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  1. Aug 25, 2023
    8
    Loved the gathering info map and the abilities but I run into some graphical bugs of shades
  2. Aug 8, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  3. Aug 4, 2023
    10
    Everything I like in Arkane Studios in games is here. I like to explore the same places for secrets. But the plot has more questions than answers, I would like to know more
  4. Aug 1, 2023
    9
    Отличная игровая составляющая, этакий "День сурка", ну или "Boss Level" в стиле второй половины двадцатого века.
  5. Aug 1, 2023
    10
    A great game. I've retired many times since some parts were too hard for me, but it's a great game.
    Story 7/10.
    Gameplay 10/10.
    Music: 10/10.
    Visual: 10/10.
  6. 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
  7. Jul 1, 2023
    3
    Jogo estremamente pesado exige um PC de pelo menos 5 mil reais para ser jogado ainda bem que ele chegou no geforce Now para ser possível jogado em PC ruins em estão de gameplay tá boa melhor que dishonored e história é confusa no começo mais que você vai jogando vai ficando melhor diferente dos jogos da ubisoft que começa bem e depois piora
  8. 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
  9. Jun 5, 2023
    2
    This game is a confusing mess. There are only a few levels in the whole game, the point of the game is to play the same 4-5 maps (I played it a few months ago and forget the exact number) with not particularly hard NPCs over and over and over again until you can clear the whole map. It's basically like doing 100% achievements in an open world RPG, except it's not RPG and you get only 5This game is a confusing mess. There are only a few levels in the whole game, the point of the game is to play the same 4-5 maps (I played it a few months ago and forget the exact number) with not particularly hard NPCs over and over and over again until you can clear the whole map. It's basically like doing 100% achievements in an open world RPG, except it's not RPG and you get only 5 small maps. I played it for about 6-8 hours, when I found out that's the whole purpose of the game, I shut it off and never looked back. Who in the world can think this is engaging?

    On top of that, do you know what really compliments a boring slog with a few maps? The worst saving system in the history of gaming. You cannot save during a map, there are no autosaves, you have to spend 45-60 minutes, slogging through the same boring unengaging NPCs otherwise you lose progress. Oh, the game crashed? Tough luck mate, you lose 100% progress. Godawful.

    I'm not giving it a one because the concept of timeloop has minor appeal, the NPCs and the story make a little bit of sense but forcing me to play the game to get the story is a big no-no, I'd rather play 30-40 hours of minesweeper over this as it has more variety.
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  10. 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.
  11. May 13, 2023
    8
    Lo trovo un gioco con una meccanica innovativa, forse poteva esser limato ancora un po' ma ben venga il tentativo. Bello e accattivante.
  12. Apr 27, 2023
    3
    I played it for 2 hours straight and was bored by it. I played stealthily and I noticed that AI is awful. They do not see you through the window of your apartment, not see you when you are loudly slashing their friends even when you just duck in plain sight 50 meters away but as soon as you stand up, they hear you even behind the wall. And when it comes to stand-off, they react veryI played it for 2 hours straight and was bored by it. I played stealthily and I noticed that AI is awful. They do not see you through the window of your apartment, not see you when you are loudly slashing their friends even when you just duck in plain sight 50 meters away but as soon as you stand up, they hear you even behind the wall. And when it comes to stand-off, they react very slowly, sometimes running in place and missing shots on me. Hacking their machines makes this game super easy. Furthermore, you can make them friendly and turn it against them which is just a terrible idea.


    The game is divided into 4-day stages and each is played in a different region, you always appear somewhere from underground. It is easy to run away, hide and you can die twice every loop. I thought to myself this game is very repetitive and I was curious whether it becomes more fun later on, I watched an IGN review, and they only praised the game and showed what I played already, they gave it 10 - masterpiece. Not reflecting the real quality. Objectively speaking the game has some terrible AI and interesting level design but is very demanding on mid-range gaming PCs. It has repetitive game-loops, useless character customization because it is first person, and the story is not really funny as it is trying to be not serious.


    Then I watched a different review from Classic game reviews and the guy mentioned the problems I have with the game giving it real objective review and IGN proves once again it breeds incompetent reviewers who are not talking about the game issues, moreover, say it is the best game.
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  13. Apr 24, 2023
    10
    The most creative game i have played ever , big thank to arcane lyon for this masterpiece.
  14. Apr 23, 2023
    2
    man Im usually guilty of sunken cost fallacy and have to finish anything I start, not this game, it's so goddamn boring I uninstalled it at 80% of completion of main story.
    the entire game is:
    4 maps about the size of a PS4 COD multiplayer map you mandatorily progress only and exclusively by reading notes or emails, everytime you get a new one you have to repeat the gameloop until the
    man Im usually guilty of sunken cost fallacy and have to finish anything I start, not this game, it's so goddamn boring I uninstalled it at 80% of completion of main story.
    the entire game is:
    4 maps about the size of a PS4 COD multiplayer map
    you mandatorily progress only and exclusively by reading notes or emails, everytime you get a new one you have to repeat the gameloop until the same point, but this time for the next clue.
    keeps like that until the end
    Im not kidding you, it is THAT boring, will just watch the finale on youtube or something.
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  15. Mar 2, 2023
    8
    Clever game but it is not for everybody. This must be my first game ever that I uninstalled like 10 times just to go back to it after a while and finally completing it. The game is interesting with unique ideas, beautiful art direction and unique way of telling the game story. I enjoyed the game and I especially enjoyed playing against other players who invaded my world as Juliana to stopClever game but it is not for everybody. This must be my first game ever that I uninstalled like 10 times just to go back to it after a while and finally completing it. The game is interesting with unique ideas, beautiful art direction and unique way of telling the game story. I enjoyed the game and I especially enjoyed playing against other players who invaded my world as Juliana to stop me from breaking the loop. Interesting game but it might be for everyone. Expand
  16. Feb 28, 2023
    9
    I don't really like first person games. But this game deserves an exception. Great atmosphere and interesting storyline. Gameplay built on a time loop is super. Plus good graphics.
  17. 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.
  18. Feb 4, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product. Expand
  19. Feb 4, 2023
    0
    FPS É UMA MERDA, SHOOTER É UMA MERDA, PRIMEIRA PESSOA É UMA MERDA, SÓ TEM FPS/SHOOTER/PRIMEIRA PESSOA NESSA MERDA
  20. Jan 9, 2023
    1
    This game is horrible and overhyped. Menu system is horrible and outdated, the game is a repetitive mess, the characters are not likeable (annoying sounding protagonist and antagonist), and the game has tons of freezing and crashes. Avoid this trash!
  21. Dec 31, 2022
    2
    Unfortunately, I didn't really like the game.
    In the beginning, I didn't really know how everything worked, and I didn't know until halfway through the game.
    The graphics were good, but I often had glaring FPS fluctuations.
    The story I found really boring and not captivating.
    The gameplay is cool but poorly implemented, as it's really annoying to get back to the same environment every time.
  22. Dec 30, 2022
    7
    Decent game. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great
  23. 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.
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  24. Dec 24, 2022
    0
    Yet another poorly optimized game. Crashed on start up. Got a refund. Really in my view dev's need to do a lot better than this. Its a growing trend and it not acceptable. Got this one refunded.
  25. Dec 21, 2022
    2
    It's bland and repetitive, the latter being a design choice. I did not like the art style either - looks like Arkane's other game Prey. It plays very much like Dishonored (another Arkane title). If you like the titles I mentioned you might enjoy Deathloop as it just blends all that together and adds rogue-like elements.
    The gunplay is underwhelming. Overall another unimpressive Arkane title.
  26. Dec 18, 2022
    6
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  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Gameplay loop is extremely satisfying and graphics are good, optimization is still not optimal but I had 100+ FPS on my RTX2070S @1440P Ultra, story is pretty good and voice acting is really lovely from the protagonist and antagonist.
  30. Nov 15, 2022
    2
    Cidden, nasıl bu kadar kötü bir oyun olabilir ya. Farklı bir şey denedik diyip, aynı bölümleri size zorla oynatıp duruyor.
  31. Nov 5, 2022
    7
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  32. 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'.
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  33. 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
  34. Oct 31, 2022
    9
    First of this game runs like **** Like in the dishonored games this has probably something to do with their engine or smth.
    Other than that this game is pure fun. The voice acting, the music, the lore all great. Yeah if you get stuck somewhere or dont get the "perfect" loop idea early on this game can be frustrating but if you play smartly and follow the "voices" in your head you will
    First of this game runs like **** Like in the dishonored games this has probably something to do with their engine or smth.
    Other than that this game is pure fun. The voice acting, the music, the lore all great. Yeah if you get stuck somewhere or dont get the "perfect" loop idea early on this game can be frustrating but if you play smartly and follow the "voices" in your head you will have a great time.
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  35. Oct 29, 2022
    8
    Deathloop это игра от любимой мною студии за Dishonored (270 часов) и Dishonored 2 (340 часов) а также Prey 2017го года (140 часов) и игра мне понравилась (Кто бы сомневался). Начнем с того что задумка временной петли в которой нужно убить 8 человек за один цикл (то есть один день) крутая да пришлось токазаться от открытого мира Prey но в этой игре мир тоже относительно открытый толькоDeathloop это игра от любимой мною студии за Dishonored (270 часов) и Dishonored 2 (340 часов) а также Prey 2017го года (140 часов) и игра мне понравилась (Кто бы сомневался). Начнем с того что задумка временной петли в которой нужно убить 8 человек за один цикл (то есть один день) крутая да пришлось токазаться от открытого мира Prey но в этой игре мир тоже относительно открытый только гораздо меньше всего у вас на выбор 4 локации Даунтаун, Скала Фристад, Карлова Бухта и Комплекс и 4 времени суток по истечении которых петля заходит на новый виток. У главного героя Кольта амнезия, да приём банальный но он обусловлен сюжетно так как петля длиться уже более наверное 1000чи лет а в мозгу место не бесконечное а сам Кольт как и ещё одна женщина по имени Джулианна запоминают события прошлых петель в отличее от всех остальных на острове, кстати да действия игры происходят на острове "Черный риф", а причина почему всё помнят только Кольт и Джулианна- загадка ответ на которую вы не найдёте даже после прохождения всей игры (если будете проходить сайд квесты поймёте о чём я) геймплей неплохой пару пушек взяли из Prey а способности из Dishonored смещение- телепорт, аффект- rage mod, эфир- invise, карнезис отбрасивает или подбрасивает врагов в воздух в зависимости от того какой режим вы выбрали в настройках, фуга- похмелье для врагов и сплетение- свяживает врагов и участь одного постигнет и остальных. Я это могу назвать отчасти удачным, а отчасти неудачным эксперементом теперь будем ждать Red fall надеюсь и она меня не разочарует. Expand
  36. Oct 18, 2022
    10
    Deathloop es un juego que trata de proveer la ilusión de que uno esta realizando una investigación sobre como romper el "bucle", uno juega como Colt, un protagonista sacado de las películas de los años 60 de acción, mal hablado, pero extremadamente bien escrito, a lo largo te iras encontrando con Julianna, quien al principio es tu némesis y en la mayor parte del juego tu mayor acompañante,Deathloop es un juego que trata de proveer la ilusión de que uno esta realizando una investigación sobre como romper el "bucle", uno juega como Colt, un protagonista sacado de las películas de los años 60 de acción, mal hablado, pero extremadamente bien escrito, a lo largo te iras encontrando con Julianna, quien al principio es tu némesis y en la mayor parte del juego tu mayor acompañante, iras visitando distintas zonas que cambian dependiendo del tiempo en el que las visitas, sea mañana, tarde, o noche.

    El problema con el juego es que es un juego guiado, la mayor parte de objetivos datan a seguir múltiples caminos predefinidos por el juego, en vez de seguir caminos que uno vaya creando mientras vas investigando a tus oponentes, hay siete visionarios y cada uno representa un personaje distinto con múltiples características interesantes en sus vidas y personalidades que te pueden servir para asesinarlos, pero todo es algo que uno no va descubriendo, es algo que el juego te va presentado por medio de marcas de objetivos que tienes que seguir y cumplir, para muchos esto fue una clase de "engaño" por el cual el juego pretendió ser un juego de investigación, en vez de ser un juego que te trata de dar la ilusión de esta investigación.

    Es un juego bastante variable en cuanto a la dificultad también para muchos, en lo personal me encanto el balance, es desafiante y te demanda ser cuidadoso, pero para cuando llegas al final de juego, te sientes que puedes aplastar a cualquier oponente que el juego te lance, esto también es una negativa para varios, no para mí.

    Además, las armas, los hackeos, y la presentación me encanta, la vibra de los 60, pero con el estilo del que Arkhane es bien conocido por juegos como Dishonored, o Prey, está aquí, me encanta los distintos tipos de armas que puedes conseguir y la manera en como puedes mezclar diferentes poderes para cambiar la experiencia, me gusta también como el juego te incita a matar a los visionarios varias veces y a cazar a Julianna para conseguir mejoras a tu equipo, para el final del juego, no importaba si el juego me estaba guiando en su mayoría, la mayor parte de mis mejoras las había conseguido por mi propia voluntad y determinación, esto también hizo que se sintiera lo mas gratificante.

    En general el juego me encanto, lo único que no me gusto fue el final por que el juego tiene múltiples de ellos y yo me esforcé por buscar el "correcto" de acuerdo a los diseñadores, pero por un desliz de tan solo un par de segundos en la escena final del juego termine obteniendo el final equivocado del que no estaba interesado.

    Hasta ahora el juego a recibido bastantes parches y balances, asumo que es un juego aún mejor que cuando salió ya hace mas de un año, si no lo han jugado lo recomiendo bastante, es un juego fantástico, solo que un tanto engañoso en cuanto a sus promociones y videos, sigue siendo un juego guiado y bastante, pero además es un juego que sobre todo es impulsado por su historia, esto es.
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  37. Oct 16, 2022
    8
    Great game, interesting concept, interesting characters, I personally find it very easy, that's why it can't be more than an 8, I wouldn't pay $60 for it, I played it with Game Pass that's probably why I'm being generous with this one, you won't regret playing it
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
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  40. 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.
  41. Sep 27, 2022
    10
    Incredible gameplay, story and sandbox world! A must play for any Arkane fan and everyone else.
  42. Sep 24, 2022
    3
    I love the visual style, concept and even gunplay is not that bad. But optimization is just a hell. I mean I would be OK with such optimization on release date, BUT NOT after a year after release. Try it ONLY if you have a Xbox (& PC) GamePass and you are not getting annoyed with random stutters at ANY video quality/settings/resolution...
  43. 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.
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  44. Sep 21, 2022
    4
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    -unoptimized, stupid ai , very rebitive boring recycled from dishonored in a bad way and only 4 small maps.
    -play dishonored instead.
  45. Sep 17, 2022
    10
    I had the best time playing Deathloop.

    Clever, beautiful, funny and at times thrilling. The voices and music, as well as the very important sound design were just great.

    I understand that some players don’t like the AI in Deathloop, but I was consistently delighted by tiny moments where the AI was behaving in surprising ways.

    Playing Deathloop felt wonderful. 10/10 strongly recommended!
  46. Sep 14, 2022
    8
    Very nice game with well written main characters and overall plot. Voice actors made a perfect job. Gameplay is superfun and dynamic in the beginning, but after the midgame it becomes repetitive and you just want to end the damn loop already. Also, you can select the best weapons and abilities very early and don't know what to do with all the residuum in your backpack later on. The worstVery nice game with well written main characters and overall plot. Voice actors made a perfect job. Gameplay is superfun and dynamic in the beginning, but after the midgame it becomes repetitive and you just want to end the damn loop already. Also, you can select the best weapons and abilities very early and don't know what to do with all the residuum in your backpack later on. The worst point of the game is how they wrote the stories of the visionaries, which arcs are abrupt and not finished, though maybe I should have read all the text messages and stuff, which I hate to do in action fueled games like this. Expand
  47. Sep 12, 2022
    10
    Para mi uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado hasta ahora, me encanto! buenos graficos, el arte es sensacional. y el gameplay muy agradable
  48. Sep 10, 2022
    2
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  49. 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.
  50. Aug 24, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра дарит особое чувство дежавю и... баги, геймплей прошлой игры разрабов Аркейн, плохой интерфейс и нулевой мультиплеер. Но в игре с другом, изучая лор игры и детали, которые проявляются каждую петлю, эта игра может подарить особые эмоции, которые не сможет дать самая лучшая игра. Deathloop не идеальна и за это я ее и люблю)))) Expand
  51. Aug 5, 2022
    4
    I couldn't get past the tutorial section as the game kept soft-locking and forcing me to start over. Either I am very unlucky or this game is very buggy, or both.
  52. Jul 24, 2022
    10
    this game is just perfect with that beautiful music , characters and atmosphere
  53. 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. >:|
  54. Jul 16, 2022
    0
    Dishonored 1 y 2 son mis juegos favoritos.

    Dicho esto, creo que puede entenderse por qué le pongo un 0 a este juego. Es soporífero a más no poder. Aburre, simplemente dan ganas de quitarlo y ponerte a jugar a cualquier cosa que no sea esto. Este estudio ha hecho 3 juegos (Dishonored 1 y 2 con todos sus DLCs y Prey) que lejos de aburrirte, puedes pasártelos 10 veces y siempre descubres
    Dishonored 1 y 2 son mis juegos favoritos.

    Dicho esto, creo que puede entenderse por qué le pongo un 0 a este juego. Es soporífero a más no poder. Aburre, simplemente dan ganas de quitarlo y ponerte a jugar a cualquier cosa que no sea esto. Este estudio ha hecho 3 juegos (Dishonored 1 y 2 con todos sus DLCs y Prey) que lejos de aburrirte, puedes pasártelos 10 veces y siempre descubres cosas nuevas y te divierte de formas distintas. En Deathloop puedes simplemente tirar hacia delante pegando tiros, llegar al boss, inflarlo a tiros y a correr, a otra cosa, a reiniciar otra puta vez el bucle. Tiene 0 carisma. Mientras que en Dishonored tenías una historia que te enganchaba e ibas descubriendo cosas poco a poco, pistas, distintas formas de acabar el nivel, distintas formas de acabar (o no) con tus enemigos... Aquí todo se reduce en: reinicia el bucle, te lías a tiros, consigues un par de pistas y un par de armas, te vas a otro sitio que has visitado ya 10 veces, haces lo mismo, reinicias bucle, lo mismo.... La quinta vez que visitas un escenario ya te cansa, porque te das cuenta que realmente no tienes mucho que hacer ahí salvo liarte a tiros. Las conversaciones que escuchas son banales, los bosses realmente te la pelan bastante ya que no conoces a ninguno realmente, te cansas de leer cosas a la media hora, entre tutoriales y cartas inútiles que te aportan información que te importa 10 mierdas...

    Una gran decepción viniendo de Arkane.
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  55. Jul 14, 2022
    4
    The problem with roguelite games is repetition. You need really good core gameplay to make a roguelite or roguelike work, otherwise it just ends up repetitive and boring the player. Without greater challenges to overcome and interesting enemies to fight, it can quickly become tedious – and reusing the same few areas over and over again can make this even worse.

    Thus, it is strange that
    The problem with roguelite games is repetition. You need really good core gameplay to make a roguelite or roguelike work, otherwise it just ends up repetitive and boring the player. Without greater challenges to overcome and interesting enemies to fight, it can quickly become tedious – and reusing the same few areas over and over again can make this even worse.

    Thus, it is strange that an AAA studio like Arkane fell into this trap.

    The core conceit of Deathloop is that you are trapped on an island in a time loop with a bunch of people who want to party for all eternity (the Eternalists). A few things quickly become clear:

    1) Only you and Juliana, your nemesis, remember things between loops.
    2) There are four areas or “levels” in the game, and you can visit up to four “levels” in a day, either repeating the same ones or going to different ones.
    3) After you’ve visited four places (or died three times), the loop resets.
    4) There are eight Visionaries, leaders amongst the Eternalists, who are the core of the loop. You must kill all eight of them in a single loop to win.
    5) None of the Visionaries will naturally hang out with each other, as a deliberate means of making it impossible to break the loop.

    Thus, the core of the game is to figure out how to manipulate the time loop in order to get the visionaries to leave the areas they hang out in normally and go to other areas, grouping up so that you can kill a number of them at once.

    Unfortunately, while this SOUNDS really cool, in real life, the game basically is bimodal – each Visionary has at most one way to manipulate them into doing this, and some don’t have any, so there is a very particular solution that you must follow to solve the game. The game pretty much leads you to this, though, so it isn’t overly hard to figure out – which also kind of robs the game of a feeling of agency.

    Indeed, the game is remarkably inflexible for being a game about a time loop where your goal is to manipulate the loop to your advantage – there are very few ways of doing so, and most of them aren’t particularly interesting or exciting. While it is cool to show up “prepared” to a few things, by and large it is pretty mediocre, and after the first couple loops the game runs out of tricks.

    Rather than being a puzzle, it’s just a kind of drawn-out fairly linear affair, where you can attack different questlines in whatever order, but eventually you’ll figure out what you’re doing.

    The fact that you can “save” equipment across runs after you complete the second major questline also means that you don’t really have to interact with 99% of the weapon drops in the game for loops after the first couple you go through, which further increases the repetition, especially once you figure out where certain key weapons are and farm them a bit so you can have them every level.

    The enemies in the game are all normal humans, with only the visionaries presenting any sort of challenge; even still, you will quickly become more dangerous than they are and be able to rather easily overwhelm them.

    That leaves Julianna, which, in normal gameplay, can be an enemy human player who invades your game and tries to kill you – a frustrating experience when you are trying to make progress, but at least a somewhat neat idea. Unfortunately, playing in this mode also doesn’t allow you to pause the game at all, which is really annoying, as even if there isn’t a Juliana around, you still can’t pause.

    If you turn off the multiplayer, she becomes an AI, and while more powerful than the Visionaries, she’s still not terribly difficult to overcome, removing the only real challenge the game has.

    The only thing Deathloop really has is style. Deathloop is set in faux-1960s, though it quickly becomes clear that this is some sort of alternate reality. It has some dialogue between Colt (the protagonist) and Juliana, and some floating text along with notes and tape recordings in the environment which help you piece together the story. But these mostly run out within a few loops, with only a trickle of story remaining afterwards, and because you can do things in whatever order, you can figure out many of the game’s secrets “early”, and none of them are particularly difficult to see coming.

    In the end, I was disappointed in this game. It was not up to the quality of Prey, it lacked variety in the challenges it threw at you, it was overly repetitive (and too long relative to the amount of content it had), the plot was okay at best, and the ending was a disappointing little cutscene.

    There are a lot of better games than this one; if you like the style and the core conceit, it might be okay, but it will never be great.
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  56. Jul 12, 2022
    8
    Great polished game with lots of fun mechanics and creative gameplay and nice art style. The loop mechanics weakened the story a bit and it was not as immersive as other Arkane games, but I still had fun messing around with it.
  57. 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.
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  58. Jun 18, 2022
    10
    Best FPS Game i played since Quake3! Graphics, art-style, music, sounddesign, voice-acting, gunplay and game idea are outstanding and partially in a league of their own.
    I'm playing on a 12900k + 6900xt @3840x1600 and haven't had a single crash after 15 hours of playtime. Performance at ultra /w RT on is rock steady at 75FPS, which is in sync with my monitor's refresh rate. Everything in
    Best FPS Game i played since Quake3! Graphics, art-style, music, sounddesign, voice-acting, gunplay and game idea are outstanding and partially in a league of their own.
    I'm playing on a 12900k + 6900xt @3840x1600 and haven't had a single crash after 15 hours of playtime. Performance at ultra /w RT on is rock steady at 75FPS, which is in sync with my monitor's refresh rate. Everything in this game just feels right and is fun to do. 100% recommended!
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  59. Jun 16, 2022
    4
    If you're going to make a game that restrincts users with uncapable hardware, AT LEAST meke it work correctly, i have a RTX 2070 and there's no reason on why i had to reset my drivers just for it to allow me to play the game.

    Also the game, ironically, is insanely repetitive, you do the same exact thing for every mission.
  60. 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.
  61. Jun 4, 2022
    4
    Its a mess. A not well made mess. Messy mechanics, messy narrative and messy characters. Not recommended.
  62. 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.
  63. May 31, 2022
    4
    It starts good but with each loop starts to wear you off ... The "bad" guys have no weight, you only learn things from them reading or by audiologs. It needed more cutscenes in my opinion also interactions with juliana are not enough. But the worst of all is after you gather all the clues and learn from them you execute your plan just to have some awful endings that doesn't explain nothingIt starts good but with each loop starts to wear you off ... The "bad" guys have no weight, you only learn things from them reading or by audiologs. It needed more cutscenes in my opinion also interactions with juliana are not enough. But the worst of all is after you gather all the clues and learn from them you execute your plan just to have some awful endings that doesn't explain nothing or close characters arc at all. I loved dishonored series but Arkane f*ckd it up with this one.
    The a.i is terrible and it doesn't get better by moving forward in the game like some people says.
    The concept wasn't wrong but it could have some more levels, and enemy variety (its all the same 5 npc's) what i mean is just because its a loop based game that doen't mean that has to be so damn repetitive, theres more they could have done for example more levels, weapon modifications,more cutscenes, better powers and not the same from dishonored and the list go on.
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  64. May 29, 2022
    8
    Очень крутая игра. Я люблю Dishonored за его реиграбельность, и уверен, что Deathloop предложит то же самое и больше. Очень привлекательный гейм-дизайн, хорошая рисовка персонажей и нелинейный геймплей. Оптимизация могла быть лучше. Железо соответствует, но играется с переменным успехом. Сюжет интригующий, да и лично я люблю когда сюдет строится вокруг какой-то мистики, загадки и аномалии,Очень крутая игра. Я люблю Dishonored за его реиграбельность, и уверен, что Deathloop предложит то же самое и больше. Очень привлекательный гейм-дизайн, хорошая рисовка персонажей и нелинейный геймплей. Оптимизация могла быть лучше. Железо соответствует, но играется с переменным успехом. Сюжет интригующий, да и лично я люблю когда сюдет строится вокруг какой-то мистики, загадки и аномалии, а здесь присутствует всё сразу. Персонажи интересные. Короче очень даже круто. Expand
  65. May 27, 2022
    3
    Логающий кусок кала, спасибо конечно за озвучку, но игра скучная и почти не играбельна
  66. May 27, 2022
    4
    Игра безумно скучная. Халтура: создали четыре относительно небольшие карты, которые мы будем проходить раз по 10 каждую, если не больше. Скучный нудный геймплей, неинтересные персонажи, неоригинальная идея, так как уже есть с десяток фильмов про петлю времени, данная концепция подходит для небольшого инди-проекта на три часа, не больше. Единственный плюс - это стилистика и звук. ОднозначноИгра безумно скучная. Халтура: создали четыре относительно небольшие карты, которые мы будем проходить раз по 10 каждую, если не больше. Скучный нудный геймплей, неинтересные персонажи, неоригинальная идея, так как уже есть с десяток фильмов про петлю времени, данная концепция подходит для небольшого инди-проекта на три часа, не больше. Единственный плюс - это стилистика и звук. Однозначно худший проект от Arkane Studios, не рекомендую. Expand
  67. May 26, 2022
    3
    Не ожидал такой подставы от пацанов которые замутили дизоноред ах да эти же пацаны замутили и вторую часть хррр тьфу
  68. May 23, 2022
    8
    Amazing voice acting and world building.A little short on the power side.As always Arkane delivers a fun experience.
  69. May 22, 2022
    0
    sorry to say as i've been a fan of the studio's games since 2006 but other than the graphics and voice acting the game is complete crap. the performance is bad, the sound is bad, the gun and gameplay is bad, the ai is bad, the story is bad. it's a boring game. it's really a shame about the studio, but it was already evident with prey mooncrash and youngblood that nothing good was to come
  70. May 22, 2022
    9
    Incredibly smart and fun. A nice mix of Hitman, Dishonored and Outer Wilds. I can only recommend to play this game.
  71. May 19, 2022
    2
    Huge step back comparing to Dishonored and Prey games. I could not believe such boring and average game could be developed by Arkane.
  72. May 6, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gran bel gioco di merda vecchia scuola bocciatissimo merita degli zero come voto, anonimo gioco poco carattere bruttissima ia sconsigliato il peggiore dei peggiori non godibile stupido noioso. Expand
  73. Apr 30, 2022
    4
    After playing the dishonored masterpiecies, this game is so disapointing, i can't believe it's crafted by the same studio. The ambience and the graphics are specially awful, my eyes bleed watching the chaotic mix of 60's pop style, old scottish village and landscape, and cyberpunk technology.
  74. Apr 30, 2022
    4
    It's the worst arkane game to date.
    With those clever level design and tricky story no mechanics is working as intended. Lack of anticheat is killing whole idea of invasions. Color grade destroyed by real drop chances which is high for epic weapons. And no such exploration you may see. You can pick-up every object in the map without reading and it will appear next session as floating
    It's the worst arkane game to date.
    With those clever level design and tricky story no mechanics is working as intended. Lack of anticheat is killing whole idea of invasions. Color grade destroyed by real drop chances which is high for epic weapons. And no such exploration you may see. You can pick-up every object in the map without reading and it will appear next session as floating bullet.
    Too easy to be interested in, too unfair to compete.
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  75. Apr 27, 2022
    7
    My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 7.
  76. Apr 20, 2022
    8
    Deathloop sin duda es un juego muy entretenido. La base es una mezcla de juego de acción FPS con exploración y algo de plataformeo, y una dosis de sigilo. Todo eso en cuatro escenarios más o menos abiertos que cambian según en cual de los cuatro momentos del día entras. Si unes a eso los hasta cinco poderes que puedes conseguir, la variedad de armas y la personalización de los trinkets,Deathloop sin duda es un juego muy entretenido. La base es una mezcla de juego de acción FPS con exploración y algo de plataformeo, y una dosis de sigilo. Todo eso en cuatro escenarios más o menos abiertos que cambian según en cual de los cuatro momentos del día entras. Si unes a eso los hasta cinco poderes que puedes conseguir, la variedad de armas y la personalización de los trinkets, permite mucha flexibilidad en los estilos de juego. Es una base muy divertida de sandbox donde pasarlo bien. La historia obviamente va de loops temporales así que parte de la gracia está en descubrir qué consecuencias tiene afectar a un momento temporal en otros de los momentos, investigar lo que ha pasado y demás. El problema es que, en realidad, hay una única solución a la historia que hay que hacer de cierto modo, por lo que acaba llegando un punto en que dejas de investigar libremente para seguir las guías del juego en sus tramas y fuera.

    Gráficamente, el juego está bastante chulo, con una estética muy particular y que encaja mucho con si misma. Lo único malo es que como siempre son las mismas localizaciones con cambios menores, y los enemigos son todos humanos con máscaras, acaba haciéndose un poco repetitiva. El sonido es impecable, especialmente las conversaciones entre Julianna y Colt y sus actores (al menos en ingles) es genial, así como los efectos. La banda sonora quizás es lo más flojo, no es mala pero tampoco es memorable. Y, al menos en mi experiencia, el juego no ha tenido ningún bug de importancia, solo algunas cosas muy menores.

    Por todo ello, Deathloop es sin duda un juego recomendable, que además pese a que se acaba haciendo un poco repetitivo, como no es particularmente largo, pues llegas al final más o menos cuando todo empieza a sentirse "muy visto". Un 7,5.
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  77. Apr 20, 2022
    3
    За последнее время я давно не видел более уныло Г!! Disрhonored это был шедевр!! А это просто помойка!! Идея может и хорошая - но исполнение напрочь отсутствует!
  78. Sep 18, 2021
    0
    Лютая хуита, выполненная в той же манере, как и дополнение к новой Прей от этой студии. Скучная, неинтересная, бессмысленная, раздражающая репитативная дрянь для задротов. Никакого удовольствия от игры не получаешь. Концепция спорная и, по факту, провальная. Сюжет мог бы стать интересным, если бы не структура, на которой все построено. Гоните взашей вашего главного фаната зацикленности,Лютая хуита, выполненная в той же манере, как и дополнение к новой Прей от этой студии. Скучная, неинтересная, бессмысленная, раздражающая репитативная дрянь для задротов. Никакого удовольствия от игры не получаешь. Концепция спорная и, по факту, провальная. Сюжет мог бы стать интересным, если бы не структура, на которой все построено. Гоните взашей вашего главного фаната зацикленности, его идеи никому не интересны. Expand
  79. 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.
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  80. 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.
  81. 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.
  82. Mar 1, 2022
    8
    A lot of the reviews for this game would have you believe that this title is unplayable and not worthy of your time. In my opinion this is not at all the case. While a rocky launch really hurt this games review it has a lot more to offer then most would have you believe! In a setting of mystery, science fiction with a groovy disco aesthetic characteristic of the 1970's Deathloop hold itsA lot of the reviews for this game would have you believe that this title is unplayable and not worthy of your time. In my opinion this is not at all the case. While a rocky launch really hurt this games review it has a lot more to offer then most would have you believe! In a setting of mystery, science fiction with a groovy disco aesthetic characteristic of the 1970's Deathloop hold its own as a masterclass in style and substance.

    Story - In Deathloop you play as Captain Colt Vahn, who wakes up on a strange beach on a strange island where you very quickly learn a few things. 1)You're stuck in a time loop where every time you die or reach the end of the day everything resets. 2) This island is full of cultists of the The Visionaries, mad scientists, who all want you dead. 3) There is a woman named Juliana and she is actively hunting you every loop. This is about as far as I can go without spoiling the story but from here Deathloop manages to expand the narrative to and what happened with the characters on this island and how you as Colt are supposed to break this loop! Hopefully...

    Gameplay - From a purely gameplay perspective Deathloop is nothing out of the ordinary. It Pulls elements from games like Dark Soul in the multiplayer invade system and stealth gameplay ala Dishonored (Another Arkane title) and mixes it with everyones favorites indie genre, Rogue lites, to create a engaging and well thought out gameplay... LOOP. Essentially as Colt it is your job to traverse the island each day, discovering clues, killing Visionaries for upgrades and completing leads, this games form of quests, to progress the story. This Affords the player an insane amount of choice from run to run. All with its own benefits and consequences. Do you hunt a Visionary this time in search of a quick level up or skip that to collect information? Should you track a lead on a rare weapon or complete a side quest which might unlock an alternative route to a new Visionary. The choice is all yours, so choose wisely. This paired with an interesting but unique combat system, kind of like a run and gun dishonored crafts and experience unlike Arkane games has released to date.

    One last aspect I should mention is Juliana. While she does play a huge role in the story, there is one unique feature of Deathloop that stands out because of her. That is that other players can choose to play as Juliana and invade your game at a moments notice. While this won't happen every run, when it does it makes game play much more intense, especially if the Juliana invading is player controlled. These tense battles of wit and creativity are often the highlights of the game and resulted in the most memorable moments for me personally. Fair warning, some people do hack in this game (which sucks) but you can turn off the online feature and only face comp Julianas, which are not as fun but I digress.

    All in all Deathloop is a strange amalgamation of things which come together to form quite the intriguing and fulling experiences from start to finish. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves Arkane games like Dishonored or Rogue Lite titles in general.

    Story: 8
    Gameplay: 8
    Enjoyment: 8
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  83. 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.
  84. Feb 14, 2022
    1
    NPC's AI 0/10

    combat mechanics 6/10
    stealth 2/10
    atmosphere 0/10
    Gameplay as RPG & im.sim: 2/10

    Story 1/10
    Graphics 6/10
    Sounds & music: who cares?

    Arkane Lyon got SJWashed. Deathpoop.
  85. Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Best game of 2021 by far! Seriously thought outside the box and created an amazing game that ran beautifully on my pc. I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with next.
  86. Feb 12, 2022
    8
    Really liked it. A bit short and the AI isn't great but the idea of fusing a mystery/puzzle into a first person shooter is something I definitely wasn't expecting. Trust Arkane to think outside the box and deliver something surprising. It's not a 10/10 or game of the year but it's still a pretty damn fine game.
  87. Feb 7, 2022
    8
    Deathloop is a great game, probably one of the best to be released in 2021. The combat is fairly satisfying, the puzzles challenging but good, and the story is interesting.
  88. Feb 5, 2022
    3
    And you thought EA Games were critical bribefests. All this game is, is....just...there...
  89. Jan 25, 2022
    9
    Great game, an absolute blast. It holds your hand with what to do but you can ignore that if you really want.

    Date Completed: 2021-01-25
    Playtime: 21h
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: Definitely
  90. Jan 23, 2022
    2
    In interesting gaming idea, executed (get it!) very well. However this results in a game that grates against the play and prevents enjoyment. Would recommend this game to grinders and masochists.
  91. 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...
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  92. Jan 17, 2022
    10
    The worst thing in this game is that it ended.

    Absolutely amazing experience, the music, the level design, everything just hits the spot Also it's Arkane's game, if you played prey or dishonored, you know what I am talking about. The game can be tedious at about half time through, maybe it was only mine problem, but I stuck at main quest, not knowing what to do. After and before
    The worst thing in this game is that it ended.

    Absolutely amazing experience, the music, the level design, everything just hits the spot
    Also it's Arkane's game, if you played prey or dishonored, you know what I am talking about.

    The game can be tedious at about half time through, maybe it was only mine problem, but I stuck at main quest, not knowing what to do. After and before that the game's plot is just epic.

    Everything you hear and everything that you look at is a masterpiece. I am constantly listening to characters' theme songs, they are that good (even that they all use the same tune but remix it in their character temper) The level design is top tier, I enjoy that unlike other games you have time to get known with location and its shortcuts, the feeling when you complete the last loop is pretty incredible. And don't get me started on visual appeal of locations, the mix of abandoned old city and 60's pop inserts is just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Plot is good. People say that it has some interseption with Dishonored series, like guns' factory marks, overall architecture style but I don't know :3

    Some people complain on AI of enemies. I think they are as stupid as they need to be, if they were smarter, they would just beat main character by numbers.

    Anyways, among many bad releases of 2021 like BF2042, FNaF:SB, GTA:DE such games as Deathloop and Psychonauts 2 were a breath of fresh air. If you haven't yet, go buy it, it is worth its price (also it is a pretty common item on sales). I really hope that Arkane will get funding and popularity from this game and upcoming 'Redfall' title and give us Prey 2 or Dishonored 3.
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  93. Jan 10, 2022
    3
    I know why have reviewers/youtubers chosen this game as one of the best games in 2021. Because there was no good releases in this year so they had to choose this.
    My opinion :
    - **** gameplay mechanics (Super complicated and if you die, you can't respawn in your last checkpoint and it's possible to lose all of your gained Residuum and if you die thrice, you gotta play the mission over.
    I know why have reviewers/youtubers chosen this game as one of the best games in 2021. Because there was no good releases in this year so they had to choose this.
    My opinion :
    - **** gameplay mechanics (Super complicated and if you die, you can't respawn in your last checkpoint and it's possible to lose all of your gained Residuum and if you die thrice, you gotta play the mission over. Your health doesn't regenerate automatically so you'd die easily if you're not agile enough. (No difficulty option). ALL of your finds and loots, including trinkets and abilities, except double jump, will be dispossessed on every next mission (on a new day). Worth mentioning that the double jump mechanic doesn't work like other games and it doesn't propel you and it's like being held by an obstruction or gravity)
    - Mediocre story
    - Mediocre graphics but bad optimization
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  94. Jan 5, 2022
    2
    Mal optimizado. Con mi rtx 3090 tiene un tartamudeo que rompe la experiencia por completo.

    No entiendo los 10 que se le pone a este juego.

    Historia repetitiva en la que reciclan los mismos escenarios constantemente hasta llegar al cansancio. Lo único que se salva es la ambientación que si mola.



    Juego tedioso, mal optimizado y Aburrido.
  95. Dec 30, 2021
    4
    Story is boring, optimization is still not great (even though graphics are Fortnite), repetitive gameplay. Only nice thing about this game is that it gives you the choice to do stealth. Other than that this game is the biggest disappointment of 2021 for me. I give it 4/10 because it inspired me to replay the whole Dishonored series and some mechanics are similar to the ones in Dishonored.Story is boring, optimization is still not great (even though graphics are Fortnite), repetitive gameplay. Only nice thing about this game is that it gives you the choice to do stealth. Other than that this game is the biggest disappointment of 2021 for me. I give it 4/10 because it inspired me to replay the whole Dishonored series and some mechanics are similar to the ones in Dishonored. At first I thought the game wants to evolve Dishonored style gameplay, but all it did was copy it and mix it with "funny" and quirky dialogues and characters and a very chiseled Hitman gameplay - think how you will kill person A so persons B don't kill you. I also appreciated this but again it is made poorly. Expand
  96. Dec 21, 2021
    3
    the game looks exactly the same as dishonored 2 gameplay environment abilities exept that you use guns that makes it a lot easier to kill enemies and the Ai of these enemies is so dump so instead of playing stealthy like dishonored you just show your self and kill them from one place you never runs out of bullets never run out of blood because there's a plenty of it everywhere the onlythe game looks exactly the same as dishonored 2 gameplay environment abilities exept that you use guns that makes it a lot easier to kill enemies and the Ai of these enemies is so dump so instead of playing stealthy like dishonored you just show your self and kill them from one place you never runs out of bullets never run out of blood because there's a plenty of it everywhere the only thing I liked is the soundtrack Expand
  97. 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!
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  98. Dec 13, 2021
    9
    Nice game from Arkane. It had some problems with optimization and AI, but patches fixed AI and there's still problem with optimization. But in other things, game is amazing
  99. Dec 10, 2021
    9
    Deathloop is an immersive sim that takes place on an island stuck in a timeloop. You can access different parts (4) of the island at different parts of the day (also 4). I think most people who enjoy previous Arkane games, immersive sims or similar FPS games are going to have a lot of fun with this.

    That said, there are few things this game is not: Deathloop is not an extremely long,
    Deathloop is an immersive sim that takes place on an island stuck in a timeloop. You can access different parts (4) of the island at different parts of the day (also 4). I think most people who enjoy previous Arkane games, immersive sims or similar FPS games are going to have a lot of fun with this.

    That said, there are few things this game is not:

    Deathloop is not an extremely long, narrative driven game, where you are constantly experiencing something new. You have to play through the day various times before you discover the information / tools required to end the game and will therefore be visiting the same areas / time zones of the island a few times. While Arkane have done a great job making the same areas look different depending on which part of the day you visit, by its nature (timeloop) the game will make you visit the same areas a few times, which can be repetitive. You can finish the story in about 15 - 20 hours, after which there is not that much to do other than invade other peoples' games as Julianna.

    Deathloop is also not a roguelite, although it does have some roguelitish elements. It is not at all randomized, the story evolves practically the same way for every playthrough and there is a rather limited number of solutions. Even though you can approach the game with different playstyles (sneak, hack, combat...), there are not many ways you can actually end the loop, therefore the game has relatively low replayability.

    That said I have to commend Arkane for trying something really innovative. The timeloop mechanic is very well implemented, and while I can see other games down the road being much more creative with the puzzles and narrative in a timeloop game, discovering the island and solving the quests was a blast. Sometimes the game can hold your hand a little bit too much, but at other times it can be a little confusing as well, so I guess this balance can be subjective. I loved the art style, design and also the voice acting. While the island itself can seem a little bland at times, the characters in the game are well fleshed-out and acted.

    The actual gameplay feels great. The weapons feel powerful and are distinct from each other, the slab powers are fun to use although quite similar to those in other Arkane games. The A.I. is a little weak, but not terrible. One quibble is that there is no real motivation to go for a stealthy approach, it is much easier to just massacre everyone with no negative repercussions or different endings if you do.

    Technically the game is quite beautiful and ran well on my notebook with a 3070 GPU. I know other people have experienced performance issues, I have not.

    Overall, I commend Arkane for creating something really innovative in an industry that loves to churn out sequels and remakes to existing games. No, its not perfect, but still impressively well put together and fun, considering the ambitious and novel undertaking that this was.
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  100. Dec 10, 2021
    8
    'Deathloop' has a relatively rare design in FPS games, which makes it form a special natural advantage. Unlike the traditional shooting games, it is based on shooting or visual experience, but turns to the game design. It makes the game very prominent, but there are still many basic parts that need to be improved.

    Review of "DEATHLOOP" Graphic/Art: 8 Music/Sounds: 8.5
    'Deathloop' has a relatively rare design in FPS games, which makes it form a special natural advantage. Unlike the traditional shooting games, it is based on shooting or visual experience, but turns to the game design. It makes the game very prominent, but there are still many basic parts that need to be improved.

    Review of "DEATHLOOP"

    Graphic/Art: 8

    Music/Sounds: 8.5

    Narrative/Performance:7

    Gameplay: 8.5

    Score: 8
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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 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.