I played Xbox's greatest failure to see if it's really as bad as everyone says it is

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I finally played Redfall from Xbox and Arkane to see if it's really as bad as everyone says it is... And I wasn't surprised to find that no, it isn't.

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[Talen5000]

RedFall was flawed when it launched.
It should not have been released in such a state. It should have been kept on hold for 6 months and a better version released at Halloween.

Having said that....

RedFall also did not deserve the hate the media and reviewers treated it with. Flawed it was....but it was also fun to play and quite honestly, worse games have received better treatment.

RedFall simply became a game which was "cool to hate"

RedFall is fixed now. Arkane and RoundHouse spent a year fixing it. It looks better, plays better, feels better.

It could still have been so much more. But today, RedFall is a good game, still fun, one that feels good. Its actually one of the few games where I actually felt an improvement when it moved to 60FPS.

It is a game I'd recommend.

RedFall got a metascore of 56

I'd suggest a score of 64 at launch, rising to 79 today post fix.