After Redfall's disappointing launch, some fans are worried about Starfield

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Redfall, Arkane Austin's highly anticipated co-op shooter just launched, but unfortunately, it's far from the exhilarating vampire-hunting experience we were hoping for. In our Redfall review, we said, "Not even awesome vampires and world design can redeem Redfall's repetitive gameplay, which becomes progressively more monotonous the longer you play." And with Redfall proving distinctly underwhelming, all eyes are now on Starfield to see if it can knock it out of the park.

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Twitter user DomsPlaying (opens in new tab) points out that while Microsoft will undoubtedly want Starfield to be a success, it "isn't some make-or-break moment" as the company's trump card is its highly popular subscription service. They write, "MS is the least reliant on individual 1st party hits because its most important exclusive is Game Pass." 

While it may not be the be-all and end-all, many feel that Starfield needs to be successful for the sake of Microsoft's reputation. User Lakerjon24 comments, "Xbox needs a way to fix the reputation they have now of releasing mostly bad broken buggy content lacking games. It's getting quite pathetic." On top of that, as many others point out, Microsoft might see a dip in its Game Pass subscriber numbers if Starfield fails to deliver.

There are a fair few who think that Starfield will suffer from the same issues as Redfall, but it's worth remembering that it and Redfall are two very different games made by different developers, with only their publisher Bethesda Softworks (owned by Microsoft), tying them together, and the quality