20 Most Anticipated Video Games Of 2018 - Ranked

1. Red Dead Redemption 2

Where The Last of Us 2 at least had character threads you could pull on to weave another narrative tapestry, Red Dead's prequel status stacks the deck way against Rockstar.

Literally seeing them attempt to write another game in a universe where John Marston's death and his son's revenge were some of the biggest shocks in gaming history, there's a point to be made that another Red Dead just doesn't need to exist.

Then we saw the trailer.

Simply put: Nobody has the surplus cash at hand like Rockstar, being they make around $5 million a day from GTA Online, and will put that money into every facet of bringing the wild west to life like nothing else.

So far that's meant stunning vistas that almost connote Alejandro Iñárittu's The Revenant, a group story detailing Marston's life as part of Dutch's Gang, potentially multiple playable protagonists and all sorts of nefarious ways to make money and survive.

There's the small matter of Rockstar registering 'Red Dead Online' too, which if it goes any way like GTA Online, will see us all donning stetsons and twin pistols before next Christmas.

Yeehaw.