Redfall Online Requirement May Be Removed

Redfall Online Requirement May Be Removed
[Mar 22, 2023, 11:10 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Developer Arkane says "we listen" in response to complaints following the recent reveleation that Redfall will require an online connection, even for the single-player campaign. Game director Harvey Smith discusses the controversy with Eurogamer, saying he's "not supposed to promise anything," but that the company is "looking into" the online requirement, and is "working actively toward fixing that in the future." The conversation addresses accusations that this was to sell more stuff, but Harvey says the game will have no store and no microtransactions. He explains the online requirement is intended to collect metrics on the player experience:

So why be online if you're not with other people? Smith said the game was designed that way to better help Arkane understand how people were playing it, and when they got into difficulty.

"It allows us to do some accessibility stuff," Smith said. "It allows us for telemetry, like - if everybody's falling off ladders and dying, holy shit that shows up. And so we can go and tweak the ladder code. There are reasons we set out to do that that are not insidious."

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Re: Redfall Online Requirement May Be Removed
Mar 22, 2023, 12:49

Braden

Re: Redfall Online Requirement May Be Removed Mar 22, 2023, 12:49

Mar 22, 2023, 12:49

Braden

I seem to recall a similar excuse from the developers of W40K: Inquisitor - and when I bought their game, I even couldn't play it because server authentication is required before you reach the main menu screen. And it failed on every attempt. Judging by the Steam forums around the time, other players hadn't been able to connect in weeks Consequently, it became the first and only Steam refund I've requested to date.

This comment was edited on Mar 22, 2023, 13:41.

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