Redfall: Phil Spencer Admits He’s Disappointed the Xbox Community, Says They Will “Revisit Process”

By now, it’s no secret that Arkane Studios’ Redfall has failed to live up to expectations. What makes this failure sting a little more for Xbox gamers is this is supposed to be one of the Xbox Series’ big console exclusives of the year, and it has failed to deliver.

This sentiment hasn’t gone over Xbox division boss Phil Spencer’s head. Speaking in the latest Kinda Funny Games videocast, Phil Spencer talks about Redfall and states how it’s difficult for him to disappoint the Xbox community, and how not only is he disappointed but that they “revisit” their process.

There’s nothing that’s more difficult for me than disappointing the Xbox Community. I’ve been a part of it for a long time I obviously work on Xbox head of the business I have a lot of friends get a lot of feedback and just to kind of watch the community lose confidence…be disappointed. I’m disappointed; I’m upset with myself I I kind of…making revisit our process, you know. I think back to the announcement of 60 frames-per-second, and then we weren’t shipping 60 frames-per-second that was kind of our punch in the chin — rightfully. A couple weeks ago and then seeing the game come out and the critical response was not what we wanted, and it’s it’s it’s disappointing

To date, Redfall is sitting at a 62 on Metacritic, and a “weak” rating on OpenCritic. Our own review gave it a 6/10 and states, “Redfall is far from being Arkane Studio’s finest hour; on the contrary, it’s a misfire that may tarnish the reputation of one of the most creative and exciting development outfits”

While the game releasing in the state it’s in now is very much less than ideal, let’s hope this is a learning lesson for not only Arkane but for the Xbox division as well. I mean, this is the first AAA game that’s made to be an Xbox console exclusive after Microsoft’s purchase of Arkane’s parent company Bethesda. Good news here is, Spencer does admit that whatever process they have in churning out games needs to be revisited. Let’s hope it’s enough so the next console exclusive that’s released (which is going to be Starfield later this year), will live up to the hype.

Redfall is out now on Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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