When I realized what I’d done, I considered starting anew but never did. Then, I ended up picking a character I would normally avoid - he of the enemy spotting raven, ability to go invincible and a special power that brings up a damaging sniper rifle. I had a hard time picking between these folks, because it wasn’t obvious which one was best for my play style.

The game begins after you choose from one of four different heroes, each with his or her own special abilities and inferred classes. It feels like an unfinished game released too early to appease those holding the purse strings. Set in the fictional town of the same name, Redfall looks and feels like Salem’s Lot come to digital life, but there’s simply not enough to it to make it fun or memorable. It’s too bad, because Microsoft was due for a win in the exclusives department. One is a must read literary effort, whereas the other is a mediocre-at-best video game that we had hoped would be better.

In a lot of ways, Arkane’s Redfall - a newly released Xbox console exclusive - is very similar to King’s classic and beloved story, although it’s unfortunately not as good. Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is a novel about vampires who settle into a small, New England town, where they set up shop and turn the tide.

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