Deathloop

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  1. CodaHensley
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    The first quarter of the game really invests you with its mystery and world-building, as well as the meshing of first person shooter and rouge-like elements. Unfortunately, the potential falls flat on it's face after it's discovered very early on you can save weapons and skills from being reset for relatively little cost, and the puzzle of assassinating all targets within a single dayThe first quarter of the game really invests you with its mystery and world-building, as well as the meshing of first person shooter and rouge-like elements. Unfortunately, the potential falls flat on it's face after it's discovered very early on you can save weapons and skills from being reset for relatively little cost, and the puzzle of assassinating all targets within a single day becomes embarrassingly easy to solve. Stealth quickly proves itself to be useless and at that point, most of the levels turn into shooting galleries. The ending answers perhaps one or two of the biggest questions the player will have at the end, but most questions regarding anything regarding the timeloop are forgotten during an ending that lacks any sort of satisfying resolution. A charismatic lead, the world design, and a slightly interesting twist keep this game above mediocre long enough to make me disappointed the rest of the game couldn't live up to it's potential.… Expand
  2. RockerKR
    Jun 11, 2023
    5
    Deathloop is appropriate name for game with such repetetive gameplay. Visiting 4 maps over and over again. Fighting juliana that is blocking tunnels every mission. It's not cool that player have very limited amount of weapons and abilities that he can carry. Lack of checkpoints, sponged enemies, **** weapons and poor shooting system doesn't make this game enjoyable for me. This game isDeathloop is appropriate name for game with such repetetive gameplay. Visiting 4 maps over and over again. Fighting juliana that is blocking tunnels every mission. It's not cool that player have very limited amount of weapons and abilities that he can carry. Lack of checkpoints, sponged enemies, **** weapons and poor shooting system doesn't make this game enjoyable for me. This game is like retarded cousin of dishonored.… Expand
  3. pizzalover2788
    May 16, 2023
    5
    Después de jugar la saga de Dishonored este juego se hace decepcionante. No me gusta el combate, se hace demasiado fácil. El juego me ha dejado a medias. Las repeticiones del bucle se hacen tan pesadas y tediosas que acabas deseando terminarlo lo antes posible sin enterarte realmente de lo que está pasando: entras, vas a hacer lo tuyo y sales corriendo.

    El final creo que es lo peor.
  4. Beatsaberzzz
    Feb 27, 2023
    6
    Story and Gameplay are phenomenal but it just feel like the same garbage that is aimed at 12 year olds. By that I mean its very repetitive and it has a ton of unnecessary swearing in it that could have easily been taken out. But overall a good game but would only recommend buying if its on sale.
  5. AgentLvi
    Dec 30, 2022
    7
    Decent game. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great
  6. imfm
    Dec 27, 2022
    5
    Update: 1 year after this game was released and shortly after the XBOX version is released and I'm still getting crashes on a regular basis. Guess what game industry, if your game crashes every 20 minutes you can't make it roguelike! This is at least the 3rd chance I've given this game. There's something to like about it, but there's too much frustration. You're out Deathloop!

    This game    Update: 1 year after this game was released and shortly after the XBOX version is released and I'm still getting crashes on a regular basis. Guess what game industry, if your game crashes every 20 minutes you can't make it roguelike! This is at least the 3rd chance I've given this game. There's something to like about it, but there's too much frustration. You're out Deathloop!

    This game can be fun, but it can also be infuriating. Overall, it's an okay game, but maybe not worth the hassle of the punishing game mechanics. If you're into repeating the same thing over and over, this may be for you. I was over that style of video game in the Nintendo Entertainment System days.

    The story is mildly interesting. It's mostly told through found letters and voice recordings, though there's also some banter between the main character and the antagonist and some okay cut scenes here and there. It's a bit hard to follow though, since you're getting it piece by piece in a very non-linear way. That's okay to do (i.e. Memento, The Sexy Brutale, The Forgotten City), but it has to be done well and that's not really the case here.

    The combat is okay. It's a passable shooter. Feels a bit like Fallout New Vegas. Gunplay feels a somewhat jerky and your guns are fairly underpowered. Considering that when combat starts you almost always get mobbed, it can get frustrating. So far there's a pretty small variety of weapons, but they pad it out with weapon buffs.

    My main gripe with this game is the cheap deaths. You get mobbed, your weapons are weak, occasionally enemies have super powerful weapons and seem almost invincible. There's parts where the game just kills you outright and you need to find some items/info to avoid that happening. The problem is you then have to start the day over, losing potentially a considerable amount of progress.

    I'm a big fan of the timeloop mechanic in general, but it's done very poorly here. More often than not it's just a mechanism for punishing you and padding out the length of the game by making you repeat actions. I don't find that fun at all. And again, it's especially punishing here because you have to repeat everything you did the entire day and you lose any items you may have picked up along the way. Timeloops are supposed to be a vehicle for interesting storytelling, where you get a little more information each time the loop resets, not way to make the player do the same thing over and over again.

    I'm 1/3 to 1/2 of the way through and I'm on the verge of rage quitting this game. There's so many cheap deaths and this game has a heavy handed rougelike style save system which doubles the frustration when the game decides to kill you off. So far 20 hours in I've had almost as much frustration as I've had fun with this game.    … Expand
  7. rezo_21
    Dec 18, 2022
    6
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  8. Cz3rw0ny
    Dec 6, 2022
    7
    The game has terrible optimization - RTX3070 and 8600K@4.8GHz was doing very mediocre. Otherwise the vibe of the game is alright, although a lot has been recycled from Dishonored. The game is pretty fun nevertheless.
  9. Relkad
    Dec 1, 2022
    7
    Kinda short but definitely not an empty game.If only people didn't have high expectations and they didn't try to sell it as a full 60$ game.
    Great action, smooth mechanics, awesome voice acting and music, Good but bad implemented story.
  10. joaopoc1998
    Nov 5, 2022
    7
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  11. Achaern
    Nov 3, 2022
    5
    Man this was hard to like. Right at the start you're just assumed to both have no memory, but also a *nEeD tO kIlL*. Sure it's a sandbox, but since you can really only stealth or murder hobo, it's just not something that works on any level right at the start. I'm not interested in murdering nor being murdered. The entire game is setup to trick you into thinking you have freedom, only toMan this was hard to like. Right at the start you're just assumed to both have no memory, but also a *nEeD tO kIlL*. Sure it's a sandbox, but since you can really only stealth or murder hobo, it's just not something that works on any level right at the start. I'm not interested in murdering nor being murdered. The entire game is setup to trick you into thinking you have freedom, only to find that the game amounts to running on the rim of a funnel. you're free to run around that ring all you want, but if you want to go anywhere, it'll be right down the shoot of the funnel.

    Also, the UI is *baffling* on PC. Why game makers won't make mouse and keyboard specced UI and a gamepad specced UI for the consoles eludes me. The result was a mess of a presentation on PC, and no chance at a recommendation.

    Combat AI is laughably bad and amounts to 'run straight at the player screaming'.    … Expand
  12. Samvell
    Nov 3, 2022
    5
    Potentially a great game, but the developers just didn't know when to stop. There's just too much of everything. I can appreciate complex, multi-phased quests, but here it's just borderline ridiculous. So, say, you need to kill someone. In order to do that, you need to locate this person. In order to locate the person, you need to break into his/her working computer. In order to do thatPotentially a great game, but the developers just didn't know when to stop. There's just too much of everything. I can appreciate complex, multi-phased quests, but here it's just borderline ridiculous. So, say, you need to kill someone. In order to do that, you need to locate this person. In order to locate the person, you need to break into his/her working computer. In order to do that you need to locate this person's assistant. You know where he is and you go to his location. But upon arriving you realize he got a food poisoning and is actually in a completely different location, inaccessible at current time. So you have to exit and return to this location at a different time. You come back at the right time and at the right location, but then realize that he actually... I mean, I could go on forever. This is literally every quest in this game. I certainly appreciate the effort, but, god, not every quest needs like 50 levels of complexity. I don't know, maybe some accountant or a logistics expert could appreciate this kind of approach to video game design, but I certainly don't. Which is actually really sad because there's clearly a lot of thought and talent put into this game, it's just that the devs couldn't figure out the point where adding more stuff in was just too much. As a result, we got potentially very good, but ultimately contrived and convoluted mess of a game.… Expand
  13. BV123123
    Oct 8, 2022
    7
    I did enjoy the game. It’s very different of what I usually play. It didn’t bother me that I was basically running around the same places, but it’s true that the game has a lot of bugs. I don’t recommend it buy it full price, or if you have the Xbox game pass you can download it.
  14. Fuska
    Oct 3, 2022
    5
    I like the concept of this, I really do. But the state of the result is so **** it is unbelievable. Whole thing seems to be designed for 1v1 multiplayer with little story and some cheap ai and it has a huge **** flaw - the multiplayer itself. Most of the time multiplayer is not even playable, you wait for 5 minutes, connect to the host aaand you are stuck in rubber band hell because hostI like the concept of this, I really do. But the state of the result is so **** it is unbelievable. Whole thing seems to be designed for 1v1 multiplayer with little story and some cheap ai and it has a huge **** flaw - the multiplayer itself. Most of the time multiplayer is not even playable, you wait for 5 minutes, connect to the host aaand you are stuck in rubber band hell because host runs the game on potato. After switching on singleplayer, game was enjoyable, the content itself is great, but it¨s shame that year after the release.the game is still unbelievably buggy and multiplayer parts are just a mess.

    For the performance... everything was smooth and stable, until it wasn't :) I m not sure if there are some memory leaks or whatever, but while playing the game would gradually lose fps and after cca 2-3 hours it was able to get from 144 stable to unstable 75. That is dissapointing.    … Expand
  15. Traxillion
    Sep 30, 2022
    6
    Besides the clunky performance, the world really lacks charm.
    The whole idea of the game is nice but Arkane doesn't take it far enough- which makes Deathloop a decent but boring shooter.
  16. philzlz
    Sep 24, 2022
    6
    Prey is one of my favorite games of the last decade so I went into Deathloop with high expectations. What a disappointment it has been! I did not like the dialogue nor the main characters, the targets were not interesting either and the levels bland. The worst part of it all was the handholding! Why don't you let me discover clues myself and piece it together? Quest markers were annoyingPrey is one of my favorite games of the last decade so I went into Deathloop with high expectations. What a disappointment it has been! I did not like the dialogue nor the main characters, the targets were not interesting either and the levels bland. The worst part of it all was the handholding! Why don't you let me discover clues myself and piece it together? Quest markers were annoying and I found myself rushing through the levels just to get it over with. The brain dead AI that forgets you after a few minutes even after slaughtering half the map did not help either.

    I was overpowered after three runs already and had gear that did not need to be changed. Overall I was a bit shocked Arkane released such a mediocre, forgettable game.    … Expand
  17. PetyaBiszeps
    Aug 25, 2022
    5
    Deathloop is not even close to be the best Arkane game. Both first and second Dishonored and Prey were better games... It doesn't make Deathloop horribe game, but makes it just mediocre.

    Arkane can do better and i really hope and i truly believe they will.
  18. NFFNSNC
    Jul 23, 2022
    5
    A mediocre game, but absolutely the worst Arkane Studios game hands down. Also you can't turn off the mouse acceleration. >:|
  19. MaximumD
    Jun 21, 2022
    7
    Those looking for a similar experience to Dishonoured 1 and 2 or Prey may be a little disappointed with this game. While it shares a pedigree with those legends this game relies a lot more on it's Loop hook and has really dumbed down the gameplay. It's kind of like Dishonoured lite.

    That being said, it's still a really good game. I just don't feel like it reaches the heights of Arkanes    Those looking for a similar experience to Dishonoured 1 and 2 or Prey may be a little disappointed with this game. While it shares a pedigree with those legends this game relies a lot more on it's Loop hook and has really dumbed down the gameplay. It's kind of like Dishonoured lite.

    That being said, it's still a really good game. I just don't feel like it reaches the heights of Arkanes previous work but that just shows how great a developer they are. It's a pretty good game but you will love it or hate it based on how much you accept the repeating loop gimmick. The moment to moment gameplay unfortunately doesn't feel as good as previous games mentioned above. There is just something missing despite the stark similarities of the dishonoured games. Honestly, they lifted quite a few assets from those games, giving me a feeling that this world is somehow tied the world of Dishonored in some way.

    The real hook here is figuring out all the secrets and hints to slowly put together a "run" that successfully eliminates all the targets on your list. So basically it's a rogue like but things stay exactly the same every run through, and you just get better by repetition and remembering where things are and what time events play out. Fortunately the game does a pretty decent job of keeping track of things for you but in the heat of the moment it's a pain to have to look through all the notes and get your bearings.

    Long story short, it's still a pretty good immersive sim style game with a weird rogue like twist added in. I don't hate it. Not as good as Prey or the Dishonoured series though.    … Expand
  20. lessacebola
    Jun 9, 2022
    7
    O jogo tem gráficos ok, a gameplay pode ser divertida caso você goste de jogos FPS. A história é confusa e tem várias coisas inexplicadas, já o final poderia ser bem melhor.
  21. sersimovi
    Jun 3, 2022
    7
    It's a great shooter with a really enjoyable story. Graphics are decent but performance was absolutely terrible. Managed to optimize the game to enjoy it at a stable framarate but it would still crash every now and then.
  22. Yaav13
    Apr 27, 2022
    7
    My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 7.
  23. muzmuz
    Apr 14, 2022
    5
    An interesting approach in a Dishonored-like first person/stealth shooter with a unique time loop gameplay with in fact quite an enjoyable and fluid combat. Unfortunately, it can either be a hit or miss.

    In my opinion it was a miss due to the annoying amount of backtracking and grinding required while the player is given a poor sense of progression due to lack of inventory, skills,    An interesting approach in a Dishonored-like first person/stealth shooter with a unique time loop gameplay with in fact quite an enjoyable and fluid combat. Unfortunately, it can either be a hit or miss.

    In my opinion it was a miss due to the annoying amount of backtracking and grinding required while the player is given a poor sense of progression due to lack of inventory, skills, equipment and level permanence. Deathloop is difficult to describe for someone that never played the game; it is not an open world game, a linear game or a sandbox game. It is a grindy rouge-like shooter where levels are revisited in order to gather more clues and progress the story while you avoid getting reset on the time loop as you grind a resource that you need to improve your character and keep your progression.

    Unique. But unique isn't always good. And the technical issues definitely did not help.    … Expand
  24. StarkAgentos
    Apr 9, 2022
    5
    Поиграл 2 часа. Графика красивая, лагов нет. Самого интересного - перестрелок в игре очень мало. На каждом шагу очень "ненавязчивые" намёки, как проходить игру. Стелс очень простой и скучный, враги тебя не видят впритык. Идти напролом, наоборот - слишком сложно. Игра заключается в перепрохождении маленький уровней. Игра так себе, ооочень на любителя.Поиграл 2 часа. Графика красивая, лагов нет. Самого интересного - перестрелок в игре очень мало. На каждом шагу очень "ненавязчивые" намёки, как проходить игру. Стелс очень простой и скучный, враги тебя не видят впритык. Идти напролом, наоборот - слишком сложно. Игра заключается в перепрохождении маленький уровней. Игра так себе, ооочень на любителя.
  25. eri41205
    Apr 4, 2022
    6
    Interesting voice acting, great world build up.
    I'm not a fan of rougelite. At least this variation from Arcane is not my cup of tea, the studio should stick to its root for a more linear style of stealth game. However nice try. Over marketing killed it for me.
  26. fastoch82
    Feb 15, 2022
    5
    The game might be great, but I will never know, as it is optimized by monkeys.
    I have a pretty decent config (Ryzen 7 3700X + 16GB RAM + 3060RTX) and it won't stop crashing, whatever graphic settings I try.
  27. yronnen
    Jan 18, 2022
    6
    No performance issues on RTX2080TI/Intel i9 running 4k, so that's great.

    That said, the game was let down for me, I find it repetitive, and although the story supposed to be captivating, it is not. The gameplay borrows aplenty from the incredible Dishonored series but somehow does it all wrong. Add to that the fact that the protagonist is pretty unlikable, and you find yourself pretty    No performance issues on RTX2080TI/Intel i9 running 4k, so that's great.

    That said, the game was let down for me, I find it repetitive, and although the story supposed to be captivating, it is not. The gameplay borrows aplenty from the incredible Dishonored series but somehow does it all wrong. Add to that the fact that the protagonist is pretty unlikable, and you find yourself pretty bored...pretty quickly.

    Too bad, I had so many expectations for this game. Perhaps wait for that sub $20 sale to get it...    … Expand
  28. alihaideri
    Dec 16, 2021
    6
    I love the concept of timeloop mechanics in a game and Deathloop more or less nails it for me. Has a lot of the gameplay DNA from the Dishonored series which makes me really nostalgic for it. Story is a bit short and you can figure it all out somewhat quickly and reach the endgame, which can be disappointing. Most mysteries and puzzles in the game are also not very rewarding when youI love the concept of timeloop mechanics in a game and Deathloop more or less nails it for me. Has a lot of the gameplay DNA from the Dishonored series which makes me really nostalgic for it. Story is a bit short and you can figure it all out somewhat quickly and reach the endgame, which can be disappointing. Most mysteries and puzzles in the game are also not very rewarding when you painstakingly solve them. Every time I was like "that's it?" For example, there is a locked room in Updaam for which 3 different codes are needed to unlock it. Finding these codes require a ton of exploring and reading between the lines. But when you do find them and unlock the door, no spoilers, it's underwhelming to the point of infuriating.

    There isn't too much variety in the guns and powers but there is a good enough balance. Enemy AI is a joke and can be cheesed with child's play.

    The multiplayer side of it is simply awful. "Griefing as a feature" would be the best way to describe it. It might be fun if you are the one playing as Juliana because you don't get to loose much if you lose. Plus you experience being a psycho and draw pleasure from ruining someone's game, which can be fun I guess. But playing as Colt while being invaded by real players is anything but fun. Nobody wants to have their game ruined especially when it is a careful stealth run and your Colt is near lower to mid levels and the Juliana invading you is armed to the teeth. At higher Colt levels it is boring at best to get invaded because any reward you get from Juliana's corpse is most what you already have and don't need, and infuriating at worst because, again, your game is ruined if you die. There is no fair level matching in invasions. I mostly keep it in the Single-Player mode and play as Colt in relative peace since the AI Juliana is as dumb as a sack of onions.

    It launched in an unfortunate buggy state on PC and kept crashing a lot. Performance and frame rate was also not stellar even on a super high end PC. But subsequent updates and patches have improved the game a lot. As of this writing though, it still keeps crashing for me at the beginning of Updaam in the afternoon before I even get to exit the tunnels. Can't play Charlie Montague's time period at all now. Thanks a lot, Arkane!    … Expand
  29. tomh3115
    Nov 26, 2021
    6
    Gameplaywise it's like Dishonored, but much less fun. Story is not as interesting as people are saying. It's a very average game, and I was really surprised it's the biggest contendant at the Game Awards this year.
  30. Drksdrs3issh1t
    Nov 17, 2021
    7
    I had almost no performance issues and the game is pretty fun and unique. It's not as polished and didn't have as much budget as the Dishonored games, but I still had fun with it as a fan of Arkane Studios' games
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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 17, 2022
    100
    No need to think twice, we had a lot of time loop games. But Deathloop can get the most out of all elements. And whether you're protecting the loop or destroying it, don't forget to die a few times, it's fun.
  2. Riot Pixels
    Nov 19, 2021
    77
    Too much hand-holding, some glaring omissions in the narrative and its somewhat weak AI do let Deathloop down, but still, it’s a rare and exciting game made for both fans of Corvo Attano and those who never set foot in the Empire of the Isles before.
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  3. Game Over Online
    Nov 1, 2021
    70
    I applaud Arkane for switching up the Dishonored stealth/action formula here, and for addressing a few of the issues Dishonored had. Deathloop just feels too limited by comparison, though, and too repetitive by half besides. I know a lot of people who really like it, but it fell pretty flat for me.
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