User blog comment:Dr Mutran/Mass Effect 3 in VGA 2012/@comment-2250460-20121116023842/@comment-4237253-20121116072439

Red Dead Redemption is in an incredible game with a large fanbase, that also had critical acclaim.

Also, I'm fairly certain both games sold very well, so I would take all of those things as an indicator of them being both popular and good.