Redfall Xbox Series X/S - DF Tech Review - Big Issues And Unfulfilled Potential

One of the most controversial of Xbox's first-party releases, it's safe to say that Redfall arrives with a wide range of problems that urgently need addressing - and beyond the technical problems, the game itself isn't up to Arkane's usual levels of quality.

[steelyeyes]

"I defeated a vampire to continue my observation of a texture" This is what videogames were made for.

[onenaghi]

The AI is so advanced that the enemies knew you were reviewing the visual and performance aspects of the game for digital foundry and therefore didn't attack.

[MysteryMii]

You know it’s an interesting year when people are more excited around the discussion on what the most disappointing AAA release of the year is than GOTY.

[dumbmoveguy]

That texture pop-in is wild. Sure, Unreal Engine has had this problem before but wow, that is on literally everything at all times. how crazy.

[AJ-eyeh]

How on earth did Xbox allow this to be one of their AAA flagship gamepass exclusives?

[dan_loup]

Sadly, in a few cases "exclusive for the next gen" is meaning "it's so poorly optimized it only runs on the next gen"

[DragonoftheDarknessFlame]

I'm not expect TLOU2 levels of AI but you can at least have it like Borderlands where the enemies are a threat

[HeisenbergFam]

What a breathtaking game with innovative graphics, I look forward to what type of games we will see in 2008

[paracuja]

It's the GPE (Game Pass Effect).
They couldn't even optimise it for TWO Consoles. When a first party studio cannot even fully utilize the hardware who else can? Did someone forced them to use the UE4 or was it simply the easiest & cheapest solution?

[bunnybreaker]

This student game looks like it has potential. I hope they can find a publisher so they can finish it.

[DenerNogueira]

This was supposed to be released last year, right? That's crazy.

[gamz]

I'm just not really sure what the goal was here with Redfall. It feels like a game the devs didn't want to make, for players who don't want to play it.

[DiabloSanctum]

Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Day: I have the worst AI in any modern game
Redfall: Hold my beer!

[sobari]

You could literally go through the entire game without having seen the actual textures depending on how quickly you play.

[AlexanTheMan]

It dreads me that several studios picked up Unreal Engine as a "give up" solution to them struggling to update their proprietary engines to support the newer console hardware.

Yet 8th gen issues still manage to pop up in UE, you'd think stuff like 30FPS and bad texture streaming would be a thing of the past.

[icedcapplord]

Microsoft not only giving this game the okay to release in this state but charging 70 goddamn dollars for it is a massive disservice to their platform. I believe this is only their second completely next gen, full price game after Flight Sim since Hi-Fi Rush was a budget title. Appalling that it's this technically disastrous

[cahill]

This has put Starfield in the unenviable position of having to be be a game of the year contender and nothing less.

[LordLOC]

Multiplayer/coop focused, but no matchmaking. Nice job Arkane. That alone kills it for me.

[danielvorster]

Holy shit, Microsoft is really shitting the bed this gen

[theanimerapper]

Bro red fall looks worse than halo 1 in certain spots? Next generation only shouldn't even be comparable to anything that came before.... But especially not comparable to a 2001 game good lord Arkane