GamesRadar.com / 03.11.25

Creating Red Dead Redemption 2 was not that fun, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says, as it wasn't coming together and was over budget so much I didn't want to think about it

RDR2 had a lot of doubters, according to the game's lead writer
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