Redfall

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2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 619 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 88 out of 619
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  3. Negative: 497 out of 619
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  1. Dismal96
    May 2, 2023
    2
    I went into this really looking forward to it after enjoying Deathloop.

    It’s actually shocking how much I’m disappointed. Total lack of anything fun to do really. Awful AI, all fights just seem to be the exact same, zero cutscenes and a totally forgettable world.
  2. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    Totally uninspired game. Runs poorly, looks poorly, feels poorly, I don't even know how they let this happen. It is really sad to see Arkane going from masterpieces like Dishonored and Prey to that Deathloop thing and now this horrid game called Redfall.
  3. SuperCurry30
    May 5, 2023
    2
    Worst optimization of any game I've ever played. My RTX 3080 Ti doesn't work hard even in 4K.
  4. royalguy07
    May 8, 2023
    2
    Outside of just the general concept, which even then is so thin in the actual game, Redfall is a extremely bland and underwhelming output from Microsoft and Bethesda. The world feels empty and uninspired, enemies are few and far between and poorly balanced.
  5. Joel_joppy5
    May 2, 2023
    2
    The game seems to have potential possibly from future updates and from paid DLC as it is a live service. At launch the game is buggy and is repetitive and the gameplay gets boring quickly the corporation suits seem to be releasing broken games only for the money and millennial Devs seem like they can't be bothered making a good game these days no more motivation like the golden era ofThe game seems to have potential possibly from future updates and from paid DLC as it is a live service. At launch the game is buggy and is repetitive and the gameplay gets boring quickly the corporation suits seem to be releasing broken games only for the money and millennial Devs seem like they can't be bothered making a good game these days no more motivation like the golden era of gaming on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.… Expand
  6. dynamiczer0
    May 3, 2023
    2
    From Arkane, the company who brought you Dishonored 1, 2, Prey, and its DLC Mooncrash, all of them games with exquisitely designed quests, environments, and mechanics, while also innovating or pushing forward the immersive sim genre and creating believable worlds with a plethora of options and playstyles for the player, comes Redfall. An empty game, devoid of any significant story,From Arkane, the company who brought you Dishonored 1, 2, Prey, and its DLC Mooncrash, all of them games with exquisitely designed quests, environments, and mechanics, while also innovating or pushing forward the immersive sim genre and creating believable worlds with a plethora of options and playstyles for the player, comes Redfall. An empty game, devoid of any significant story, amateurishly designed, barely working, full of bugs, with a focus on multiplayer when their coop technology is so old even 2010 games are better (how the hell do you make a coop game where the progress only saves in the host's save file), and just soulless.

    Bring back the old Arkane. Maybe the games weren't bestsellers, but they had a soul and we cared for them. This ain't it.    … Expand
  7. Macintosh1001
    May 3, 2023
    2
    This is simply unacceptable...

    Already have had 5 crashes, and instances where I've loaded into a session with no game audio. Numerous bugs/glitches, mind numbing A.I and constant frame dips and pop-in textures. It's hard to believe this game was made by the same studio that gave us Prey and Dishonored...yet another beloved studios reputation going up in flames...
  8. Madbert
    May 2, 2023
    2
    Redfall es el ejemplo perfecto de cómo no se debe sacar un juego. DRM obligatorio, Denuvo, Requisitos elevados injustificadamente, gráficos desfasados y carente de detalle, framerate totalmente inestable por lo que el juego está roto, repetitivo a más no poder…. Le doy un 2 por el doblaje que considero que sí está a bien. Todo lo demás es un desastre, es que ni la historia engancha.
  9. doutoramentos
    May 30, 2023
    2
    Horrible game with generic graphics generic gameplay generic story everything is very bad
  10. dennarai
    Aug 20, 2023
    2
    I am pretty into this sort of game and this developer and I honestly could not find many qualities about it I did like. The story was not terribly interesting, the gameplay is quite bad and the game was very buggy.
  11. TheGamergon
    May 2, 2023
    2
    Playing this feels to me like Arcane came out with the world and characters put it all together and showed it off telling management this is the base idea and we will sort out the story and missions after the fact we just wanted to give you a Pre-Pre-Alpha look at what we wanted to make next and then totally forgot to write the rest of the story and plot points. The missions and sidePlaying this feels to me like Arcane came out with the world and characters put it all together and showed it off telling management this is the base idea and we will sort out the story and missions after the fact we just wanted to give you a Pre-Pre-Alpha look at what we wanted to make next and then totally forgot to write the rest of the story and plot points. The missions and side content the infiltration and mystique. Coming from someone that has been a Hardcore Arcane fan since playing Dishonored on the Xbox 360 and have been playing everything since.

    It is heartbreaking to see a game that feels like it should have been their first outing where they learned all of their mistakes and would build up to Dishonored and Prey. However unfortunately that is not the case. While playing you even feel that it is a freshman outing as the graphics are worse than Dishonored and it came out in 2012.

    I haven't quite completed it yet but with as easy as the AI is to fool that shouldn't take long as I am using the same stealth approaches I used in the previous games and I can pretty much take out all the humans and then clean up the vampires without much more than an occasional Yellow question mark.    … Expand
  12. barril76
    May 2, 2023
    2
    Ok this is so badly to me, to do this. I bought in Steam for 70$ and what I spected, go to trash immediately. I'm a huge fam from Arcane and I wish I would be like Deadloop mechanics. Wrong the PC performance is so badly that looks like old gen and the textures slow to charge. I don't recomend specially if you would bought. The IA is so deficiently, a lot of bugs and popping. Better beOk this is so badly to me, to do this. I bought in Steam for 70$ and what I spected, go to trash immediately. I'm a huge fam from Arcane and I wish I would be like Deadloop mechanics. Wrong the PC performance is so badly that looks like old gen and the textures slow to charge. I don't recomend specially if you would bought. The IA is so deficiently, a lot of bugs and popping. Better be good in the future the technicalissues, but there some things like the story that is nonsense that can't be fixed or the firts person shooter. I don't put a 0, because it's a little bit entertaining only if it's co op. Single player is bad.… Expand
  13. GamoPedia
    May 2, 2023
    2
    The worse Microsoft game ever Arcane is one of my favourite game company but Microsoft failed them by purchasing it. The game is buggy, laggy and enemy AI is worse then i ever witnessed in my life i hope they learn from this.
  14. thewock
    May 2, 2023
    2
    Best thing to do in this game is hit that refund button. Thank God it's refundable.
  15. Youpus
    May 3, 2023
    2
    The game is as generic as possible. The gun-feel is not existent, the multiplayer is in fact a coop based on the host campaign, but doesn't affect the campaigns or other group members...
    For a long awaited release, I am very disappointed
  16. Cyrax-1802
    May 3, 2023
    2
    Being a huge fan of Arkane games, this really hurts. Anyone reviewing giving this higher then a four is a shill, or one them sad, lonely crooked teeth, moms box-room dwelling Xbox fanboys who won’t accept that this generation of console is a flop minus game pass. So the game; graphics and performance= awful. People always try to say “it’s an art style!” With Arkane which is usually is;Being a huge fan of Arkane games, this really hurts. Anyone reviewing giving this higher then a four is a shill, or one them sad, lonely crooked teeth, moms box-room dwelling Xbox fanboys who won’t accept that this generation of console is a flop minus game pass. So the game; graphics and performance= awful. People always try to say “it’s an art style!” With Arkane which is usually is; this however is just plain and nasty. The most boring open world I’ve played an I’ve played some bad ones, doesn’t make you want to explore, it’s a chore moving across the map. Everything feels flat and uninteresting, which is insane considering how good Dishonoured and Prey still look to this day. I don’t understand how they can make a game that looks worse than previous gen titles.

    The performance, get some frame drops here and there and their seems to be some latency input no matter what I do, then sprinkle in all of the bugs I’ve experienced in 6 hours of playing (guns disappearing, enemies moving/freezing like they’re cardboard cutouts, sniper scope getting stuck on my screen even though I’m using other guns etc.) it’s honestly quite outstanding how bad this game is and the fact it’s been put out. To anyone finding even a slither of enjoyment in this; I salute you. But do not kid yourself or others that this is even close to half-decent gaming experience, an quit trying to boost review numbers for a game that’s awful. You only make things worse by defending these studios that release games as bad as this, allowing more and more studios to do the same. Enough is enough with these awful games getting released what feels like years before it should.    … Expand
  17. Annoyinglobster
    May 7, 2023
    2
    The marketing push for this game, and initial impressions from media outlets put this game on my radar, however that can't be further from the truth. GOTY (garbage of the year)
  18. zNeverSleep
    May 14, 2023
    2
    I'm actually sad about it.

    I love coop games, since playing with my friends is always a good experience in games like that - even when the game itself it's not actually good. Redfall is not even sustainable as a substructure to the fun. Why? simple enough. Poor gameplay. Its AI is horrendous. I remember playing smartphone games with smatter enemies than in this game. The skill tree    I'm actually sad about it.

    I love coop games, since playing with my friends is always a good experience in games like that - even when the game itself it's not actually good. Redfall is not even sustainable as a substructure to the fun. Why? simple enough.

    Poor gameplay. Its AI is horrendous. I remember playing smartphone games with smatter enemies than in this game. The skill tree is the definition of a "modern rpg", when the abilities do not actually matter and are overinflated to give you a sensation of a lot of content. The inventory is crazy bad. You gain a lot of weapons too fast and the overall experience is unbalanced, even on hard difficulty. Also, there's no need to work together since no actual treat requires that, so the abilities are kinda useless at some point. The only ok thing is the weapons design.

    Poor story. Most of it is told by static images - this game costs 70$ - and documents. No actual storytelling, I can assure you. NPC dialog? forget it. And how does the narrative influence the gameplay? oh, grab that and that, and that and bring it right here. That's it.

    Poor optimization. Alright, I'm already used to it since PC ports are usually bad in the generation. As a Ryzen 5 1600 owner, that actually gets worse since my CPU can't take some bad games. Even that, I never saw something run so bad on my PC. Jesus. Constant stuttering and FPS drop. I was playing at 25 fps sometimes, and reducing the graphics quality didn't do anything. The funny part is when you enter an underground map - separate from the open world - and the fps goes to 80 right away.

    I do not recommend this game. If you have gamepass, you can try it later, but not right now.    … Expand
  19. RDonnell
    May 11, 2023
    1
    Bad choices were made in the making of this game. Its another one to skip in 2023.
  20. Pupo
    Jun 18, 2023
    1
    The disaster was imminent and obvious from the first time it was revealed...
  21. Steyraus
    May 3, 2023
    1
    The game looks like an upscaled xbox 360 games but still has visual issues, pop in and stutters. This is an exclusive for the console thats suposed to """ Eat Monsters""!!!!!according to xbox execs. Wtf happened.
    But also look at the characters you can choose from. They are all completely visually off putting and they talk like Californian twitter activists..The woman look like dudes and    The game looks like an upscaled xbox 360 games but still has visual issues, pop in and stutters. This is an exclusive for the console thats suposed to """ Eat Monsters""!!!!!according to xbox execs. Wtf happened.
    But also look at the characters you can choose from. They are all completely visually off putting and they talk like Californian twitter activists..The woman look like dudes and the dudes look inbreed.. Then there's the horrible performance, gen 4 AI and bland dull gameplay and progression..I never saw the Appeal in this studio, besides Prey!, but I could see why others liked their games. But Redfall is a failure in every metric. Xbox needs to sort out these studios they acquire. Half have taken paid holidays and the other half just churn out whatever experimental crap that takes low effort. I bought my xbox for back compat and they cancelled that so the least they could do is care about First party titles.    … Expand
  22. slanderbot
    Jun 4, 2023
    1
    A real sadness in it's current state. :/ oh well.

    Your review must be at least 75 characters long.
  23. Instable_fox
    May 3, 2023
    1
    After playing it for 10 hours I can't recommend that game to anyone, especially not for 70€. The world is empty and uncreative. Enemy AI is so bad and easy to beat. Weapon handling feels not developed at all. The class skills are so bland.
  24. grady2k12
    May 2, 2023
    1
    Only getting a 1 from me because it does run well on my PC. Other than that, no redeeming qualities.
  25. Joewashere
    May 10, 2023
    1
    I don't always smirk at nuArkane decline enablers for deliberately falling from grace in a most deplorable fashion...
    No, wait. I actually do.
  26. SilverOrlov
    May 16, 2023
    1
    1 point only for the fact that it presents an intriguing concept with vampires, and not just a confrontation between people against people. From such a development studio and for such a price... Everything else... not deserve more than rating 1.
    If there were problems with a completely open world, make it not so big but fill it with events and colors, especially since you have experience    1 point only for the fact that it presents an intriguing concept with vampires, and not just a confrontation between people against people. From such a development studio and for such a price... Everything else... not deserve more than rating 1.
    If there were problems with a completely open world, make it not so big but fill it with events and colors, especially since you have experience of past masterpieces, what could be easier? ...but we have what we have. You can run for 5 minutes to the place of your quest and nothing will happen.
    Pieces of loadable scenery code appearing out of nowhere. Faded and inexpressive colors. Absolutely stupid enemy AI. No plot/story content at all, except for miserable static images with some text... and so on, and so on.
    I am not so much angry as disappointed. What happened to you, the creators of the Dishonored masterpiece???    … Expand
  27. daniel109recowe
    May 6, 2023
    1
    Matko bosko gówno ożyło ,gra na dzień dzisiejszy jest nie akceptowalna i nie powinna być wydana w pełnej cenie a raczej za jakieś 80-100 zł max wyraźnie gra jest niezoptymalizowana kontent jest miałki jeśli nie zerowy gra jest najzwyczajniej nie skończona Arcain tak nie dzieła ??? doradzam spróbować może na steam żeby można było oddać sami się przekonacie ja wracam do do nowego HorizonaMatko bosko gówno ożyło ,gra na dzień dzisiejszy jest nie akceptowalna i nie powinna być wydana w pełnej cenie a raczej za jakieś 80-100 zł max wyraźnie gra jest niezoptymalizowana kontent jest miałki jeśli nie zerowy gra jest najzwyczajniej nie skończona Arcain tak nie dzieła ??? doradzam spróbować może na steam żeby można było oddać sami się przekonacie ja wracam do do nowego Horizona
  28. sumsulk
    May 2, 2023
    1
    I recently got a new laptop that came with a free month of games pass which is how I was able to play this game. However, I would not recommend anyone play this game at all and just simply skip it in general.

    The game utilizes 17GB of VRAM at 1440p with DLSS. I was shocked to see that this game was reaching the VRAM limit of my desktop 4090, I tried lowering the graphics from Ultra to    I recently got a new laptop that came with a free month of games pass which is how I was able to play this game. However, I would not recommend anyone play this game at all and just simply skip it in general.

    The game utilizes 17GB of VRAM at 1440p with DLSS. I was shocked to see that this game was reaching the VRAM limit of my desktop 4090, I tried lowering the graphics from Ultra to High but that didn't change a single thing, and left me wondering if there is a memory leak somewhere in the game that is causing this. Because I for sure am not seeing amazing visuals for that utilization, a game like Tomb Raider 2013 or even Titanfall 2 looks a lot better than this.

    Gameplay is very mediocre and boring, sure the premise of the game is to run around and defeat vampires but it gets super tedious in the long run. Another thing I dislike is how most of the weapons feel and fire the same way, yes the amount of damage each gun would do is different but the feel of using them in-game is just the same across. The story is meh as well, I only played for 2-3 hrs so can't give a concise answer on that front but it doesn't seem to be interesting.

    Overall I would not recommend anyone pay $70 for this game, let alone not get GamePass just for this game. This is one title that should be skipped    … Expand
  29. I-Marsh
    Jul 12, 2023
    1
    Leave it to Microsoft to destroy studios. The game is unplayable and enemies are so dumb that they most of the time just stand there doing nothing. Thrash!!!
  30. Ash76
    May 3, 2023
    1
    Horrible. Ill never preorder a game ever again. Arcane should be ashamed to release a game in this state. Buggy, brain dead ai and boring
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53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 57
  3. 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. PLAY! Zine
    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.
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  3. Shacknews
    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.
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