12 launch, will likely be the biggest seller in the U.S. But "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4," which raked in more than $500 million in its first three days available since its Oct. The game is considered a Game of the Year contender and will be among the top sellers, too. "With this one, it’s just so big it's kind of staggering." 'Redemption 2,' a likely hit at retail and with critics "Creatively, Rockstar is among two or three great game companies that continues to push the art form of video games forward with each release they do," Goldberg said. A download of a pre-release version of the game amounted to more than 80 gigabytes a typical game is half that.
Artists created 300,000 animations for the game. More than 1,000 actors reportedly performed more than 500,000 lines of dialogue – the main story script was about 2,000 pages long – and spent the equivalent of 2,200 days wearing motion capture suits to provide the movements for characters in the game.
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The project began more than seven years ago and required the contributions of Rockstar's eight studios around the world – from Rockstar North in Edinburgh, Scotland, which oversees the "Grand Theft Auto" series and worked on the original "Red Dead Redemption," to Rockstar San Diego, which also worked on "Red Dead Redemption" and "L.A. "I would go so far as to say that the story is their best story yet," Goldberg said. And townspeople will remember your exploits, for better or worse. If witnesses see you commit crimes, you will likely find a bounty on your head. "It’s almost as if you are seeing it in real life, as if you have experienced Niagara Falls for the first time."Ĭlearly troubled with the crew's fading leadership, Arthur regularly faces choices that will impact how the world responds to him. "When you see those large expanses of terrain, you feel humbled," said Harold Goldberg, who chronicled the game's development in a story published last week in New York magazine and on its website. Snowy peaks, wooded mountainsides and boundless, rocky panoramas – and those are just some of the initial locales in the game – provide eye candy surpassing even that brought to the screen by famed director John Ford. Here, Rockstar Games has rendered a huge chunk of what would eventually become the U.S., including virtual substitutes for the Rockies, the Great Plains, and even New Orleans. More: Sony launching retro video game console PlayStation Classic in December The good, the bad and the breathtaking
More: Wait, trade in, use apps: Easy ways to save money on tech, games This open-world game is Rockstar Game's biggest ever, and that is saying a lot, considering the "Grand Theft Auto V" setting of Los Santos, a virtual Los Angeles, was "huge, almost overwhelming," as USA TODAY's Brett Molina described the crime-soaked action game upon its release five years ago. But this serves as a prequel and the protagonist of the earlier game, John Marston, is a member of the outlaw gang and plays a role in this new story. You don't have to have played Rockstar's earlier western game, 2010's "Red Dead Redemption," to enjoy this new epic.
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While this open-world game gives you free rein to explore much of the western half of a fictional America, the main story follows the Van der Linde gang including Arthur Morgan, as it evades lawmen, bounty hunters and rival gangs across a wide-ranging frontier. Lovers of vastly explorable action video games won't need much persuading to saddle up for "Red Dead Redemption 2," the blockbuster game out Friday for Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One ($60-up, rated Mature for ages 17-up). Luckily, Arthur had a carrot handy, which I had him use as a peace offering. Trigger – the game lets you name the horse, and I chose that of Roy Rogers' stallion – whinnied and instinctively kicked its hind legs, sending Arthur flying backwards. Somehow, I hit the wrong trigger and made the character I was playing in the game, the hardened outlaw Arthur Morgan, accidentally punch his horse. I got fumble-fingered and transformed this expansive cinematic turn-of-the-century adventure with vistas rivaling those in "The Searchers" into a slapstick comedy à la "Blazing Saddles."
A funny scene played out as I was exploring the Old West in "Red Dead Redemption 2," the latest from Rockstar Games, the video game publisher perhaps best known for unleashing "Grand Theft Auto" on the world.
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