May 2, 2023 - Day 122 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 137
Game: Redfall
Platform: Xbox Game Pass PC
Release Date: May 2, 2023
Library Date: May 2, 2023
Unplayed: 0d (0d13h)
Playtime: 55m
Arkane's latest open world first person shooter Redfall dropped on Xbox Game Pass at 10am local time, and I started playing it at 10:45pm.
I tried to start at 9:45pm, but in spite of preloading, it wanted to reinstall the entire game.
I discovered this year that in working through the Arkane games I own, I love what they do, and they just have some hook that gets in there and makes me want to keep playing.
...until now.
I'm not sure what it is about Redfall. The atmosphere is excellent, the game sent chills down my spine in the same way that Prey does, but it just feels like something is missing.
There was just nothing there that hooked me. I'm going to go back and give it another go, and see if I just didn't play for long enough, or if this is an unusual miss from Arkane.
At this point, however, I'm glad that I downloaded in through Game Pass instead of buying it, because if I'd dropped A$120(!!) on this on Steam, I'd be incredibly disappointed right now.