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  1. May 3, 2023
    10
    The game is excellent. It runs perfectly smooth. Coop is awesome, I lo e.playin Redfall with friends. Exploring the city is magnificent! The abilities from each character are complimentary, and makes you play the way you and your friends wants.
    The story is great too! Refreshing. An excelente shooter looter to play with friends.
  2. May 3, 2023
    10
    The new Masterpiece from Xbox Game Studios is here.
    Xbox is known for great genre bending first party games that will be considered big GOTY Contenter on any Site. Halo 4/5 , Gears 4 , Crackdown 3 , Sea of Thieves , Scalebound or Recore are all known to be the best games in their Genre.
    With Redfall we probably have our GOTY 2023 this early in the Year. The Graphics are Breathtaking
    The new Masterpiece from Xbox Game Studios is here.
    Xbox is known for great genre bending first party games that will be considered big GOTY Contenter on any Site. Halo 4/5 , Gears 4 , Crackdown 3 , Sea of Thieves , Scalebound or Recore are all known to be the best games in their Genre.

    With Redfall we probably have our GOTY 2023 this early in the Year. The Graphics are Breathtaking and make games like Horizon : Forbidden West or The Last of Us Part 1/2 look like PS3 games. The Details are amazing and the Gunplay is some of the best i've ever seen. The AI is stellar. The Story is left me Breathless throughout the entire game with very interesting twist and turns. This clearly there magnum opus and i have no idea how they can beat it. Redfall has some of the best Level Design you will ever seen.

    This is by far the best Game Arkane has ever made its one of the most detailed OW games i've seen in my Life. Rockstar will have a hard time to match that with the upcoming GTA VI. They really pulled it off. All bets are off now the Sky is the limit for Xbox Game Studios and the Future never looked Brighter.
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  3. May 4, 2023
    10
    The best game ever created by Arkane Studios!
    Where you can find another coop shooter to kill vampires?
    Vampires are really stylish and colorful.
    You afraid them and admire them.
  4. May 6, 2023
    10
    I can be the pickiest PC gamer in the world. But my friend and I bought this and have been co-oping together from the start, and I am greatly enjoying it. Having a blast so far. Now level 7. Interesting story. Beautiful graphics. Unique characters. It's clear that a good deal of planning and development went into this game. I'm fairly picky about PC games. I don't understand allI can be the pickiest PC gamer in the world. But my friend and I bought this and have been co-oping together from the start, and I am greatly enjoying it. Having a blast so far. Now level 7. Interesting story. Beautiful graphics. Unique characters. It's clear that a good deal of planning and development went into this game. I'm fairly picky about PC games. I don't understand all the negativity. I am enjoying it. Expand
  5. May 11, 2023
    10
    Is a very fun game, a lot of weapons and cool characters. update to the new version to get the latest patch.
  6. May 2, 2023
    10
    Such a cool vampirism game and even has a Lady Dimitrescu of their own in Redfall, although they should have improved the graphics, cutscenes instead of slideshow in between game plot chapter, needs better dialogue of this game. Graphics were abit too cartoony animated.
  7. May 2, 2023
    10
    No início achei meio parado, mas ao decorrer do jogo a história foi se mostra bem atrativa, com uma dificuldade bem interessante, tem algumas correções que tem que ser feitas, mas nada que atrapalhe a experiência do jogo.
  8. Jun 23, 2023
    10
    It has improved a lot with the last update, it is a good game that came out early and therefore did not come out in good condition.
  9. May 2, 2023
    10
    I think this game is really good and fun but is being punished really bad I don't even know why, people expect hyper realistic graphics when all Arkane games have the same aesthetics , there are some fps drops and fix the soldier AI (not the vampires) and that should be it. My advice, give it a try and don't listen/read reviews from anyone but yourself, trust me the game is pretty enjoyable.
  10. May 2, 2023
    10
    Un juegazo desde el principio me ha enganchado el mundo de los vampiros genial no se puede decir nada malo de el.
  11. May 8, 2023
    10
    The game is definitely not as bad as people are trying to make it out to be. The broken AI and performance are definitely the only big problems I’m experiencing (and I expect them to be fixed in the near future). The ridiculous and disproportionate outrage against this game and team, driven by console war hatred is disgusting.
  12. May 2, 2023
    10
    I had fun playing Redfall, both solo and with friends. There’s a definite Salem’s Lot vibe to a New England town oppressed by a vampire apocalypse. All the characters are interesting to play and the monsters are varied. Still, Redfall does not revolutionize the open-world shooter, or even really evolve Arkane Austin’s by-now familiar formula. Redfall feels like the product of a reliableI had fun playing Redfall, both solo and with friends. There’s a definite Salem’s Lot vibe to a New England town oppressed by a vampire apocalypse. All the characters are interesting to play and the monsters are varied. Still, Redfall does not revolutionize the open-world shooter, or even really evolve Arkane Austin’s by-now familiar formula. Redfall feels like the product of a reliable game plan that’s due for an update Expand
  13. May 3, 2023
    10
    Very fun game with lots of interesting locations and fun arcade like gameplay love the design for the bosses as well fun with friends especially, very good abilities that all feel useful and unique to each character
  14. May 11, 2023
    10
    Después de más de 26 horas jugadas puedo decir que es un excelente juego. Me va super bien en mi PC, lo estoy jugando desde GamePass, es un juego excelente, super entretenido y con mucho contenido.
  15. May 3, 2023
    10
    viendo que la mayoría de reseñas es un 50% verdad y 50% review bombing califico este juego con un 10 aunque en mi opinión no pasa de un 7,5/10, el juego podría haber sido mejor y debería haberlo sido, Arkane Austin tiene que mejorar porque el juego precisamente no esta roto pero es muy mejorable, el modo sigilo lo tienen que mejorar, la IA es poco agresiva y un poco sosa, pero aparte deviendo que la mayoría de reseñas es un 50% verdad y 50% review bombing califico este juego con un 10 aunque en mi opinión no pasa de un 7,5/10, el juego podría haber sido mejor y debería haberlo sido, Arkane Austin tiene que mejorar porque el juego precisamente no esta roto pero es muy mejorable, el modo sigilo lo tienen que mejorar, la IA es poco agresiva y un poco sosa, pero aparte de ello los gráficos, la ambientación, la musica, efectos y escenarios son increíbles en cuanto a lo visual esta muy bien logrado, las mecánicas pudieron haber sido mejores y mas pulidas pero están bien, en cuanto a la optimización hay quienes les va perfecto con menos calidad de componentes y hay quienes casualmente les va peor con una 4080 64 gb de ram y etc...., que si que os molesta que el juego sea exclusiva de la competencia pero dejad de hacer review bombing por tonterias, no sois nada para vuestra empresa tenedlo claro y por ultimo es entendible la nota promedia del juego aunque yo diría que es un 7 solido pero hay que tener en cuenta de quien es juego, el coste y las expectativas que eran realmente altas. Solo quiero decir que es un buen juego, precisamente no lo recomendaría a cualquier persona pero sin duda es un buen juego que asegura contenido y diversion o accion. Expand
  16. May 2, 2023
    10
    Jogo entrega o que promete, aqui roda 4k/ 120 fps. História ok, gameplay excelente
  17. May 7, 2023
    10
    Noobs attempting no new things things, expecting new results. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
  18. May 15, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un buen juego, si le das la oportunidad entretiene y mucho, te atrapa y es muy divertido de jugar. Los gráficos de los personajes secundarios no es el más agradable, pero lo demás es muy bueno, las técnicas de los vampiros son buenas. Expand
  19. May 2, 2023
    10
    Redfall is set in a world where Morbius was baned in a country and the whole town went nuts from not being able to watch it so they turned to blood thirsty vampires seaking to drink the blood of the Morbs (morbs are morbius fans who are unable to witness pure cinema )so the goverment sent in a squad of people who watched and studied Morbius for a decade  every day to stop the Vampires fromRedfall is set in a world where Morbius was baned in a country and the whole town went nuts from not being able to watch it so they turned to blood thirsty vampires seaking to drink the blood of the Morbs (morbs are morbius fans who are unable to witness pure cinema )so the goverment sent in a squad of people who watched and studied Morbius for a decade  every day to stop the Vampires from killing the Morbs. The main character mentions a theatre in the gameplay trailer saying "i used to go here all the time" implying that shes the regular Morb fan who always went to theatre when it was morbing time thus getting extraordinary powers from not pirating Morbius and enjoying it in cinemas everytime Now together they must destroy the morb thirsty vampires before they eradicate every Morb on planet earth making Morbius a forgotten gem it is a theory that Phil Spencer himself gave the order to delay the game and cancel the Playstation port cause Sony refused to put Morbius in the game and Spencer decided that he would include the cinema that he himself is highly dedicated

    Spencer sharing my vision of the Morbius movie ive come to realise Redfall is one of if not the best games ever made and its the closest thing we can get to a Morbius game thus i give this game a clear 100/10. Which is rare since theres no Morbius in the game but bethesda clearly tries their best to make Morbius apart of the Redfall franchise this it makes it a masterpice game and a high contender for the GOTY award
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  20. May 3, 2023
    10
    This game is not for everyone...I played the game and it was great because I love this type of game.
  21. May 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the setting and how immersive the sound of the game can be in general, and although there is room for improvement in performance, overall it's a great game, very enjoyable. Expand
  22. May 3, 2023
    10
    This game is absolutely fantastic and it doesn't deserve all this unnecessary hate it's getting. To start with, the world is intriguing. There's plenty to explore without endless onslaughts of enemies coming at you. The lore is incredible, the vampires are creepy as hell and very well executed. The graphics are awesome and I can't wait to play it again and again. It's definitely worth theThis game is absolutely fantastic and it doesn't deserve all this unnecessary hate it's getting. To start with, the world is intriguing. There's plenty to explore without endless onslaughts of enemies coming at you. The lore is incredible, the vampires are creepy as hell and very well executed. The graphics are awesome and I can't wait to play it again and again. It's definitely worth the reasonable price, and definitely worth playing for hours!! Expand
  23. May 2, 2023
    10
    I kinda liked it, had fun and laughs with my friends, everyone can hate me all they want for giving this a good review, but I made my choice, sure it’s buggy, sure it’s fps sucks, sure it’s unpolished, but people forget it could make a comeback, Battlefield 2042, Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76 had comebacks and look at them now, Forspoken is already having a DLC everyone thinks it’s ForspokenI kinda liked it, had fun and laughs with my friends, everyone can hate me all they want for giving this a good review, but I made my choice, sure it’s buggy, sure it’s fps sucks, sure it’s unpolished, but people forget it could make a comeback, Battlefield 2042, Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76 had comebacks and look at them now, Forspoken is already having a DLC everyone thinks it’s Forspoken comeback which is good, if Forspoken can make a comeback so can Redfall I believe in it, but for now we just wait until they patch things up, I still have hope for this game to be good

    That’s all I’m going to say, post this on Social Media if you want or whatever, but for now im going to yeet out of my phone, so see y’all and take care of yourselves :)

    Arkane Studios, I believe in y’all
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  24. May 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excellent game, I don't understand the low rating, I really find it very fun to play with my family. Expand
  25. May 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm delighted with the immersive sound and the theme of the game, although it could improve in performance in the future, but I'm thrilled. Expand
  26. May 2, 2023
    10
    I loved the setting and how immersive the sound of the game. redfall is a big funny game
  27. May 4, 2023
    10
    Redfall is hands down the best game of the year! From the moment I started playing, I was hooked. The game's immersive world and engaging storyline kept me invested from beginning to end. The gameplay is fast-paced and thrilling, with a wide variety of weapons and abilities to choose from. The co-op multiplayer mode is also a blast, allowing me to team up with friends and take on theRedfall is hands down the best game of the year! From the moment I started playing, I was hooked. The game's immersive world and engaging storyline kept me invested from beginning to end. The gameplay is fast-paced and thrilling, with a wide variety of weapons and abilities to choose from. The co-op multiplayer mode is also a blast, allowing me to team up with friends and take on the game's many challenges together. The graphics and sound design are top-notch, creating a truly immersive experience that draws you into the game's world. Overall, Redfall is a must-play for anyone looking for a thrilling and unforgettable gaming experience. Expand
  28. May 7, 2023
    10
    Es bueno me gustó. Creo que hay mucho Review bombing. Es verdad que hay algunos bugs, problemas de rendimiento no note y lo más críticable es la IA de los enemigos. El juego en si es bueno, los gráficos son modelados de alta calidad pero con un estilo de los 80. El juego quiere remitir al jugador a una época de película de terror retro. Mis modelos son medios caricaturescos cómo forniteEs bueno me gustó. Creo que hay mucho Review bombing. Es verdad que hay algunos bugs, problemas de rendimiento no note y lo más críticable es la IA de los enemigos. El juego en si es bueno, los gráficos son modelados de alta calidad pero con un estilo de los 80. El juego quiere remitir al jugador a una época de película de terror retro. Mis modelos son medios caricaturescos cómo fornite (pero eso no es malo). A mí me gustó y me lo pasé casi completamente. Con respecto al rendimiento, esperen a un parche y si no le gusta ese estilo de juego, no lo jueguen. Es como a mí que no me gusta el pixer art y no juego mine craft. Ser coherentes y poner un puntaje acorde y no un 0 porque no va a 60 fps o si computadora no tiene una 4080 y 32 de ram para correrlo en ultra y les va como el culo. Expand
  29. May 14, 2023
    10
    What a magical experience :). Never have I smiled so much from playing a video game! What a joy!...this is Tears of the Kingdom, right? Or am I on the wrong page?? Regardless: ten for me!
  30. Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Gran bel gioco, ci ho giocato ieri un paio di ore. Mi è piaciuto molto, sia graficamente, sia artisticamente, sia come storia sia come doppiaggio italiano. Veramente ben fatto. Mi ha dato ottime sensazioni su Serie X, ci ho giocato con la patch del day One, 30fps ma molto stabili. Nessun bug o freeze riscontrato. A me di quello che dice la community frega meno di 0. I giochi se miGran bel gioco, ci ho giocato ieri un paio di ore. Mi è piaciuto molto, sia graficamente, sia artisticamente, sia come storia sia come doppiaggio italiano. Veramente ben fatto. Mi ha dato ottime sensazioni su Serie X, ci ho giocato con la patch del day One, 30fps ma molto stabili. Nessun bug o freeze riscontrato. A me di quello che dice la community frega meno di 0. I giochi se mi intrigano io li scarico e li provo, a maggior ragione se sono compresi nel gamepass! Expand
  31. Sep 12, 2023
    10
    Fun game , but PlayStation fans keep crying about it because they cant play it, thats why they review bombing it
  32. Aug 18, 2023
    9
    After I see mostly negative reviews, I went to YouTube and watched their gameplay, and the game looks good, and I want to play.... why some people have to be disgruntled? I'll be buying this game soon. I give this game 9 ranks, thumbs up.
  33. May 26, 2023
    9
    We're all aware of the flaws, the vampire AI is dumb but it's a great co-op experience with lots of guns and gorgeously created map. Basically a cross between Dying Light and Left for Dead.
  34. May 2, 2023
    9
    Perfect game, wonderful world, 2 or 3 bugs, need more polish, hope the fixes keep coming and the 60 fps patch, i give it a 9 right now, maybe a 10 when more patches drop.
  35. May 7, 2023
    9
    No le veo lo mal a este juego ya que cumple con lo que debe cumplir y es divertir
  36. May 3, 2023
    9
    After playing few hours, I found the game pretty fun and nice. My computer should be able to run the game smoothly even on high preset, but I'm playing on medium in order to avoid frame rate downs. The experience is so nice. Reminds me a lot to Back 4 Blood, the story seems funny and the combats are not so hardcore but not like hit and run with your loot. Arkane is able to make really goodAfter playing few hours, I found the game pretty fun and nice. My computer should be able to run the game smoothly even on high preset, but I'm playing on medium in order to avoid frame rate downs. The experience is so nice. Reminds me a lot to Back 4 Blood, the story seems funny and the combats are not so hardcore but not like hit and run with your loot. Arkane is able to make really good games and this is not the exception, Waiting for the optimization patch anyway. Expand
  37. May 3, 2023
    9
    its not bad, Arkane styled game like Deathloop and Prey. Played on PC, works great, some bugs but not game breaking ones, the game is getting review bombed by sony fanboys (you know them: redfall 0/10; forspoken 10/10)
    Dont trust reviews, try it if you have gamepass, 70£ is too much for this game.
  38. May 3, 2023
    9
    I did not encounter bugs. Gameplay is quite normal. Everywhere there are shortcomings, but the game certainly does not repel. The plot has not yet considered the whole yet, but the game mechanics seem good. The massive assessment of zero seems to be a planned attack.
  39. Aug 8, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  40. May 2, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Redfall is an open-world shooter where you can creep through a spooky mansion alone at night, then link up with some friends to take on a giga-vampire in another dimension. It's weird, and it's the right kind of weird.

    Pros
    Vibrant open world tinged with campy horror
    Imaginative abilities unique to each character
    Works equally well as a single-player game as a co-op game
    Sparing use of map markers lets you enjoy the world
    Cons
    Can become trivially easy, even on highest difficulty
    Almost no story or development between main characters
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  41. May 3, 2023
    8
    Needs difficulty updates, 30fps, less aggressive motion blur out of the box, and a little aim assist on controller.

    Story and production value is great, missions are fun, upgrades and looting/currency are good and encourage exploration of a very detailed hand crafted world.

    Amazing bones just needs a couple of patches to be worth $70.
  42. May 3, 2023
    8
    Si te gustan los shooters es perfecto ya que es adictivo y te hace seguir queriendo jugar mas aunque el rendimiento y la ia es lo peor. Por eso lo mejor es subir la dificultad
  43. May 5, 2023
    8
    Woulda looked alot better on unreal engine 5 but it is what it is. Graphics are great , Redfall the town itself is well done. I find it fun which is the most important and thats on solo mode! Give it a try dont take in all the bad press.
  44. May 11, 2023
    8
    Average rating has clearly been manipulated- this is a much better game than the reviews say - someone has it in for microsoft. Likely because of the attempted cod takeover. Like a little bit of cancel culture. How sad, as it’s a good game with arkanes usual bit of weird.
  45. May 15, 2023
    8
    People have to start thinking for themselves, the game is very good, graphically it's satisfactory, the story is good, it has its launch issues but nothing that can't be fixed with the patch
  46. May 8, 2023
    7
    Felt like a shoddy game to begin with but then it grew on me after a few missions. Could become an 8 if they fix the bugs and tune the game a bit better.
  47. Jun 2, 2023
    7
    Played 30 hours so far in May 2023. Graphics are good. Gameplay is fine. Appreciate a studio trying to innovate. Enemy AI has issues.
  48. May 2, 2023
    7
    Puede mejorar y va a mejorar, es verdad que sacaron el juego antes de lo que deberian porque le falta mucho por explotar, pero no se tengo fe que mejoraran el rendimiento y la inteligencia artificial de los enemigos, adicional de que tendremos mas botin en un futuro
  49. May 3, 2023
    7
    The AI Is still bad, but at least on PC the game runs at 60fps instead of the 30 of the console version.
  50. May 31, 2023
    7
    Un fps nerveux avec une bonne ambiance et des environnements intéressant .
    Cependant les jeux est entaché de quelque bug et ralentissement qui peuvent survenir de temps à autres mais sans rendre les jeux injouable. J’ai bien aimé l’univers. Narration dans un style particulier. Je l’ai fait en solo sur PC et c’était sympas mais à plusieurs sa doit être fun
  51. May 18, 2023
    7
    O jogo veio com muitos problemas técnicos, IA completamente ingênua, se o jogo não tivesse esses problemas merecia uma nota maior
  52. May 4, 2023
    6
    First I was not hyped for this game. I felt like it was going to be another Left 4 Dead clone. So i was able to go in with low expectations. Also I am playing on GP so i did not pay $60 for the game.
    Performance needs fixing (frame rate stuttering, lower than expected FPS). Technical issues such as enemy ai is frustrating. The "looter shooter" aspect needs to be more fleshed out. That
    First I was not hyped for this game. I felt like it was going to be another Left 4 Dead clone. So i was able to go in with low expectations. Also I am playing on GP so i did not pay $60 for the game.
    Performance needs fixing (frame rate stuttering, lower than expected FPS). Technical issues such as enemy ai is frustrating. The "looter shooter" aspect needs to be more fleshed out. That being said I still am having fun playing the game. Especially if you have a friends to join in.
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  53. May 21, 2023
    6
    15 hrs - It was alright, but not great. Quests and characters didn’t have a great pull, and it was buggy.
  54. May 7, 2023
    6
    Siguem clars, podia haver estat millor... Però quan tothom comença a criticar negativament tothom critica negativament.
  55. May 10, 2023
    6
    The game is certainly not a masterpiece but it does not deserve such low marks.
    The expectation was high and this certainly plays against it but, fixed some defects that can be solved with patches, it can be fun.
  56. May 10, 2023
    6
    Un bon petit jeu sans prétentions. Bien en dessous de ce que le studio Arcane à l'habitude de balancer. Pertes de performances évidentes plus ou moins importantes selon la configuration PC. L'IA des ennemis est aux fraises. C'est sur que l'on est pas face à un AAA et que le style artistique ne plait pas à tout le monde, mais mis à part ces quelques problèmes, ce jeu reste quand mêmeUn bon petit jeu sans prétentions. Bien en dessous de ce que le studio Arcane à l'habitude de balancer. Pertes de performances évidentes plus ou moins importantes selon la configuration PC. L'IA des ennemis est aux fraises. C'est sur que l'on est pas face à un AAA et que le style artistique ne plait pas à tout le monde, mais mis à part ces quelques problèmes, ce jeu reste quand même jouable et relativement amusant. Ce n'est pas vraiment la la purge absolue comme ont peut le lire dans certaines critiques. Expand
  57. May 16, 2023
    6
    Loin des promesses, IA a la ramasse et bugs sans Crash.
    Reste intéressant.
  58. Jul 9, 2023
    6
    okok kind of game and visuals but something is lacking thats why i dont want to play this agian
  59. Aug 14, 2023
    6
    trash,no cutscene,bad gameplay,but its not bad.............................
  60. May 5, 2023
    5
    Good atmosphere and the city is charming. The premise where actually quite interesting. But... That's it. Sadly that's the only positive aspect of the game.
  61. May 4, 2023
    5
    Un juego muy bajo tecnicamente, graficos y una IA lamentable. No es un juego de 80 napo, es de 30 como mucho. Bueno el juego se puede jugar, pero se nota que le falto mucho mas desarrollo porque se ve.
  62. May 2, 2023
    5
    [FR] Redfall est un jeu pas fini qui peut être plaisent a plusieurs en coopération, mais qui manque encore de contenus, le monde est presque vide, pas mal de bug, les ennemis ne sont pas très futfut, l'optimisation la aussi n'est pas bonne avec des drop lors de changement de zone.
    les graphisme laisse a désirer.
    j'ai quand même pris du plaisir dans les missions principal.
  63. May 3, 2023
    5
    Redfall attualmente è insufficiente, ma la musica rimane in testa, e l’atmosfera è praticamente l’unico motivo per giocarci, magari in compagnia con un amico, dove riesce anche a risultare divertente (spesso per i motivi sbagliati ndr.). Se avete il game pass dategli una possibilità, ma evitate di spenderci sopra i 70€ che costa, almeno finchè la situazione non sarà migliorata. NonRedfall attualmente è insufficiente, ma la musica rimane in testa, e l’atmosfera è praticamente l’unico motivo per giocarci, magari in compagnia con un amico, dove riesce anche a risultare divertente (spesso per i motivi sbagliati ndr.). Se avete il game pass dategli una possibilità, ma evitate di spenderci sopra i 70€ che costa, almeno finchè la situazione non sarà migliorata. Non mancheremo di aggiornarvi su novità e fix, perciò continuate a seguirci su DrCommodore.it!

    https://www.drcommodore.it/2023/05/03/redfall-recensione-sprecato/
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  64. May 4, 2023
    5
    Well, well, well. What do we have here? A Triple Ayyyy experience from a console platform, first party. Ready to rock-and-or-roll, I was. Ready to fix up these Vamps (short for "Vampires") with a good elbow and wooden stake. But I was met with an unoptimised, bland, unfun, boring at time, play experience that only held me for 3 hours because I was co-oping with a friend.
    I would love to
    Well, well, well. What do we have here? A Triple Ayyyy experience from a console platform, first party. Ready to rock-and-or-roll, I was. Ready to fix up these Vamps (short for "Vampires") with a good elbow and wooden stake. But I was met with an unoptimised, bland, unfun, boring at time, play experience that only held me for 3 hours because I was co-oping with a friend.
    I would love to have seen this game release in a better state and I may try it later after a few patches/updates as the game seems very barebones thus far.
    But there are so many other games to play I cannot say that I will return.
    Thank you for reading. Enjoy Gaming.
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  65. May 3, 2023
    4
    Redfall isn't an awful game, it's just distinctly not good. Unfortunately bugs and extremely high CPU requirements to maintain 60fps make this an unpleasant overall experience. Not helped by the fact that key rebinding in the game is broken, a number of functions will not work correctly if rebound. It's a very lackluster game, with weightless combat, an empty world, and annoying enemies;Redfall isn't an awful game, it's just distinctly not good. Unfortunately bugs and extremely high CPU requirements to maintain 60fps make this an unpleasant overall experience. Not helped by the fact that key rebinding in the game is broken, a number of functions will not work correctly if rebound. It's a very lackluster game, with weightless combat, an empty world, and annoying enemies; but even it's best moments are brought down by ugly visuals, serious technical shortcomings, and enemies that are prone to popping in right on top of you. Expand
  66. May 3, 2023
    4
    I don’t understand what’s been happening with the developers lately, with such a simple graphics, only 30 fps, the shooting is disgusting, as if I’ve returned to the Xbox one days, I’m already ready to buy pro versions of consoles, because I feel it will only get worse.
  67. May 8, 2023
    4
    It's your call but for now it's not recommended.
    4/10 this game at that stage.
  68. May 3, 2023
    4
    They put Arkane on a game that has never been their strong point, highlighting all the weak points. I miss Corvo Attano... =(
  69. May 5, 2023
    4
    i fully complete this game in coop mode in 9 hours so probably I saw every aspect of this game and better way to describe this game is several words: "buggy repetitive kinda chip gameplay", now let's talk about all this little more. First of all lets talk about a significant part of the game and it is surprize surprize is bugs (nowadays it probably standard that game has some issues buti fully complete this game in coop mode in 9 hours so probably I saw every aspect of this game and better way to describe this game is several words: "buggy repetitive kinda chip gameplay", now let's talk about all this little more. First of all lets talk about a significant part of the game and it is surprize surprize is bugs (nowadays it probably standard that game has some issues but this game has a lot of). in this game you can meet "t-pose" of characters and enemies, AI is also kinda broken that enemies on the location completely ignoring player, a lot of visual bugs with light system and LOD. And what interesting without this bugs game will stay OK and it perfect word to describe this game it kinda enjoyable and nothing more, game doesn't contain anything that can be eye catching or memorized. Yeah its co op open world but it feels kinda empty for it size and it really not so big. weapon system is also kinda strange some weapons has sub stats that can improve it stats but game doesn't show the base stats so message as increasing acc by 10% is kinda meaningless. Plot is also interest part of this game i mean it interest that devs also decide to save some money on cutscenes so it static pictures with copyright free music (at least it feels like it actually free). furthermore structure of the game looks like developers want to artificially stretch the playing time by make system like: open shelter, kill 3 minor boss to be able to kill mid level boss after you can do the same thing two more times and only after it you be able to kill final boss that actually can be killed by pressing F button 3 times. So who can enjoy this game ? probably someone who has gamepass to play it cheaper than 70$ and that person already completed every game on his list and just want to skip two evenings with his friend.for everyone else i don't think it that experience that expect player that saw "from the creator of dishonored and prey" in every trailer and price in 70$. Expand
  70. May 2, 2023
    4
    Redfall describes the interests of young gamers today.

    Live Services Co-op multiplayer with no quality that no one cares about in a year because the next game is out.
    Soulless and a disgrace to the art developers show with gaming. I give 4 points here because you can actually turn off your head and have fun. However, I don't recommend it if your expectations of a game are emotionally high.
  71. May 2, 2023
    4
    Cómo diablos después de deadloop tengamos un juego...super roto.
    Sin pies ni cabeza.
    Me parece sorprendente..que con tanta inversión en el estudio no tengan un test..antes de sacar el juego.

    Quizás con alguna actualización "parche)
    Quede mucho mejor.
    Por el momento es injugable.
  72. May 3, 2023
    4
    Was excited for this game because I love Bethesda and Arkane games. The ai is absolutely horrible, like, worse than the ones from the usual bethesda games. Another thing i hate is that your friends can not progress when in coop, unless they are the host. stupid decision and i don’t even know why it was made like that because it makes coop less interesting and engaging
  73. May 9, 2023
    4
    What a bummer. There's obviously a ton of artistic creativity and design passion visible in the world-space/environment... but that's about where things stop. This reminds me so much of Fallout 76. The game has launched (like 76) with a host of really debilitating and frustrating bugs and graphical glitches, but the world looks top notch. Character design also took a hit... lookingWhat a bummer. There's obviously a ton of artistic creativity and design passion visible in the world-space/environment... but that's about where things stop. This reminds me so much of Fallout 76. The game has launched (like 76) with a host of really debilitating and frustrating bugs and graphical glitches, but the world looks top notch. Character design also took a hit... looking plain awful if you ask me. There are far too many problems bogging down Redfall to name here in a brief review (nobody will read)... but there is a slim chance... a glimmer of hope really... that this games most serious shortcoming could be resolved, and there's and even smaller chance the game could be good someday. In the meantime... the world space is fun enough to just romp around in once with Game Pass, or another subscription. I wouldn't pay $70 for this game... let alone $100+ for a premium version with a bunch of totally unnecessary cosmetics. I will say this: It's pretty obvious the game was going to have some kind of MTX or battle passes or something... it has that kind of a stink on it... which is really bizarre since... that's the not the game that was released. If you choose to go into Redfall... do so with the lowest possible expectations, that way you will be surprised by some of the nice set pieces and slightly more glowing moments. Expand
  74. May 29, 2023
    4
    I didn't have much hope for this game from the beginning, as I don't personally get excited about certain studios releasing games, I get more excited about concepts than pedigree, and the lower amount of hype I had for this release probably kept me from rating it lower. To be clear, this is not a good game. At all. The visuals are miserably bland, the combat is frustratingly simple, theI didn't have much hope for this game from the beginning, as I don't personally get excited about certain studios releasing games, I get more excited about concepts than pedigree, and the lower amount of hype I had for this release probably kept me from rating it lower. To be clear, this is not a good game. At all. The visuals are miserably bland, the combat is frustratingly simple, the world is empty and boring, practically in all aspects a game can excel, this one stumbles. I would be lying however, if I said that it was awful. It's just not good, which is something people can't seem to understand these days. Also, 90 percent of the people reviewing this are getting it from gamepass, so they're definitely just being a bunch of babies. Expand
  75. May 2, 2023
    4
    Hello

    This game is not that i expected that is gonna come out with, i expected more intense more action with beautiful grapichs, animations,physics,gameplay,details ect ect... but unfortunately it all came out very much below my expectations, so my score for this game is 4 out of 10 unfortunately. I wish I had done better effort and got a higher score, it's a shame that I downloaded
    Hello

    This game is not that i expected that is gonna come out with, i expected more intense more action with beautiful grapichs, animations,physics,gameplay,details ect ect... but unfortunately it all came out very much below my expectations, so my score for this game is 4 out of 10 unfortunately. I wish I had done better effort and got a higher score, it's a shame that I downloaded 94GB, my hard drive got tired in vain until I downloaded that game
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  76. May 3, 2023
    4
    Pessimo desempenho no pc, gameplay repetitivo e enfadonho. Genérico, não empolga em nada. Dinheiro perdido.
  77. Jul 21, 2023
    4
    I've played for 8 hours so far, some solo and some co-op. No major bugs, just occasional clipping and a couple of DCs. Looks good, atmospheric, is reasonably good fun to play. Some elements of Far Cry, some of Borderlands, lots of looting like in Warzone. Like in Far Cry 6, the enemies are not especially challenging - AI could use some tweaking. Ignore the haters bandwagon, it may not beI've played for 8 hours so far, some solo and some co-op. No major bugs, just occasional clipping and a couple of DCs. Looks good, atmospheric, is reasonably good fun to play. Some elements of Far Cry, some of Borderlands, lots of looting like in Warzone. Like in Far Cry 6, the enemies are not especially challenging - AI could use some tweaking. Ignore the haters bandwagon, it may not be the best game ever but I'd say it's a solid FPS that's more about fun than challenge.

    EDIT:
    Gave up after 30 hours. Repetitive, not much fun after a while, awkward combat, not satisfying enough to motivate me to want to play more. Not terrible, but not worth what I paid. If it had been £5 I would think it was ok value.
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  78. Jun 27, 2023
    4
    J'ai joué environs 10 heures. Le jeu n'est pas autant la catastrophe comme les médias ont pu le dire.

    Je reprendrais ma partie de 0 d'ici 1 ou 2 ans lorsque Redfall aura subi quelques Patch et Optimisation supplémentaire car il est pas très bien optimiser dans certaines zone et l'IA des ennemis est chaotique. La DA ne me dérange pas cela se rapproche des jeux que Arkane a l'habitude
    J'ai joué environs 10 heures. Le jeu n'est pas autant la catastrophe comme les médias ont pu le dire.

    Je reprendrais ma partie de 0 d'ici 1 ou 2 ans lorsque Redfall aura subi quelques Patch et Optimisation supplémentaire car il est pas très bien optimiser dans certaines zone et l'IA des ennemis est chaotique.

    La DA ne me dérange pas cela se rapproche des jeux que Arkane a l'habitude de faire.
    - L'histoire j'ai du mal a entrée dedans.
    - GamePlay plustôt Fun surtout en coop.
    - L'univers Sympa mais sans plus.
    - L'intelligence artificiel vraiment a revoir...

    Bref je verrais d'ici 1 an ou 2 si ma note change, pas sur que j'y reviennes.
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  79. Aug 28, 2023
    4
    If you think the 30 fps cap is bad on Xbox, the PC port runs like absolute trash.
    What does Xbox mean by "optimization"? Because it's certainly Not to improve performance.
  80. May 2, 2023
    3
    Disappointing, especially from Arkane they have steadily been going down hill so not sure what is going on. They seem to have went from the top of their game to the bottom of the barrel and its sad. Too many performance issues and at this point unplayable.
  81. May 2, 2023
    3
    A very below average co-op lootershooter which has some technical issues at launch (although I think I had a better time of it than some). If I'd paid money for this then I'd be wanting it back, as it is Gamepass made it just a waste of my time to try.

    The main issues for me were that for a lootershooter the loot available quickly loses any incentive and the shooting is never exciting.
    A very below average co-op lootershooter which has some technical issues at launch (although I think I had a better time of it than some). If I'd paid money for this then I'd be wanting it back, as it is Gamepass made it just a waste of my time to try.

    The main issues for me were that for a lootershooter the loot available quickly loses any incentive and the shooting is never exciting. The gameplay loop got stale very, very quickly. Poor combat, poor AI, no real sense of exploration, a nagging feeling that the open world has gone from trying to create jump scares into just sterile emptiness, weird design decisions on multiplayer (only host progresses, really? It's 2023), and then layer on animation glitches and other engine streaming hiccups and occasional stuttering... My goodwill evaporated rather quickly.

    Strengths are the little story telling moments within the world, but these are so smothered by having to design around a co-op looter shooter, and that there are moments of fun to be found with a friend in combining skills traversing and clearing areas. It's not a lot to hold up even a dozen or so hours of play.

    Not the worst game I've ever played but not one I'll be returning to at any point either.
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  82. May 8, 2023
    3
    Classic empty-world game. Maybe with a few patches they can fix some AI problems, but the game looks dull a it's core. World feels empty and not because NPCs, props are poorly placed. Everything seems to be out of scale when it comes to size, gameplay mechanics are not THAT bad, but still don't compensate for a boring game.

    Definitely DO NOT BUY this game AT FULL PRICE.
  83. May 3, 2023
    3
    Juego de disparos genérico, solo va a 30 fps, malos gráficos y pésima inteligencia artificial.
  84. May 3, 2023
    3
    Que mal rendimiento, que caídas de FPS y con unos graficos mal hechos, caras y manos deformes, enemigos mueren y se quedan flotando y lo peor es que hay po-ping grave.
    Esto No lo recomiendo; vale que lo prove en Gama-Pass
  85. May 2, 2023
    3
    This is one of those games where the whole time you are playing you are just asking yourself how many things went wrong during production to have such a poorly thrown together game. AAA game story told by still images, barren open-world(enemies only in mission areas or safe houses) difficulty settings feel bugged(hardest first play through setting feels too easy) skills feel pointlessThis is one of those games where the whole time you are playing you are just asking yourself how many things went wrong during production to have such a poorly thrown together game. AAA game story told by still images, barren open-world(enemies only in mission areas or safe houses) difficulty settings feel bugged(hardest first play through setting feels too easy) skills feel pointless playing as layla and all i really do is run around shotgunning everything first time i used a skill was during the hollow man fight and the ex bf vamp skills duration is super short even with the extended duration node in the skill tree.

    I will say xbox got my money for the first time, subbed to gamepass just to see if the game was really as bad as ever was making it seem and it truly is.
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  86. May 2, 2023
    3
    The game is very bland. Everything about the game is just kinda eh. The gunplay sucks, the open world is empty, and the game is riddled with bugs.

    Wouldn’t really recommend. Huge disappointment with arkane.
  87. May 2, 2023
    3
    Ich mag Arkane eigentlich.
    Ihre Games sind immer auf gewisse Weise eigen, aber spaßig.
    Grafisch gesehen waren ihre Games nie die Oberliga, aber der Stil passte zum jeweiligen Game, hässlich waren sie nie. Aber dennoch war da immer das Gameplay, welches alles wieder ausgeglichen hat. Doch Redfall versagt auf allen Linien für mich. Grafisch ist es grottig, selbst bei maximalen
    Ich mag Arkane eigentlich.
    Ihre Games sind immer auf gewisse Weise eigen, aber spaßig.
    Grafisch gesehen waren ihre Games nie die Oberliga, aber der Stil passte zum jeweiligen Game, hässlich waren sie nie. Aber dennoch war da immer das Gameplay, welches alles wieder ausgeglichen hat.

    Doch Redfall versagt auf allen Linien für mich.

    Grafisch ist es grottig, selbst bei maximalen Details. Stellenweise sogar schlechter als "Dishonored 2". Was für mich nicht schlimm wäre (Gameplay > Grafik). Aber das Gameplay ist ebenso schwach.

    - Das Gunplay fühlt sich nicht gut an. Gegner sind meist Bulletsponges und typische "RPG-Like" Abschüsse mit HP-Balken - Nicht so schlimm, wie in Fallout (hier sind Headshots zumindest bei den meisten Twinks insta-Kill), aber dennoch nervig. Den meisten Waffen fehlt die Wucht.

    - Die Open World ist langweilig. Zu 90% der Zeit läuft man durch leere, tote Landschaften, hin und wieder plättet man eine Gegner-Gruppe oder findet die ein oder andere kleine Notiz. Der selbe Schwachsinn wie bei "Generation Zero". Ja, es ist keine typische "Kazillion-Fragezeichen-Türme-Erkletter-Ubisoft-Welt", aber ganz leer sollte diese auch nicht sein.

    - Die Story kann absolut nicht mitreißen.

    - Die Fähigkeiten sind ganz cool, aber pro Charakter zu wenige, um wirklich coole Builds zu ermöglichen; Mir fehlt die Freiheit, wie bei Dishonored.

    - Laut Arkane im Solo spielbar, ist es dennoch spürbar auf Ko-op ausgerichtet. Zu oft begegnet man Gegner-Gruppen, die für einen Spieler alleine zu viel sind; viel zu viele Mechaniken behindern einen Solo-Run einfach nur,

    Stand jetzt fühlt sich das Game für mich wie ein stark heruntergebrochener Loot-Shooter an, wie eine BETA von einem Destiny-Klon., nein, eher sogar wie eine Alpha davon.

    Und besonders enttäuscht mich dabei, dass ich von Arkane besseres gewohnt bin.

    Wie kann es sein, dass das Game grafisch schlechter aussieht, als Deathloop, welches 2 Jahre vorher erschien?

    Wieso übernimmt Arkane nicht alte Stärken aus Prey, Deathloop und Dishonored und macht stattdessen so ein aus der Zeit gefallenes 08/15 Loot-Shooter-Ding draus?

    Bin nur froh, es nicht GEKAUFT zu haben, sondern über den Gamepass zu spielen. Werde es aber vermutlich zeitnah wieder deinstallieren - Spaß macht es mir nicht wirklich.
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  88. May 2, 2023
    3
    Garbage performance on a 3080 and i5-11600k. Gunplay feels sluggish and boring, the introdcution felt directionless. I played for about an hour on Gamepass and couldn't take anymore. The only thing this game has going for it is a decent atmosphere. I really wanted to like this game. Maybe next time Arkane.
  89. May 5, 2023
    3
    It's hard to imagine that this is a game in 2023, and I don't know where 100G content will be used.
  90. May 14, 2023
    3
    I've tried playing it all weekend but it just sucks. Dated graphics, riddled with glitches, lackluster bland gameplay. Cmon Microsoft. Give me something I can sink my teeth into. So disappointing.
  91. Jun 10, 2023
    3
    Crap game, played and finished the story mode only because it was in my list of games to be played.
  92. Jun 25, 2023
    3
    When I first heard of Redfall, I was very excited about it. Who doesn't want a vampire shooting game made by Arkane?

    Unfortunately, reality sunk in during my time playing it... while the gunplay and some mechanics were fun to mess around with, the overall game was just... meh. The story wasn't great and well... the enemies were a bit too easy. The AI would get stuck in places, and
    When I first heard of Redfall, I was very excited about it. Who doesn't want a vampire shooting game made by Arkane?

    Unfortunately, reality sunk in during my time playing it... while the gunplay and some mechanics were fun to mess around with, the overall game was just... meh. The story wasn't great and well... the enemies were a bit too easy.

    The AI would get stuck in places, and the bosses were a ton easier than the normal vamp[ires that circled around the city. The NPCS also just didn't have dialogue unless they were important to the quest line. Most of them would just answer back with grunts and there was one that just straight-up ignores the players.

    The textures lacked a ton for a next-gen experience and for $70 slideshow cutscenes were definitely the last straw. Thankfully GamePass saved me $70 dollars, this game needed another year or two or just scrapped altogether because it wasn't the hit I thought it would be.

    Jacob and the gunplay are what save this from going lower on the score. Jacob is just a tool character and I love the Raven (it's either that or a crow) he has.
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  93. Aug 22, 2023
    3
    They hated making it, I hated trying to get it to just work.
    I was thinking this was the next Left for Dead 2. NOPE!
  94. May 3, 2023
    2
    A game that should have been cancelled, but wasn't. Instead, it was mandated for release, long before it was finished, because of pure greed.

    Missing content, crippled by bugs, obscenely unbalanced in terms of gameplay, no video in cutscenes and the most braindead AI imaginable. Graphically it's a manure show as well, with only a passable art design saving it a bit. Arkane, what the
    A game that should have been cancelled, but wasn't. Instead, it was mandated for release, long before it was finished, because of pure greed.

    Missing content, crippled by bugs, obscenely unbalanced in terms of gameplay, no video in cutscenes and the most braindead AI imaginable. Graphically it's a manure show as well, with only a passable art design saving it a bit.

    Arkane, what the hell? How can the developer that gave us Prey and Dishonored release this? It's not worth playing for 'free' on Game Pass. It's that bad, no exaggeration. Value your time more and do something else. The worst game of the year, which is incredible as the latest Settlers game was released the other month and to be worse than that is some going.
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  95. May 10, 2023
    2
    I can't believe this game is actually broke. Like it does NOT play good. It's weird. Arkane make such beautiful stories and this is terrible. Feels like they had no concept/idea or real 'hook' before starting development on this game. Here is hoping that the next outing is just MUCH better than this.
  96. May 13, 2023
    2
    -somewhat interesting story, but just not presented in a good way
    -average gunplay
    -average graphics, but also very bad performance even on PC
    -below average sound design
    -Not much enemy variety and also very uninteresting looking vampires
    -gameplay loop not very fun and boring missions
    -good world building
  97. May 3, 2023
    2
    Some cool art designs and concept marred by an empty world, lackluster ai, poor combat, uninspired visuals, disconnected story and a gameplay loop that doesn't really work well honestly wish ms had simply just canned this title. My heart goes out to the team at arkane I'm sure this can't be something they were happy to ship.
  98. May 2, 2023
    2
    Pro's

    Interesting open world Vampire concept is a fresh idea instead of zombie infested games Con's Poor performance A lot of bugs and issues Weak gunplay Multiplayer options are halfbaked Redfall is the prime example of being seriously underbaked, its got performance issues even with the latest game ready drivers I was getting graphical stuttering on my 3070 in places and
    Pro's

    Interesting open world
    Vampire concept is a fresh idea instead of zombie infested games

    Con's

    Poor performance
    A lot of bugs and issues
    Weak gunplay
    Multiplayer options are halfbaked

    Redfall is the prime example of being seriously underbaked, its got performance issues even with the latest game ready drivers I was getting graphical stuttering on my 3070 in places and before updating the drivers the game was near unplayable.

    The game is also exceptionally buggy, I found many graphical glitches and issues all over the place - one of the more annoying ones that literally prevents you from getting loot is that you must disable traps and collect loot before heading back to the fire house because when you return and head back out, the world basically regenerates so prime example, in one of the first houses there are two laser trip wires and a loot safe, if you disable one of the trip wires and head back to the safe house to get more rewire tools, the laser trip will regenerate but it'll become broken so you cannot rewire it and thus instantly kill you if you try to cross to the chest again, I'm guessing this issue could be entirely game breaking too deeper into progression with any traps/doors becoming untargetable after picking/rewiring and then heading back to the safe house and the world regenerates.

    Gunplay is weak and unsatisfying, feels very rigid and has no stealth kill system so sneaking up to hollow cultists for a stealth kill is entirely useless, so the stealth system really doesn't have that much point at all, might as well just gun down everything providing you have enough bullets.

    Graphic wise, its okay - nothing special but does feel a bit dated and cartoony, reminds me of Fallout 76 in some ways so I'm thinking, it quite possibly could be using the same engine.

    In closing, Redfall misses the market entirely and needed another 6 months or longer in the oven before I'd say its even remotely ready for market, its got too many issues out of the gate - Multiplayer is useless with no progression except for the host.
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  99. Jun 24, 2023
    2
    Terrible game. Graphics, story, cutscene, level design, missions, enemies, technical part.
    Everything about this game is dirty and poorly done, leaving something to be desired and embarrassing Xbox Game Studios. A lot of disappointment.
  100. May 3, 2023
    2
    1.) Generic shooter
    2.) Low performance and FPS
    3.) Essentially no NPC interaction or conversations (Fallout 76 all over again)
    4.) Bugs everywhere
    5.) Combat is nothing special and quite underwhelming

    Save your time and money go play something better. Now I'm nervous for Starfield.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 57
  2. Negative: 21 out of 57
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    40
    What the authors lacked to be above average was the courage to stand up with full force for something unexpected. They could have taken inspiration from their colleagues from the French branch of Arkane, who came up with Deathloop. Redfall is an unpleasant reminder that talents and creativity run out with time. [Issue#327]
  2. Jun 7, 2023
    30
    Redfall is a major disappointment from a well-established studio that brought us the hit Dishonored. While I expected an immersive sim that would build on the phenomenal foundations of their previous games, I got a cookie-cutter looter shooter with an empty world, a non-existent story and very little fun. With the steep price attached to this title, I would not recommend it even with a fat discount.
  3. May 31, 2023
    50
    I wanted desperately to find a good game underneath all the bugs in Redfall, and every now and then a tiny ray of light would shine through and give me hope. I took my time to give it a fair opportunity where others wrote it off only a few hours in. Unfortunately, they were right, and this will go down as one of the more disappointing games that I’ve played in recent years. All we can hope for now is that Redfall’s disastrous journey serves as a warning to Microsoft and its stable of development studios. Not because the world’s second-largest company can’t take the hits, but because players deserve better.