Redfall launches in the first half of 2023 on PC, and Xbox Series X/S. Arkane, after all, sees Redfall as a traditional Arkane single-player experience. He also added that it helps the game's story be more cohesive, as everyone will have to experience all the same missions regardless of how they choose to play the game. By allowing story progress to be reflected for every player, Arkane would have needed to split the story into certain chunks and remove that freedom. The reason for this decision, according to Smith, is that Redfall is an open-world game where you can go anywhere. PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan Says Xboxs Call of Duty Offer Was Inadequate.
Smith did not say how the game will address any potential imbalance that creates. Redfall is an open-world, single-player and co-op FPS from Arkane Austin. The good news, however, is that loot and character progression is carried over, so you get to take your new gear back to your game. In other words, you'll have to go back to your own game and replay the same mission again to progress your own story. Smith confirmed that in a co-op game, only the host of that session will be making story progress. This is something every game treats differently, and there's typically no golden answer.
In an interview with IGN, creative director Harvey Smith revealed how Redfall is going to handle co-op progression. Now that we've seen actual gameplay, however, everything is clicking into place.ĭeveloper Arkane has been revealing more and more about Redfall since, including how co-op is going to work. We knew it was a co-op, open-world vampire hunting game. Before last week's Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, the structure of Redfall wasn't very clear. Redfall is an open-world cooperative first-person shooter developed by Arkane Studios Austin and published by Bethesda Softworks.