Deadlight

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 588 Ratings

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  1. Aran_Linvail
    Jan 2, 2014
    10
    Visually stunning, this game is not what I'm used to. I have a notebook with an Intel HD 1st gen graphics so you can imagine I can't really play modern games, so I miss a lot of great looking games. But this one, even with low resolution and the lowest graphical setting, is simply gorgeous. The animations look solid, the cutscenes have a comic kind of drawing that looks quite good for theVisually stunning, this game is not what I'm used to. I have a notebook with an Intel HD 1st gen graphics so you can imagine I can't really play modern games, so I miss a lot of great looking games. But this one, even with low resolution and the lowest graphical setting, is simply gorgeous. The animations look solid, the cutscenes have a comic kind of drawing that looks quite good for the setting,the characters are greatly done.
    The music is solid though I cant recall a lot of times I heard it instead of focusing on the visuals or what I had to do or the voice acting, which is quite good IMO. The sound effects department is very nice as well.

    You have to know I'm a fan of the Walking Dead from Telltale Games, so i find the gameplay of Deadlight be quite frankly, good and refreshing. It reminds me of old games like the ones I played on Sega Genesis, and that was the developers intention so kudos for them in that sense. It has things similar to Prince of Persia or "2D Assassin's Creed" for younger people. Players looking for non stop frenetic action won't find this game to their tastes, even if you have access to a few weapons, the main point of the game isn't fighting the zombies but surviving them, and that usually involves running past a large horde or avoiding them somehow. Again, for what the gameplay is, I really liked it.
    You have a lot of collectables, secret items, and mini games to find. The main character carries a journal which has several missing pages, also collectable across the game. This journal gives you an insight to the character's past before the game, and it pretty awesome.

    The only thing a can honestly say I dislike is a certain achievement which requires you simply to have a friend who also ownes the game. Without that achievement you can get 100% completion. Also, the campain is somewhat short, 2-4 hours depending the player, plus repetition if you go for the unlockable Nightmare mode (the same campaing but with no checkpoints in between chapters). but, I'm used to short games, besides Deadlight isn't 60 dollares but around 15, so IMHO it's a worth investment, which you will enjoy.    … Expand
  2. Tetsuro
    Feb 1, 2014
    7
    It's a survival horror with 2D mechanics. Nice game, nice graphics and sound, generally good design level (the Rat one being the worst one), nice atmosphere and story. Gameplay is generally decent beside a few useless complications (some moves could have been automatic). The lenght of the game is really short (a few hours) so I don't recommend it at more than 5, maybe 10, euros.
  3. Hack
    Jul 8, 2017
    5
    The game has a fantastic art style and overall look but it has some of the worst voice acting ever, truly laughable and the script is equally bad, this really hurt the game for me and made it feel very amateurish, I can only hope the devs used friends and family and those weren't actually professionals. Another issue is the controls, they're just not quite tight enough for this type ofThe game has a fantastic art style and overall look but it has some of the worst voice acting ever, truly laughable and the script is equally bad, this really hurt the game for me and made it feel very amateurish, I can only hope the devs used friends and family and those weren't actually professionals. Another issue is the controls, they're just not quite tight enough for this type of game and I died countless times because of it, sometimes they just don't respond quick enough. Overall it's OK, and I only paid £2 for it but there are better ways to spend your time.… Expand
  4. Tomle1202
    Jan 30, 2016
    7
    While Deadlight seems to be a promising platforming title at first, it does not actually offer anything extraordinary for gamers to truly remember what the game is all about.
  5. carlosgtardon
    Jun 10, 2014
    7
    Visual y conceptualmente interesante aunque algunos bugs hacen que la experiencia pueda ser más compleja. Pero sin duda es una buena compra en rebajas.
  6. gebagia
    Sep 25, 2014
    7
    Although this is a good game, with a very interesting story, excellent art direction(the game's plot is in 1986), beautiful graphics especially the lighting effects, there are some bugs that i can't forgive.

    For example the mission with the helicopter chase. I found some problems in the control especially the jump. If you are ok with this problems, the game has a good hero, some    Although this is a good game, with a very interesting story, excellent art direction(the game's plot is in 1986), beautiful graphics especially the lighting effects, there are some bugs that i can't forgive.

    For example the mission with the helicopter chase. I found some problems in the control especially the jump.

    If you are ok with this problems, the game has a good hero, some interesting characters, and a beautiful story. I suggest you to play this and i wonder why companies don't take advantage of the platform/zombie combination.    … Expand
  7. Sanjasochi
    Aug 22, 2014
    8
    This is high quality game. I can't say it's flawless, cause some things made me nervous. For instance-they could have done climbing up not by a jump key, but just continuing pressing up button. If all the cutscenes were done like the first cinematics trailer-this would raise the game's rate a bit.
    Then there's a lack of voices. Couldn't you find a real boy instead of curving an adult    This is high quality game. I can't say it's flawless, cause some things made me nervous. For instance-they could have done climbing up not by a jump key, but just continuing pressing up button. If all the cutscenes were done like the first cinematics trailer-this would raise the game's rate a bit.
    Then there's a lack of voices. Couldn't you find a real boy instead of curving an adult voice that is in the game already? The escaping woman was not sincere, I don't buy it.
    So, summary the game is interesting and the story is quite inspiring. Soundtrack is good, too. Synchronous and asynchronous sounds are fit the whole picture flawlessly. The only trouble is with location-sometimes objects in the right side of the screen sound in the left ear, and so all the way around.
    Waiting for DLC, or the next part.    … Expand
  8. Vanaran
    Oct 8, 2014
    8
    Delightful ! Tense and dark. Just a bit disappointed it ends so fast, but just couldn't stop playing since the moment I launched the game. Average replaybility tho.
  9. marcelus
    Mar 17, 2017
    7
    Yes, I recommend Deadlight.

    Pros: - Simple and good gameplay (but not as accurate as other platformers) - Nice controller button mapping (as in consoles) - Beautiful environments and subtile composition postprocess and lighting. - Chromatic aberration FTW!! - Is kind of short, that's not good in this case, but at least it includes a variety of situations. Cons: - Problems with    Yes, I recommend Deadlight.

    Pros:
    - Simple and good gameplay (but not as accurate as other platformers)
    - Nice controller button mapping (as in consoles)
    - Beautiful environments and subtile composition postprocess and lighting.
    - Chromatic aberration FTW!!
    - Is kind of short, that's not good in this case, but at least it includes a variety of situations.

    Cons:
    - Problems with "binkw32.dll" wich mutes audio during cutscenes.
    (Solution: you have to replace this file for an updated one inside game's directory)
    - Lazy cutscene development. The style is good but if you take a look at "MGS Peace Walker" comic cutscenes you can understand what I'm saying. Even the ones of "Reverie & Resurrection" DLC from Castlevania LoS.
    - Some minnor glitches with ragdoll, collition data from environments and AI (It doesn't affect the experience much)
    - Awful voice acting. Story is not its strenght but it could have made it a much better game.
    - Price for it's short lenght.    … Expand
  10. RagingPoet
    Nov 30, 2017
    6
    Deadlight had a lot of potential but fell short mostly due to technical issues. Clunky animations and a lot bugs including game breaking ones. And this is in Director's cut version published 4 years after initial release. Cutscenes are fine, but the plot itself is terrible, full of deus ex machina and situations that just do not make any sense. Visuals are good, backgrounds are even great.Deadlight had a lot of potential but fell short mostly due to technical issues. Clunky animations and a lot bugs including game breaking ones. And this is in Director's cut version published 4 years after initial release. Cutscenes are fine, but the plot itself is terrible, full of deus ex machina and situations that just do not make any sense. Visuals are good, backgrounds are even great. Action felt really satisfying from time to time despite poor animation.… Expand
  11. Mpbpl
    Mar 15, 2018
    9
    Amazing game!!!
    Deadlight is a 2D platformer with a little of survival in a post apocalyptic world. The player has to move to a safe zone, survive and find his missing friends while he is trying to find out what happened to his past.
    The atmosphere is phenomenal, the music, the main character, the society, the zombies, everything in this game makes you feel like in apocalyptic    Amazing game!!!
    Deadlight is a 2D platformer with a little of survival in a post apocalyptic world. The player has to move to a safe zone, survive and find his missing friends while he is trying to find out what happened to his past.
    The atmosphere is phenomenal, the music, the main character, the society, the zombies, everything in this game makes you feel like in apocalyptic environment. Deadlight shines when showing how the world would come to madness if we had to rely on our basic instincts almost all the time. Although the zombies are slow, and dumb their numbers and your lack of resources show how they can be a huge threat.
    If you play on the hardest difficulty, you will play in almost reality mode, if you die you will get back to the beginning of the game, with the exception of 2 checkpoints for each chapter making this mode challenging and amazing. I won't spoil the reward for ending the game on this mode but it's really worth the time.
    The problem with the game comes after midway chapter 2, the game will focus so much on platforming and forget everything else it has to offer that you can tell the difference when playing. The story gets a bit fuzzy becoming almost a generic post apocalyptic human thing to do, it's not that it's bad... but we have seen this approach so many times that it becomes common.( with the exception for Nightmare mode)    … Expand
  12. heinyreimes
    Aug 7, 2018
    8
    A great moody post-apocalyptic atmosphere and a very challenging action puzzle platformer. Oh and zombies!
  13. Kotofon
    Aug 6, 2020
    7
    Мир рухнул. Надежды нет. Нельзя начать все с чистого листа. Остались только выжившие. Игра «Deadlight» рассказывает историю Рэндэла Уэйна — человека, ищущего свою семью в Сиэтле после событий 1980-х годов, во время которых вся жизнь на Земле была уничтожена. Этот ошеломляющий кинематографичный платоформер заставит вас бегать, прыгать, карабкаться по стенам и бороться за свою жизнь вМир рухнул. Надежды нет. Нельзя начать все с чистого листа. Остались только выжившие. Игра «Deadlight» рассказывает историю Рэндэла Уэйна — человека, ищущего свою семью в Сиэтле после событий 1980-х годов, во время которых вся жизнь на Земле была уничтожена. Этот ошеломляющий кинематографичный платоформер заставит вас бегать, прыгать, карабкаться по стенам и бороться за свою жизнь в поисках ответов на вопросы и в поисках тех, кого вы любите… Expand
  14. PortalToH3LL
    Dec 16, 2018
    8
    Excellent, atmospheric platformer with a rather interesting plot, in spite of all the annoying zombies and the post-apocalyptic world. Picture and music at the proper level, which makes distract from the simple game mechanics and ease of passage. A good game for one or two evenings.
  15. r03vg
    Apr 16, 2020
    7
    Игра выглядит стильно, имеет приятный геймплей. Концовка меня сильно удивила, потому что игра, как мне кажется, никак не намекала на нее.
  16. ChesterField
    May 12, 2020
    8
    Nice platformer/survival in a zombie world. Nice level design and mechanics where you can interact with the terrain and use it in you advantage in the combat. For the price, it is worth to play. Recommended.
  17. ahrek
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    decent game. not long but neither short. you can finish it in a day or two. in some parts, you will most likely die a few times until you memorize the right order of actions to escape a place falling crumbling or swarming with enemies. my only real complaint is the ''hidden secrets''. these are a bunch of things the protagonist collects through the game and puts in a book: brochures,decent game. not long but neither short. you can finish it in a day or two. in some parts, you will most likely die a few times until you memorize the right order of actions to escape a place falling crumbling or swarming with enemies. my only real complaint is the ''hidden secrets''. these are a bunch of things the protagonist collects through the game and puts in a book: brochures, notes, newspaper clips, etcetera. all these things are low quality, heavily pixelated, making things hardly readable at best, and unreadable at worst. also the videos in the extras are low quality.… Expand
  18. The_D4RknesS
    Jan 18, 2023
    6
    game is cool but when it's raining the game has very high frame drops even running well with everything maxed out only in the rain does it have this problem.
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#69 Best PC Game of 2012
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#47 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#51 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 6, 2013
    84
    I could not tear myself away from the screen, during the five hours it took me to complete Deadlight. There are some design issues, mainly regarding the controls, but overall it was a worthy experience. [December 2012]
  2. Everyeye.it
    Jan 7, 2013
    75
    The PC porting of Deadlight does not disappoint the fans. Mixing platforming, action and survival in a wise manner, the title conquer all the favors of the public.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 21, 2012
    70
    Survival platformer suffers from some minor bugs but its atmosphere and gameplay elements are catchy and satisfying enough to give it a try. [Christmas 2012]
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