AllGamers' 10 most anticipated games of 2018

From monster-hunting to hunting the monster inside. Also horses.

4. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)

Do we need to write anything for this one? Rockstar's most loved game besides Grand Theft Auto, the original Red Dead Redemption transposed the open-world structure of the developer's criminal adventures onto the Wild West, ejecting the freewheeling nihilism of its stablemates in favor of heart and integrity. Everyone on the internet has written their own love letter to that crossing into Mexico, and the prospect of revisiting Rockstar's vision of the west on modern hardware, with the developer's usual extraordinary attention to detail given epic expanse to roam, is more than enough to justify our interest.

5. Spider-Man (Insomniac Games)

It will shock you to learn that there is no shortage of Spider-Man fiction in popular culture, but it's been a while since we had a really good Spider-Man game. Insomniac will try to change that in 2018 with its PS4 exclusive, which looks like it has nailed the wit and feel of the webbed wonder's adventures judging by demos at events like E3.

6. The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog)

Whereas the Uncharted series gave us wholesome (albeit rather voluminously murderous) Indiana Jones-style escapades through picturesque tombs and other exotic locations, The Last of Us gave us a moody trawl through the end of the world. Naughty Dog is a master storyteller, engineering genius and artist rolled into one at this point though, so TLOU was every bit as visually arresting, inventive and haunting. Having established its credentials, the sequel looks like it goes for broke - literally in the case of one unfortunate woman's arm in a recent cut-scene trailer - and it will be fascinating to see what kind of tale the Dog spins in the grim twilight of humanity.

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