Eight years on from the original, can Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 live up to the hype? Julia Hardy and Steffan Powell delve behind 2018's most anticipated game. The first Red Dead Redemption smashed records and scooped awards around the globe. But can this prequel from the makers of Grand Theft Auto deliver a second installment fit for the 2018 gamer? Julia and Steffan chat to Rockstar North's co-studio head, Rob Nelson, and hear from two experts: Game design YouTuber Mark Brown, and gaming historian Holly Nielsen. Is this just another open world game? How easy is it to faithfully recreate a historical period in games? And how will Red Dead Redemption 2 fare in a landscape where single player games are supposedly dying out?