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Lol.

 

[Kacho]

What's with the music and narration? Could have been a cool reveal but the tone of the entire thing was so off-putting

This is the tone and style Zoomers like. The more inoffensive and bland the better. Reminds me a lot of the Saints Row reboot.

 

[poodaddy]

Absolutely despise this type of "quirky" humor in my games.

 

[Riky]

https://www.ign.com/articles/redfall-single-player-co-op?utm_source=twitter

Great that it's a proper single player game and not a L4D clone at all.

"Why were the creators of Prey and Dishonored moving away from meticulous, hand-crafted precision in favour of the messy chaos of co-operative open worlds? A year later I’ve learned that, well, they haven’t."

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Arkane games have never clicked with me but I'll give this one a shot.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

I'm sure this will be the best at what it does, but oh man... I really wish Arkane would get back to making incredible adventure games.

 

[Balducci30]

I surprisingly liked this actually, I can see this being better than people expect. The atmosphere was pretty awesome

 

[Lucifers Beard]

This looked pretty bad, spongey enemies, boring gameplay and just seemed campy.

 

[funkygunther]

looked good to me, Borderlands made by Arkane

 

[TheGodfather07]

could be decent as long as you can mute the character.

 

[Lognor]

I'm still really not sure who's this for. It's too bloody for kids, too kiddy for adults, too Gen Z for older folks, too old-school for younger folks, too cringe for normal people, too straight for edge lords, and the writing is probably the worst I've seen in a long time.

I foresee a rock solid 6/10 ahead.

I'm 40 and it looked great to me. Why do you say it's too kiddy? Is stranger things kiddy too because it focuses on kids? Sounds like a YOU problem.

 

[Lognor]

looked good to me, Borderlands made by Arkane

I was thinking that, but I didn't see any loot.

 

[Leyasu]

Looked pretty good. Looking forward to some 4 player coop on this

 

[Krappadizzle]

Didn't really light me with excitement like I would typically get with an Arkane title. But because they make the most underrated games around, I'll give it a fair shake regardless. I adored Prey, Dishonored 1+2, and if they can keep some of those same emergent design philosophies within a co-op environment, I could see it being a damn good time. I look forward to seeing more of it in the future.

 

[The_Mike]

I hated the intro.

The woman explaining stuff and gets surprised and say "oh shit more". I really feel devs thinks we gamers are stupid.

Didn't look anything special imo.

 

[azertydu91]

I was thinking that, but I didn't see any loot.

There is loot but it was quick, during the trailer amenu is open for a really small time and there was weapons, it's a blink and you'll miss...
For the gameplay I'm not sure, since it is Arkane I'll at least try it but it felt boring...Which is weird because I loved Dishnored 1&2 and Prey(hated Deathloop though).

 

[OZ9000]

Was interested until the cringe commentary.

 

[adamsapple]

https://www.ign.com/articles/redfall-single-player-co-op?utm_source=twitter

Great that it's a proper single player game and not a L4D clone at all.

"Why were the creators of Prey and Dishonored moving away from meticulous, hand-crafted precision in favour of the messy chaos of co-operative open worlds? A year later I’ve learned that, well, they haven’t."

Yes.

Expecting Arkane quality content here.

They're saying this is their most ambitious game yet.

 

[brian0057]

For once, instead of looting the smoldering corpse of Looking Glass, Arkane is now looting the corpse of Left 4 Dead.

 

[BusierDonkey]

I think I'll wait on this one until I have a better idea of how it plays. What they showed today didn't exactly floor me.

 

[Lognor]

There is loot but it was quick, during the trailer amenu is open for a really small time and there was weapons, it's a blink and you'll miss...
For the gameplay I'm not sure, since it is Arkane I'll at least try it but it felt boring...Which is weird because I loved Dishnored 1&2 and Prey(hated Deathloop though).

Felt boring? Huh. That's the opposite of what I got from it. Do you think that because you intend to play alone and this is geared toward multiplayer?

 

[strange headache]

L4D with vampires and horrible YA humor.

I'm still really not sure who's this for. It's too bloody for kids, too kiddy for adults, too Gen Z for older folks, too old-school for younger folks, too cringe for normal people, too straight for edge lords, and the writing is probably the worst I've seen in a long time.

I foresee a rock solid 6/10 ahead.

This.

 

[GymWolf]

Voice over was pretty cringe, but i like blasting vampires with immersive sims elements so i'm in.

 

[adamsapple]

Voice over was pretty cringe, but i like blasting vampires with immersive sims elements so i'm in.

Most of it sounded like place holder VA like how Ubisoft games do it.

many people will play it solo, so they won't even be in a scenario to hear it anyway

 

[Certinty]

Doesn’t look great but Deathloop was fun as hell to play so as long as this also is I’m in.

 

[azertydu91]

Felt boring? Huh. That's the opposite of what I got from it. Do you think that because you intend to play alone and this is geared toward multiplayer?

That is entirely possible yeah, maybe they just didn't show a class that was geared toward the way I play too, I felt that this deserved a more "here's x class quick showof "and seeing more of them kinda like Borderlands did(or maybe a better example is some Lost ark class vids).Because they switched rapidly to different class and it became confusing.The weapons lacked a bit of impact but that is quite common for Arkane too and not that bothering.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

The graphics look soft. Looks more in tune with fortnite. I was expecting something a lot more graphically impressive.

It's Arkane, they always go for a lot more stylized look that verges on Fortnite-like. Deathloop was similar.

Looked brilliant, far better than the CGI trailer from last year, great way to start the show.

"Brilliant" might be too strong a descriptor but I agree it looks a lot better than the trailer at the last showcase and was a pretty solid start for the show.

I am so glad we finally have confirmation that:

1. you can play this solo
2. this is a proper story based campaign game, not something like Left 4 Dead or Back 4 Blood.

Those are two big positives.

 

[Danteyke223]

This looked pretty bad, spongey enemies, boring gameplay and just seemed campy.

Bulletsponge ? Where ? It looked fine

 

[Negotiator101]

Really surprised at the negative comments, I was impressed and it wasn't just one thing either. Graphics were very solid given its still early. Shooting and atmosphere were looking very nice. And the open world seemed well made and interesting. Dialogue was the only negative I had but its not a huge deal.

 

[chromhound]

Would try but not at full price

 

[MiguelItUp]

I'll probably just try it on Game Pass and call it a day. Somethings seemed neat, but yeah, could really do without the zany humor and all. It really is hard to figure out what demographic they're reaching for here, lol.

I was also put off by multiple vampires having the exact same attack animation, and the same impact SFX. It was pretty distracting to me, lol.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Yeah this ain't Arkane I fell in love with back in the day. This looks so generic that it hurts. Fortunately it's on Game Pass, so doesn't hurt to give it a shot.

Yep. Sadly I feel MS got the short end of the stick. There was trouble brewing in Arkane long before the buyout, at least according to Sophia Narwitz who has had reliable sources for a while now.

I will still give it a chance, it is on GamePass after all - but after Deathloop, if this falters then I may just have to give up on expecting high quality Immersive Sims from this company anymore, like I am having to give up high quality writing from Obsidian.

 

[Craig of War]

I'm sure this will be the best at what it does, but oh man... I really wish Arkane would get back to making incredible adventure games.

This is a adventure game it open world a big massive map with buildings that you can enter and is playable solo
& also Arkane never miss so don't even doubt Arkane

 

[anthony2690]

This looks super fun!
Looking forward to playing this with friends and family
Hope this is a hit for Arkane

 

[Timberwolf25]

I went from mildly interested at the reveal to cautiously optimistic. L4D gave my stomach the old nausea motion sickness feels, so as long as this doesn't, I think it could be fun. I'm definitely interested to see how the skill trees change up the gameplay.

 

[bender]

Looks really bad.

 

[DAHGAMING]

"These vampiers arnt your typical movie vampiers"

Oh yes they fucking are.

 

[SoloKingRobert]

Looks worse than Deathloop graphically

Both games have completely different Artstyle

 

[CosmicComet]

Looks like complete garbage tbh.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

At least is gameplay. Remember that bros.

 

[EDMIX]

Absolutely despise this type of "quirky" humor in my games.

same.

This game looks like it was taken from 2007. I don't really care for those "hip" trying to be "kool" type games with that humor and I think thats really hard to pull off in games, but hard in generally to pull off well. I felt Portal did such a great job at that, but most games that do it , its really cringe.

This feels like its a CW show, but a great value Destiny game lol Probably the easiest pass, skip I've seen in a long time.

 

[Slicker than your average]

The character talk was cringe but the game looks super fun in coop. I'd be bored playing this solo.

 

[ungalo]

The level design seems solid, there's still remains of the Arkane style in it. And despite the loot it still seems closer to a real coop shooter than a looter shooter in the Borderlands style with over powered skills against horde of enemies in a constant mess.

That being said, i'm just disappointed, after incredible games like Prey or Dishonored, that we get this kind of game with this kind of universe and atmopshere.

 

[BoxFresh123]

Still not sure what makes this special (possibly the co-op?). Doesn't look bad but also not seen anything to move the hype needle for me.

The VO during the gameplay was a tad tiresome though. Ideally that would have been laid on thicker for this show.

 

[adamsapple]

The character talk was cringe but the game looks super fun in coop. I'd be bored playing this solo.

I think most of that was Ubisoft style dialogue for the presentation only.

Cause, like, if you're playing Solo or 2 people only, you will never get to hear it otherwise lol.

 

[Timberwolf25]

With these kind of games, I stop hearing the dialogue after a time. Especially if you play it coop with friends, I barely even notice it. That said, I would like an option to turn it off.

 

[Stuart360]

Yeah not for me lol. I'll probably give it a try with it being on Gamepass but its a shame to see Arkane go this route. I know they make great games that dont sell so probably feel they need to try something new, but i dont think this is the answer.

 

[El Pistolero]

I am a bloody sucker for vampires in games, and this one looks quite engaging...I liked what I saw, for the most part (not a fan of the look of the vampires)...

 

[Timberwolf25]

I am a bloody sucker for vampires in games, and this one looks quite engaging...I liked what I saw, for the most part (not a fan of the look of the vampires)...

Same. In it for the vampires

 

[HYDE]

Acutally looks alot better than expected. You think i would learn by now, never to doubt arkane. Despite the goofy art direction of their games they are all top tier.

Nah their quality is definitely suffering since they started creating Deathloop, now Redfall…both are super meh.