
I hope Steve finds someone who can get him that last 17 Gamerscore. In Australia, the highest score came from Stevivor, awarding Redfall a 7.5 out of 10, whose review accepted the game’s flawed fundamentals but wasn’t left cold by them. And that’s before the performance issues rear their head, of which there are reportedly a great many.Ī note for transparency: Kotaku Australia did not have a Redfall review prepped for embargo, as Bethesda has the Kotaku brand on a global media blacklist and has for many years. By contrast, reviewers considered Redfall rather more paint-by-numbers, a watering down of the Arkane formula that has more in common with a production-line open-world loot shooter produced by Ubisoft. These immersive sims rewarded player experimentation, driven by pulpy art direction that gave the studio’s games a unique feel. Arkane is known for being the developer of games like Dishonored, Prey and Deathloop. The latest game from Bethesda developer Arkane Studios has divided critics, with many feeling the game, pitched as a vampire-hunting multiplayer romp, doesn’t reflect the studio’s pedigree.


Redfall reviews have dropped (at the same moment the game went live on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass, it turns out).
