It all adds a real human touch and brand of humor to Redfall that should clearly differentiate it from other stories in the tried-and-true vampire genre. I love that she constantly yells expletives. I love how she panics upon seeing those gangly vampires. I’m thinking about how there are people who let Ubisoft think Watch Dog‘s Aiden Pearce was ever anything but the worst protagonist known to man.īut I love Layla’s personality: how she reacts with sarcasm, wit, and shock to the world around her. It’s hard for me to imagine, but that stoic personality is something a fair number of video game consumers still prefer in 2022. All he said was, “kiss your ass goodbye” and “feeling’s mutual, I guess” after Layla treated him warmly in the trailer. Even if he’s seemingly dry compared to the others. More specifically, she’s “the telekinetic threat in student debt.” The playable character was given a bit more front-and-center preference in the game’s reveal last year - and has remained front-and-center of the game in some scattered marketing material - I love to have this confirmation that Layla is the real star of Redfall.Īrkane could have easily focused on someone like Jacob - a brooding and mysterious character who embodies Redfall‘s air of supernatural suspense. To the delight of many - including myself - the trailer was led by Layla Ellison, one of your four main playable characters. It will be available on the Xbox Game Pass.Arkane Austin revealed the first gameplay trailer for the absolutely charming Redfall at the 2022 Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase earlier today.
The game was previously delayed with “Starfield” back in May to give the developers more time to realize their ambitions. “Redfall” is set to release sometime in the first half of 2023. There are also more supernatural areas, like a mysterious door leading to a twisted version of reality, which was formed by “some sort of collective consciousness,” according to one character. The playable game space also appears to extend to Redfall’s rural areas and some secret government facility. Throughout the game, players will fight across the streets of the town proper, including inside homes and other establishments. Later in the demo, one character deployed an electric device to stun enemies in the vicinity, opening them up for killing blows. While it doesn’t look like normal gunfire is enough to kill them outright, a well-placed flare or metal stake to the heart while they’re weak can turn them into dust.Īpart from normal guns, players get access to a variety of specialized vampire-killing tools like the aforementioned flare guns and stake launchers. The enemies are fast and aggressive melee fighters who tend to get in the players’ faces. The demo showed off some basic combat against vampires. The game does feature Arkane’s signature brand of supernatural action-stealth gameplay, and it seems like the town of Redfall itself will be fully explorable.
Instead of going into linear missions as a team of four, players in “Redfall” can play either alone or with a group of friends. Based on the demo, it seems like “ Redfall” is going to be more similar to “Borderlands” than Valve’s ubiquitous zombie apocalypse co-op game.