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[Bernoulli]

 

[FunkMiller]

Please enjoy our last slightly polished turd, before we all go off to other companies.

 

[dorkimoe]

I played this on PC gamepass, i enjoyed the gameplay..however the enemies are probably the dumbest in any game ever.

After i beat the first area i thought i was done with the game..then i realized it was just the first neighborhood...then i quit lol

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Cool.

This update is a must.

If you enjoy mindless shooters (which I do), this is a good one.

 

[intbal]

I wonder what changed.
The Arkane folks said that MS cancelled the offline mode.
Good news, though.

 

[HL3.exe]

Still sad. I'd hoped they'd return to doing Dishonored/Prey style ImmSims after this higher-ups mandatory trainwreck.

But alas. Thanks MS for that 70 billion Activision hole you've created. Hope it was worth it.

 

[adamsapple]

They listened to me, yay!

At least the game is in a much better state now compared to launch and with the offline mode, it can be preserved even after they close the servers.

 

[Revolutionary]

Considering the rumors that this update was nearly ready to go, this was the right move to do

 

[winjer]

This will not make it a good game, but it's something for those that are still playing it.

 

[LordCBH]

It won’t make it a good game, but there’s no reason to not have this update release. No single player game should die just because the servers go offline, regardless of quality.

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Redfall deserves to be available in perpetuity. If not, future historians may not learn from the terrible mistake that a game like Redfall was ever released

 

[Darsxx82]

 

[BigLee74]

One to try again later when the backlog is smaller. Offline mode is good.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Offline mode is a must

 

[adamsapple]

They were going to put out the update in May before the closing was announced, so it must have been pretty much done by now and undergoing QC and cert.

 

[Punished Miku]

THANK YOU. Now I'll buy it on sale.

 

[balls of snow]

Will be a morbid curiosity for me 10 years down the line playing the game that killed the Dishonored ip and studio on my steamdeck 3.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

This is good news, especially considering the push for game preservation from Xbox. I saw not releasing a final update as a real sore spot for that push.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Cool.

This update is a must.

If you enjoy mindless shooters (which I do), this is a good one.

A game cannot be mindless, just the person playing it.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

A game cannot be mindless, just the person playing it.

 

[j0hnnix]

I kinda enjoyed in it's bad state. I'll come back to it once I get through the backlog.

 

[Krathoon]

Did they get that DLC refund working? I used a cheap key so I could get the outfits.

 

[Krathoon]

I like how they always say "and more". That usually means very little was added.

 

[GHG]

A game cannot be mindless, just the person playing it.

Exactly.

It's not like this is a genre lacking in high quality games in recent years.

You'd have to be out of your mind to play this over stuff like trepang2.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Exactly.

It's not like this is a genre lacking in high quality games in recent years.

You'd have to be out of your mind to play this over stuff like trepang2.

I played it in coop with 3 players on highest difficulty.

I had a different experience. Everyone enjoyed it.

 

[adamsapple]

Exactly.

It's not like this is a genre lacking in high quality games in recent years.

You'd have to be out of your mind to play this over stuff like trepang2.

Don't knock it till you try it,G. And I don't mean the launch version.

 

[Skifi28]

It can be preserved even after they close the servers.

 

[Krathoon]

I hoped they improved the AI on the bosses. It was pretty bad. They needed to overhaul that on the bosses.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Not a great game at all. I didnt play with the various patches as I played right away at launch on GP. Patch notes included 60 fps and some other improvements and more updates coming.

But even with all the adjustments, it's a very average exploration/action game with a modest map size (it's no giant RPG open world game).

IMO, it wasnt as bad as people said it was, but just meh. If youre desperate for a vampire hunting filler game, go for it. Its got surprisingly good audio. Treat Redfall like a late 360/PS3 game or early X1/PS4 kind of game.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Imagine if they drop this update and it's an instant classic. Everyone re-reviews it and gives it a near perfect score.

And then Microsoft have to deal with people talking about shuttering the studio forever.

FWIW, I played it at launch briefly and based on that, I reckon it could have been redeemed quite a lot if they have fixed the AI.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

I hoped they improved the AI on the bosses. It was pretty bad. They needed to overhaul that on the bosses.

Bosses are still bad. Much better than launch version but still need work.

 

[Revolutionary]

Exactly.

It's not like this is a genre lacking in high quality games in recent years.

You'd have to be out of your mind to play this over stuff like trepang2.

The funny part is that Redfall is supposed to be an immersive sim, but failed so badly that fanboys have to recontextualize the game as a "mindless shooter" to cope with how badly it missed the mark.

 

[diffusionx]

I wonder what changed.
The Arkane folks said that MS cancelled the offline mode.
Good news, though.

It really does seem that MS management has very little control or communication with these studios. I doubt they even knew how far along the patch was and was like, "yea just go ahead and release it then."

Not a great game at all. I didnt play with the various patches as I played right away at launch on GP. Patch notes included 60 fps and some other improvements and more updates coming.

But even with all the adjustments, it's a very average exploration/action game with a modest map size (it's no giant RPG open world game).

IMO, it wasnt as bad as people said it was, but just meh. If youre desperate for a vampire hunting filler game, go for it. Its got surprisingly good audio. Treat Redfall like a late 360/PS3 game or early X1/PS4 kind of game.

V Rising just came out which seems like a better vampire game in every way, but I do think it is PC only.

 

[JTCx]

This is the only game that doesnt need preservation. Nothing is lost.

 

[adamsapple]

It really does seem that MS management has very little control or communication with these studios. I doubt they even knew how far along the patch was and was like, "yea just go ahead and release it then."



V Rising just came out which seems like a better vampire game in every way, but I do think it is PC only.

For now, yes. A PS5 version is supposed to come out later this year (no date yet)

 

[Proteus Maximus]

Bosses are still bad. Much better than launch version but still need work.

You've played it with the new patch have you?

 

[AgatonSax]

Redfall deserves to be available in perpetuity. If not, future historians may not learn from the terrible mistake that a game like Redfall was ever released

This is what I wanted to say also but you put it most elegantly.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

You've played it with the new patch have you?

Yeah, recently. At max difficulty.

They are not very well designed I feel. Needed more time in oven.

 

[Proteus Maximus]

H

Yeah, recently. At max difficulty.

They are not very well designed I feel. Needed more time in oven.

How so?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

H

How so?

You can identify and exploit attack patterns way too easily.

But one of them was pretty elaborate and hard to take down. That one i enjoyed.

 

[poppabk]

The funny part is that Redfall is supposed to be an immersive sim, but failed so badly that fanboys have to recontextualize the game as a "mindless shooter" to cope with how badly it missed the mark.

I don't think it is supposed to be an immersive sim - it's supposed to be a co-op shooter but its designed by people who only know how to make immersive sims and so it still has a lot of those trappings.

 

[Proteus Maximus]

You can identify and exploit attack patterns way too easily.

But one of them was pretty elaborate and hard to take down. That one i enjoyed.

I meant how have you been able to play the new patch?

 

[MiguelItUp]

Hoping this patch is as effective as it can be. They can't completely turn Redfall around, but it'd be cool if this patch truly put it in the "best it could be" state.

 

[Moriarty1889]

This was the right move on their part. Regardless wether you liked the game or not, it didn’t deserve to die off because MS decided to shut down the servers oneday. Now those who may actually bought it and like it can play and not worry about losing it in the future.

 

[semiconscious]

how can this game still be selling for full price on the Xbox store?...

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Total redemption and goty status confirmed!

 

[Robb]

I hope all of those four people who are still playing enjoys this update.

 

[King Dazzar]

Don't knock it till you try it,G. And I don't mean the launch version.

Dont listen to him GHG . I did and still want my time back. It's shit.

 

[Roberts]

Cool. I was thinking about doing a co-op run with my friends and this gives me more motivation to do so.

 

[systemr123]

how can this game still be selling for full price on the Xbox store?...

Only a fool would buy the game, but a fool would buy the game regardless of price, so better milk as much money as they can.