How Redfall blends open-world action and vampire horror
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here.
Redfall has an open world where you can mow down human enemies or get slaughtered by vampires.
It’s pretty bloody, as you would expect. I played a preview of the open worldwhere humans use heavy weapons to square off against god-like vampires. The game is coming on May 2 on the Xbox Series X/S and PC from Microsoft’s Bethesda division and Arkane Austin. I played it on the PC.
It’s a story-driven shooter set in the open world of an island town called Redfall, Massachusetts. An evil company called Aevum did some research into the occult, and they unlocked a bunch of vampires who are terrorizing the town after cutting it off from the mainland.
>>Follow VentureBeat’s ongoing GDC 2023 coverage<<
GamesBeat Summit 2023
Join the GamesBeat community in Los Angeles this May 22-23. You’ll hear from the brightest minds within the gaming industry to share their updates on the latest developments.
And it’s up to residents of the town to fight back and destroy the vampires one by one while getting rid of the vampires’ relatively weak human cultist followers.
In my preview session, I was able to join the game about mid-way through the campaign. I had a fully leveled up character with access to some good weapons like machine guns and grenades.
The first thing I noticed about the world was that it was big. I appreciated the fact that Arkane was taking a deep dive into world-building again, after giving us the worlds of Prey and Dishonored in years past.
Redfall is set in a small town in New England. It’s very tied to American folklore around horror stories, said Ricardo Barre, co-creative director at Bethesda, in a conversation with
Read more on venturebeat.com
