- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Release Date: May 2, 2023
- Also On: Xbox Series X
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May 28, 2023Although Redfall has some bright ideas as a new IP, chances are we will never see them blossom into something worth our time: it's undoubtedly a flawed game by design and its genuine lack of polish casts it into the abyss of irrelevance and mediocrity. You might like some of its aspects if you really want to play it with your Game Pass subscription, but you almost definitely won't hold any memories of it after you finish its so-called "campaign".
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May 5, 2023I know the above's been pretty bleak and it genuinely saddens me that Redfall is a disappointment. I simply can't believe it's by Arkane Austin, the same folks behind Prey, and by the same minds who helped bring Dishonored's Dunwall to life (Dishonored 2 remains one of my favourite games of all time). It's not that Redfall's absolutely diabolical, by any means. There are moments of wonder buried away in Redfall, where Arkane's penmanship and architectural mastery surface. I just know that Arkane are far, far better than what they've put out here, and there's a sense that what's arrived is a game that was pulled in so many directions it couldn't cope.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 88 out of 619
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Mixed: 34 out of 619
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Negative: 497 out of 619
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