Watching arkane go from Prey and dishonored to redfall is like watching your friend who was a star athlete turn into a homeless heroin addict

I like how most of this video is just him running around empty buildings and streets. Thats the real shit.

The bird guy is the best, he gets a bird that helps you spot enemies from stealth... Most of his skills give the bird some type of damage, which allerts enemies to your presence, making his whole kit pointless and useless... It is great!

Watching Arcane fail with Redfall is like seeing Bioware failing with Anthem, some companies are not meant to make multiplayer games.

We missed out on Prey 2/Dishonored 3 for this garbage.

They boldly answered the question "what if a game sucked'

The fact they couldn’t even put pathfinding on the enemies shows how much passion was put into this game

Honestly, hearing Oboe rant about anything he's passionate about, be it Bionicle, Borderlands, or Dishonored, always ends up being his most entertaining stuff

The best games all have HILARIOUS references to student debt. Saints Row 2022, Redfall, y'know all the fan favorites

This game definitely had graphics and gameplay

I can't wait to see "footage by oboeshoesgames" as a footnote while this video plays over some guy's 3 hour "The Downfall Of Arkane" video.

You know what Arkane should do? An open world RPG with a loot system set in modern times about a crazy cult and a lot of pop culture references and millennial/gen z dialogue.

It’s a game about vampires. Y’know, the undead. So I guess you could say in this game that THE DEAD SPEAK!

Exactly the type of 10 year old game oboe would cover,but now.

For those who don’t know the director of Dishonored and Prey left Arkane in 2019ish and then Arkane was split into multiple studios and we got Deathloop and redfall. I genuinely believe he was the visionary which brought the team together. I also wouldn’t be surprised if other team members left.

"The Telekinetic Threat In Student Debt isn't part of the Dishonored universe! This is the happiest I've ever been!" I actually believe it, I can almost hear emotion in your voice when you say it

I remember saying that this was an "Oboeshoes ass game". I just didn't think it'd come so soon

When the game is such a joke, half of the usual jokes are replaced with just explaining Redfall as a game.

The moment I saw a student debt joke in a character selection screen I knew Obo would love it

It's a major relief Redfall is not in the Dishonored universe

Redfall is basically Arkane going back in time to watch themselves die.

When a game is so mid (or worse), that it's so up Oboe's alley that he releases a video on it immediately, despite being a game that came out last week instead of a decade or more ago. That said, Redfall may as well have been made in the last decade, so.

As soon as I saw the first trailers for this game and learned that it was being developed by Arkane, I knew that something was very, very, VERY wrong.

I feel like everyone had the exact same reaction to this game. Arkane went “Hey, we’re making a Stephen King-inspired vampire fps,” and everyone went wild. Then they said they it was an open-world loiter shooter with rpg elements, and we all knew what was coming…

Is Dishonored 1 your favorite game ever because Corvo's mask sorta resembles a Bionicle mask?

Redfall is the "how do you do fellow kids" of video games

You guys remember how in the first 3 new Wolfenstein games the guns would absolutely mulch whatever you were shooting at, then in that awful co-op sequel they made the guns into RPG weapons that quote numbers instead of annihilating flesh? I don't think guns make good RPG weapons

Arkane has financially been on the down for a while now. Dishonored 1 was the lightning in a bottle that somehow, despite being an immersive sim, actually made it big--and made the big bucks. Bethesda snapped them up. Then Prey and Dishonored 2 undersold (well, according to Bethady's inflated expectations) and Raphael Colantonio left to found his own company, wolf eye, partially because of those overinflated sales expectations. We all know how publishers treat studios...so Arkane had to think of something fast if they didn't want to eat it. This part is more my speculation, but it seems to me that Arkane has undergone a change in priority. Prey and Dishonored 2 were amazing games, but they didn't make the sales figures. Enter Deathloop (which has been rumored to have originated as Dishonored 3), and now Redfall, a game chasing a genre alien to its developers and fanbase, and one dominated by the likes of Left 4 Dead, which was never going to be a kind comparison. It's sad, you can still see the sparks of creativity in Redfall--just look at the premise. But it seems these desperate overcorrections aren't going to work, and that makes me worried for their future.

I mean, I like that the pistol is actually an effective weapon. I'm sure it gets worse as the enemies become level-dependent bullet-sponges and the weapon tiers take priority, but it was nice to see an enemy drop without unloading the whole magazine.

Oboe sounds so melancholic at 2:03, it's really sad to hear him drop the usual act cause Arkane messed up this badly.

5:57 you know, I used to complain about daytime vampires in pop culture too... but turns out, Dracula can walk in day time just fine, according to the original novel. Vampires dying to sunlight was popularised by the 1922 movie "Nosferatu".

"Vampire ex-boyfriend" ah yes because we all loved Scott Pilgrim so much

The first Amy type Arkane-Studios game

Are the four characters just self inserts for the 4 interns they had working on this game???

I swear the crashing military helicopter is one of my favorite running gags on this channel. It just keeps happening with no intention of stopping.

9:35 I'm not kidding but this was indeed great news for me as a fellow Dishonored fan

Ah yes, of course, you know a game is good when it has PowerPoint cutscenes (of course not to generalise)

can't wait for the co-op video of you, OJ, and Alex playing this game.

Goodness grief. I feel like big budget videogames really are at a low ebb at the minute (tbh, it's been years now). I'd love to see what the hell happened to the talent at these studios that have become a husk of themselves, such as Arkane and DICE. Did they leave (and if so, where exactly?) or did they just give up or something?

Honestly the development of this game feels exactly how I used to do my homeworks. I try to focus, realize it’s harder than I thought, starts writing answers looking away and just praying it’ll work when I give it back to the teacher.

"I'm just not even going to consider this one to be part of Arkane's catalog." Ah, so it's the Enterprise-G of Arkane games.

Can’t wait for 6 months down the line where they slowly patch this game and gamers be like “Wow Arcane did amazing work they redeemed themselves”

Nice to know that this is what 70 bucks gets us these days, game devs really needed the price increase from us.

Hot out the gate with the Phil Spencer joke! Now THAT'S pod racing

The children yearn for Left 4 Dead

Conspiracy Theory: Ubisoft paid Arcane Studios to make the game bad so reviewers will compare it to them so they look more imaginative

Never thought I would see a Morbin Time Simulator game get made. 10 out of 10, will Morb Again.

Bro, student debt is a very serious issue in Redfall.

I’m sorry oboe, the good advice you gave to arkane and the sincere disappointment was actually quite sad, I’m with you on dishonoured

Whoa whoa two uploads in two days? Christmas came early thanks Santa Shoes

1 good thing about Redfall: it introduced me to your channel. Now I'm binging your content and subscribed, great stuff dude.

wow! this game sure does have incredibly topical humor! i was rolling on the floor laughing with the student debt comment!!!! please let me out arkane studios has me hostage

From Dark Messiah to this....

If only this game had Kohrak the Ice Bohrok

My favorite type of video game to laugh at is "Let's make a studio known for it's interesting unique well-beloved games make the current industry cashgrab"

Making Arkane to make generic AAA shooter is like making David Lynch to make MCU movie.

Remember when we all lived in the ignorant bliss that Redfall was the Elder Scrolls 6 title? Yea me too.

I thought it wasn't straight from the livestream but its cool to see how the twitch livestream goes to video, amazing

8:53 it was at this point that you earned yourself a new subscriber, well played!

If you want a better vampire game, play Shadows Over Loathing. I mean, it's a standard RPG game, but even the "hit E to stat check to shoot the head vampire" is better than this entire game. Plus, it has C O M E D Y.

Since there are Dishonored references, does redfall take place in a universe where the far superior video game Dishonored was released?

Your explanation of it being good click bait background gameplay is spot on. I usually watch those videos always thinking "what fkn random game is this?" without enough interest to actually find out because It looks so generic so I just listen to the topic. This is PERFECT for that

Even the PowerPoint cutscenes have texture pop

I'd rather pay my STUDENT DEBT than play this for free

I don't remember Oboeshoesgames ever be this depressed.

Loved Dishonored 1 as well Frankly, the studio which created Dishonored no longer exists. Its a common problem with studios in the long run. Regardless of the studio, or prestige behind it the first 2 generations of employees have something to prove. The studio has no reputation, but employees have time, and energy, they create something great. They build a reputation, and the slowly retire. Generation 3 of employees generally care less about sacrifice to make something good. Every generation after proceeds to decline further. With time the people who made the studio, the ones who built the legend leave, or retire, you are left with folks who where not part of this history, only there because of the name. Have little to offer, and think because the studio is well known stuff will just work out. They slack, figure others will catch their slack, problem is all the good employees have already moved on, or retired. You're left with a studio that has nothing in common with the team which made it great beyond the name alone. That's what this is, it's proof the original group of employees who made it great are no longer present. Every well known studio suffers from this same fate, the people who had the time, energy, and willing to sacrifice to produce something great either retire, or get out numbered by new highers. Year after year is simply a steady, and consistent decline.

Maaaaaaaaaa, I buried the PC release of Dishonored 2 deep in my brain and you brought that memory back

For a guy who rags on video essays, he makes a decent video essay.

You know, Oboe, I’m gonna be honest. I know this video isn’t your usual, hyper-sarcastic style, but I really did like it! It spoke from the heart, and it showed that not only do you clearly have strong and well-intentioned negative feelings for this game in particular, but that you also have a level of insight and cleverness to articulate those feelings well, and in a way that’s still entertaining. Of course, I still really enjoy your other, more zany videos, but I want you to know that this more sober, honest style of video/discussion also very much works to your strengths. And it still fun and enjoyable all throughout. Cheers!

Did you try Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah as well? Arx has a modern community made source port for ease of access nowadays.

The game definition of "So that just happened"

this game has that ubisoft style, like it's trying to be fun, smart, thoughtful and and and at the same time, but ending up being a boring a and replaceable occupational therapy in a lifeless open world. i absolutely loved prey, it was such a smart and atmospheric game, seeing arcane going from prey to this is really sad.

I like how this started as a video essay then it devolved into your friend being real with you over a call about Redfall. Good content!

Man you are so enjoyable, subbed

Has anyone realized that the pistol looks normal size in her hand but in the inventory menu it looks 3x bigger and its so large its unrealistic and baffling

Man, those student debts need to be paid even in the world infested with vampires.

This game was not made by Harvey Smith, it was made by Colin Robinson, that's why it is draining my energy.

I knew before seeing any gameplay just from the photos and the price tag they were asking for on steam that this game will fail. And it did. I’m happy

That Arcane Idea you got is just a good business idea imho, i mean ultimately it probably depends on obscure tax laws but if you can ignore that part

Student debt is probably the number one thing to tip me off that the writtter has participation medals adorning their wall

was actually excited for this game, idk why i expected anything else

Damn bro your commentary on this is pretty damn funny! I’m glad this is the first video about this game I’ve seen. It looks 100% skippable.

the telekinetic threat with student debt has forspoken levels of dialogue

You need to revisit Death of the Outsider. Was it a complete reskin? Sure but the abilities were hella fun. The ending was mediocre for sure but everything else was awesome.

This is definitely one of the games ever made.

Imagine a 30 days of night game an open sandbox set in the town/outside area where the objective is survive the 30 nights. Just made really dark, cold and terrifying and making the Vampires genuinely scary and otherworld like the film/comic. But, this...... Jesus...

Titanfall,Redfall Any game title ending in “fall” should have absolutely 0 expectations

Probably my favorite video to date, because I can relate so easily. I watched Assassin's Creed go from interesting historical adventure to an insanely padded mess of an "RPG". Valhalla was my Redfall and I'm glad to commiserate over the loss of a once talented studio

Does anybody remember when they tried to do this to machine breezes Wolfenstein reboot.. and we were kind of sitting there wondering if it was machine breezes fault, or arcane's fault or maybe a combination of the both.. well.. I guess this is the answer, and I had a sneaking suspicion about it originally when youngblood came out..

I didn't get the sunlight either. The sun is gone......but it's still daylight? Which is it?

That sprinting animation makes me want to have an aneurysm

glad i didnt pay $70 for it. lmao

"They're sacrificing their neightbors to those monsters, d e a d a s s." _Insert live action Michael Mando as Vass screaming "Shut the fuck up!"_

How can it not be amazing when the characters and marketing are so stunning and brave?

All this game needs to be good is a Bionicle total conversion mod lol

What is concerning is it's not even the publishers who forced Arkane to make the game how it is. Bethesda is known for having a very hands-off approach on the developers under it's wings and more or less lets them make what they want.

I've got the outsider's mark tattooed on my shoulder, and it burns when I see footage of this game.

Olds joking about student debt is like them saying "Heh remember that time I burned you with my cigarette? Oh look you still have the scar! Can't believe you let me do that to you, good times."

it's no longer Redfall, it's now known as Redfail

Your into is clever, i could not stop laughing. I anticipated Redfall's release for a year. Played it 30 min and refunded it. I did multiple replays Dishonored 1, 2, and Prey 2017. Death loop was okay