There Is No Saving Redfall, Player Numbers Crash And Fail To Recover

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[@YongYea]

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[@highmoonlookdownawe]

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[@he1274]

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[@rasmus3428]

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[@LSK2K]

Secks.

[@poeticmic6219]

Will you be covering Creative Assemblies melt down?

[@nicmad1784]

Honestly, I had completely forgotten this game even existed until now.

[@WarFoxThunder]

Same lmao

[@ThePablo1911]

😂😂😂😂😂same.

[@worldsaway1002]

Same

[@ctg4818]

Just another 2023 American made banger!

[@GLIEPNIR]

You and us 5...

[@Yarharsuperpirate]

This is why a studio should stick to what they are good at, and not chase trends. It would be like having Fromsoft making a cartoony mario kart style game. It won't end well Redfall just screams "A game higher ups forced them to make, without the studio even wanting to do so"

[@karls4937]

Pretty sure Arkane wanted to make single player dishonored style game with vampires originally, won't be surprised if they were forced.

[@byronwesley6643]

​@@karls4937they were if I remember many people quit because they were forced to make a multiplayer game

[@MrDaemonGamer]

Bloodborne Kart will be BEAUTIFUL and you cannot change my mind

[@byronwesley6643]

@@MrDaemonGamer don't you mean blood kart

[@channel5980]

​@@byronwesley6643Super Bloody Kart

[@davidpliskin3330]

I played the 60 FPS patch the other day. The game is still very bland and it’s hard to defend it. The AI in the first encounter is atrocious and is a perfect reminder of what’s to come, 60 FPS or not. They need to reboot, refund, and apologize.

[@davidpliskin3330]

@@weplayvrgames some paid full price. They deserve a refund for sure. Not saying it was broken. But it damn well feels close. The AI is so bad, they turn away from you right when they engage and get shot in the back of the head. It’s embarrassing.

[@jodieholmes8453]

So do you support the idea of Spider Man 2 giving out full refunds to people who weren't satisfied and all the people Insomniac took a dump on?

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

​@jodieholmes8453 lmao found the contrarion/Xbox fanboy. Spiderman 2 is by all metrics a competent and polished release, packed with content and detail. It's fine if you dont like it, doesnt mean you deserve a refund lol. Find another video to post garbage on

[@jodieholmes8453]

​@NeutralGuyDoubleZero Yeah it's so polished they called the Cuban flag a Puerto Rican flag. And you have completely proven my point. Doesn't matter if you don't like redfall. You don't deserve a refund

[@thatguyoverthere8441]

​@@weplayvrgameswhy the pessimism bruh bruh?

[@brenolk4642]

The games title doesn’t lie, the ratings are in the Red and it took a massive Fall

[@sharpester7277]

Looks like this game is quite a half staked mess.

[@oldspice051]

Guess you could say it was (un)dead on arrival.

[@GalaxyGod332]

To be honest, even if a game gets a redemption arc, we shouldn’t give these companies a pass.

[@jackmesrel4933]

Agreed. While I love the overhaul of CP2077, I'm still going to play it on a pirated version cus, if people just accepted the game as it was at the time and never did a massive online protest, they wouldn't have left the game in the unfinished, almost broken state it released. Also, although it runs better, it's still poorly optimized on PC, my computer can run pretty intense game on low with some effort and some FPS drops here and there, but CP2077 just crashes whenever it feels like it, cus it crashed even when nothing particularly intensive was happening in-game, while an hour before I raided an enemy base full of dudes and it went with no issues besides a slower framerate. AAA industry, just because your games aim to squeeze dry the latest tech parts doesn't mean you can't put some effort in your low settings, it's not that hard you fucks

[@FrankLepore]

Give them a pass? Do they owe you something? lol

[@carlost856]

​@@FrankLeporeactually yes, an useable product representative of what they sold us.

[@nateparrott2633]

​@FrankLepore uh..........if you own a business, you OWE your customers who are spending their hard earned cash on your products......good, functioning, non glitchy, FINISHED products......or we take our money elsewhere.

[@FrankLepore]

@@nateparrott2633 Uh huh. I agree. But the OP said "EVEN IF THE GAME GETS A REDEMPTION ARC." That means, for those without reading comprehension skills, that we're talking about a situation where you DID get a "good, functioning, non glitchy, FINISHED product." That's would be the "redemption arc." You're literally talking about punishing a company that has produced nothing but stellar games in the past, even if they do fix the game. 🤦

[@LeadMetal82]

Here's the thing, NMS and Cyberpunk are able to retain their playerbase for a very long time, because both games, at their base form, already offer fun and interesting content on their own. NMS has that unique and vast exploration where you can move to different planets and star systems, while Cyberpunk has a theme and style that is very appealing to its player base, that they are willing to wait for its eventual fix. Same can't be said to redfall.

[@metazoxan2]

exactly both were games with good foundations and just poor stability and execution. Even Fallout 76 is a game that got partial redemption as at it's core it was basically just MMO Fallout 4 which was a good game. So when they reworked it into a more single player experience with a multiplayer component it worked better. But Redfall was just a mistake. The damn devs didn't even fully understand what game they were trying to make. They were just following a mandate that they weren't even sure how to fulfill.

[@TyrantWesker]

Even then, let's be fair and admit that the Edgerunners anime also played a big part in bringing attention back to Cyberpunk at just the right time when it was finally getting into a good state.

[@LeadMetal82]

@@TyrantWesker i agree 100%. Also, consider the fact that CDPR released a Cyberpunk modding tool for the community, which, like other games that support modding, helps a ton to mitigate content draught.

[@sleepfgc]

​@@TyrantWeskerthat's studio trigger for ya

[@ArariaKAgelessTraveller]

Another is AC:Unity and Batman Arkham Knight, both were considered subpar and bug-infested when it was launched but it's has now become the golden standard when comparing games after them

[@NuclearChihuahua666]

It’s crazy how they haven’t reduced the price of this on steam store. Pretty shocking actually

[@HyouVizer]

indeed, it still feels like $30 indie early access steam gameplay alpha build

[@JwhateverJ]

I went looking thru the Steam halloween sale..thought it's gotta be on sale now...nooooope...idiots. I was willing to pay up to $3 for it, for a lil spooky season thrill.

[@ZanathKariashi]

@@JwhateverJ just go buy a halloween themed reeses cup or two. Much better use of the money.

[@michaellane5381]

​@@HyouVizeryou'd pay $30?

[@kennypowers1945]

@@HyouVizernah I hate indie games and won’t play them. Redfall feels tolerable compared to that shit

[@Speculaas]

Redfall is a different case because numerous devs have claimed that a lot of Arkane members didn't want to make this game to begin with. Cyberpunk 2077 and No Man's Sky, on the other hand, had a lot of passion behind it because the team had so much creative liberty.

[@BattleBladeWarrior]

Yea, and Cyberpunk/No Mans Sky, I legit under stand what happened there, because the games were supposed to be so huge, with so much going on, that takes time. Redfall though, you don't have a massive RPG with millions of lines of dialogue, items, etc, or a massive open world game with millions of planets and individual creatures to render. You have a linear amount of levels, a few playable characters with VERY limited dialogue, and just a few different enemies. Its like, if you can't launch with that game being as amazing and polished as can be then you messed up HARD.

[@millasgameroom]

Sadly games like Redfall have to crash and burn for executives to accept reality. Live service games aren't the future and that studios skilled in single player games like Arkane should never be forced to make multiplayer live service titles.

[@genlando327plays2]

Nah. This won't affect the decision makers at all. Too many whales in the live service environment...

[@rewpertcone8243]

Live services are the same thing with MMO's, tons and tons of MMO's got made because "it was the trend", market got saturated and not only a few cash cows exist. Same will happen with live services, market gets flooded and only a few will survive

[@genlando327plays2]

@rewpertcone8243 yeah like mobile and gacha games... oh wait... as long as whales keep buying in, games will keep getting made even if they fail quickly

[@rewpertcone8243]

@@genlando327plays2 live services don't have whales as big as gachas, gachas will stay becuase making a gacha game is a very small investment, making tlou factions for 300 million dollars and it flops is really, really, really bad

[@Rollbrand370]

Naughty Dog might fall into that line next. Because, you know Factions 2 was canceled.

[@nullvoid6472]

This is like Empire of Sin from 2 years ago, which died so quickly the developers didn't even bother releasing all the DLC for the season pass and the publisher took until now to say the season pass wont be honored 2 years later. This is becoming way too common for big publishers and developers to go back on their obligations.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Is Empire of Sin that one tactical X-Com like game based around the 1920's, or am I thinking of something else entirely?

[@0Roach_]

Empire of Sin is a Paradox title, enough said (POV: I have 2k hours between CK2 and CK3 (I have a love-hate relationship with the company))@@LloydTheZephyrian

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

@@0Roach_ I have no idea if that answers my question.

[@famoussession7426]

​@@LloydTheZephyrianThat's Lamplighter's League

[@famoussession7426]

Where did they say that about the season pass?

[@MayanFrighter100000]

this is the reason why I never buy games first day release. I always wait until all the updates and all the DLC’s come out because I am a cheap and strongly believe that every single Contant should be released first day.

[@glennhkboy]

The issue with Redfall is a structural & basic game design one. There is no fix for those issues.

[@Achillez098]

-Redfall has joined the match -Forspoken has joined the match -Gollum has joined the match -King Kong has joined the match ANNOUNCER: "FREE FOR ALL...Round 1...FIGHT!!!"

[@bigrazo5098]

A 1000 Shillings on the little guy to win😂😂😂

[@it2spooky4me79]

I'm betting everything on King Kong

[@EJ_Red]

If we're talking about which games seems more technically complete and mechanically fleshed out, I am putting my money on Forspoken

[@stockdoc9384]

What’s crazy is you can take out the “red fall” part and replace it with “Starfield” and almost this entire video fits the mold still. Insane

[@cedricbaccay633]

Yeah, the expectation was, when you pay full price for a game, is for it to work. I don’t go to mcdonald’s buying a big mac only to be served lettuce inside the box when i already fully paid for my meal.

[@MarkYeeDaMajor]

Get the Bun with a patch. The burger patty is DLC

[@MusicSkeletonKeys]

"We apologize"... doesn't give you the rest of the sandwich though.

[@Sorrowdusk]

😂 Nobody paid $70 for Redfall. It's on fuggin' Gamepass. (Or at least...they definitely shouldn't have) The biggest problem is Redfall wasn't good enough to keep people subscribed to Gamepass (albeit tons of other great stuff is there). The product was intended to keep people subbed for a long time. If anything the $70 was to discourage people from JUST buying it outright.

[@BattleBladeWarrior]

Word. And I don't go to a car dealership to buy a sportscar, just to be told that "the V8 engine, allwheel drive and adjustable seats will be added in the next repair cycle"

[@TheMegazonyx]

The Redfall problem is not technical. it is the story itself. The only cool thing about Redfall, is the frozen waves... Kinda ironic, that the game wall that's designed to keep players from leaving the area, is the only one thing i would like to explore the sea floor...

[@tony8076]

It's hilarious you said that because I tried the game with a friend a while back and we agreed the coolest thing we experienced was just seeing that frozen wave lmao.

[@accidentalmadness1708]

Seriously the frozen water and that lead vampire lady were the only things to grab my attention in the first few HOURS.

[@CoOlKyUbI96]

I agree. On top of the technical issues, the story also felt so bland. Characters barely got much character development, and cutscenes/dialogue between characters feel so detached and impersonal

[@BornTwizted87]

I completely disagree. I think there's a lot of good things about Redfall, but currently those things are ignored due to the other glaring issues. I honestly never expected the story to be good in the first place, and wasn't what i was wanting from Redfall.

[@michaelteegarden1434]

When a game fails, often times the devs get canned, even though management didn't know what the fuck they were doing or were just terrible at their job, But when it's time to clean house management doesn't get the boot. You can have great dev team but if management is incompetent, then the whole project is gonna suffer for it.

[@richardpowell1425]

or if management misled the board and customers intentionally.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

I applaud and could even respect their attempt to save their game but cases like 'No Man's Sky' & 'Cyberpunk 2077' are so exceedingly rare. Redfall is just another failure borne of going the despicable route of _"launch now and fix if you pay enough,"_ they did not even attempt to optimise the game in the slightest, there is no reason something that ugly should run that poorly.

[@Sorrowdusk]

☝️😌 the RULE should be: don't try to be FFXIV, No Man's Sky, or Cyberpunk 2077. This is a trinity of dumpster fires that actually got put out, and recycled into something more like what it SHOULD have been on launch. FFXIV, is probably the most astounding and successful recovery. No Man's Sky was a result of promising waaaay too much. ONLY Molyneaux had a habit of over promising more. 2077 announced too early (2013 trailer, dint start til 2016 leaving shareholders chomping at the bit), and had too many rewrites, and pushed an impossible deadline. It was supposed to make CDPR something MORE than The Witcher Company. It's still the Witcher Company, AND now they've gotta make another Witcher game.

[@CattyMintgum]

Ill never get tried of seeing these companies hoping their games will last for "years to come" only for them to kill off their games in less than a year with greed and poor choices.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

I hope Arkane developers actually get to work on something they want to make next. It was revealed pretty much nobody wanted to make Redfall

[@gakuyax]

Is it me or games with the name "fall" often doesnt work in some way. Babylon's fall, redfall, godfall, titanfall

[@r10101]

Titanfall 2 at least got back up, took it's sweet time though

[@it2spooky4me79]

Titanfall was just underwhelming, but Titanfall 2 was just released between 2 juggernauts, COD and Battlefield, but Titanfall 2 is a certified banger

[@easterbunny3850]

Redfall? More like I am fallen and cannot get up

[@abarration5907]

This probably would have been a good game if it was a single player linear experience. Get turned into a vampire, hunt the other vampires. Try to find a cure, choose between killing bad/evil humans and letting them live.

[@LarusFotia]

That sounds like Vampyr.

[@abarration5907]

@LarusFotia yeah. Lol. Except as a first person shooter/stealth game like the dishonored games. Not a subpar hack and slash with a few passable rpg elements.

[@kyotanaka920]

Number one lesson in making a live service title: Don't make a forgettable title.

[@RumpelGameSkin]

The only updates have been fixes/UX improvements, and the game is still £60 or £83 for the "full game" so I'm not surprised at all of the state the game is in.

[@KingGargantuas]

It's especially upsetting as an Xbox owner seeing such a disastrous release like this (even more so considering what a phenomenal year this has been for gaming for the most part) have no chance of a redemption! Let's hope this becomes a huge learning experience for them and that 2024 will be better for all Xbox owners everywhere!

[@jodieholmes8453]

This was their only bad game this year. I will take it because other than that, Xbox has been releasing games on a consistently good level

[@ThePineappleKnight932]

Imo I think this hasn't been a bad year for Xbox honestly, it's just... There's this turkey just kinda sitting here.

[@goosewithagibus]

I doubt it. Xbox seems terminally incompetent. PC or PS is better imo.

[@KingGargantuas]

@@ThePineappleKnight932 Yeah it could always be worse, after all, the Xbox One is living proof of that

[@jodieholmes8453]

@goosewithagibus So far Xbox has won one game of the year award and more are likely to follow. But cope harder I guess

[@alexkidd580]

It may just be me, but I don't think that any game that has a disaster-level should have a redemption arc. Make these companies hold themselves accountable, so that they'll actually TRY to release games in decent or near-perfect states as they should.

[@Strix2031]

To me the only excusable on is NMS because it was the first one to do this and it felt genuine. Nowadays it feels like companies are intentionally releasing shoddy games hoping for a cheap buck that they can partially reinvest in a cheap "redemption arc"

[@TheDwagonHD]

​@@Strix2031to me, the first game with a redemption arc was FF14 back in 2013 with the relaunch/remake with the game now known as "A realm reborn". When you look into what they did... its fucking madness that it worked... And so far, its the only of its type (mmorpg) that have even attempted the thing they did. Spliting the team up, one half working on patching the existing game, while the other half was tasked with remaking the game as a whole. The whole story about it is downright inspiring. And theres a 3 part documentary by Noclip that covers it. But the story is not very wide known outside of the ff community, especially the 14 community from what ive seen. Heck, alot of ppl still remember it as that buggy and incomplete mmo from 2010.

[@statesminds]

I was interested in RedFall and they really let me down. So sad the amazing Prey team made this crap, you can just tell that they didnt want to

[@09RHYS]

Imagine if a movie or series came out and the director said sorry I forgot to add efx properly so we have to take the film out of cinemas or off a streaming service, it would be deemed a totally unacceptable product as it has to be 100%, yet these asshats in the gaming industry can just fart out AAA products costing the consumer many magnitude's more but completely broken will always be absolutely wild to me. Yes it is 'software' at the end of the day compared to fully finished and rendered media, but this mentality of release suboptimal and fix later should be outlawed and heavily fined. If it was nobody would dare to release when it wasn't finished due to it actually hitting their bottom line financially and we'd all benefit, publishers & devs included! It's just so supidly asinine and short sighted, especially for reputation sake. Then when the investors/shareholders aren't happy that it doesn't perform, they add more micro transactions and crunch to recoup their investment and whole cycle continues... *Sigh*

[@guyemu1211]

I'd love to see them fix the game, overhauls combat, progression, and add actual cutscenes to a brand new story. I have no clue if that's even achievable, though. Most likely, they'll just cut their losses. It's probably for the best.

[@CarlSlime]

You're literally just asking for a completely different game

[@PixyEm]

@@CarlSlime a completely different game the devs didn't want to make in the first place and probably wouldn't get paid to do

[@jaleshere]

I also don’t understand Bethesda not being able to optimize games past 30fps? I’ve seen much higher definition games keep 60 somewhat consistently, it just doesn’t make sense something isn’t checking out right.

[@rawrdino7046]

Arent they still using a old ass engine?

[@davidbondy2250]

Well this isn't a Bethesda game, it's an Arkane game, but the studio that made Redfall (Arkane Austin) has a checkered history when it comes to optimization. It's not an excuse though, Arkane Austin's leadership team dropped the ball hard when it came to this game.

[@jodieholmes8453]

Because it's a choice? Play on PC if you want Max FPS

[@jaleshere]

@@jodieholmes8453 not the point, use your head kid.

[@jaleshere]

@@davidbondy2250 oh I see, thanks.

[@michaelramon2411]

No Man's Sky came back because there was a good idea at the core that a lot of people (including the developers) were excited about, and so when the fixes finally made that vision possible, people wanted to play it. Nobody is excited about Redfall. That's not to say that the concept was inherently bad, but people weren't hungering for a co-op-focused modern-day vampire-shooting game, so when it didn't turn out well, they just moved on.

[@pringrings22]

I can't believe I was so hyped for this game only to witness this downfall in real time. BIG SADGE

[@CarlSlime]

I didn't pay attention to the pre release marketing so genuinely, what about the things you saw made you excited for this?

[@BluntsNBeatz]

This is effort that could go into patching the issues in Prey (or hell, maybe even new content)... an underrated game that actually deserved a better release and WILL be enjoyed by new players 10 years from now, and could be enjoyed even more with minimal work to fix the few issues that make it harder to get into.

[@eddythefool]

There was so much potential with the concept, but it was extremely badly executed. I was hoping for a vampire apocalypse with other hell creatures attacking, but all we got was killing humans in the most boring way possible.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

a game that's boring in 30 fps isn't going to suddenly be fun in 60

[@happytimes8623]

Redfallen, billions must quit

[@PikaLink91]

It’s sad to see a new IP plummeting like this considering how tired we are of franchises being milked. But at the same time this should be a lesson to all developers that despite what Todd Howard says it ain’t okay to release a game in this state. It is very much about what a game is at launch, and not what it eventually becomes.

[@tcrime]

These Microsoft/Bethesda dudes sound like they've been hitting the yeyo

[@arsyk04]

It's not my kind of game, so I don't have any stake in this, but it took NMS several years to 'rise from the ashes', and CP2077 just got it's redeption with the expansion, and i's been out for 3 years. It's just a bit too early to say 'there's no way to save this' at such an early point...

[@B-Ran_the_Man]

I only remembered this game recently because it was a game featured on a 12 pack of Dew I bought this weekend

[@Xingaos]

Cyberpunk and NMS were different, they had a HUGE hype train and following before they released their broken games. They got their redemption arc because they worked extremely hard and still had a big following.

[@Jun123]

I think one video review summed it up well about Redfall. Sony had released God of War: Ragnarok. Nintendo was soon going to release Tears of the Kingdom. Microsoft's answer? This (Redfall).

[@sharpester7277]

That review sure was based.

[@jodieholmes8453]

Lol. Yeah you watched a pretty uninformed reviewer lol

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

Sounds made up.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Microsoft does have Hi-Fi Rush.

[@it2spooky4me79]

​@@LloydTheZephyrianTrue

[@mhmdmhmdv6905]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH this is even a bigger disaster than Lawbreakers.

[@kyle123456789986]

meanwhile you have nintendo not giving devs a timeline for when games need to come out like with mario wonder

[@sharpester7277]

I wouldn't be surprised if both Mario Wonder and Zelda Tears of the Kingdom both get nominated for Game of the Year at the Game Awards this year.

[@inky7714]

I played through the entire game with my bf a couple weeks ago and.. man this game needs so much work... we constantly found bugs where one or both of us would just.. get stuck on an invisible wall or in the ground and we can't do anything (can't fast travel when you're in the "air") so we have to shut the game down and reboot it to fix it. The iron sights of most, if not all, guns are not aligned? The hit registers at the front sight post, instead of the tip of the front sight post... so you can't see the thing you're shooting at from far away. When we got iron sight guns, we insta salvaged them... and yeah alot of lighting bugs too. Throwable powers (like Remi's C4, and Dev's translocator) didn't follow the trajectory lines. They just... get placed under our feet sometimes, when we're clearly aiming it toward our enemies...

[@mrsnikeersneerph4nt0m13]

I think redfall is a perfect example of needing to listen to your developers and make sure they wanna make the game you told them to make cause damn I don't think I saw a game developement cycle shed more veteran devs because of just pure hate directed at the project

[@BoredPodcaster]

So-called "AAA" gaming companies need a solid kick in the ass, and a massive reality check. Their "release it now broken, MAYBE fix it later" bullshit has devolved them to "C" status in my book.

[@blackbeast9268]

the sad reality this wont happen as long as they make that buck. so many youtubers and people preorder games (wich literally is pointless, digital games arent scares like physical games, the point of preorder was to make sure u got a disc before they ran out) ... to only then b1cth about how the game sucks and do it again and again

[@verfluchteblume]

I know so many Early Access and Indie games that launch in better states than most current triple A titles. And that’s just sad.

[@elevown]

You can add Anthem to games that launched crappy - tried to redeem itself but failed miserably.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Well, it did try to get back up, but EA kicked it back down and told it to stay down.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Knew Redfall would fail as soon as I saw the first trailer live. The backlash was hilarious. These western devs are unbelievably out of touch with reality outside of their sphere.

[@TrashBoat__]

Is anyone surprised?

[@Quyzbuk86]

Yeah without any brand recognition, Redfall's bad bones are going to continue to wither and decay. And even if it had said recognition like say, the unmitigated disaster that was Fallout 76, it should've still died off anyway, it's truly upsetting that one in particular is still going and didn't get them sued into oblivion (heh)

[@Voltaic_Fire]

If they must double down on this rubbish then they should take it down, refund the customers, and relaunch it when and if they have brought it well above Gollum quality.

[@IazyIombax]

The only guy still talking about Redfall, leave it NongNah, he’ll cover anything negative in gaming 😂

[@SayHelloToMyAR]

Where’s your Quantum Error review?

[@TheShadowCookie]

Yep, this just in - alert red, repeat, alert red, payer numbers continue to fall.

[@sharpester7277]

How is it that in the last ten years that Xbox hasn't had a single one of their console exclusives nominated for Game of the Year at the Game Awards. Yet, Nintendo and PlayStation had at least one of their console exclusives nominated for Game of the Year at the Game Awards in the last ten years.

[@jodieholmes8453]

Halo Infinite won 20 Game of the Year awards sooooooo.

[@brionymaste9481]

Who cares man, just enjoy games, don't let the media dictate what you like or not, Xbox will never will win a GOTY in Game Awards more than a half of the people that vote there are bias to Sony games, Kojima games and From Soft games.

[@jodieholmes8453]

@brionymaste9481 Yeah it's why It Takes 2 won in 2021.

[@Tha3rdworldghost]

No Mans Sky has got to be the biggest comeback in gaming history.

[@DELTAWOLF15]

You Can't save anything that really have no true value in the firstplace. this is expected.

[@kit_horror]

Jeez, Yong is really good at turning an 8 minute video into 20 minutes of constantly repeating himself

[@mj_out]

Have the same issue. Much talking, less saying.

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

Yeah i never watch till the end

[@famoussession7426]

His videos weren't like that back in 2018. Not sure why that changed.

[@lemming9984]

Yep, noticed that a couple of years ago. I skip the last half.

[@EJ_Red]

I love the guy but even I have this issue, there is a moment in his videos where you can go, "Alright, this is where it starts..." and proceed to skip or stop

[@manukau5271]

Not even the studio wanted to make it

[@libradocorona6430]

You should do a commentary video on Starbreeze Payday 3. I love that game and has a loyal fanbase but is following this same model.

[@tomatomaki]

Thank you Chong Yue for the awesome news.

[@SephirothJay]

Even this comments section get turned into childish console war rubbish, all these fandoms are the problem and none of them can see the bigger picture, which is a spoiler btw but these companies are destroying the gaming industry. End of the day you pick what you play, sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and pc who cares what you back just enjoy the games.

[@TundraCrow]

I wanted to just beat this game and get it over with. Tried to focus the story only and even trying that I couldn't even force myself to play. I was just not wanting to play even with my curiosity to see what happens at the end. My desire to see the ending was not strong enough to over come the sheer boredom of walking through wide open empty spaces in the second zone knowing there would be nothing new to get and the loot would not be any better then numerical upgrades in damage.

[@Soul-fp8si]

Redfall is the most blatant example of history repeating itself. From all I've seen of it it just looks like a reskin of evolve, and is fairing just as well as that game did

[@__________________________Fred]

Having to work on a dead game post-release must be the most depressing shit ever, next to my love life.

[@reflectedpower609]

Before the reveal trailer, a lot of people were speculating that Redfall was the working title for TES:VI. The dissapointment was immeasurable when it turned out to be a generic asymmetric extraction shooter.

[@AdeptuS.AnonyMouS]

Can dish out criticism but can't take it.

[@jarotheboar8398]

I love how they have the balls to say people will come back to games like Redfall, which is funny because, todd himself said that he wants players to play STARFIELD for years, but players are already done after a week or 2 of playing it... it took Starfield 8 years, btw Also, if the devs BEGGED Microsoft to cancel or delaying it to change it... goes to show the mindset of modern games like this

[@Wonback]

You just CAN'T release a multiplayer only game broken on release, people will just move on and never come back

[@meteor22]

Redfall just needs to be let go. Move on and put that effort and money into something worth while.

[@glorbog]

"... And why thats a good thing." You forgot that

[@jrx818]

It may have recovered if only this year wasn't stacked with some of the best games in years.

[@Omegaslashbuster1]

“10 years from now people we’ll join Gamepass and Redfall will be there”😂😂😂😂😂 I can’t!!!

[@TheAuraRealm]

"We're in it for the long haul." - Valve on discussion about Artifact, 2019

[@masterofbloopers]

As one of the few people even mildly interested in Redfall, it saddens me to see this game die a slow and painful death. I love Arkane. From Dishonored to Deathloop to 2017's Prey (which Arkane Austin made). This game should've been another slam dunk. Even if only a few played the game, at least no one could say it was poorly made. That at least it still has that quality Arkane feel we've come to know and love. Whoever forced Arkane to make Redfall a live-service co-op game, I want them fired.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same I was interested in this game because it come out and it sad to see that it was made this way

[@HaplessOne]

It did take a few updates for no mans sky to get its player base back, and microsoft has a lot of money to play with, so we'll see. Im not rooting for the game or anything but ive seen it happen time and time again. Pay Day 2 and 3, no mans sky, cyberpunk 2077, and again, no mans sky, all come to mind. Its messed up that this is becoming the norm, but people keep pre-ordering and giving them money regardless so they have no reason to stop. It has become a way to extend the amount of money you get from a games life cycle. The initial players buy it, its broken, they fix it, more people buy it, they add more content, more people buy it again. We're voting the wrong way with our wallets.

[@GrubbJunker]

Huge companies are incapable of shutting the hell up and getting back to work. This is what Murray and the company did with No Man's Sky. No kneejerk reaction, Murray took all the data and neatly organized it into information, and used logic to decide on what to focus first. And then they fixed the problems, one by one, never abandoning the game. You think Arkane or ZeniMax will do that? Impossible. They'll let go of the game like it's radioactive first chance they get. It's dead, Jim.

[@christianwilliams6535]

I really really wanted this game to be good man.

[@owieczkacs]

The players that went back to the game after patch were youtubers who wanted to record video on performance of the game. Rest of the playerbase didn't bother.

[@antoniojosetorrente559]

Which one will come out first, Matt's Wha Happun or Justin's DOAG for Redfall.

[@davevang893]

I am surprised this game is still alive.

[@michaelflammer3622]

I was just at the store and saw a tater chip display cross advertising Xbox... they had the balls to advertise Redfall on it! I'm shocked that Xbox is still putting its name out there.

[@patchesgaming9139]

It seems most people are fed up with quarter baked products.

[@TheeThunderGod]

Redfall didnt launch with a 30fps QUALITY mode. It launched with just a 30fps mode, BIG difference. Quality mode gives u max everything that the console can handle, at top quality/fidelity. Redfall's 30fps mode wasnt any of that, it was just 30fps with low powered EVERYTHING.

[@CriticalThinking88]

I've been having a lot of fun with it since the last update, and I hope they continue to make improvements because it's a cool concept that had shitty leadership.

[@gavinbeck8759]

I forgot the game existed until i saw an advertisement on a case of MT Dew Code Red

[@frostbite3820]

Is it bad that I STILL want to try this game? I don't have hardly any time to game currently but that time will come back. When it does, I do want to try Redfall out. I saw promise and potential in the initial trailers. Plus by the time I can get to it I'll know if they are going to keep updating it or not.

[@parthashankar892]

Disappointing what happened with Redfall, but I'm really hoping that Arkane's next title can really help them bounce back. Considering how niche their games are at the best of times, they can't afford big failures.

[@SrslyTony]

I really wanted to see Bethsda hit it out of the park with Redfall, to the point where I hyped it up even over Starfield itself! Really glad I didnt end up preordering

[@jemmascott5559]

I can't even bring myself to pre-order things I'm super excited about… It feels like a flip of a coin of the game will actually work and play well or be an utter disaster!

[@it2spooky4me79]

I preorder'd Hi-Fi Rush, worth every penny, game was a masterpiece.

[@EJ_Red]

Don't preorder games anymore, there are some games I am interested and don't even bother paying for until the release date hits. Hell, don't even buy it the first month if you feel hesitant.

[@just-linx8271]

You could say that Redfall's life expectancy really "BlueUp" I shall take my leave.

[@yourmaninlondoncollecting5749]

The main problem is that the base game, is not enough. KZbinr 21kiloton highlighted that the game were originally meant to be microtransaction buildt. When that roadmap were scrapped, the whole core mechanism got screwed and the game turned into tge half-baked product it is.

[@AidenAlias]

no more redemption arcs. I want things to start failing and dying. release good from the start or have your game die forever. Redfall arguably shouldn't even be getting anymore patches because it's a waste of time and money, it's being patched to save face for whatever next games as service slop gets released they can point and go its fine we'll support it like we did the last thing, then the cycle continues

[@oneandonlyJonnySad]

I played it when the 60fps came out. I thought I’d completely the extremely short campaign when they said, ok go to this other map and deal with a new vampire boss. ‘No, I don’t think I will’. This game could have been an awesome vampire hunting game. But the screwed it up.

[@anhilliator1]

As I will say, NMS, Cyberpunk, and even Destiny all pulling it off after a bad launch is statistically improbable. It takes passion, a lot of it, and that is something many such failed games that try to imitate them severely lack.

[@RPGirlZera]

I just hope that if Microsoft decides to not continue updates they let the developers know. What they did to the Anthem team was sad and terrible. They had great plans and concept art they were working hard to create. Having them manage expectations of the team working on improving the game is really important. I'd also like to see them try and do a roadmap with no set dates but allowing players to know that they acknowledge these issues and will fix them. Just a sort of hey we are working on these we aren't going to promise when they will be done but we do plan on fixing it.

[@CulltureShock]

We can hope the executives will learn to Let the cake bake before serving it.