Doing some spooky themed gaming for Halloween this year. I'm about halfway through The Callisto Protocol, which I am enjoying a great deal. The environments are so well done, everything looks great. Definitely one of the better looking games of the generation so far. Sad that it was not well received because I think the devs do a good job with it. Played a little Redfall this weekend two. Performance and texture loading have been addressed by the last two patches. AI seems better as I found Eclipse difficulty a bit harder than I cared for as opposed to when I mostly cruised through on Midnight in my first play through. I will be curious to see if Arkane Austin does any more content releases or if they'll move on once they've shipped the promised new classes or if they'll move on to their next project.
I'd like to read the room on what you folks think of #Redfall so far?
Getting ready to put a review together. I absolutely do not hate this game, in fact, I have had an absolute blast despite the issues.
Would I recommend it? No. Probably not to anyone except for game design folks to show them what it looks like when a game has so much potential and fails to get there in any meaningful ways.
But I do really enjoy the setting. The small bits of lore that really make Redfall feel like this magical suburban town, a setting we rarely get in video games.
But those things are few and far between, and I think I can look past the issues because I've been on the other side of game dev. I know a game looks like trash until those final moments when it all comes together.
Conflicted feelings, which is good. Rarely when putting together a review is it not black and white.
Having some pretty good discussion around #Redfall on our Discord.
Yes, the game is broken. Yes, it is far from perfect. No, it is not the worst game I've ever played. In fact, despite these issues, I have largely enjoyed my time with the game.
It feels like an Early Access title. It also feels like a dated design, that could be improved upon, but it will never become a top-tier game without significant loop restructure.
But the setting. The ancillary writing. These things are super intriguing, and it is not often we get to traipse through a suburban town like this in games.
Redfall is a bad game. But I think I like Redfall. I would never tell someone to buy it, especially at the price it is now.
@Player1MGA I’m voting no, but it actually has almost nothing to do with the “state of the game” or anything like that. I’ve played Arkane games before, and always end up losing interest in them. This includes games that should be right up my alley like Prey, and games that are well-loved like the Dishonored franchise.
Given that past history, I would have never purchased #Redfall at full price regardless.
So after seeing the negative reviews on #Redfall im reluctant to jump in, is anyone currently playing this and having a good time? I have game pass so I wouldn’t be out of pocket but I would also like to enjoy it. #gaming#xbox#xboxGamePass#xboxseriesx
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
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.