This Trash is $70

[@serenity8839]

Okay the idea of a vampire being scared of boxes due them being made out of wood is legit a rather funny concept. Wood anxiety.

[@joncon5554]

I wonder if they seem to have a problem with pantry doors

[@annalarsen6059]

Xylophobia, fear of wooden objects or forests.

[@serenity8839]

@@annalarsen6059 That seems to be more wooded areas, then wood in general but it does sound like it should e the fear of Xylophones. haha

[@manfredstorm7599]

stake baits in VTM be like :

[@MusMasi]

wood anxiety sounds more like waking up as a teenager,

[@valhalla_1129]

I like how they made sure the protagonist sounds as wooden as possible to stave off vampires. Very smart move, and it really shows how deep and thoughtful the writing is. Deadass.

[@gr8ghostly133]

love the "deadass"

[@anubisfox5765]

There are 4 protags and jacob is thankfully much better, but still a mad average game

[@Ayr1n_0]

Perchance.

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

I wouldn't even be surprised if Arkane actually hired ChatGPT to write most of the game's dialogue.

[@recalcitrantsheep5360]

@@HankJWimbleton-v1m chatgtp would do a better job, deadass

[@rogue-ishtea6043]

The vampire being unable to get around or through the forklift boils down to it not being Forklift Certified.

[@hedmeddig]

Let's say someone like me who is forklift certified, gets turned into a vampire, would my vampire-self be able to get through?

[@sentientmlem727]

@@hedmeddig Once forklift certified, always forklift certified.

[@RAAM855]

​@@hedmeddig you wouldn't be a vampire. Cause vampires no better than to mess with someone forklift certified

[@adamkarlsson9615]

blessed be the Osha regulations

[@spookieboogi6161]

Funny when I fought that one it’s went through it mist form no problem honestly this games good and all the negative reviews are really whining about ai the ai are civilians ones that were enslaved they are terrified each weopan has a effective range they try to move into to maximize their damage but at the end of the day Im a soldier trained to kill they are civilians expecting military grade intelligence from cultists who are terrified and have to bring you in alive(something I noticed the reviews never mentioned it’s literally said within the first ten minutes of the game the queen vamp says it herself) they have to bring you in alive or the vampires won’t take their offering and let them participate in something called a blood trance I’ve been eavesdropping on vampires and cultists what ever it is, it has some kind of religious importance and to their thralls at least seems to be the first step towards being a vampire, this game has so much lore in the environment and it is good I recommend playing it on new gen Xbox because what he’s encountering I haven’t seen once

[@JarvisTDP]

12:29, the comedic timing of searching the whole room, turning around to see a clueless vampire, and being greeted with "I know where you are" is comedy gold

[@RatKing2137]

Can you actually read xd

[@JarvisTDP]

@@RatKing2137 what do you even mean by this? what message are you trying to convey?

[@leobriccocola8141]

@@JarvisTDP Can you actually read xd

[@JarvisTDP]

@@leobriccocola8141 Oh thanks

[@rileyl7129]

Can you actually read xd

[@WhipLash42o]

I'm glad she let me know they're "legit" evil, I was curious to how evil they actually were.

[@blackedoutlabelent9800]

😅😅😅😅

[@itznukeey]

deadass

[@___H3475]

Cringed at that line

[@gamrknight8060]

I was confused if they were really even that bad to being with.

[@irvancrocs1753]

It baffles me how they still not learn people dislike that kind of snarky/sarcastic cool-wannabe speaking. Just look how Back 4 Blood, Forspoken, Gotham Knight, Borderlands 3, Saints Row Reboot turn out, almost nobody likes them..

[@crazywolf68]

Actually the vampires lack of ability to move around forklifts is a subtle storytelling trick. You see, the vampire ancestor never finished his forklift certification and so all the vampires were cursed to become confused whenever humans use forklifts as cover. Trust me, it’s in the lore.

[@EdwinHargraves]

LMFAOOOOO, im stoned man.. this legit made ma laugh !

[@rhonteabennett4543]

😂😂😂

[@dinotech3416]

Lol

[@hiroyui9699]

That's some legit lore.

[@carlitosjuarez221]

Ok

[@dud5606]

This game would be really impressive if it was a single dev project being sold for 10$

[@douglasdalini4932]

deadass

[@charleswaggoner9467]

@@douglasdalini4932 i read his comment and saw he had a reply, thinking it would agree on a similar level or offer other scenarios, no i get the funniest word from this game and laughing my ass off. The amount of “deadass” comments is hilarious, this game flopped hard. Edit: So this is what its like to get likes on a comment. I only get 1 or 2 a comment, here KZbin stopped telling me about likes.

[@thezombieslaughters]

Was thinking the same thing

[@itsoctotv]

@@douglasdalini4932 7:29

[@DoctorX17]

@@itsoctotv that’s exactly how I read it in my head, lol

[@paperclip9558]

The fact that this game has mobile games level of cutscene and it demands you to pay 70 dollars for it is incredibly hillarious.

[@Solarvoid-bl6xd]

Hell even some mobile game have cutscene doe

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

The issue is that "gamers" spend this amount of money routinely on games that are not worth it. The kind of morons who dip into the cash shop of a game that they already pay monthly for and are always keeping up with the battlepass. If consumers didn't enable this behavior it wouldn't be profitable and therefore wouldn't exist. Looking at you, mobile games.

[@ralith844]

I don't think we can put the blame on mobile games here. Horse Armor from oblivion, Maps packs from CoD, card packs (loot boxes) from FIFA, all of that enabled this behavior and we let them get away with it. Mobile games just adopted what already worked.@@AdamOwenBrowning

[@LegendaNecessária]

I didn't know that the only factor for a game was Cutscenes. You could, despite this, look at Arkane's work in Dishonored. The scenes are slide sequences too.

[@SCDarkSoul]

Have you seen some mobile games? That's an insult to mobile games.

[@Pylen2]

Gotta love a game about vampires where the vampires are so unthreatening that he just ignores them most of the time.

[@AMan-xz7tx]

I love how the cultists are the biggest threat in the game, and they were just meant to be the grunt enemies

[@monke_man4096]

@@AMan-xz7tx have you played it? The cultists are 3 shot, the vampires take like 10-13 shots???

[@cookiebro2249]

It's a left for dead like game so yes you can do that, that's normal....

[@LOL-zu1zr]

@@monke_man4096 yeah but they have guns that can shoot vampires are mostly melee and the AI is to bad to actually path to g to e player.

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@monke_man4096 Yeah, those 10 to 13 hits mean nothing when they can't do basic pathfinding around a single car. These vampires are somehow less threatening than the Twilight ones and you know that's exactly where they got their look.

[@ddenozor]

Only enemy Charlie died to was a stationary power cable. Let that sink in.

[@maddymcmadingson6296]

While on the hardest difficulty

[@James_3000]

a sink is standing at your front door

[@spagettitree175]

​@@James_3000 et that bathtub in

[@ytsuxmuhd4998]

You better not! I put it out for a reason!

[@kreatona4219]

Is there any time that I should let the sink out?

[@Anon_Spartan]

I'm very thankful for the protagonist, constantly telling me how I should feel during story scenes. Without that kind of input I wouldn't know what to think.

[@lordastrea2765]

And telling me what happened right after the story cutscenes in case I didn't quite understand them.

[@hilowguy12345]

"You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"

[@billywashere6965]

Do you have no choice but to play as that annoying bird-platform user?

[@spike5499]

​@@hilowguy12345 where's that quote from

[@ihatefractals]

@@hilowguy12345it’s just bad story telling. Ya remember “show not tell” from English class? Edit: I feel dumb lol. Very obvious futurama quote hahahah

[@TheJapaneseDeskFlipper]

I love how the turret can't detect Charlie an inch behind but the moment he hacks it, it does a perfect 180 and perfectly locks onto a vampire.

[@A-Plays-Games]

That raycast line from the front does positively nothing but be a decoration.

[@StallionStudios1234]

Wow this game sucks. I say its worth 10 bucks tops. Even at that price I would just rather shop around for something older on steam.

[@lastfirst3512]

Perfectly perfect

[@yaku63]

the fact that this game was created by the studio that made dishonored, which is one of the best stealth games of all time, is actually insane

[@LKonstantina915]

that's what happens when there's no love and budget

[@paultrigger3798]

Extremely unlikely they still have the same talent from 10-years ago. Even 5-years is a long time in the industry. This game screams too many corporate interests trying to make a game to sell but never really having an identity or target audience.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

​@Poetical Bliss Unfortunately it's often the corporate publishers who own the studios that cause such departures.

[@gregsun974]

Dishonored 1 & 2 and Prey were fantastic so this is just maddening

[@fearhunger3983]

That's the problem when people just follow studio names, companies and IPs. It's the people who make these games that matter. I wish game industry started highlighting the devs more in similar manner movies do for example. Big name directors sell movies. There are only a handful of game devs widely known by name. But I guess that would undermine the value companies and IPs got? Gotta keep making that money instead.

[@brandondebruin375]

That first mission being called “Dead in the Water” is objectively hilarious

[@psyc840]

YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE BODIES IN THE WATER

[@petrichorsbaby]

​@@psyc840 banger

[@m0ejo324]

​@@psyc840 Oh hey that looks like my brother, what is he doing in there?

[@andrewryan2928]

​@@psyc840 YOU DO RECOGNIZE THE BODIES IN THE WATER

[@Whitelisted_Productions]

I love how the entire main characters personality can be boiled down to “well, that was a little quirky”

[@eljefe4258]

That just about the depth of modern humor

[@cartooncritique6625]

The dialogue in this game reminds me of "Forspoken"...which is to say it makes me cringe.

[@marcstergeorge7065]

certified Marvel moment

[@ghostlytavern129]

Feels like quirky teen lead in a chick flick

[@GeronimoStiltstom]

I fucking cringed when she said "deadass" it felt so out of place

[@InkFold]

As someone brand new to game design in unreal engine, an AI that can’t even route a path to the player is INSANE. That’s like a 15 minute KZbin tutorial.

[@Silent_Blade12]

Yeah I think they messed up some code

[@fujtkrisztian]

It's not the pathfinding, it's that when the vampire raycasts to the player to figure out if the range is correct, it doesn't check if there's an object in between, so it just gets stuck in an agro loop. Or something like that.

[@fujtkrisztian]

Still pretty generic, but code can get much more complicated to implement in full games than in a UE project lmao. Still arcane shouldn't release unfinished games.

[@InkFold]

@@fujtkrisztian in the words of DJ Khalid, “congratulations, you played yourself.” Yes you just reiterated my point perfectly. Something as small as an unreal hobby project can successfully pull off proper path finding (possibly through raytracing, nav mesh, etc.) whereas this released title created in Unreal by a team of people can’t seem to sort it out. Thanks for your comment and the added clarity it provided!

[@fujtkrisztian]

@@InkFold I just said that it's not the pathfinding and the fact that you can pull it off in an unreal project don't mean shit. 💀 Not how it works bro 😂

[@cadmas]

Amazing how valve was able to make enemies climb over obstacles 15 years ago in an engine held together by bubblegum and shoestrings.

[@DoomJoy666]

Source engine I thought was a super solid changed over the years type engine that came from goldSRC and that came from quake. But as I'm typing this.... I'm remembering the backwards bunny hopping and air strafing and other things lol

[@fedorb9286]

also funny that they did most of the games on passion and desire to experiment, since every their game has an game's theme in it (l4d2 - horde simulation and ripping, tf2 - artstyle, character creation, csgo - competitive settings). while modern games just try to have cool graphics and an "compelling" story

[@ahall9839]

@@fedorb9286 Are you speaking English?

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

Valve code is one of the most dogshit things in existence and it's still better than most modern games. Take TF2 for example.

[@SnaggingRaccoon]

@@ahall9839bro you understood exactly what he said, don’t be rude

[@pandab34rYT]

It always hurts to think that for every bad game out there, someone had a vision. Someone had a cool idea for a vampire game they wanted to make, and they had to watch slowly turn into this. Ouch

[@deadphilix1671]

Or they just wanted to make trash for quick cash💀

[@TheGLaDOSvideoCore]

@@deadphilix1671 it's almost always the producers who are forcing the creative minds to make trash. we need to stop blaming the artists

[@deadphilix1671]

@@TheGLaDOSvideoCore it’s sad that AAA games from over 10 years ago (Skyrim for example) were not only cheaper but far more enjoyable to play than the trash that gets released today, what is going on?

[@AveSicarius]

@@deadphilix1671 Shitty corporate management combined with shitty corporate culture invading the development process. The Developer's used to have significantly more leeway for their projects than they do today, where every marketing executive who thinks he or she understands what makes a good product because they did some entirely useless marketing (for product development) focused degree and their daddy knows somebody high enough up to get them employed at a high level immediately. They start shoving elements, usually based on some boardroom meeting checklists about what's popular in the industry or seems to be trending in the public mind (obviously taken from social media trends now), into the dev process in order to make a more "marketable product" no matter if they fit the project or even worsen the concept significantly by their inclusion. If you think about this alongside the fact that developer's are constantly forced to crunch because management arbitrarily shortens deadline's no matter what the estimated development time is given to them as, the fact that none of these upper management ever see consequences for their inability to do their job properly, and that the development studio's are usually gutted after a less successful release to ensure executive bonuses, it doesn't really seem preposterous that games would SIGNIFICANTLY decline in quality. There's no place for creativity and passion in an industry dominated by corporate culture and which is steadily being monopolized by mega publishers like Blizzard Activision or Bethesda as we speak. We saw this occur early on with EA (the studio killer themselves) and titles like Dead Space 3 that were ruined because the original design concept was cut apart and sewn back together with NTX, Coop mechanics (thank the success of Gears for that), and other out of place mechanics combined with a lack of development time and arbitrary changes to the story and mechanics of the game (like an unnecessary love triangle and the ending being cut short), and you have a game that effectively kill's a franchise. But are the upper management held responsible? Nope, the studio dissolves, most are fired or absorbed into other studios, and over time creativity is replaced with stock game development as management dictates that their other studio's make carbon copies of whatever seemed successful to those ever tumorous marketing executives. It's really the same in every industry. Film has been seeing this recently with, say, the Disney franchises just being a dumpster fire in most cases and simply stagnant and unappealing at best, so they shake up the infrastructure, but the people really responsible, like Kathleen Kennedy, aren't going anywhere. This is why extremely talented studio's like Raven are stuck churning out mediocre and bland products by their corporate overlord's. Because the latter are incompetent and can't see anything past the promise of immediate profits.

[@lucan8389]

@@AveSicarius thank you for the profound explanation.

[@bigmastermind1]

This literally feels like a 6 month fanmade project by 4 fresh out of school best friends.

[@merusharkfin1787]

Pretend that’s the case and this game becomes at least 50% better.

[@wellhiyadude1]

@@merusharkfin1787 usually those games are only 20 bucks though

[@escapetherace1943]

LOL even the assets look purchased... yikes

[@ninjafrog6966]

@@merusharkfin1787 yes but usually they don’t sell those kind of games for 70 dollars

[@Himark89]

except that we have seen 1 mad lad making a product 10 to the power of 10 times better than this crap, so the bar cannot be set low enough for Red Fall garbage to pass.

[@FrenchVanillaMilitia]

I like how the vampire yelled "No" when it literally got disintegrated. Weird. It can't find its way around a box, but it can find the words to say as it turns to nothing. 10/10 GOAT

[@sergeydoronin1579]

Damn, Morbius finally got an appropriate videogame adaptation.

[@Robin-ys8rr]

Deadass

[@Goosehat2]

Deadass

[@_TheWerewolf]

Deadass

[@ChefofWar33]

Deadass

[@chrisg8p]

Deadass

[@TurtleChad1]

These are some of the best graphics I've ever seen! 2010 is shaping up to be a great year for gaming.

[@harold1844]

my pancreas burns

[@RedF0XDelta]

Good graphics don’t make a good game Edit: I’m dyslexic and can’t read, sorry. But I stand by my statement anyways

[@h3llosammanGamingRoblox7]

Fr

[@nosrednakcin3900]

​@@RedF0XDelta use your brain

[@josteau9849]

@@RedF0XDelta You missed the joke there, little bro.

[@BernardoOne]

It's amazing how the enemies are supposed to be sentient vampires but are more braindead than literally any zombies in a zombie game lmao

[@narratornightmare2963]

Zomboid shamblers with blind and deaf settings have better tracking lmao

[@mysteria_a]

back4blood levels of zombie ai

[@evan258]

Dude the Zombie AI in Dead Island 2 has better pathing and getting around then this game!

[@mr_hands]

deadass

[@shizey0275]

Deadass bro

[@derekrequiem4359]

I like how she said dead ass as two separate, distinct words. Very revolutionary and totally subverted my expectations.

[@Tw1s7]

This games makes me go "Man, I wish we had more silent protagonists".

[@Astro986]

Forspoken moment

[@Tw1s7]

@@Astro986 If you told me Forspoken was a sequel to this, I would believe you lol

[@josephhorn7229]

​​@@adolphin9348 please tell me they don't actually say that last sentence

[@styxrakash4639]

It’s why books are sneakily advantageous to films and shows and games, you get to fill in the missing details as you see fit.

[@guardianofthestars3586]

starting to appreciate deputy/security captain a bit more

[@whoamu.8439]

This honestly looks like a game you would find in a game exchange deal that has been dead for 9 years but since you're bored you decide to play it and complete it in 4 hours to then realize youve lost those 4 hours and then leaving the game in a drawer for ever

[@x0gucx]

The "cutscenes" are seriously stripped right out of infamous 2. They somehow made a nostalgia piece making us remember a time where a box was the most op tool in the game 😂

[@MegaChickenfish]

I remember, in Half-Life 1, I was astounded by the marvel of AI that, rather than rushing me blindly, was capable of realizing I was in cover and throwing grenades to flush me out. It feels like it was just yesterday... *November 19, 1998.*

[@crimsonsakura2184]

And the enemies were a real danger by themselves - if you're not careful with soldiers, they will easily destroy you even on Normal difficulty, and every fight felt like a real fight, escpecially because of the amount of ammo on the map.

[@jayleno2192]

F.E.A.R. still has some of the best enemy AI I've ever seen, and that came out in 2005.

[@YAYDaggerful]

I still go back and play F.E.A.R., nothing like it

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

Half Life is timeless. I love everything about it. Thank god Crowbar Collective made Black Mesa.

[@HowToChangeName]

Even cockroach scatters immediately when exposed to light after idling in dark environment. And thats so insignificant to gameplay

[@jimmylittle9393]

"They've blocked out the sun" ... daylight everywhere 🤷

[@The_Haruspex]

It's almost "if I stand behind this narrow tree they won't see me" logic.

[@johnnyklaustwo6502]

maybe they meant uv light, then yeah it is possible ;) naaah who am I kidding it would be to smart :D

[@Nxytofaded]

The only scary thing about this game is the cost

[@PinkManGuy]

Or that the writers aren't going to be held responsible for their shitty writing, they'll just get to keep shitting out turds because of the writer's union

[@iPunchMAGAweirdos916]

Lmao game pass. Go cheap also Free DLC? Yes please.

[@thisiswhatgarbagelookslike3864]

​@@iPunchMAGAweirdos916 even on gamepass that hot garbage is inexcusable. You guys keep damage controlling is why games come out unfinished.🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@IgrisBloodRed91]

Apparently a power cable is the most scary thing.

[@ghostlytavern129]

It’s suppose to be scary?

[@ITrayceI]

These companies should start facing legal issues for selling unfinished products.

[@jkbobful]

Its why I would rather MS stop trying to buy more companies they don't release anything and when they do it sucks

[@xevenxaver4759]

The customers should face public shaming for playing unfinished products

[@lacuna3894]

@@xevenxaver4759 they advertised the game incorrectly and marketed it like it was legit but its not, cant blame customers for being mislead by a company with a good track record

[@zack2804]

Good luck getting the judge to even understand what the lawsuit is about. That's probably the only reason companies get to get away with this. They know judges are too old to understand how video games even work.

[@spike5499]

​@@lacuna3894 how about consoomers actually wait until reviews are out instead of pre-ordering as soon as they see their favorite AAA dev pop up at the beginning of the trailer

[@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486]

Man, can't believe they finally made Morbius into a game! They even reproduced its fabled mediocrity to the perfection!

[@LopsidedMoz]

I loved the part when he said "It's Morbin time", then got stuck behind a wooden box

[@NoName......]

Fellow gamers, we stand on the brink of a revolution. A revolution against the corporate greed and corruption that has infected the gaming industry for far too long. We must take a stand and demand change. The time has come for us to rise up and say "enough is enough." We cannot continue to let game developers and publishers take advantage of us with overpriced DLC, microtransactions, and loot boxes. We must take back our gaming experience and demand that games be created with our enjoyment and satisfaction in mind, not just to make a quick profit. But this revolution is not just about the gaming industry. It's about standing up against the larger systems of oppression and inequality that plague our society. We must fight for a world where everyone has access to quality games, regardless of their financial situation or social status. Together, we can create a new gaming landscape, one where creativity and passion are the driving forces behind game development, not just profits. So let us band together, gamers of all kinds, and demand a better future for our industry and for ourselves. Let us start a revolution that will change the gaming world forever. And if any corporate death squads ask, i'm a handicapped small child.

[@kobiromano6115]

I loved it when Dracula came in and was like: "I will destroy you puny humans!!!"

[@yuichikita6018]

This game is sure to sell 10 morbillions units.

[@DragonHeart613]

👏🤣👍

[@liondl1081]

I like how I never have to worry about Charlie sugarcoating literally anything 😂

[@bruceleesfat]

Why would he? Dude became mega rich by doing nothing other than stating the extreme obvious

[@stephaniejohnson5361]

@@bruceleesfat Wow that's almost like most entertainment youtubers. Stop being jealous

[@and______]

@@bruceleesfatthats pretty much what youtube is, you’ll get over it little man

[@varshasoneji3134]

@@stephaniejohnson5361 little man is CRAZY, me personally, I could never take that level of disrespect.

[@bruceleesfat]

@@varshasoneji3134 and what exactly would you do over the internet lil baby girl

[@CircleToonsHD]

me and my buddies had to restart the game 3 goddamn times because one time the first quest perma bugged and the other time i could never pick up any guns LOL

[@TheGary108]

Got busted with that bug too, did ya? I couldn’t pick up any of the guns in the first game either. Fun.

[@gyrozeppeli00]

definitely one of the games of all time

[@thadpeud3057]

the real embarrassing part is buying the game at all

[@_Cetarial]

@@thadpeud3057Wouldn’t expect anything less from a KZbinr.

[@neosweetheart4352]

At least you can make a next video from this game experience.

[@ryancondie283]

"Dead ass" @7:30 had me in stitches, the delivery has such a "hello fellow kids" charm to it.

[@anthonyontv]

It made me shove pencils in my ear

[@scottpilgrimpwns]

They're straight up sacrificing people, dead ass! That is so not with it, my fellow youths! Totally not hashtag lit, am i right?

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

"So, let me get this straight. I’m somewhere trapped inside a mysterious island that doesn't look like my world, I’m seeing freaking vampires, and oh yeah, my ex-boyfriend is a vampire too! Yeah, okay, that is something I do now. I use my telekinetic powers, kill jacked-up cultists, I’ll probably go to my next mission."

[@classicclassi6146]

Guys an ass died

[@brett8460]

dead _ass_

[@CERTIFIEDBABEWRANGLER]

"They broke the sun" top level brain activity going on in the writers' room

[@danielevans8910]

Somebody get the IT guy in here they broke the sun again

[@jathre.]

"sacrificing their friends, deadass!" and the entire monolog from that cutscene just drilled a hole into my cringe receptors

[@bryant7542]

When they said "they broke the sun" my eyes rolled back to the Medieval times.

[@theplayer1997]

"Cmon we gotta go kill the sun!" - yunglimabean

[@ciroc_lobster4052]

Prolly the Chinese artificial sun

[@tomthecasual5337]

6:42 npc gets shot: "mh" closed captions: *INTENSE CRY OF PAIN*

[@rena314]

You know you've got a gem on your hands when you get dialogue like "Oh shit, not these guys. They're legit evil." or "But now they're sacrificing their neighbors to those monsters, deadass."

[@tornadodee148]

the dialogue was the most cringe "how do you do fellow kids?" shit I heard in a long time in a video game.

[@cartooncritique6625]

The dialogue in this game just reeks of "Hey, there fellow kids!"

[@mayanksharma5006]

Guys believe me I swear they are 💯 evil

[@gamebitz7397]

I hope he’s joking

[@anecro]

@@tornadodee148 What do you mean in a long time? That happens every Tuesday with AAA titles nowadays. Forespoken exists.

[@changedrandomly553]

They made a game that the IGN journalist’s can enjoy. Props to their efforts

[@Noobie2k7]

Even then they still managed to fuck it up and release gameplay footage everyone laughed at.

[@CaptainTitforce]

With the intelligence the enemies have, their AI was probably based off the average IGN reviewer

[@icebite9888]

Still too hard for polygon journalists tho

[@_Vengeance_]

As long as the AI is good enough to find you when you stand 1 meter away from the enemy without any obstacles in-between, the AI is too difficult for modern game journalists.

[@Krackerjax]

IGN gave it a 4/10. NPC detected!

[@crisperstorm]

Can't get over how unimpactful every animation looks and that's when they aren't getting cancelled or ending abruptly

[@FabianMacGintyONeill]

I know, I was just playing Left 4 Dead 2 before this review came out and that beats this hands down when it comes to animations. Dishonored 1 looks newer than this

[@xcreeperxplodius5202]

Wow this looks like a solid indie game demo. Can’t wait for the dev to finish it. Wait, what? It’s a $70 game made by the same people who made Prey? Where did we go wrong?

[@DavidRamirez-lq2co]

it is sad that the two last games that arcane released were a flop, i love prey and i think this companny can do better than this

[@thename2138]

you sure it was made by the same people?

[@DavidRamirez-lq2co]

@thename2138 I mean the producer didn't want to release it, at least they had a bit of love to the game, but the publisher had already a contract

[@jacobsnipes6244]

I enjoyed prey, dont really like games that forced choices and if you make the wrong one well your whole game is ruined now

[@EXTENDEDWARRANT]

@@DavidRamirez-lq2coi thought deathloop sold well?? Idk I was almost praying on its downfall so they go back to dishonored but who knows

[@insanephantom2422]

Game gives Charlie options for stealth. Charlie doesn’t even try to be stealthy and half the enemies didn’t see him anyway

[@FaTaLxWho]

Lmao was stealth even a feature in this game because it seems like u can just walk right through everything

[@OokPuddin]

Charlie doesn't understand anything but run and gun

[@OokPuddin]

I'm not defending the game either, it looks pretty mid

[@bobjoe5937]

This will win GOTY.

[@SunnyHF-nf4bc]

@@OokPuddin The fact that he didn’t get punished for playing the way he did lmfao.

[@ladyalicent705]

The Virgin Vampire: Can’t even find their way around a car No Rizz Pathetic even on highest difficulty The Chad Power Cable: Waits for his enemies to come to him Is a literal stationary object, yet can evaporate his enemies in seconds Can kill more people than a legion of vampires and armed cultists (1 is greater than 0)

[@NikolaiVolkovski]

You spend way too much time in tiktok bud, your rizz and chad sh*t sounds dumb af

[@NeroAngeloGR]

W comment

[@AttacMage]

probably 10000x cheaper than a vampire as well, THD was selling 10 ft extension cords for 1 buck today, not to mention plain wire costs.

[@SolSacrifice]

Ok

[@carlitosjuarez221]

Couldn't you just say charisma?

[@help533]

It's legitimately heartbreaking to see my favorite studio go from making genuine masterpieces like prey and dishonored to this

[@patricioolivero5032]

I loved prey!!!!

[@TheKloolo]

Prey and Dishonored both barely made profit. So they tried to make Death loop and this piece of shit.

[@Lapouchy]

It's a shame to see Arkane releasing shooters like this instead of another Dark Messiah or giving them Thief franchise.

[@PngReaver]

Studios have different teams for development

[@ethantaylor8276]

deathloop was great!

[@Tanky-j3w]

As a vampire I can confirm that wood terrifies me.

[@NigerianCrusader]

WAIT, VAMPIRES ARE REAL

[@puhskinti9358]

🪵

[@nobodyimportant4778]

What is wood but a bunch of stakes that haven't been carved yet?

[@thesovietduck2121]

Are you Romanian?

[@NigerianCrusader]

@@thesovietduck2121 nO

[@rexhilverstone7154]

As someone right on the verge of going into the game industry as an underling this 70$ peak game design masterpiece gives me hope that the entry bar won't be as high as I thought

[@arcane1012]

The more stuff like this happens the more I believe it's actually possible to make a stride in the field even as a solo developer.

[@luisconde6201]

as i though

[@user-10021]

Despite that it’s INCREDIBLY hard to get in. Unless you already have a lot of knowledge and skill you won’t get in...

[@Xfacta12482]

Eh.. theres so many good indie and AA game studios making amazing stuff. Its dumb to let trash like this take away our faith in the good industry that is most definitely still there.

[@Zeta9966]

Well the $70 price tag on dogshit titles still takes tons of man hours, which instead of putting it into quality control, they just force people to work on the games to get them done and on shelves as quickly as possible. So expect looooong days, tight schedules, depression, anxiety, and bad pay.

[@DOOMStudios]

The raise to the $70 price tag for sure did solve all of the problems of AAA games…

[@FlawlessFrivolity]

Yeah they made a game to show exactly what you shouldnt put in AAA games

[@marcogenovesi8570]

This game is a steal at $70, they need to price it higher

[@Xurikyo]

@@marcogenovesi8570 no, they're already stealing people's wallets

[@coranbaker6401]

Raised the price tag and gave up on compressing games so everything takes over 100 gigs of space. Genius

[@NoName......]

Fellow gamers, we stand on the brink of a revolution. A revolution against the corporate greed and corruption that has infected the gaming industry for far too long. We must take a stand and demand change. The time has come for us to rise up and say "enough is enough." We cannot continue to let game developers and publishers take advantage of us with overpriced DLC, microtransactions, and loot boxes. We must take back our gaming experience and demand that games be created with our enjoyment and satisfaction in mind, not just to make a quick profit. But this revolution is not just about the gaming industry. It's about standing up against the larger systems of oppression and inequality that plague our society. We must fight for a world where everyone has access to quality games, regardless of their financial situation or social status. Together, we can create a new gaming landscape, one where creativity and passion are the driving forces behind game development, not just profits. So let us band together, gamers of all kinds, and demand a better future for our industry and for ourselves. Let us start a revolution that will change the gaming world forever. And if any corporate death squads ask, i'm a handicapped small child.

[@Zero-Pass]

It looks like a prototype that you would make to show to your bosses for approval to make the real game.

[@MechMK1]

The vast majority of AAA games are that way these days. Just unfinished husks taped together with promises of what they game may eventually be like - or maybe not.

[@Unstrict]

​@@MechMK1 Sometimes hidden by the excuse of it being in 'Alpha' after 3 years of development lmao

[@TheGary108]

Funny, it looks like one of those games you see being played in the background of a movie or a tv show.

[@ashary9675]

​​@@Garnilator Doom ? Doom eternal

[@krokodilphil47]

Curb stomp the devs into the void

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

Overly zany characters, Choppy lackluster visuals & hollow gameplay aside, the Trappy beats, fortnite esc visuals, causally and definitely not awkwardly dropping a "Dead Ass". This is so "How Do You Do, Fellow Kids"

[@pepsicola4718]

A game journalist was barely able to play this game without dying while the AI was this braindead. Wow

[@manug9781]

I actualy thought that the semi-aimbot would be marvelous for those game journalist. not a gamer , never a gamer i guess.

[@Jumbo58067]

Game Journalists are somewhere between Mushroom's and Amoeba's skill wise, they don't count

[@blastfromdass4310]

​@@Jumbo58067😂

[@valletas]

same thing happened when ign first showed sonic frontiers lol

[@LarryMyster]

Journalist only play candy crush on their phone. They write reviews on video games to make money. They honestly don’t even own a console or anything!

[@Kristopher-hh4vw]

The most compelling line of monologue I've ever heard in a...cutscene? Am I allowed to call that a cutscene?...was "This is getting so weird. Well. Weirder." Amazing, that gave me chills! Tears! These game devs are based, deadass.

[@patchmoulton5438]

I stood up and clapped when she said "deadass." Truly a stunning and brave moment.

[@anthonyontv]

I couldn’t help but notice the “deadass” line, they really know how to reach out to the audience and say “Hey we get it, we are just like you, dead ass”

[@Kristopher-hh4vw]

​@patchmoulton5438 Right?! That was truly momentous, and her delivery of that line deserves an award! Did you hear the part where she says "Seriously? I mean, seriously?! Ugh..." Absolutely stellar performance, move aside Tara Strong there's a new voice actress on the throne

[@lostsurferjames5]

I deadass couldn't believe they said deadass, feels so good having some deadass representation, deadass

[@greenbrickbox3392]

🔥🔥✍🔥🔥

[@Bones_]

Everyone knows a true vampire has to be invited to gain entry, and Charlie is just exploiting this by denying them entry. Very faithful game design.

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

@@sunderedsoul6495 Bot, dude. Just report'em and move on.

[@lawrencewidemouth]

@@allthenamesiwantedweretaken That’s not a bot That’s Patrick

[@FadedKai]

AAA Gaming Industry saying they need 70$ for games now has to be the biggest scam I have seen for awhile.

[@DoomJoy666]

"This is the highest difficulty still" made my jaw drop i didnt realize the games AI was that bad and underpowered

[@miceatah9359]

it isnt the highest dif highest dif is unlocked way later this doesnt even look like normal to me since vampires allways teleport behind u and humans constantly swarm so yeah nice try

[@varunc9110]

​@@miceatah9359 0:19

[@johnryan3940]

Difficulty just decreases the players attack while increasing the enemies defence and attack. the ai never improves with difficulty in the vast majority of games.

[@joshuavanburen743]

@@miceatah9359 u tried it

[@raulgalvez176]

​@@miceatah9359lol troll

[@AverageItalian885]

The prices keep rising and the quality keeps dropping. What a world we live in

[@SpadeDraco]

It's the devils bargain that comes from being a big, publicly traded company. Eventually you stop growing and the investors get pissy so you have to either raise your prices or cut costs.

[@BlancoMD]

Thank you china

[@googleslides8305]

At least a lot of indie games are still good

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

"That's capitalism bro, love it or else you're woke" - chuds

[@carlkligerman1981]

There’s Fromsoft, thank god

[@akunbora]

A single enemy can’t even chase you on foot, which should be the main mechanic. Without obvious bugs, they could have at least made either a fun, hard and challenging coop game or a scary and serious story-driven game. They managed to not offer anything.

[@senormarston]

These launch games are just a waste of time and money. I rather play a 20 years old game which is what I actually did this weekend with GTAIV story instead of these hollow corporate products like Redfall or Back 4 Blood

[@sleeper5905]

@@senormarston I was gonna buy it but than I saw outlast 2 on 85% sale and I wanted to play that game! Dont care if it's old or not, just quickly bought it

[@DrayLoco]

Outlast 2 is awesome. Get a couple friends and some alcohol together and be prepared for a great intense time

[@senormarston]

@@sleeper5905 i never played the second one, but the first one stressed me the shit in a good fun way :v

[@sleeper5905]

@@DrayLoco I am underage, and I am planning on to play it at late night with my brother

[@0knelim]

*Starts reloading mid fight while vampire does nothing* ¨Thanks for waiting that was so noble c: ¨

[@superbad8008]

The writing of some of those cutscenes is crazy. The spirit of the Forspoken writers has possessed the Arkane crew.

[@Bloodhurl67]

Like the character saying "Dead ass" lmao

[@coreycasciano3255]

@@Bloodhurl67 that’s hilarious

[@ghostlegit]

​@@Bloodhurl67 that's pretty realistic. Alot of people talk like that

[@jenmygem]

​@@ghostlegit deadass

[@randomguy7951]

I legit had to double check who Arkane studios were, bc i refused to believe it was the same who made Prey and Dishonored

[@OffripG]

Everything about this game and gameplay is absolutely comical, the absurd ease of headshots, the AI's lack of awareness or pathing, the forced bad dialogue of the protagonist, the non existent cutscenes..... Bravo, this is a well deserved laugh right here.

[@zoeysnow8451]

I agree except "the absurd ease of headshots" since isn't that just down to the players skill? Or does this game have like massive head hitboxes or something?

[@herp-a-derp5234]

@@zoeysnow8451 no the game has an aim assist

[@viksta6834]

​@@zoeysnow8451 It has aim assist, on mouse and keyboard, on the hardest difficulty.

[@watermelon58]

It has huge aim assist and the enemies get pathfinding locked so they just wait for their headshots

[@jasperschannel4976]

Crazy how $70 has become the default for game prices, but they've yet to settle on a default for game quality... priorities, right?

[@Gestersmek]

The default for game quality is No.

[@laser_uhhhh]

@@Gestersmek that is triple a

[@reichbunny713]

It’s called fuck you consumer slave you exist to be somebody’s victim

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

You can pay $100 for the Bite Back edition as well, what a steal!

[@1990hondacivic]

Dude you get more out of free games now adays

[@randomncrsoldier7162]

Man i miss when AAA game’s actually had good gameplay, story, and characters

[@sky-oq5mr]

That's over 10 years go brudda

[@Lookingformorefun]

We don't get f.e.a.r. 1 kind of AIs anymore.

[@maiamcdonald6900]

Always feel bad in these situations cause there were definitely talented people who worked on this who got screwed over by bad project management

[@Xel_games]

No they weren't. Not a single talented person worked on this game.

[@illusion6ix159]

People got to stop with this shit lol the company fucked up and released dog shit that’s it that’s all

[@mcroyale_lover]

@@Xel_games legit not a single one

[@vanitas1415]

Nah, I think it's too far scrubs, it's the same branch of Arkane that did Prey, of course it has talented people. Edit: Overall I agree with OP about the bad project management stuff, but the project idea idea itself is also meh, big developers try hard to make those "fun" coop games with quirky characters, Gotham Knights, Avengers, now Suicide Squad is postponed because of huge backlash... main part about vampire is cool, when I heard that Arkane Studio is making game about hunting vampires I was quite interested, but I hoped for something like Dishonored in gothic setting, heavily inspired by Stoker's Dracula, not such abomination.

[@taylorkent2395]

When the diversity quota gets doubled..

[@talynhastime9343]

Dishonored was one of the first video games I played on Steam and I fell in love with it for the mechanics, the art style, the story, the setting, the versatility and choice in how you could play, and the astounding devotion they put in notes, environment, NPC interactions, etc. to help flesh out a world that felt like the player was getting only a piece of a fleshed-out universe, like it was adapting directly from a ten-book series. When I think Arkane, I think “good writing” and “top-notch world-building”. It’s sad that this is what they’ve been reduced to slapping their name on.

[@olliej.2776]

Dishonored was insane. Such a unique world and playing it didn't feel like any other game. Can't believe how far Arkane has fallen. For me, the main issue is the price tag. If this was $20 I wouldn't bat an eye (pun intended)

[@I-DEPRESSIONIST]

Yes

[@manoftherainshorts9075]

All of their games were awesome. Dishonored 1 and 2, Arx Fatalis (strongly recommend this one if you are into immersive sims), Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic, Prey... How they managed to make this is unimaginable.

[@TheRobo6]

Just remember that not all parties involved in a company don't exactly ALL do the same game. This feels more like a pet project done by a certain group in the company. Experimental cash grab. I doubt the main people who brought dishonored to life had a big involvement in this

[@cazador8744]

Maybe they fired all the good devs that's actually put effort and passion and use temporary ones for cheaper. And that's how tell tale dead

[@b-3nn1]

He stood still for about 45 whole seconds against dudes with guns. And took 2 hits. Amazing.

[@sjotpit3521]

Deadass

[@god-zilla4233]

Still better than stormtroopers

[@SageDog]

On the highest difficulty.

[@Jorangus]

@@god-zilla4233 Honestly, that's debatable lmao

[@terribleivan1475]

The player character NEVER STOPS TALKING

[@valsomeday4937]

*Charlie absolutely obliterating every enemy* This is actually the highest difficulty

[@miceatah9359]

it rly isnt tho unless pc version is just completely broken wich it usually is with pc versions bc on console on normal they already teleport behind u on high u constantly swarmed by enemies from all directions what he is showing is easy difficulty not even talking about the fact he hasnt unlocked highest difficulty yet so yeah bs video

[@kingp1n817]

@@miceatah9359 0:19

[@iloveyoutube7558]

@@kingp1n817 LMAO

[@Frank-li8uj]

@@miceatah9359if the console version is better why is it stuck on 30fps?

[@almightyIrie]

@@Frank-li8uj because pc version is just completely broken wich it usually is with pc versions11!11oneeleven!11!oneone

[@jack-a-lopium]

'These monsters broke the sun' Yup, that's a line all right. Such elegant writing!

[@Iblamethebarrels]

"Deadass."

[@hqueso]

​@@Iblamethebarrels As an advocate for the gluteal neuropathy community, I'm shocked how the d-word is being used so casually and flippantly in this game.

[@shina8767]

The sun is deadly lazer

[@angryscan2970]

Cause it's got what plants crave, it's got electrolytes!

[@TheMetroidblade]

I mean nothing wrong with that if fits the characters speech and id say it does from what we see of them, thing is we only see them in handfuls of screenshot cutscenes.

[@thatmeme8648]

My respect for Borderlands 2 grows stronger with every awful looter shooter to come out afterwards.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Friendly reminder that Greasy Randy Pitchford slacked hard on Aliens: Colonial Marines to give us borderlands then stole 12 million from his company and didn't pay his people for making borderlands 3

[@ravenatorful]

​@the Polar Phantasm RIP borderlands, mostly not original devs anymore. Sad but hey, half as long, twice as bright.

[@bahhumbug5467]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 don’t care he made banger ass games now they make games like wonderlands 🤢

[@swickster]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 nobody fcking cares dude give me borderlands 4

[@robbywoolums9071]

@@bahhumbug5467 Maybe, just maybe, the newer games would be better if the dude didn’t do something really selfish.

[@elizander5902]

Being right behind a vampire that can’t sense you due to sheer incompetence is such a funny concept. The double take kills me

[@zepoq2476]

Looks like an iPad game from 2015. I like the way the cars, especially car windows, block absolutely all bullets.

[@mario-mario822]

For 70 DOLLARS those 'cutscenes' are unforgivable 😂

[@jacksmith7726]

Deadass

[@nick1752]

They really are cut though. Cutted scenes.

[@francescofioroni70]

Max Payne didn't have cutscenes so your comment makes no sense

[@Damonium]

@Patrick39 You really think you (mere mortal) can even scale to the power and authority of Jesus Christ himself?

[@antoinec8248]

The only slide show cut scene i will ever accept is the end cut scene of dishonored

[@lorenzocuevas376]

“now they’re sacrificing their neighbors to those monsters, DEADASS” it sounds like they hired some boomer to study off of Urban dictionary to create the dialogue for this game.

[@BWMagus]

From how many years ago? Who says "deadass" anymore?

[@ant6441]

​@@BWMagus yeah we all know it's no cap now

[@NikolaiVolkovski]

That’s literally how some people sound, especially when they can’t think for themselves and pick up all of their vernacular from tiktok

[@frankmundo4300]

​@@ant6441nah my mom says no cap its a beyond cringe word!!! Same with adulting eww

[@ant6441]

@@frankmundo4300 yeah but that's just what ppl gonna say till there's something new, we like using slang instead of formal English nowadays lol

[@equidistanthoneyjoy7600]

I just bust out laughing when he hacked the turret and it just started immediately unloading into a wall

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

I'd rather take an enthusiastic walk through the woods at night that's stalked by a certain red clad vampire than play this game.

[@L337f33t]

I’m taking the police girl and the Frenchman…

[@proxertroll2776]

A very enthusiastic walk

[@saint-cardboard]

ah yes, the Cr1ms0n Fuck3r

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

Hahaha I get that reference man I'm old

[@thorpedo8735]

What was the reference and name

[@Narwhal12]

The protagonist’s dialogue is proof hell exists It sounds like a 40 year old lady trying to speak like a teenager

[@titanmax111]

I found Jacob's dialogue to be better. No offense but you can tell the one Charlie player as is a bit of a... Without being rude... Odd person

[@liszt646]

DeaDAsS

[@idontcheckrepliesstaymad958]

@@liszt646 not even said as one word it was more like some facebook mom hearing it for the first time like "dead! ass!?"

[@reanimationxp]

dead... ass.

[@JJAB91]

This is Xbox's Forspoken.

[@shr1mpsush1]

I didn't think it was possible to have worse cutscenes than Fnaf: Security Breach, but here we are

[@ciphergacha9100]

Or have worse pathfinding

[@SrslyTony]

*teleports beside you* "ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET?" *hides behind a forklift, freeze ray in hand* "Deadass"

[@dorkydragon5055]

I be Security Reaching at least comic book slideshow is from the perspective of literal child. Godam this is embarrassing.

[@synnamon_toast_crunch]

​@@SrslyTony deadass 💀

[@chrisandrew7577]

I've watched other people play, but Charlie's strat of exploiting the weak AI was something else.

[@supbrotv]

The fact that enemy AI cant get around objects in a game in 2023 is mind blowing

[@Domestic_Abuse]

Even roblox has it in most of the games now

[@Miwhe]

@@Domestic_Abuse most major games have their own developed pathfinding system.

[@Domestic_Abuse]

@@Miwhe yeah but if your game has worse pathfinding AI than roblox you should be ashamed of yourself genuinely

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

@@Domestic_Abuse Well, roblox also supports child labor to keep their "game" alive, so...

[@laser_uhhhh]

@@allthenamesiwantedweretaken you mean roblox as the company or companies that make roblox games like gamefam

[@organicdog5648]

the stake kill animation itself took up 90% of the production budget for this game

[@DasSeltsameExemplar]

You can see in my comment laughing at them for only implementing this one kill animation

[@HughMungusXD]

I don't see why it's so hated, when the dialogue said "[Intense cry of pain]" I truly felt that. Realism at its finest.

[@Walrus101]

That's called closed captions my dude lmao

[@brothergarr2134]

@@Walrus101 bro was making a joke my dargy

[@manitobanaturenews9842]

8:29

[@Walrus101]

@@brothergarr2134 😥

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

Yes, I too love paying $70 for a character that unironically says "deadass".

[@batwolfy7044]

“Deadass.” Is actually pretty ironic when you think about it. Upon hearing that, I died a bit.

[@ShotgunLlama]

This is amazing! The dedication, the attention to detail! The vampires can't navigate around cars as a subtle reference to the 1987 Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, in which a vampire is incapable of operating an automobile. They really did their research

[@stressybrin7893]

indeed

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

"Um, actually, Dio was actually born in the 19th century during the Victorian era, back when automobiles weren't invented, and he spent decades being trapped inside a coffin before recovered off the coast of Africa by fishermen a century later. That's why he's unable to drive a car." 🤓

[@calamatuz]

@@HankJWimbleton-v1m ...which is why the comment said hes incapable of using an automobile...

[@Shea7TDM]

The whole game actually feels like some sort of Netflix adaptation of a scooby doo episode, the scary “monsters”, the most corporate voice actor you’ve ever heard as the main character, the slideshow cutscenes with extremely out of place music and of course the bewilderingly unrealistic and easy shooting gameplay where one shot deals 80% health.

[@Somewhat-Sinister]

To be completely fair, the crap-ton of damage comes from those headshots the game practically forces you to do via aim-assist. Shooting someone in the head is gonna hurt. A lot. As for the vampires? That's fair. I'd rather have devastating headshots over what far cry 6 did where an unarmored enemy takes about 7 or 8 to a whole mag to put down.

[@ChickenPizza]

I don't know if "unrealistic" is the word I'd use to describe one shot dealing 80% health damage. Realistically speaking, that's pretty accurate given the number of areas on the body that will likely result in death from a single gunshot wound.

[@freddieoblivion6122]

netflix is brain poison, along with new video games. The woke agenda at university is destroying everything.

[@bimapriyoanugerah363]

Then it's still better than velma animated series🤷‍♂️

[@swaggboiii9528]

Feels like they put all their developers with burnout in one team and went "You have a year to make a 70$ game or your fired" and this is just malicious compliance.

[@NautTheCreator]

I feel like they tasked a couple people on their development team to make a fps game and this is what they came up with.

[@sephikong8323]

Which is extra weird since I distinctly recall when the name "Redfall" was trademarked by Bethesda and how people were freaking out since it wasn't too long after the tease for TES VI and people were speculating it was the name they gave to it (a bit weird in terms of naming convention but it was a really cool title regardless which would have some neat lore interpretation between fall of the Redguard or fall of the Empire etc), so much so that until very recently I still didn't know Redfall was the name given to another game. But all of that means that they already had the title set quite a few years ago, which means that they realistically should have been on the final stages of pre production at that time (the definitive title is rarely the first thing you find for a project unless it's something that already had an idea behind that needed to be greenlit; but seeing how the game turned out I really doubt it was the passion project of someone at the studio that they pitched to see it come through, or if it was, the people in question left a long time ago). There is something deeply wrong with this game, I wouldn't be surprised if we learn that there has been some massive drama behind the scenes, it really looks like the result of constant redraft that strained ressources thin and not a single vision coming through

[@nater420]

​@@sephikong8323 considering all that happened around the time 76 was being made I'm guessing it was the big brain IQs at Zenimax deciding every game was going to be live service because having 2 mobile apps and a whole MMO wasn't enough. They also made quake a shitty hero shooter to compete with the overwatch/eSports scene. Hopefully with the Microsoft buyout all future projects will be something the devs actually want to make but we'll see

[@VariantNode]

Arkane usually churns out pure fire so that's probably the case. I smell crunchtime and bad corporate decision making

[@mnar.brodcast139]

You see the reason vampires can get around obstacles is because you haven’t invited them to the other side of them

[@brianff02]

if I paid $5 and got this game, I'd still feel like I got robbed

[@Moooxtra]

frfr😂

[@mrducky179]

I'd ask for a refund after pirating this game

[@MythicRanger2401]

If I GOT $5 to play this game I would feel robbed

[@Dubstep_Gun]

You think dude is joking, but l4d2 costs the same and does anything better

[@ImmortalMan121]

I downloaded it free on game pass, pretty sure I still got robbed

[@MyLittleZergling]

It's crazy to know that an older game like Fear had incredibly believable enemy ai that strategically fought against you and in 2023 we have games like this where vampires cant jump over cars

[@UraniumReaperActual]

I swear how did games that ran on standard disks with only kbs of data have more in-depth content than modern triple A Games with literally 100s of gb of data? It makes no sense to me how the gaming industry has gone so downhill

[@TheRose202]

Same with Metro 2033, I kept thinking about how Nosalises would try to flank you and jump over obstacles and run along walls and such in that game every time I saw the poor movement in this game, because the AI was too shit to deal with uneven terrain.

[@jasonlobo2350]

The enemies on FEAR flanking your position was some next level tech and then we got this.....

[@ryanwood6754]

there are shit nexbots on gmod that can figure out how to get around a box better than this 70$ game

[@ryanwood6754]

@@UraniumReaperActual same with multiplayer games. In the old days so many maps, game modes and every single one of them had bots. Now the excuse is "its too hard to code" usually because of graphics. When indie studios have proven thats bullshit time and time again and the fact that if graphics are seriously hampering our games maybe we should stop for a while then and make it so we CAN do it.

[@5dollars237]

tbh slideshow cutscenes only work when emotion is really shown, the best angles and expressions are chosen, the posing is well-made, and theres interesting dialogue

[@ninjafrog6966]

None of which redfall has

[@spectrumaevum7476]

Darksiders Genesis does this beautifully.

[@mrmanolomax7328]

Like in the ending of a game *cough cough dishonored cough cough*

[@bored_boar]

@@mrmanolomax7328 wtf happened to Arkane anyway? They went from making Dishonored, a game brimming with passion and creativity, to whatever the heck Redfall is.

[@lulzdragon7339]

The slideshows in the Hitman remakes were some of the best I've seen. They had realtime ones too so you know it was a stylistic choice to show 47's murky past being revealed piece by piece. Here they just didn't have time or budget to animate cinematics.

[@sigmabean2463]

14:16 the enemies dont even try yelling its like you flipped an off switch

[@Artimidorus]

This was exactly where I stopped as well. Fun thing - if you DO the stealth route? Most times the sniper can one shot, other times they take like 3-4 headshots with the sniper, but onto the fun part: If you snipe someone, the person next to them talking to them? Continues talking to their dead body with no response as long as you do one-shot the person. :p So you can kill everyone around one person and it's just one guy talking to himself, and then calling for back-up and running around like he has cover fire.

[@thelastholdout]

That's...that's actually more immersion breaking than the stealth kill mechanics in Skyrim, which was already hilarious.

[@constablemittens]

@@thelastholdout thats actually true, at least in skyrim the wind is well known as a public nuisance causing all sorts of trouble

[@thelastholdout]

@@constablemittens haha well in Skyrim, at least someone will REACT if you shoot and/or kill someone next to them, and will try to FIND you before shrugging and saying "it must have been my imagination." These fuckers apparently skip all that effort, perhaps in the hopes they'll be left alone if they pretend not to see or hear anything.

[@miceatah9359]

try playing higher then easy mode lol that shit never happens as soon as someone spots u the entire neigbourhood is on your ass nice try tho

[@asdfreii]

Hmm my experience has been shoot one person with sniper while stealth and a long distance away, all enemies know where you are

[@James-kv3ll]

I’m with Charlie on this one. This looks like something they were forced to make so they put in minimum effort and time.

[@flameguy3416]

What are you talking about this game is amazing

[@pepe_s1lvia]

@@flameguy3416 Bro is probably the reason shitty games like these get made so that people like fireboy over here sucks em off and hands em his wallet.

[@typortrey2134]

@@flameguy3416 tru

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@flameguy3416 true, what other game could you outsmart a vampire by standing behind a box!?

[@ladyalicent705]

@@flameguy3416 No Rizz

[@metalurgent]

Let's give a round of applause for another several million dollar soulless AAA game👏👏👏

[@cactusman7661]

I would never

[@arvinjay336]

overhyped by stupid xbox fanbois

[@ChaoB]

​@@cactusman7661 my dude he's clearly bein sarcastic-

[@adamyoung6797]

@@ChaoB you got baited by his sarcasm

[@themysterykid1]

Forspoken? Oh you mean redfall

[@TheKzelaya1]

13:44 "they're killing themselves" I would too if I existed in this game.

[@charlieb8735]

I heard the enemy AI was bad but seeing it is a whole different level than I was capable of imagining

[@giorgialadashvili4771]

Now compare it to something like F.E.A.R. or hell, even Half-Life 2 or NOLF 2, games we had three console generations ago.

[@shawklan27]

The state of triple A gaming lmao

[@Segeric]

deadass

[@scrotzki789]

The funny part is that it's almost exactly the same as Dishonored, Prey and Deathloop, even the vampires are almost 1:1 to Prey enemies.

[@chiaki8965]

We should all be deeply offended

[@ShadowFlame500]

Damn, I really miss the days when a game was actually given the dedication to making it stand out and enjoyable to play. Now it seems they all just strive for the title of "Not worst game of the year".

[@benjamincrew1949]

Did this one? Because I think it's definitely a contender.

[@ItachiUchiha-yc9nv]

With all the idiots and shit streamers and KZbinrs who mostly idolize the game because of an advertising deal That's the biggest problem with it

[@SludgeQueen]

And you wonder why? People would rather play it safe than get creative, you get just a little bit creative and you face the backlash and wrath of the angry little gamers. You all expect everything you purchase to be perfect in every shape and form for your needs. Studios try to do something new or different, and youtubers make slam videos where they only point out the shitty parts and don't even note the stuff done well or how it could improve. It's constructive criticism versus self-entitled "I want it all and I want it now and it has to be perfect" mentality.

[@fatboi3603]

@@SludgeQueen TELL EM 🗣️

[@kyloedgelord2507]

@@SludgeQueen agreed, but then again, when you pay 70+$ for a game, you could argue that one might expect something a little more thought out than halfassed shit like this

[@MuffinKirby27]

You know it's bad when Bethesda doesn't give out review copies for the game until 4 hours before it releases

[@fojisan2398]

Well, Bethesda didn't give out review copies of Doom 2016, and that game was awesome.

[@dr.dylansgame5583]

@@fojisan2398 Fair point but 9 times out of 10 and I've watched hundreds of Hype Products on launch only get Review Copies out last minute. And the Game Bombs so Hard and people Roid Rage out so badly that a Hot Garbage Fire on a Sinking Ship Looks Tame in comparison. If it gets out last minute chances are more likely than not the Game is So Bad they don't want you to see it.

[@JupiterNoPluto]

​@@dr.dylansgame5583 I'm a stickler meseeks. Can you name 8 more games this happened to?

[@kaosikris7001]

They did give them out a week ago. Couldn’t release review till embargo was over

[@laborless]

they can't see you because they're locked at 30fps

[@majorlybaked369]

That vampire pathfinding is literally unbelievable

[@benjamincrew1949]

You mean non-existent.

[@SrslyTony]

Buffy the vampire slayer got nothing on Charlie the forklift peeker

[@TheKingOfBears.]

What's crazier is that no matter how ass a game is, there will ALWAYS be people who defend it.

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

"Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for the next product."

[@siciliansinner]

those trying to defend their non-refundable purchase! lol

[@n996h]

I saw an ad on Facebook and it seems like a lot of the cope is on there. Glowing reviews (haven’t had a single glitch in hours, amazing with friends!) lol just hope they get their $70 worth.

[@sunsszs]

The only defense I would accept is that you can play it for 2$ for 1month in the gamepass, 70$ is too much i feel like id rather buy l4d for 10$ than this at the same price

[@shenbapiro]

Deadass

[@PoloMoney]

This is literally the game that pops up in everyones heads when an executive walks in to a meeting full of developers and says, "Guys, forget whatever you're talking about. I have a GREAT idea...what about.. VAMPIRES?"

[@twisted_bambi32]

I just want a good bloody dark vampire game. I hate the fortnite kiddy graphics so much 😢 I mean overall the game is shit but that is an extra kick in the teeth for me as a lover of horror and gore

[@ahall9839]

No, not literally, you complete and utter buffoon.

[@lilricebowl9731]

@@twisted_bambi32 honestly the graphics other than the character models don’t look that bad, but that’s literally the only mildly decent part of the game and it’s still ruined by the characters looking clapped

[@Vexx2006]

Honestly the only good games with vampires in them were the Legacy of Kain ones. Change my mind

[@scipioafricanus2071]

@@Vexx2006 Vampire Masquarade Bloodlines. Best vampire game ever. High replayability and interesting gameplay, also almost 20 years old.

[@kylefromsouthpark5110]

That turret was putting in some work on that wall😂 13:39