10 Video Games You INSTANTLY Knew Were Trash
9. Redfall
Though its failure wasn't exactly a shock, Redfall nevertheless remains one of 2023's biggest disappointments so far, if only because a co-op vampire-shooting FPS from Dishonored studio Arkane could've been - hell, should've been - freakin' awesome.
But even if the lackluster pre-release gameplay previews didn't thoroughly deflate you, those opening seconds probably did.
After selecting your character, this supposedly AAA game immediately transitions into an opening "cinematic" that's effectively just a collection of concept art storyboards set to music and voiceover.
It can't help but look embarrassingly cheap for a game coming from a developer of this pedigree, and indicates upfront that this won't be a polished experience - which, er, it wasn't.
With its dull central gameplay loop, laughably braindead AI, and overabundance of bugs, Redfall was dead-on-arrival, in turn giving Microsoft some serious egg on their face at a time when they needed a major AAA first-party win.
In the very least, Redfall's availability on Xbox Game Pass allowed players to try it for pennies and avoid that ever-pesky buyer's remorse.