Deathloop

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6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1514 Ratings

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  1. Agarwel
    Sep 15, 2021
    7
    Pros:
    + Freedom in gameplay (imagine Dishonored quality)
    + Loop mechanics that works really well
    + Unusuall game worls

    Cons:
    - PS3 graphics (imagine Dishonored quality)
    - AI (imagine Dishonored quality)
    - Bugs that force you to reload level. (there is no saving during level, so you have to replay it).

    Add one point (7 -> 8) once the game is patched.
  2. Tubey
    Feb 23, 2022
    7
    Deathloop isn't bad. Nor is it great. It's... alright. It has a great core idea behind it and the gameplay 'loop' (quite literally a loop in this case) carries it a fair way. But it has braindead AI, limited graphical appeal and is largely forgettable. It's one of those games where I can understand why the professional reviewers badly overrated it, but it really is a case of it beingDeathloop isn't bad. Nor is it great. It's... alright. It has a great core idea behind it and the gameplay 'loop' (quite literally a loop in this case) carries it a fair way. But it has braindead AI, limited graphical appeal and is largely forgettable. It's one of those games where I can understand why the professional reviewers badly overrated it, but it really is a case of it being overrated.

    If I'd have bought this full price on release, I'd have been bemused to say the least. Back in the day, this one would have been the perfect recommendation as a 'rental' game - pick it up for a weekend, play it, beat it, move on and forget about it.

    I've seen Deathloop referred to as 'Game of the Year' for 2021... hahaha... err... no. No, it really wasn't. At a push, it may have made the top twenty, but yeah calling it GOTY really is a case of hype overtaking reality at light speed.    … Expand
  3. HaloFever
    Dec 30, 2021
    7
    Good but not game of the year good. After completing the main story, I question the wisdom of designing a single player game around repetition. The game is fun and I do recommend people play it. But I can only enjoy the same maps and enemies so many times.

    Some real numbers for ya’ all: 25% of players have the trophy for completing the main story. This is actually a high number. The    Good but not game of the year good. After completing the main story, I question the wisdom of designing a single player game around repetition. The game is fun and I do recommend people play it. But I can only enjoy the same maps and enemies so many times.

    Some real numbers for ya’ all: 25% of players have the trophy for completing the main story. This is actually a high number. The concept seems difficult. You have to perfectly time 8 assassination on 4 maps using only 4 times of day. The game throws up some ill designed inventory and upgrade screens and then directs you with some even worse designed quest screens. Then some missions have items and objects that are unclear. You won’t see any golden outlines around the scraps of papers you need to find. Despite all this, the gameplay mechanics are sound and the smart level design has safe paths to travel to objectives. Eventually the quest system makes sense and you can see a clear path to the end.

    The good: Colt is a fun protagonist. He reminds a bit of Nathan Drake only less kid friendly. Some crazy stuff happens and he’ll talk about how some crazy stuff happened. You get the idea. The levels are also well designed, like playing Hitman in an episode of “The Prisoner”. The game has a unique look and feel that is a nice break of fighting in ruins or all metal corridors. The gameplay is solid if not a bit too easy.

    The bad: A.I. sucks. Often you can pick out a choke point and let the enemies suicide themselves into your bullets. Sometimes the enemies will run into a wall and keep running. Sometimes a boss character will kill themselves with their own weapon or fall off the map. This mid 1990s A.I. The lack of good A.I. makes the already small scope of the game seem smaller. Having only four maps is great for maximizing developer resources but not as fun for the player. Also, most importantly, the entire premise of replaying maps with the same enemies in the same places makes the game less fun that it could have been. (There are 4 times of day for each map that change up some of the enemy placement on the maps.) I saw nothing about this that looked like a PS5 game except maybe smooth frame rates when a lot of enemies were present. If you want a showcase of current gen power, this ain’t it.

    One of the games features is an A.I. or human controlled enemy that will hunt you down. The first time you are alerted to this, you worry that some unseen assassin will snip you from the top of a building. Instead, this one lady shows up and you shoot her dead. Then you do it again and again. The entire game felt this way, meaning easy. Perhaps decades of first person shooters has honed my skills beyond Bethesda’s testers. More likely this feature is half baked. Give the player the ability to turn invisible or speed across the map with super kicks, and the player has nothing to worry about ever.

    Another failure of game design is the obvious worry of making the player too powerful, except for options that make the player too powerful. You can turn invisible, but only for a short time. So you go invisible, find a hiding spot, and wait for your invisibility to recharge. Thrilling gameplay. Or you can turn on the ability to gain health from kicking enemies and kill enemies with one kick. Now you can run rampant as a kicking murder machine. Fun but not rewarding. The game will offer up some truly unique weapons that you will use once, realize they are weak, and never use again. Some of the most basic weapons, like a two-shot shotgun or a silenced sub machine gun, are so supremely effective against the dumb A.I. that there is little incentive to experiment. This is what happens when the head of game studio doesn’t play the games that the studio makes.

    All-in-all, Deathloop is a unique experience that has a lot of fun moments. Ultimately, I don’t want to see this “rogue-like” genre expand. At the end of Deathloop. I was craving a new level to explore. Something, anything other than the same 4 maps. Replaying levels can be fun. You might want to find the most efficient path or try a no killing play through. It’s fun to have the choice to replay missions. Where Deathloop goes wrong is in taking that choice away from the player. You have to replay the game to finish it. You have to go back no matter how bored you are. 75% of players choose not to. You are more likely to be one of them than not.    … Expand
  4. diLesnock
    Sep 27, 2021
    7
    The good:

    -Promising premise for a time loop game that incentive creativeness for different ways to tackle and approach your goals. -Interesting characters and well-constructed dialogues. -Fun and creative mini-games, puzzles, and side-missions along the campaign are a great way to differ from the repetitive mainline goals. -Multiplayer is a good addition to the game and    The good:

    -Promising premise for a time loop game that incentive creativeness for different ways to tackle and approach your goals.

    -Interesting characters and well-constructed dialogues.

    -Fun and creative mini-games, puzzles, and side-missions along the campaign are a great way to differ from the repetitive mainline goals.

    -Multiplayer is a good addition to the game and matches well with the theme.

    The bad:

    -outdated visuals;

    -story lacks excitement, it never really grows on you throughout the playthrough.

    -On top of being a time-loop game that assumes you're going to repeat things a lot, there are also missions that require you to do repetitive actions that get boring more than often.

    -Occasional bugs that simply crash the game after you pause to check on your mission details are annoying especially after 40 minutes plus missions.

    -Lackluster soundtrack, with only two or three music that repeats itself all the time (I guess that's also part of the looping thing?).    … Expand
  5. Bollywongaloid
    Sep 26, 2021
    7
    It’s a solid seven guys, eight at best if you’re really into the style of it but doesn’t really offer anything we haven’t seen before done better (original Dishonoured is a better game than this). If you’re into the whole time loop thing then I’d check out The Forgotten City… it’s much more compelling to play and the writing is leagues ahead of Deathloop.
  6. GusDreyer
    Sep 17, 2021
    7
    I was looking forward for this game, but I was very disappointed. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it either, but I think this is one of those games that the majority of people will love or hate. After 6 hours of gameplay I realized that I've thrown my money away, it became so boring so fast. Not recommended at full price, wait for a sale.
  7. denni5m
    Sep 17, 2021
    7
    A cut down version of prey or dishonoured, very stylish and great in the first 5 hours but then there is no more progression or meat to the game play. It's just very bland shooter with hardly any puzzle elements and powers are not even needed really. It's also rushed and buggy and performs badly. It's ok for a few hours hence a 7 but I shouldn't have paid full price, this is a game to playA cut down version of prey or dishonoured, very stylish and great in the first 5 hours but then there is no more progression or meat to the game play. It's just very bland shooter with hardly any puzzle elements and powers are not even needed really. It's also rushed and buggy and performs badly. It's ok for a few hours hence a 7 but I shouldn't have paid full price, this is a game to play when you have nothing else left that is top notch.… Expand
  8. kaancag
    Jan 13, 2022
    7
    Excellent setting and lore, beautiful graphics and engaging gameplay let down by possibly the dumbest AI recently as well as a mediocre ending.
  9. messofilho
    Apr 20, 2022
    7
    It’s a good game, but far from being amazing. It gets repetitive and forced me to rush to the end because I was getting bored. Honestly I can’t understand the critics rate. I would advise to get it on a sale if you don’t have anything in mind.
  10. Sumbyv1
    Sep 27, 2021
    7
    A fun game but far too Linear. Gives the illusion of having multipal ways to play etc but following waypoints is how you progress.....only one(ish) way of doing the final loop is disapointing.
  11. Wweald
    Sep 24, 2021
    7
    Good game, nothing amazing like some people are saying. Has a nice style, plays decently but there were some parts where I thought it felt clunky and had a few minor bugs. The guns and powers are cool, the looping mechanic is cool. Level designs are solid, they managed to stretch a few maps to feel a lot bigger with the time of day changes. The game was too easy imo, I only ever died whenGood game, nothing amazing like some people are saying. Has a nice style, plays decently but there were some parts where I thought it felt clunky and had a few minor bugs. The guns and powers are cool, the looping mechanic is cool. Level designs are solid, they managed to stretch a few maps to feel a lot bigger with the time of day changes. The game was too easy imo, I only ever died when I was being extremely reckless and I never ended a loop by dying 3 times except once where I accidently jumped into water twice. My main complaint is the characters and dialogue, just wasn't a fan of them I either thought they were cringey or just uninteresting. Plot is decent nothing great.… Expand
  12. Chempion1
    Jul 24, 2023
    7
    Вот решил попробовать Deathloop в подписке PS Plus.
    Очень странная игра для Arkane. Я думал, что Mooncrash, единственное длс для Prey, это просто эксперимент, неудачный эксперимент. Но, как вижу, студия прям пропиталась идеей создать игру о "Дне сурка".
    Короче, в игре всего четыре карты и четыре временных отрезка дня, так что путём не сложных подсчётов имеем 16 более менее отличающихся    Вот решил попробовать Deathloop в подписке PS Plus.
    Очень странная игра для Arkane. Я думал, что Mooncrash, единственное длс для Prey, это просто эксперимент, неудачный эксперимент. Но, как вижу, студия прям пропиталась идеей создать игру о "Дне сурка".
    Короче, в игре всего четыре карты и четыре временных отрезка дня, так что путём не сложных подсчётов имеем 16 более менее отличающихся карт. Хотя по сути это всё те же четыре уровня, только в зависимости от времени суток, нас выпускают в разных точках, проходы могут быть закрыты или открыты, может светить солнце, а может падать снег. Всё.
    По началу я запутался во всём этом сюжете как в лабиринте, но со временем всё становилось яснее.
    Стрелять удобно, есть уйма настроек помогающих стрелять или делающих стрельбу более сложной. В игре 8 стволов (каждый трёх уровней), плюс 3 золотых ствола и 3 золотых снайперки с разными характеристиками. Но казус в том, что где то через два часа игры я нашел некие золотые пистолеты "Стрелак Версо", которые можно объединить в один пистолет пулемёт. И... всё, это оружие заменяет и автомат, и дробовик, и отчасти снайперку, с обоймой до 96 патронов! Невероятно мощное оружие. Всю игру прошел только с ним. Как то даже обидно за прочие пушки.
    Скажу одно, картинка в игре выглядит устаревшей. Почему она вышла только на новом поколении, понять трудно. При том HDR работает ужасно, на улице всё засвечено, но стоит зайти в помещение хоть глаз коли. И настроить это невозможно, пришлось HDR выключить.
    Все враги, включая "боссов" это однотипные, безликие болванчики. ИИ отсутствует как таковой, прут напролом, десятками, а иногда сотнями.
    Вся прокачка, это подбор стволов и неких брелоков, которыми можно улучшить героя или оружие, к концу игры и стволы и брелоки вываливаются просто десятками.
    Игра очень, очень однотипна, бэктрекинг естественно просто зашкаливает. Но как не странно, весь этот цирк очень затягивает. Проходя уровни по 10 раз начинаешь строить какую то тактику прохождения, хотя к концу я тупо пробегал, особо не заморачиваясь.
    Итак, подведу итог. Как я уже сказал, Deathloop, как не странно, затягивает. Но я, честно говоря, не хотел бы что бы студия Arkane ещё делала подобные игры. Есть id Software и всякие мясные, бездумные шутаны это её поле деятельности. Arkane же мне больше нравилась как автор приключенческих игр, таких как Dark Messiah, Dishonored, Prey. Пусть делает то, что у неё получается лучше всего. И ещё, Arkane Studios, картинку в играх пора менять!    … Expand
  13. Kasencio22
    Oct 2, 2021
    7
    Pretty fun game to play but the story could have been better in my opinion, I would wait for a sale instead of buying full price
  14. marvsfontanilla
    Feb 6, 2022
    7
    Story: 7
    Graphics: 7
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 7
    Game Time: 25 Hours (Main Story + Extra)
  15. Ardreus
    Feb 23, 2022
    7
    I did not enjoy Deathloop. The 10/10 scores from the major outlets baffle me. It's a good game overall, but it brings nothing new to the table nor does it excel at implementing established tropes of the loop genre
  16. Lewwildy
    Jul 3, 2022
    7
    Game was just okay for me really. Love the mechanics but think Dishonored did everything a lot better. The art style is really cool as well.
  17. Andrei20
    Dec 18, 2022
    7
    Great concept, horrible AI, decent gameplay but gets repetitive very fast, somewhat decent story.
  18. elijahlape
    Mar 24, 2022
    7
    Compared to Dishonored games, Deathloop is definitely not as mysterious in its storytelling, but it would be a lie to say that characters and the world are not charming and wonderful. If you've enjoyed Dishonored's gameplay, this is that but crazier and more open to a non-stealth approach. Highly recommend.
  19. Neodamus
    Dec 13, 2021
    7
    This game incorecctly promises a vast freedom of playing but delivers just a shooter wherin you search for items to interact with until the computer tells you whom to kill on what time in which location to complete the story.
  20. HiNooNDooD1544
    Jan 29, 2022
    7
    Pretty good game. It isn't nearly as good as Arkane's previous titles like Prey or Dishonored, but it does the trick. Incredible art style, Absolutely addicting game play, really well done character performances, good graphics, and lots of other really well done aspects. There are issues though. For one, the AI is actually terrible. It's really sad to see such awful AI consideringPretty good game. It isn't nearly as good as Arkane's previous titles like Prey or Dishonored, but it does the trick. Incredible art style, Absolutely addicting game play, really well done character performances, good graphics, and lots of other really well done aspects. There are issues though. For one, the AI is actually terrible. It's really sad to see such awful AI considering Dishonored had some really good AI even for today. Performance is... weird. About 75% of the time it runs at a perfect 60 fps (on performance mode), but that last 25% is mostly just stuttering, but some areas in the game like Dorsey Manor have significant frame rate drops that can affect game play greatly. Last outstanding issue is of course, the AAA game standard as of now, Bugs. Mostly visual, the only bug that required me to actually do something was just a menu glitch. It was easily fixed by just turning the game off and turning it back on. There are some weird graphical bugs like shadows flickering, water flickering, screen flashing black at points, other issues. Then there's the really funny bugs which are just rag dolls freaking out and flying across the map. Despite all these big issues, the game is extremely fun. It feels like a very forgiving rogue-like, or at least has some rogue-like elements. The game is all about trying to kill 8 visionaries in one single loop to break the loop. But you can only visit one area in the game per time of day. You have Morning, Noon, After-noon, and evening. Once you exit the area in the evening, you restart the day and go back to the start. You lose basically everything unless you infuse an item with residuum, which allows whatever you infused to stay with you in the next loop. You can pretty much just keep that item forever as long as you don't sacrifice it, basically just recycling it for residuum. Residuum also resets, and the game encourages you to spend as much as you possibly can before the loop resets and you have to start over. You can infuse weapons, trinkets (upgrades), and Slabs. Slabs are kind of like Bioshock powers. You have Shift, which is like the teleporting from Dishonored, Aether, a cloaking ability which makes you almost invisible, Nexus, basically a stealthy explosion that links everyone caught in the blast, whatever happens to one, happens to all of them. Then you have Reprise, a passive slab that's always equipped that allows you to die 2 times in a single loop before having to restart the whole day at your 3rd death, Karnesis, which allows you to throw around enemies, Havoc, which makes you deal a ton more damage and in return suffer reduced damage, and last there is Masquerade. Masquerade allows you to swap bodies with any NPC you find, letting you disguise as them while they wear your face. Masquerade is only available in multiplayer when you play as Juliana. Speaking of multiplayer, the multiplayer is nothing too special. Some random player can invade your game as Juliana and try to end your loop. That's kind of it. It's nothing too interesting and I don't really care for it. You can turn off player invasions, but you still can get invaded by Juliana, just as an AI which makes those fights significantly easier. I honestly gotta say, this game is awesome if you look past the issues. If you really want to play this game, go right ahead. It usually goes on sale for a little less than half off. If Arkane Lyon could fix the bugs and that absolutely awful AI and that terrible PC port, then I'm sure this game would be even more of a blast.… Expand
  21. tariq_almandhar
    Aug 17, 2023
    7
    المشكلة أحيانا في اختلاف الذوق وليس في جودة المنتج فديث لوب لعبة لم استطع اكمالهاوالعلة ليست في نقص اللعبة بل لأن اللعبة لم تناسبني
    فتكرار الخريطة والأعداء ومحاولة البحث عن الخيط الذي يقدم القصة ليس عيبا في ذاته خاصة في لعبة بفكرة ديث لوب لكن العلة كما ذكرا عدم اعجابي بهذا النظام    المشكلة أحيانا في اختلاف الذوق وليس في جودة المنتج فديث لوب لعبة لم استطع اكمالهاوالعلة ليست في نقص اللعبة بل لأن اللعبة لم تناسبني
    فتكرار الخريطة والأعداء ومحاولة البحث عن الخيط الذي يقدم القصة ليس عيبا في ذاته خاصة في لعبة بفكرة ديث لوب لكن العلة كما ذكرا عدم اعجابي بهذا النظام
  22. AntiReviewBomb
    Dec 9, 2021
    7
    great story and vocie acting, visuals and performance were top notch. but that ending really stunk it up, even though theres tons of replay ability i havnt gone back since i beat the story.
  23. Tenderloins
    Oct 4, 2021
    7
    First, I would give this an 8 if it weren't for the game breaking menu freezing bugs which can cause you to lose up to 2 hours' playtime and progression. I've had this happen 3 times and wish I had waited until the game was patched.
  24. fastoch82
    Oct 1, 2022
    7
    The game is original and the art direction is amazing.
    People at Arkane Studio really deserve some respect and gratitude for delivering us such a refreshing experience and I hope they will keep making games that stimulate our mind and reward our creativity.
    With that said, after some amount of time playing it, I started to lose my interest and I couldn't even finish it. Some technical    The game is original and the art direction is amazing.
    People at Arkane Studio really deserve some respect and gratitude for delivering us such a refreshing experience and I hope they will keep making games that stimulate our mind and reward our creativity.
    With that said, after some amount of time playing it, I started to lose my interest and I couldn't even finish it.
    Some technical issues are still present, which is quite something when you consider they had one more year to fix bugs on the Xbox version.
    On the long run, the gameplay loop fails to keep the player engaged, it lacks something I can't put my finger on. Too bad, it's still a good game, but not a great game    … Expand
  25. z0mer
    Sep 20, 2021
    7
    Reviewers that are giving this game 10/10 should be fired, because it doesn't even come close to perfection. I'm enjoying myself and it has some unique elements to it, but please stop acting like this is one of the best games the world has ever seen. The loading times are quite long, graphics look dated and the AI is brain death.
  26. Traumvita
    Sep 6, 2023
    7
    Eh. Game is fine. Gameplay loop is solid but that’s about all it has. Somewhat interesting setting and premise but not executed well. Visual design is good. Colt is a cool character. But everything is mediocre to just decent. Reviewers gassed it up too much
  27. ethicsbeanie
    Dec 12, 2021
    7
    The game is good and worth playing. I loved previous games from Arkane like Dishonoured. I spent a huge amount of time hunting down every secret, opening everything etc. in Dishonored and had a lot of fun. If you liked Dishonored you will like this deathloop. I waited till it was on sale due to the crazy PS5 prices and at first i really enjoyed it.

    As the game went on i kept running    The game is good and worth playing. I loved previous games from Arkane like Dishonoured. I spent a huge amount of time hunting down every secret, opening everything etc. in Dishonored and had a lot of fun. If you liked Dishonored you will like this deathloop. I waited till it was on sale due to the crazy PS5 prices and at first i really enjoyed it.

    As the game went on i kept running into bugs. I would e.g. kill a boss, then the game would hang when i looked at updates to the story. Afterwards i would have to restart and lost all progress. This happened several times in a day and i must have wasted 6 out of 9 hours playing. If you wait a while i'm sure all this will get patched out and the game will be perfect.

    I did start to get bored of the same limited areas. Sure they open up as you keep playing however it's not the same as e.g. hollow knight where actual new zones are available. I had fun, though i prefered the earlier games like dishonoured. Overall its a good game and worth playing. I would wait a while for more bug fixes and a sale.    … Expand
  28. Sty1eBender
    Feb 17, 2022
    7
    The gameplay is fun - until 80% of the way through and then it becomes a bit tedious. I gave up with 2 trophies for the plat - I just wasn’t enjoying the repetitiveness. I just couldn’t go back to that one’s really at the same time of day for the 100th time.

    The gunplay and skills felt a bit clunky but the dialogue, planning of story discovery were excellent.
  29. IntuitiveHaze
    Sep 15, 2021
    7
    Not really a Huge Fan Of Arkane but DEATHLOOP ( aside from the performance issues and poor AI which I'm hoping they'll fix in a patch) is an absolute Joy to discover!
  30. Nicc_cc
    Sep 23, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Having come from pc gaming to a ps5, the FOV and lack of an FOV slider that is present on other ps5 games is the only frustrating thing. It takes a minute to get used to it, and it's a LOT of systems, "quests" and the day part system treating 4 levels like 16, it's VERY over whelming. But when it clicks, it clicks like a helicopter seatbelt. It's fantastic if you don't mind just exploring and looking for your objective. There is a definitive way to best the game, but there are optional ways to kill the visionaries early or in a different order to trigger different events. Its not the most complicated part of the clock but that cog fits well. It's fantastic in derailing the player and telling them to figure it out.

    It is VERY over hyped. The beginning being so confusing turned me away a lot, and the very underwhelming ending felt like it didn't pay off to grind the same day part or level over and over again to chip away at a certain quest line. But in the middle, there is a decent game to just get lost in and have some fun. Wait for a sale    … Expand
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#8 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 109 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 100 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 109
  3. Negative: 0 out of 109
  1. Gamersky
    Dec 2, 2021
    84
    Deathloop offers well-designed stealth levels under the core gameplay of Roguelike. At the same time, the variety of weapons and special powers also support the exciting combat. Julianna's "invasion" adds the uncertainty of the game, but may also spoil the player's experience.
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  2. CD-Action
    Nov 15, 2021
    90
    I’m honestly surprised, because I did not expect to have so much fun with Deathloop. It draws some gameplay ideas from Dishonored, but introduces time-related mechanics, offers an intriguing story with interesting characters and has its own unique and coherent style. It’s an original game, full of surprises and addictive, but not necessarily easily digestible for everyone. For me however it’s one of the best titles of 2021. [11/2021, p.22]
  3. The Loadout
    Oct 29, 2021
    90
    Deathloop is Arkane at its best, combining its system-driven immersive-sim gameplay with a unique and fascinating story set-up. Excellent presentation and style, along with fantastic dialogue and character performances makes Deathloop one of the most innovative games in years and a valuable PS5 exclusive.
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