you need to know who can really spend all your time on a single video game, since the title is for older people.

In perspective, watch the 10 episodes of a one-hour series on Netflix, In marathon mode, this should take less than half a day. These are different experiences, of course, but that does not cease to be. Especially with the multiple offer offered by the entertainment industry today.

In the meantime, Rockstar Games should become a kind of king of the Midas video game. According to Bloomberg reports, the Houser brothers would receive $ 538 million only for royalties for the game. Compared with last year, royalties reached 383 million dollars, thanks to the continued success of Grand Theft Auto V and its online mode, which still seduces the public.

Everything that happens to launch his new game, remains to be seen. What is certain is that the Houser brothers have already become personalities in the current video game industry.