While the specifics of Redfall’s story are unknown, Bethesda has sketched out the basic plot. Redfall story and characters What is the story of Redfall? Using guns and various powers and abilities they fight a group of masked humans, followed by an encounter with Redfall’s primary adversaries: a swarm of powerful vampires. It shows four playable characters hanging around an abandoned convenience store, before flashing back to an intense battle the group experienced on the same street. In 2021, we sank our teeth into the Redfall announcement trailer. Characters deploy active camouflage or deploy electric javelins and traps, all while exchanging some delightfully quippy chatter. It looks like Redfall will play with a real Left 4 Dead rhythm, with some added complexity in character abilities and skill trees. This 2022 gameplay trailer from the Xbox & Bethesda showcase gives us our first look at Redfall's vampire-slaying co-op gameplay, and a lot of it. This spooky trailer really plays up the horror elements of this co-op shooter, and is filled with a LOT of blood. This past October we got another sneak peek into the world of Redfall with the Official "Into the Night" trailer. Another gameplay trailer from IGN Fan Fest 2023 gives an abridged look of similar gameplay.
We also get a look at Redfall's progression, loot, and cosmetics. Survivors at safe havens will offer story missions, while side activities will emerge as you explore-cultists might take over a local brewery, or a randomized "psychic space" will emerge for you to clear a vampire nest on the astral plane.
The Redfall gameplay deep dive from January 2023 gives us an overview of the sorts of anti-vampire efforts we'll be undertaking while exploring Redfall's open world.