Redfall is more like STALKER and Far cry 2 than Left4dead - Says Arkane

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#1 Ghosts4ever
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Xbox Exclusive Redfall Is 'Arkane Blended With Far Cry 2 Or Stalker' Says Game Director

"Redfall sometimes feels like what you'd get if you blended the Arkane creative values with Far Cry 2 or S.T.A.L.K.E.R."

"It's totally understandable for somebody to come to that conclusion [Left 4 Dead comparisons]. There are four playable characters, you can play together cooperatively, and you're going against the undead. But, in terms of the way that you play and experience Redfall, it's not like those games at all. Redfall is more like loading into Far Cry."

"In terms of freedom, there's what you would expect from other open worlds, but Redfall is an on-foot game – the scale and the pace is a little slowed down in that respect,"

Thats incredible. told you Arkane dont make bad games.

they always innovate and always try new IPs.

it was market as coop game but its SP story game with coop.

Cant wait for this and Atomic heart.

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Did you tell them to say this, Ghost? Send a threatening email or something?

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@uninspiredcup said:

Did you tell them to say this, Ghost? Send a threatening email or something?

LOL. day ago I was praising FC2. now arkane mention FC2 as inspiration.

see, they didnot mention FC3 the popular one. because they know immersive games are in thier DNA.

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lol were they reading your posts on sw or wut

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Ah, lowering expectations already. How reassuring.

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@madrocketeer said:

Ah, lowering expectations already. How reassuring.

because making Stalker like game worse than making coop L4D type?

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@ghosts4ever said:

because making Stalker like game worse than making coop L4D type?

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'My next hyped game is like the two other games I constantly hype even though they're completely nothing alike.' - Ghosts4ever

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#9  Edited By Ghosts4ever
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@madrocketeer said:
@ghosts4ever said:

because making Stalker like game worse than making coop L4D type?

OMG metacritic mean shit lol.

STALKER 1 is among the greatest game of all time. L4d is valve worst title. downgrade after Half life 2.

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#10  Edited By madrocketeer
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@ghosts4ever said:

OMG metacritic mean shit lol.

STALKER 1 is among the greatest game of all time. L4d is valve worst title. downgrade after Half life 2.

Ah. It appears, in addition to suffering from repetition compulsion, you seem to have deficient vision on your left side too.

Hmm. Fascinating. Fascinating indeed.

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#11 KathaarianCode
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Ghost is now the head of Arkane Studios. Congratulations! Now they just need to make sure every female is wearing a burka.

Anyway, that's great to know. Like I've said before, Arkane are the one studio I trust blindly when it comes to game design.

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#12  Edited By R4gn4r0k  Online
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You catch the Vampire virus and have to take a medicine from a shady doctor every now and then.

Seriously though I'm wondering how they can blend singleplayer with multiplayer, as usually this never works out. But if it does: fine, I'm super excited.

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@R4gn4r0k said:

You catch the Vampire virus and have to take a medicine from a shady doctor every now and then.

Seriously though I'm wondering how they can blend singleplayer with multiplayer, as usually this never works out. But if it does: fine, I'm super excited.

its SP game with coop. like deathloop is SP game with MP invasion.

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wow that is an interesting and unexpected statement.

that game has gone through a real identity crisis. started out demo-d as a colourful kiddy mp co-op shooter, then the message was it's actually primarily a sp game, then the next trailer shows the tone has become more serious and horror-oriented, and now the message is it plays like stalker and far cry 2.

even though i really dislike fc2, i'm glad they singled out fc2 rather than just say far cry. grab your popcorn, this is going to be really interesting.

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Did you tell them to say this, Ghost? Send a threatening email or something?

stalker and far cry 2 mixed with vampires... i bet he couldn't believe his luck when he read that article lol. put the lottery on tonight ghost, your luck is clearly in

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@Macutchi said:

wow that is an interesting and unexpected statement.

that game has gone through a real identity crisis. started out demo-d as a colourful kiddy mp co-op shooter, then the message was it's actually primarily a sp game, then the next trailer shows the tone has become more serious and horror-oriented, and now the message is it plays like stalker and far cry 2.

even though i really dislike fc2, i'm glad they singled out fc2 rather than just say far cry. grab your popcorn, this is going to be really interesting.

@uninspiredcup said:

Did you tell them to say this, Ghost? Send a threatening email or something?

stalker and far cry 2 mixed with vampires... i bet he couldn't believe his luck when he read that article lol. put the lottery on tonight ghost, your luck is clearly in

Arkane are intelligent when they single out FC2. when any dev talk about FC. they talk about FC3 to onwards tired and stale cinematic formula.

FC2 was immersive game and glad arkane use it as example.

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Interesting, we'll see

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It's Xbox studios arkane,it's good!

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Far Cry 2...

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Uh huh. They need to make an explanation video or something. I still don't know how the game plays.

And if I don't, I imagine it's the same for many others. Not the best promoting from Arkane ever.

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@Litchie said:

Uh huh. They need to make an explanation video or something. I still don't know how the game plays.

And if I don't, I imagine it's the same for many others. Not the best promoting from Arkane ever.

yeah bit similar to deathloop. after two trailers most people still weren't really sure what kind of game it was, so for the third they gave up with traditional trailers and instead it was just a video of the creative director explaining how the game works lol. redfall just needs to pick a lane and stick to it

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I hope it is not like that mediocre game Far Cry 2. If that is the case, incoming flop.

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@pc_rocks said:

Far Cry 2...

Incredible game. immersive game.

huge step up from original FC and better than FC3 to onwards.

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#23 Pedro
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@ghosts4ever said:
@pc_rocks said:

Far Cry 2...

Incredible game. immersive game.

huge step up from original FC and better than FC3 to onwards.

The game flopped because it was bad.

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@Pedro said:
@ghosts4ever said:
@pc_rocks said:

Far Cry 2...

Incredible game. immersive game.

huge step up from original FC and better than FC3 to onwards.

The game flopped because it was bad.

and Far cry 3 which was step back was sucess? sad state of gaming industry.

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@ghosts4ever said:

and Far cry 3 which was step back was sucess? sad state of gaming industry.

Yes! The game you hype and praised failed. Where is the confusion?

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@Pedro said:
@ghosts4ever said:

and Far cry 3 which was step back was sucess? sad state of gaming industry.

Yes! The game you hype and praised failed. Where is the confusion?

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FC2 was so ahead of its time especially compare to current FC game.

no wonder why arkane mention this as real far cry than modern titles.

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FC3 was pretty cool. Sadly has a negative influence in gaming as a whole.

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#28  Edited By Pedro
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@ghosts4ever:None of that makes it a better game and none of that changes it from flopping.

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At least Redfall will be on Game Pass. So I have nothing to lose.

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@ghosts4ever: First Anniversary GAMMA patch recently released. Good stuff, best STALKER mod yet released.

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Never played any of those games. Want to say that I very briefly tried Left4Dead once but I’m not entirely sure. May have been a demo on the 360. 😅

Will at least try Redfall since it’ll be on Game Pass.

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#32  Edited By Ghosts4ever
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@MirkoS77 said:

@ghosts4ever: First Anniversary GAMMA patch recently released. Good stuff, best STALKER mod yet released.

will try it.

also apologize for hyping Stalker 2. doesnot looks as good as Stalker 1, putting Cutscene dialogue is worst choice they made. still looking forward to it but hype went down after latest trailer.

if it was Metro 4 trailer I would be most excited for it.

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@R4gn4r0k: Also this is Harvey smith game. one of the greatest mind in gaming. He nailed with Deus Ex 1, Dishonored, Prey and now no doubt this will be also his gem.

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#34  Edited By blaznwiipspman1
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@ghosts4ever: my God, stop hyping this game!! This is one of the games i'm actually looking forward to in 2023 along with harry potter. The last game you hyped was one of the biggest flops in history (CP).

Though you did get deathloop right, so I will give you some credit there.

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Nope nope nope, I’ll call bs right now. This is going to be a painful launch.

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I really loved Dishonored 1-2 and Deathloop, so I will give this game a go for sure. That being said I don't think this is the best direction to take Arkane in. Neither FarCry nor co-op excites me tbh. But a slightly worse Arkane game is still a great game in my book :).

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Hmmm not sure this is a good thing... Far Cry 2 was cool for the first third of the game but became a chore after a while. Anyway, we'll see.

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@ghosts4ever: Yup, the greatest of the great

Also Raph Collantonio said his next immersive sim (made by Wolfeye studio) will be first person.

So many games are returning to their roots.

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#39  Edited By mrbojangles25
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Yeah initially they had advertised it as a L4D clone with different characters/classes and I think there was a backlash against that (at least from the diehard gaming community), so Arkane has been damage controlling ever since sayin "No, this is a mostly singleplayer game!".

Some day Arkane will make a bad game, but they haven't yet, so I have high expectations for this game.

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Can’t wait.

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@mrbojangles25: Arkanes marketing in general is terrible.

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Glad they have been promoting this. Their gameplay video and the Arkane name sold me on it.

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@uninspiredcup said:

@mrbojangles25: Arkanes marketing in general is terrible.

Don't they have a publisher? Ie experts that are paid to do this sort of stuff (marketing)

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@R4gn4r0k said:

Don't they have a publisher? Ie experts that are paid to do this sort of stuff (marketing)

Been through multiple. Their games have generally always had shitty sales with good reception.

Can make the argument "well their games are just inherently difficult to market", don't think that's the case. Just straight up bad marketing.

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@uninspiredcup: unsure about that myself. I know two facts about immersive sims: they are my favourite games and they sell like shit.

Look at Graven, a game with fantastic ideas but again sold like shit.

Dishonored 1 seems to be the exception, not the rule.

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@R4gn4r0k said:

@uninspiredcup: unsure about that myself. I know two facts about immersive sims: they are my favourite games and they sell like shit.

Look at Graven, a game with fantastic ideas but again sold like shit.

Dishonored 1 seems to be the exception, not the rule.

True. Although it's still pin it down to bad marketing.

For example, this game actually sucks ass, tonally nothing like the trailer. It's a lie. But it's a good lie that sells.

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Seems more like the focus is to shake any notion it's some kind of Left 4 Dead derivative so people aren't disappointed by false expectations.

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Stalker is a great game. Not one of best ever dude. I’m looking forward to finding out how it is