During Quakecon 2022, some of the team at Arkane Studios have sat down to discuss all things Redfall, ahead of the game's early 2023 launch. Most, if not all of the footage in here is re-used from the recent showcase reveal, however, the team's discussion around the game's Vampiric open world is pretty interesting.
Arkane legend Harvey Smith says the game's open world feels "expansive" yet "lived in", and it's also the largest open space the team has created to date. The world is centred around on-foot traversal in Redfall, so it won't be the biggest open world ever, but given the nature of the the game there should be plenty to explore within.
The discussion also breaks down the game's vampires and Arkane's approach to developing them. The team wanted to create something "spooky" rather straight-up scary, and they even dive into how the vampire attire plays a role in creating that mood.
All in all, Redfall seems to be shaping up pretty nicely, and with Deathloop's exclusivity period soon coming to an end, we're pretty hyped to go hands on with two Arkane adventures on Xbox pretty darn soon.
Are you liking the look of Redfall? Or does Deathloop entice you more? Leave your thoughts down below.
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I'm looking forward to this. The first time i saw it i had the idea it was just another coop shooter like Left for dead and such. But since seeing more and more from it and it being a single player FPS/RPG combination which can be played coop, it keep getting me more and more interested in this game. I cant wait to play this now and that while im not the biggest shooter fan generally.
This is the one for me next year.
Like Arkane, fps and vampires.
Game pass day one.
Glad to hear they are putting a lot into the world etc. Just a release date now please.
Let’s hope Microsoft advertise the hell out this game and give it some good PR.
It’s a new ip AAA looking great so far, they need to get the word out on release etc.
one reason Sony does so well is amazing PR even with most new IPs. Then it’s pure word and mouth.
The handling of Hive Busters PR was shocking
Microsoft could have made that game their Miles Morale equivalent when the new consoles released.
Microsoft’s problem is they don’t know how to PR outside of USA and create hype, then no one knows about their big AAA games and IPs.
@Clankylad
They used to be good in the Xbox360 era the PR was up their with the best.
Let’s hope 2023 they start a really good Xbox consoles, game pass and AAA game advertising PR campaign.
The whole Xbox ecosystem really needs it for sure. Momentum in the UK is starting to slacken slowly but surly.
I'm looking forward to this, it's shaping uo very nicely
I thought this was similar to back 4 Blood and left 4 dead? But it can't be if its open world.
Makes me more interested in this now, especially if its doable solo
@Retrokingdan
Arthur !!!
This hasn't been on my radar. Its always been something that I kept an eye on because I like the 'theme' they are going for, but I wasn't sure I'd get much out of it due to its seemingly 'online co-operative' game structure.
However, as more and more info has come out, especially this video, I am actually beginning to look forward to this. It seems like it will be a Fun solo experience with great systems to tailor your game-play preference that can become even 'crazier' with more 'characters' to combine 'skills'. My one concern still is 'balance'. I don't want to feel I have to rely on 'others' to progress due to Solo damage output and/or enemy counts designed to challenge 3 or 4 players. Scaling the challenge based on player counts is something that I want to see...
The more I see, the more its piquing my interest and now I am looking forward to seeing more and/or getting to try it myself...
Wish I could get excited for this - and that last pic does look great. Everything I hear about this though sounds like it’s pulling in a lot of directions…yet lacks direction…if that makes sense. It sounds ambitious but nothing I’ve seen looks like it’s nailing anything particularly well.
I guess I just don’t know how they will pull off something that was clearly designed for co op as a fulfilling sp game. And how different it will be from the countless other games in the L4D mould. And I love Arkane games…this one just isn’t doing it for me at the moment.
@Dezzy70 got to do something since divorcing Olive and gaming is it 😂
Still not really sold on this game. I can't tell if it's the actual design or just because the horror "it's a zombie game but we're going to call them vampires this time" theme is just not in my wheelhouse.
@Clankylad Definitely, marketing is at Sony's core really, and always has been. Like you said, music, movies, and TV are among their core businesses, and those are traditionaly built around 100% pure marketing. They had that know-how by default.
Microsoft..... Well, good marketing is how Windows beat OS/2 Warp, unfortunately (remember they were the first company to ever get the Rolling Stones for an ad, Windows "Start Me Up" commercial is the reason the far superior OS/2 Warp failed and we've had Windows ever since.) But since then what have they really advertised other than "hey, we're here" type advertising? I remember the Vista ad saturation campaign but that's about it!
Inject it into my veins. I'll play anything Arkane, and if this is the closest to a new Dishonored I'll get, then so be it.
@Retrokingdan
Well you should get out to work on the buses with Stan and Jack 😂
@Dezzy70 😂😂
@Kaloudz
I’m looking forward to Redfall as well.
As time has gone on, it seems to get better and better with each little bit of detail.
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