This feels like Arkane stretching a lot more than Arkane chasing a trend - my initial fear about Redfall has now been thoroughly assuaged. Adding more players increases the options you have for dealing with each encounter exponentially, as each one will bring a different set of skills to the table. Or, she can put in a call to her vampire ex-boyfriend to come do the dirty work for her.
As Layla, you might be more inclined to rush the rooftop using a gravity boost from her telekinetic powers, then shotgun blasting everyone in sight. There’s a number of ways I could have handled that situation as Jacob, the stealthy sniper character, but each of Redfall’s four playable characters has their own bag of tricks that inform their playstyle. It can be hard to see the Arkane brand just from Redfall’s description - an open-world, class-based, co-op FPS - but once I got my hands on it it was clear that the DNA of Dishonored does run through its decrepit, blood-sucking veins. Related: Arkane Studios Has Moved Beyond The Need For Linear Level DesignĪrkane Studios made its name with single-player games like Dishonored and Prey - immersive sims that offer lots of player choice around narrative decisions and exploration, and packed with systems and physics-based interactions that make the world feel like a living playground. Not every encounter went this smoothly, but this was the first one to give me a real sense of what Redfall is all about. This stuns the cryptid, buying me just enough time to send my pet raven out to stake the bastard in his rotten heart. As his body falls limp, I take the split second opportunity to catch the vamp unawares with an expertly placed headshot. One of them gets slapped off the roof and dies instantly, while the other one becomes a snack. They try to shoot it at, but it teleports around, easily avoiding their shots. This leaves me with only a couple of options: I can use my stealth ability to sneak past them, or I can take them out with my sniper rifle in the hope they’re holding something valuable I can loot.Īs I contemplate their fates through the scope of my rifle, a vampire appears from nowhere and attacks them.
They’re standing on the roof of a lakehouse not ten yards away, and I’m sure if I try to slide back down into the lake bed they’ll spot me. I’m on my way to some distant quest marker when I’m stopped in my tracks by the sound of two men arguing. I climb up the basin of a dry lake, the water completely emptied out by vampire magic.
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