Redfall suffered unclear direction during development, new report suggests

The development of Redfall, Arkane's latest multiplayer shooter, was plagued with issues like unclear direction, freque…

The development of Redfall, Arkane's latest multiplayer shooter, was plagued with issues like unclear direction, frequent attrition, and a lack of staff., speaking to over a dozen anonymous developers who worked on the game.

As such - and following the commercially unsuccessful Prey - bosses at Arkane wanted to create a more broadly appealing game, which emerged as Redfall. The likes of Far Cry and Borderlands were referenced, but the vision was unclear and left a fundamental tension between single-player and multiplayer design. Redfall also had a significant microtransaction plan in place for its first three years of development. This was only removed in 2021 as monetisation plans were scrapped.

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