About Redfall single mode, pumping and the world

Harvey Smith with Arkane Studios had a conversation with the IGN portal and told some details about the team's new project - a cooperative shooter Redfall. Although the game can be played with friends, it is not very bad in single player mode, he assures. 

Here are the details Smith said: 

Single mode

• Alone Redfall feels like a "classic game from Arcane". 
• There are no partner bots in the game to replace real players 
• Stealth is an important feature of the gameplay, although it will not be very strict 
• AI focuses on hearing and vision. The behavior of the enemy was created on the type of past games from Arcaneso that unusual situations can be generated. 

Cooperative regime

• The progress of tasks is saved only on the host. The guests are left with the found equipment and accumulated experience. 
• There are no level restrictions for connection: let's say you can end up in a second player's game with your low-level character. You will be noticeably heavier than your partner, but you will pump faster.
• It was decided not to make restrictions on the characters: the players in the match may have the same heroes. To somehow distinguish the "twins" in the lobby of the game offer to wear different costumes. 

Pumping 

• Each character has passive skills and three active with branches of improvements. In addition, some skills are the same for all characters - for example, the ability to carry more treatments.
• Weapons are divided into levels. Distinctive features of a trunk also depend on type of rarity.
• There are remnants in the game - special gameplay modifiers, similar to magical artifacts 
• You can not change the character during the game, and there is no common progress between the heroines. That is, if you went through half the game for one character, and then started playing for another, then the plot and pumping will have to start again.
• Redistribute experience points will also not give 
• The same character can be duplicated in different save slots. This is useful if, for example, you want to have at hand alternative builds of one hero 

Game world 

• The game has a very open structure - so much so Arcane had to narrow the space at some point.
• The world is divided into two main areas. In the first part of the plot you will be in the city center, and in the second - in the countryside.
• One of the occupations in the world - nests with remnants of artifacts. These are special randomly generated locations. There are no real world rules, so there is an impossible architecture. Nests are optional entertainment, but they can be crossed many times.
• Loot usually appears where you expect it. For example, a firearm will fall from a vampire, and a story through the environment can lead you to the hiding place of a poor man whose corpse lies nearby. 

Redfall comes out in 2023 on PC and Xbox Series.