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Gamers or Collectors (more playing, less buying)

Through the multitude of the games that are heavily promoted and represented as achievements of the year it's not easy for the casual gamer to find his way toward entertainment. A variety of titles hits each day the shelves accompanied with almost the same advertising campain leaving behind only unanswered expectations and lightened wallets of the gamers, still ready to get their hopes up and dream about the next AAA game.

The trend of sequels and the long going franchises only add to the frustation of the confused gamer. In this case the role of paid reviewers becomes very important to help in decision making, yet lately this role seems to be abused in favor of paying publishers and instead of proffesional opinions these paid critics deliver only twice writen commercials.

Caught in this ongoing stream of old and new products presented always as the latest games the player get confused and is enticed to buy every new product that exists in the game market (or live marketplace) The result of this constant and sometimes compulsive buying are piles of games and shelves filled with titles that nobody will play if not swaped or changed for new titles (often with the same result) Gamers of all ages often just sit through hours of long intros just to skip the game after few minutes of playing. Rarely these days games are played thoroughly and enjoyed in every aspect, making a return to the title almost a memory of the past. Moments of sadisfaction delivered by enjoyement of the game are often substituted by frustation in hunting for achievements and reward chasing.

In conclusion I will invite fellow gamers to play more and buy less, quantity is the opposite of quality and focusing in such conditions often becomes hard.

Red Dead Revolution

Red Dead Redemption was a game that met with high critical acclaim and won several "Game of the Year" awards. Rockstar in this open world, third person shooter, shows a more mature approach to the story which is reflected in the GTA IV too.

Rumors regarding to a sequel of Red Dead Redemption have been circulating for quite some times under the title Red Dead Revolution.

Red Dead Revolution was an early temporary name for Redemption, so whether it was held back for a more relevant story or whether it's simply the default codeword for any new Red Dead game is unclear. It's also hard to say whether it implies anything about the subject matter of the game. Redemption was set right at the end of the golden age of the Wild West and the second industrial revolution.

Given the fact that Red Dead Redemption was set in 1911during the last days of the old west and that Jack Marston the offspring of the famous main character from the game was seen reading a newspaper announcing the start of WWI, one of most violent wars of all time, is plausible to think of the possibility of a game about the Great War with a wild west feeling as depicted in the movie "Legends of the Fall".

In the same time 1914 was the year of revolutions for Mexico so a game with the background of Young Indana Jones Chronicles is possible. All fans of old games may still remember the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and the historical setting of the game when young, idealistic Americans deluded from the Mexican revolution traveled to Europe to be part of WWI.