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Maybe it's because I picked hard but combat is really frustrating in this game. That plus a bunch of random crashes is really holding it back for me at present. The combat sandbox is really cool and I want to love it but actually interacting with it as a player at least on this difficulty is sorta a headache. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if maybe this game just isn't for me?

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At the end of this very short CGI trailer it says "now in development" as in "we just made a deal and decided on the vision", yet Arkane Lyon were in production since the release of DEATHLOOP two years ago.

So I bet they're getting ready to announce a new game in Dishonored universe during E3 2024 and ship it in 2025 while Blade is around 2028-29. All these licensed IPs are getting announced pretty early. There's a reason they announced a shared universe of Dishonored & DEATHLOOP, so leaving the universe without games for 8 years or whatever wouldn't make much sense. The studio also hired up a lot recently.

The most important part and why I'm doing the post in the first place is that the Campaign Director of DEATHLOOP, who was only promoted to a Campaign Director at the launch of DEATHLOOP, is now a Level Design Director on Blade and alludes to the presumably recently formed second team inside Arkane Lyon starting work on Blade. There's no way a person who went and gave talks about the complex campaign of DEATHLOOP and what it taught them - being essentially demoted to a Level Design Director.

In the last year or so she also changed her Twitter description to "some kinda design person at Arkane Lyon" after "Campaign Director at Arkane Lyon", and now it's "some kinda level design director".

Could redfall have been better? Yes!!!!

So I've waited a bit for all the presentations and footage of Redfall and the many reviews for my thoughts, but I had this idea in my head and wanted to share how I would change this game to be more memorable. It started out as a fan story so there are small ideas I changed mainly having it be about 1 character instead of 4. .....With the Button commands breaking, bugs, characters vanish, and the cheap and static story scenes seem woefully unfinished by typical standards. There may be occasional glimpses of a competent co-op shooter on display but otherwise, but i've changed it in this version.

• The vampire leaders should've been more menacing in cutscenes.
• The Ai needed fixing and should've been a story idea from day 1 with actual cutscenes.
• Side characters who use radio/audio logs to talk to the player like other arkane games needed more emotion.
• where do the powers come from? bosses like black sun need to be more villainous with lore why are they taking over the town with no goal?
• more variety & quests memorable moments.

This version is a Redfall fan script made a story focused script I apologize for the typos it’s a rough draft WIP so sorry for any changes or errors I type. It would be more immersive like previous Arkane games.

This was a bit of a stretch apologies for any inaccuracies while writing this, but after being disappointed by Arkane’s version i made my own story. We’ve seen the industry change our games to become slime and soot for it’s greed or profit focus on looter shooter type of games ie (destiny) or co op games, so I hope 1 day people at these companies stop the online focused buggy centric games in the industry with performance mode changes and bugs,…like Icarus Bethesda/Zenimax flew too close to the sun & Redfall could’ve been a single player haunting experience to remember.

First off I would make the game have a haunting menu like prey (2017) a slew of useful features like visibility or sensitivity in the menu or brightness, it would ask what level you choose based on your experience with horror games, how the player would create their experience. Then the story starts………

Chapter 1: First cutscene opens with a dim lit room, CPN televisions biggest star Layla C opens a file, reading code-name Redfall, its our biggest story no journalist could’ve trained to take on this story alone, or tried… i drove into the city packed my things walked outside and left.. was it worth it maybe? Maybe not? Charlie my boss stops me asks where i'm going, i pause, I’m reporting on the Redfall story. He drinks his coffee, then asks me if i'm up for it? I nod, then walk get my things and leave.

I drive get in my car, the rain in this town near Redfall was quiet… soft eerie i came down on a small road every drop faded, Every year has been a lot of emotions, rain storms alike, many a week goes by that i listened to the words of praise from my own young memories from my family, working as a private journalist is the hardest thing I’ve done its compelling, but i do it….it was a feeling like no other, many times, i see my engagement in the strength or rebirth on this planet as i cry heave & exhale the pain. My last story i was attacked by a maniac, my partner got shot in other words every wish hope dream was hardship. i feel like nothing more could be taken with past & future onwards this case was troublesome…, i heard stories of men being kidnapped children afraid to tell their family’s what they saw. and thats partly because theres some disconnect from what you think as someone who feels the worry of reporting, many tales of odd affairs, are sold, many books or articles get printed, pass by, in my line of work…. But not this story I try not to flaunt but i’m one of the best. I drive with anxiety as my wheel is slowly turning, the path seems darker i turn the headlights on i still see nothing. The road becomes darker, pitch black somewhat moonless.. eerie. Theres a bright light almost as big as the sun but i squint as its far away from my vision. I look around the town as i see houses and windows curtain-less, dark and dim no one living.... bottles of old beer, garbage and plants withering with no life. I pause puzzled, "where is everyone?" a crow with a series of loud caws flies by, picking up some small pebbles it hops on a fence, and dropped them into a pot near a creepy barn. I wonder why I took this case.

Chapter 2: I get out of the car, I turn my light on & look around, Sometimes I take walks and just feel like i'm last in the vast space of the earth but whatever you believe as a private journalist you feel the pain and challenge just as David and Goliath 2 men at each other for the brass challenge or the thrill, of what it means to be challenged, i pick up my light lock the car, start walking Each tree that grows in this town grows taller each animal and scent gets bigger almost like the towns hallucinating with gas. I fear for you this town was eerie as i'm genuinely scared I don’t want another year to go by cuz of some plague or maniac town stories, as a reporter I try to not to be so down and see the positive in life its hard but I do it. I see a shovel by a mysterious door, the crow flies off, I pause then walk into the barn but... stop & hear screams & follow a blood trail.. I peer near the door. "Hello??"... I enter cautiously.

Chapter 3 Suddenly i see a glimmer of light. 2 shadows disappear like gas clouds it was so fast… I walk into the door.. it creaks i approach 2 doors and Coming from both realities that were broken with cold air stretched into the stars above, 1 silhouette of what looks like a man comes out with huge teeth, startled I move my hand and look up, when I gazed up & start to cry … I cry, with the air thin, but loud then I SCREAM, the star pathway of my vision, is so fast my brain cant fathom it with fear just putting that into my mind.... the sonar of the silhouetted man's voice booms, hisses, it's loud, with his teeth sharp, i don't really know what more to say it was all a blur, while i'm stuck in this vast planet… or town of terror. I turn around but get knocked out..... my eyes fade to black, I fall, I wake up...slowly "Ow" “Who the fk kicked/hit me”?

Im awake. Finally.. was i dreaming? No, I’m tied up to a chair. I struggle but it doesn’t seem to work!! I flinch, but look around. The stench is awful.

The man with teeth walks to the door with me in the room, but i start to feel faint inside, I see the group of vampires, they act like gods one hovers & flies down, they tell me to stop moving... they sit down in their chairs, a hooded figure approaches and asks “Who are you mortal?” I hesitate still struggling, but smirk & tell them “I’m Layla C the best private journalist around….” the group starts to look at each other, "Quiet!!!!" The leader says.

I ask “why am i here?” They look at each other bewildered…. 1 steps up growling, and says “No human has found our group we walk in the shadows” we pray keep Redfall a secret no one goes in or out”.. i can tell their feeding on something the stench is overwhelming multiple red eyes hiss…

One of them moves its hand slowly and says “You fool... you have stumbled into our home.” “You must never look back at this moment." “You will die here” I taste the air... almost struggle but remember theres a knife in my pocket, reach for it… but suddenly a UV Light flashes as bright as the light of god. The one with big teeth flinches.. “LEAVE NOW!’” But the light gets larger a rock starts crumbling, flashing and bright, I squint... a cutscene with one of the vampires & character zooms out from the shot the sunlight, freezes it to stone.

Chapter 4 I get out from the chair, in horror petrified,..... "what was that?" I see the lair dim cold and the UV light in a cracking hole, I walk towards it.......

The player escapes and most of the plot is the same game lets you escape gives you weapons but it’s a cross between vampires and Lovecraftian creatures. You can do quests, but you'd take on your sanity a bit more of a psychological take similar to amnesia as the protagonist has a fear meter. It also has stealth similar to prey 2017. It plays out the same i’ve added new characters stronger enemy types and big bosses. you can visit the safe-house and talk to the civilians, & hostages. The rest of the game would have the character escape and give you a mini map since you have a health bar you would need meds that heal you, and theres only 1 character my version of the game would be struggling with his weak heart & stamina you can carry or swap out a torch, meds, or journal, as the player can take notes and also balance your sanity meter the enemies would come out peek their heads out during dawn, & hide in sheds or barns, or hide creep out at dusk drain your blood if you got too close. There would also be a vampire nest to find clues with viles of blood to experiment or take. Also you could rescue hostages via story and would give you good karma.

Collecting vampire teeth/fangs is crucial so you can unlock a skill tree abilities to trade in for Redfall's powers, Lastly stealth is key, with Silenced guns that would come in handy if you startled an enemy but limiting your ammo would be tricky and holy water acts as power up/grenade throwable. You'd also gain powers through the story. The Ending would be shocking giving you options to kill the vampire leader or get cursed and stay in the town forever.....

This was a bit of a stretch took long to add these details, apologies for any inaccuracies while writing this, I really wanted more tasty lore. ;/ share your thoughts. Sorry if I went too deep on this. Do we like the 1 character idea with more backstory? Idk if i'll finish it just an idea. Share thoughts.

an enemy vampire id add \"leech\"

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Is it normal for Arcane Studios to replace good voice actors just because or is this like a one off thing? I finally started the dishonored series. Played the first game and the two dlc's that followed and enjoyed it so much. One of the highlights for me was the encounters with the Outsider. I made sure to find every rune, just to make sure I didn't miss any scenes from the character. I watched the trailer for Dishonored 2, heard Billy Lush in the trailer and was very excited going into D2 and then I was immediately disappointed when a different voice came from the outsider. That's not to say that the mewer voice actor is bad, just that the first voice was so good, that the change made for a disappointing experience. Diappointing enough, that it's affected my actual interest in the game and I'm not sure if I'll even finish D2. Sometimes a VA may choose to not reprise a role for personal reasons, which, while disappointing sometimes, is understandable. I usually end up not finishing shows or games when that happens on a whim vs. they did something or chose not to come back. When it's the latter, you usually know ahead of time and expect the change vs when someone makes the decision and you don't find out until you're watching the show or playing the game.

Since Bethesda was sucked up by Microsoft the quality of Arkane’s games have drastically plummeted.

It’s common knowledge that the team began to splinter after Prey and with the disaster that was Redfall…. Well if you needed an excuse to leave (corporate interference) that was it.

Now that Dishonored 3 has been leaked, if that game isn’t amazing MS will probably shut them down anyway or get them to focus on pay to win multiplayer games.

I dunno, it’s just such a shame what has happened, you’d think they’d split and make the games they want elsewhere.

Man I was just replaying Dishonored/Prey and they really have been underrated, I don’t recall how they were received at the time but it’s wild to me this genre of game didn’t explode. I haven’t played Death loop or Redfall yet but I feel like the worlds Arkane’s create are second to none and if they continue that style they’ll def blow up like Fromsoft did with Elden Ring. Anyways Arkane was def ahead of there time with those masterpieces.

Is Redfall really that bad? https://youtu.be/GOEZC64wdV8

So, I’ve just recently downloaded both Prey and Dishonored through Gamepass on pc, I was playing through both and really enjoyed them. However, and I don’t know how, but both of them at the same time seemingly disappeared from my game library. I searched through my Pc, making sure I hadn’t gone insane, and found all of the game files, but no way to actually launch the game. It’s weird because both of these games, made by the same studio, just vanished from my library. No other game has done this. Have any of you had this problem before?