redfallA vampire hunter coming out this week on Xbox and PC was developed by the same team, Arkane Studios. behind the classics like dishonourable And Victim. This is Microsoft first party exclusives for 2023, A major release for the company’s Game Pass subscription service. And by most accounts, wretched.
We’re currently playing the game for our own impressions, it’ll be released soon, but in the meantime I thought I’d round up some of them, as I find the response so extraordinary given the scale (and price) of the release. impressions and review pieces from outlets that managed to get pre-code of Redfall release (obviously we didn’t) or updating an ongoing review piece..
Let’s start with Game PointReviewing the game and giving it a 4/10:
Ultimately, Redfall is a game that should not have been released yet. A string of bugs interrupts the game cycle of exploring your world with friends, and this cycle itself feels compromised by elements that are poorly executed and unsuitable for the team that implements them. I can’t pretend to know if it’s Arkane or not. choosed make a loot shooter or was assigned but I can tell you what it feels like: one of the best game studios in the world has suddenly gone toothless.
GamesRadar gave the game 2.5 stars out of 5:
Redfall is ultimately not up to Arkane’s usual standards. Playing is rushed, unfinished and unsatisfying. Singleplayer is hampered by a manga-based open-world shooter structure, multiplayer is hampered by bizarre decisions, and smooth gunplay is marred by uninspiring mission structures. It’s a confusing game full of contradictions and the result is unsatisfactory.
IGNs review not in progress positiveand mostly deals with persistent bugs affecting both single and multiplayer modes:
With Redfall arriving on IGN just a few days before its official release date, we haven’t had enough time to complete a final review yet – certainly without myself becoming a night monster and staying up all weekend. However, after a few sessions – alone, in partnership with a friend, and also in a group of three – I must admit that I was completely blown away by the vanilla missions and lifeless world of Redfall and very disappointed by the long list of exposure issues. insects
Redfall fails to push on almost every level, not only with its uninteresting storyline, but also with its completely familiar gameplay. Not only does Redfall feel like a game stuck in the past, it even finds a way to disappoint in performance.
Eurogamer’s early impressions are actually quite optimisticwriter Christian Donlan prefers to make the final decision until the game is over, but I thought the anecdote here was a pretty good summary of the game’s visuals.:
Well how ugly I guess it’s the technical stuff, and while I’ll leave that up to Digital Foundry, I’ll say the edges are – the technical term – a little rough. The textures sometimes show up late or not at all, so these beautiful trees always come to life on fire a little too close, and at one point the classic immersive sim storytelling graffiti on a wall was oddly pixelated. The character models are motionless and strangely lit. I should add here that I try to be objective which is always a mistake. I think the uneven textures – yes, I’m really about to say that – give the city a somewhat impressionistic feel. The waxy characters are wonderfully waxy, the kind of thing you might encounter on a trip through a haunted Hall of Presidents. However, while I was playing, my wife would come into the room, stare at the screen in horror, and say, “My God! What happened to Fortnite?”
i should note all reviews and showpieces very sad! If you go to Metacritic, you’ll find some selling points, many of which I’ve literally never heard of, but still give the game positive ratings. like We Covered ThisWHO Vote 4.5 out of 5 starssaying:
With rich, beautiful open worlds, loads of weapons and a wide variety of enemies to challenge, Redfall amazes. Gamers won’t regret claiming Arkane’s latest masterpiece.
OK. Enough with professional reviews. Let’s see who paid for the game and if you bought it instead of playing it on Game Pass it was a full price version, an important point to remember here– I have to say. You can find some of the best Steam reviews here at the time of sending:
If we ignore the performance issues, this game is bad. The AI is pathetic even on the highest difficulty. The controls are cumbersome. Graphics are average. The world is empty. I don’t understand why these companies think they can start charging $70 for unfinished garbage. I couldn’t stomach this game for even an hour.
Extremely average and unfinished game. Low performance on PC and full of bugs and glitches.
I’ve heard great things from Arkane, but that’s not the point. Played with two of my friends paying back. We’ll try it tonight with the $10 PC Game Pass instead. But that first watch was clear to me: This isn’t a $70 AAA version.
I’ll end with the last one because I’ve played most of them yesterday, actually the closest to my own experience with the game. This one plays like a remaster of a PS3 shooter. It’s an unfinished concept piece, a presentation project that somehow went into retail.
It’s hard to explain how raw the whole thing feels without playing it yourself. Even the fonts look like placeholders. Arkane is the studio responsible for some of the most important first-person games of the past decade; seeing their names attached to it…it really upsets me.
Anyway! Like I said, our own impressions are coming soon, so check back if a few days of multiplayer frenzy will cause our team (not me, I live on the far side of the moon) to think differently from these reviews.
