Redfall

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2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 619 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 497 out of 619
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  1. Panda0_0
    May 9, 2023
    0
    arkane pushes more diversity and genderfluid crap but forgets to finish the game
  2. RDonnell
    May 11, 2023
    1
    Bad choices were made in the making of this game. Its another one to skip in 2023.
  3. ReubenIsAGod
    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.
  4. occ86
    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
  5. jobefish
    May 4, 2023
    0
    Fundamentally bad design and terrible performance. Game feels very empty and overall just lacking in so many areas.
  6. sKeettastiK
    May 4, 2023
    0
    This is late stage Capitalism folks. We are going to witness an ever increasing frequncy of unfinished corporate garbage video games until we collectively put an end to this corporate dystopia paradigm. Step one is to stop supporting these corporations all together and instead support indie developers. This dillema doesn't just affect the video game industy, it pervades throughout everyThis is late stage Capitalism folks. We are going to witness an ever increasing frequncy of unfinished corporate garbage video games until we collectively put an end to this corporate dystopia paradigm. Step one is to stop supporting these corporations all together and instead support indie developers. This dillema doesn't just affect the video game industy, it pervades throughout every indusrty under this tryannical system. Educate yourself, develop your inner talents, and spread the word of capitalism's evils. Then and only then, can we rebuild a society of equality, enlightenment, personal discovery, and purpose.… Expand
  7. foinf
    May 19, 2023
    0
    An absolute disgrace. That's the only thing I can think of after playing this dumpster fire for an hour. I knew well that this game is garbage but since this was on xbox game pass I downloaded it. It's even worse than what I was led to believe. Textures are hideous, character bodies are completely out of proportions, art design that is worse than a free mobile game, inaudible dialogueAn absolute disgrace. That's the only thing I can think of after playing this dumpster fire for an hour. I knew well that this game is garbage but since this was on xbox game pass I downloaded it. It's even worse than what I was led to believe. Textures are hideous, character bodies are completely out of proportions, art design that is worse than a free mobile game, inaudible dialogue because the music is too loud....every aspect of this game is an abomination and selling it is a criminal offence. The fact that this game actually managed to get released in this state speaks volumes about how deep the rot is in the gaming industry in general. Absolutely disgusting.… Expand
  8. Robo_Steve
    May 10, 2023
    0
    Truly an awful game. Love prior Arkane titles (Prey in particular, have played through that game 5+ times). Saw the abysmal reviews and figured it couldn't be THAT bad/I'd try it for free using Xbox game pass. First of all it runs like dog sh*t. Can't remember anything near as bad as this in terms of performance/frame rate dips, and I played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch. My PC can normally runTruly an awful game. Love prior Arkane titles (Prey in particular, have played through that game 5+ times). Saw the abysmal reviews and figured it couldn't be THAT bad/I'd try it for free using Xbox game pass. First of all it runs like dog sh*t. Can't remember anything near as bad as this in terms of performance/frame rate dips, and I played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch. My PC can normally run most games on high+ settings no problem. But there is just not a good game buried under the performance issues. The gun play is simply awful. The world is zero fun to explore, the firefights are also no fun. The gun fights with armed enemies feel like you're playing against a Chinese aimbot hacker in PUBG. The vampire fights are worse.

    How anyone thought this was acceptable to release is beyond me. Please do not spend $ on this game, you will regret it.    … Expand
  9. krythix
    May 4, 2023
    0
    This game is filled with bugs, very poor enemy AI, and is overall released in a state that is clearly unfinished. To charge full price for this game is a slap in the face to Xbox fans and is a betrayal from people like Phil Spencer over at Microsoft. Fans deserve better. This is a broken product and one that I think you could make an argument for getting a class action lawsuit started overThis game is filled with bugs, very poor enemy AI, and is overall released in a state that is clearly unfinished. To charge full price for this game is a slap in the face to Xbox fans and is a betrayal from people like Phil Spencer over at Microsoft. Fans deserve better. This is a broken product and one that I think you could make an argument for getting a class action lawsuit started over to refund customers. For that reason I give this game a zero out of 10.… Expand
  10. 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
  11. PixelQuebrado
    May 4, 2023
    1
    Não sei como uma empresa tem coragem de lançar um jogo tão ridículo como este. Game feito por criança, cartunado, história nada a ver com nada, personagem com cara de débio-mental. Horrivel. Tudo que é de graça é uma porcaria. O pior é ter que pagar para um lixo desse. Vergonha
  12. Punkster
    May 12, 2023
    1
    I have been waiting for a great AAA game to hit Gamepass and Redfall is NOT it. What a joke of a game, buggy, cringey and frankly unplayable.

    The characters are so unlikeable and every modern-day trope is in there. If you know what I mean, you'll know what I mean. I spent £500 on a Series X last year and all I seem to do is play Indie Games that don't need a Series X to run and utter    I have been waiting for a great AAA game to hit Gamepass and Redfall is NOT it. What a joke of a game, buggy, cringey and frankly unplayable.

    The characters are so unlikeable and every modern-day trope is in there. If you know what I mean, you'll know what I mean.

    I spent £500 on a Series X last year and all I seem to do is play Indie Games that don't need a Series X to run and utter garbage like this for 45 minutes before giving up entirely and heading back to Steam on my PC.

    DO NOT BUY.    … Expand
  13. Wretic
    May 12, 2023
    1
    Redfall, a highly-anticipated looter-shooter, disappoints in every aspect. The lackluster story, weak combat, and technical issues plague the game. While sharing some similarities with other Arkane titles, Redfall's open-world approach lacks imagination and detail. The game fails to showcase the potential of the Xbox Series X, with missions becoming repetitive and tedious. Even theRedfall, a highly-anticipated looter-shooter, disappoints in every aspect. The lackluster story, weak combat, and technical issues plague the game. While sharing some similarities with other Arkane titles, Redfall's open-world approach lacks imagination and detail. The game fails to showcase the potential of the Xbox Series X, with missions becoming repetitive and tedious. Even the promised unique vampire nests turn monotonous. The final boss fight is underwhelming, reducing the player to a button-masher. Human enemies lack intelligence, and the story unfolds through poorly animated paintings. Redfall is a bafflingly bad vampire shooter that fails to deliver on its promises.

    (Apparently it'll take me literally forever to post a review on here that I wrote about Redfall.. thanks MetaCritic, fix your website!)    … Expand
  14. Hemler
    May 7, 2023
    6
    Siguem clars, podia haver estat millor... Però quan tothom comença a criticar negativament tothom critica negativament.
  15. Alexander18000
    May 4, 2023
    0
    Xbox! Stop buying crap and manage your studios. It's clearly not working, this is what $7.5 Billion gets us? This game is a disgrace and deserves every bit of hate it's getting.
  16. Stroll
    May 4, 2023
    1
    Jeu mauvais et inutile qui date de 2007.
    Comment un studio comme Arkane à pu pondre pareil daube ...
    En plus d'être mauvais le jeu n'ai pas terminer et manque clairement de plusieurs mois de dev.
  17. The_D4RknesS
    May 4, 2023
    0
    what game is this ? LooooooooooL this crap in every way, if you put it together, forspoken + GTA trilogy+ (cyberpunk at launch) doesn't even come close to how broken this Redfall is.
    You have to take this crap game and delete it from the history of games
  18. TastieToasty
    May 4, 2023
    1
    Play the game on Low and go into any safehouse.

    The game had no playtesting. Story is garbage Gameplay is Boring Walking through an empty Map Singleplayer is almost not possible: No Pause option, Harpooners will one hit you (most unfair enemy in the entire game) the game is designed to be a coop game, devs hate singleplayers i guess? abilities are almost all useless, the one    Play the game on Low and go into any safehouse.

    The game had no playtesting.

    Story is garbage
    Gameplay is Boring
    Walking through an empty Map
    Singleplayer is almost not possible: No Pause option, Harpooners will one hit you (most unfair enemy in the entire game)

    the game is designed to be a coop game, devs hate singleplayers i guess?

    abilities are almost all useless, the one ability from the woke black queen is usefull (the elevator makes you skip the map a lot) but her ultimate is the biggest dissapointment.

    i hope starfield wont end up like this garbage of a game.

    the gunplay is good and the interior design of the houses is good and thats it.    … Expand
  19. Pockeey
    May 4, 2023
    0
    It's so sad how empty and lifeless the open world is. always online, poor ievel design, bad Ai and abundance of bugs.
  20. juniortiger
    May 4, 2023
    1
    I bought game on play keep freezing and the graphic bad terrible and story don’t make sense and I did decide and story don’t make sense refund get my money and not worth $70 and the worth $4 and lot problem and vampire crash all map can’t attack and and zombie can’t attack and whole game don’t make sense story and map too short and good day
  21. Hagemaru
    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
  22. Jessup86
    May 4, 2023
    0
    I feel completely robbed. What an absolute shambles this game is, nothing at all like how it was portrayed in pre release videos. Go watch Skill Ups review of it, sums it up perfectly.
  23. knotty150
    May 4, 2023
    0
    This game is absolute trash, the publisher wants a slap for releasing something so dross. Thankfully I got a refund on Steam for this steaming pile of garbage. I'm not going to go into detail as to what's wrong with it, I think the many in depth reviews do a good enough job of explaining how utterly trash this game is.

    Don't buy it.
  24. t_tank22
    May 4, 2023
    0
    absolutely trash, irredeemable and a disgrace to Arkane's name, to even compare this game to the legendary catalog including dishonored/prey is an insult to the talented writers, programmers designers who made some of the most unique games in the last 10 years, only to be replaced by some talentless hacks who ride off the name of the people who came before.

    could not stomach more then    absolutely trash, irredeemable and a disgrace to Arkane's name, to even compare this game to the legendary catalog including dishonored/prey is an insult to the talented writers, programmers designers who made some of the most unique games in the last 10 years, only to be replaced by some talentless hacks who ride off the name of the people who came before.

    could not stomach more then 40 minutes of the game,    … Expand
  25. pimpollo818
    May 4, 2023
    0
    Redfall is an embarrassment, a confused mess of gameplay genres that betray everything that made Arkane Austin's previous game so special. I went in with good faith: I played methodically, read all the in-game notes on the starting level, then was quickly dismayed when I saw just how slipshod the whole thing felt. Writings litter the grounds, ammo and resources are easily replenished atRedfall is an embarrassment, a confused mess of gameplay genres that betray everything that made Arkane Austin's previous game so special. I went in with good faith: I played methodically, read all the in-game notes on the starting level, then was quickly dismayed when I saw just how slipshod the whole thing felt. Writings litter the grounds, ammo and resources are easily replenished at the home base, the level design accommodates all players. I was shocked how very little the game asked of me to be creative, to find my own solution, to bring in my own tactics. I was raised in a household where I finished my plate, so I stubbornly pushed through to the end.

    I sincerely hope this doesn't drain any more resources from Arkane Austin and that they're given the green light to pursue another single-player, deliberately measured experience that welcomes and encourages player creativity and ingenuity to navigate its playspaces and engage with its obstacles.    … Expand
  26. WaraWana
    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.    … Expand
  27. Rodeogod
    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.
  28. dubisteinhund
    May 14, 2023
    0
    Redial, the highly anticipated release from XYZ Studios, falls far short of its promise and is a prime example of a poorly executed video game. Despite its flashy marketing campaign and initial excitement, Redial fails to deliver on multiple fronts, leaving players frustrated, bored, and ultimately regretful of their purchase.

    One of the most glaring issues with Redial is its lackluster    Redial, the highly anticipated release from XYZ Studios, falls far short of its promise and is a prime example of a poorly executed video game. Despite its flashy marketing campaign and initial excitement, Redial fails to deliver on multiple fronts, leaving players frustrated, bored, and ultimately regretful of their purchase.

    One of the most glaring issues with Redial is its lackluster gameplay mechanics. The controls feel clunky and unresponsive, making even simple tasks a frustrating ordeal. The combat system, which should be a highlight of any action game, is marred by poor hit detection and repetitive animations. Instead of engaging battles that keep players on the edge of their seats, fights in Redial quickly become tiresome and predictable, lacking any depth or strategy.

    Furthermore, the game's storyline is convoluted and poorly developed. The narrative is riddled with plot holes, inconsistent character motivations, and a complete lack of emotional investment. The dialogue feels forced and unnatural, failing to establish any meaningful connections between the player and the game's world. It's a missed opportunity to create an immersive experience that players can truly get lost in.

    Visually, Redial is a disappointment as well. The graphics, touted as cutting-edge during the game's promotional campaign, are underwhelming and fail to impress. The environments lack detail and variety, making each level feel monotonous and uninspired. Character models suffer from stiff animations and lackluster design, further detracting from any potential visual appeal.

    To add insult to injury, Redial is riddled with technical issues. Frequent crashes, game-breaking bugs, and long loading times plague the experience, disrupting any semblance of enjoyment that players might have had. It's evident that the developers rushed the release without adequately addressing these critical problems, leading to a frustrating and unfinished game.

    Even the sound design in Redial is subpar. The music lacks depth and fails to create the intended atmosphere, often feeling like an afterthought rather than an integral part of the gaming experience. The voice acting, if present at all, is mediocre at best, with unconvincing performances that further contribute to the game's overall lack of immersion.

    A Disappointing Game Experience

    In conclusion, Redial is a highly disappointing game that fails to deliver on its promises. With its clunky gameplay mechanics, poorly developed storyline, lackluster visuals, technical issues, and subpar sound design, it's hard to find redeeming qualities in this title. Players are advised to steer clear of Redial and invest their time and money in more polished and engaging gaming experiences available on the market.    … Expand
  29. alphambush
    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. 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
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Metascore
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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