Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser revealed that while working on Red Dead Redemption 2, he was inspired not only by westerns, but also by Victorian literature. According to the GTA creator, the books have a lot in common with the games.
"If you look at Dickens, Zola, Tolstoy or any of those authors, there's that feeling of all the world is here - that's what you're trying to get in open world games"