# Redfall (Arkane Studios game) just released to mixed reviews **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469 "2023-05-02T14:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/21 "2023-05-06T03:37:36Z")
I played a bit with a friend. It’s… Not great. This review is pretty accurate, except I was on pc so can’t comment on controller issues. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YTpFvYbDuqA/maxresdefault.jpg "Redfall is an absolute catastrophe of a videogame (Review)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTpFvYbDuqA) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/22 "2023-05-07T23:29:30Z")
Played yesterday for a few hours with 13 y/o and my dad. We had a lot of fun. Kiddo clipped waist-deep in the floor of a safe house, we all got a good kick out of that. Some cultists didn’t appear until I was most of the way down an alley and almost in top of them, but I tossed C4 at them and everything was cool. Don’t really care about the bugs. It’s a fun shooter with vampires, cool atmosphere, and a decent looter shooter system. Does it deserve some criticism for being released in this state? Yeah, sure. But I’ve sure as hell gotten my money’s worth so far and we’ll continue to play for the forseeable future. Thank you for coming to my honest game review, as someone who is neither paid to write clickbait for a rag, nor making my own content and begging for likes and subscribes. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/23 "2023-05-07T23:48:59Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > released straight to Gamepass. Is the the gamer version of “A Netflix Production”? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/24 "2023-05-08T00:07:51Z")
I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/25 "2023-05-08T13:54:49Z")
Releasing straight to Gamepass isn’t a sign of poor quality if that’s what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/26 "2023-05-08T14:24:54Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Is the the gamer version of “A Netflix Production”? Microsoft owns Arkane Studios, developers of this game, so… sort of? But not in a “this is a cheaply made game” sort of way. But it is true in a “Microsoft will use this game they own to promote their services” way. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/27 "2023-05-08T14:28:16Z")
My thought was that a game going straight to a subscription service would be even more likely to release with bugs than one releasing to Steam. After all, it would be about subscription retention. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469/28 "2023-05-08T15:54:33Z")
It simultaneously released on Steam and as a purchase product for consoles. It’s on Gamepass but it’s not exclusive to Gamepass (I don’t know/think anything is). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfall-arkane-studios-game-just-released-to-mixed-reviews/983469.md?page=1)