Redfall Review: A Disappointing Horror Shooter.

Redfall, the latest game from Arkane Studios, fails to live up to the legacy of Stephen King's Salem's Lot and other popular vampire fiction. The game's narrative is unevenly delivered, and its roots in King's novel and vampire fiction are buried beneath layers of distraction. Redfall's heroes are battling overwhelming odds, but their supernatural powers and the game's dimwitted enemies position the rebels less as bedraggled freedom fighters than as a Red Dawn-style militia hitting back with nearly equal resources. Redfall doesn't do enough to center its best qualities, putting its plot too far in the background of a dull open-world shooter.