Deathloop

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  1. Marvin2211
    Oct 4, 2021
    6
    The game starts a bit clunky, but then its pretty cool. Gameplay feels fluent and smooth, jumping around with teleport is very fun and exploring the four maps with all their secrets is exciting. But after like 10/15 hours, going through these maps gets repetitive and killing the enemies is not as cool abefore.
  2. Kessarath
    May 9, 2022
    6
    Interesting concept, very good soundtrack. Fun dialogues and it's a pity there aren't more. Interesting main characters.
    Poor AI. It is difficult to say whether the enemies are people, mannequins or puppets. They have poor animations and unnatural movements. Artistically, the game is nice, but the game engine seems out of date. It is worth playing the game, if they refined certain elements    Interesting concept, very good soundtrack. Fun dialogues and it's a pity there aren't more. Interesting main characters.
    Poor AI. It is difficult to say whether the enemies are people, mannequins or puppets. They have poor animations and unnatural movements. Artistically, the game is nice, but the game engine seems out of date. It is worth playing the game, if they refined certain elements (enemies) to make it really solid and more interesting. Game is O.K.    … Expand
  3. KelpFPS
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    Death loop succeeds in making a great visual and graphic game but fails to make it fun or wanting me to keep playing, I felt bored and just wanted to stop playing, with its repetitive combat bland story and feels very familiar to a game, and just falls short hard.
  4. Storyaddict
    Sep 27, 2021
    6
    Meh. It wasn't awful, but it does feel very outdated, and I didn't really care about any of the characters. This is another one of those games where I'm left wondering if the critics played the same thing I did.
  5. 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
  6. qosimo
    Sep 19, 2021
    6
    This game is no where near a 10. I'm suspect that media reviews were paid for.

    This game fundamentally does not respect your time. It is designed to waste your time. Modern games have save points because they consider the gamer/audience. This design choice of rogue like entire game resets found in this game and Returnal need to DIAF and never come back. AI is wonk - most is    This game is no where near a 10. I'm suspect that media reviews were paid for.

    This game fundamentally does not respect your time. It is designed to waste your time.

    Modern games have save points because they consider the gamer/audience. This design choice of rogue like entire game resets found in this game and Returnal need to DIAF and never come back.

    AI is wonk - most is braindead idiots... but one in 10 can one shot you from no where - beware.

    The game consists of only 4 small zones that are rehashed over and over.

    This game might be worth $30.

    The enemies have no character, they are just drab 70s looking clowns.

    It's an 'ok' game - probably a 7.

    But my god - think about God of War, Last of Us, Spiderman - those are games that blow you away and didn't get as many 10s as this. They are huge game worlds, with amazing stories and not reuse same 4 small zones.

    And the story - honestly I'm 10 hours in and frankly 'who gives a sh*t' - nothing about this island or the story is captivating. Just like the character always wonders what he's doing on this island - me as the gamer wonder why I'm wasting my time on this island too.

    Trading this one in - good luck to someone else to find enjoyment with it.    … Expand
  7. MetaReviewer0
    Sep 21, 2021
    5
    Deathloop is a unique game like nothing I have every played before. It’s time loop mechanics worked well and the story moved along at a good speed, but it’s with Deathloops AI where the game starts to fall apart. The AI is so bad it breaks the immersion in an almost excellent First Person Shooter. Another problem Deathloop has is it’s Ray-Tracing Mode which says it’s locked at 30FPS but atDeathloop is a unique game like nothing I have every played before. It’s time loop mechanics worked well and the story moved along at a good speed, but it’s with Deathloops AI where the game starts to fall apart. The AI is so bad it breaks the immersion in an almost excellent First Person Shooter. Another problem Deathloop has is it’s Ray-Tracing Mode which says it’s locked at 30FPS but at times didn’t even feel like I was getting 20 and I feel the RTX mode would be better just have been left out completely and the devs could have spent more time work on the AI.… Expand
  8. nonamereview
    Sep 27, 2021
    7
    Deathloop is a new videogame that is available on PS5 and PC. This game has a lot of Tarantino vibe, so not everyone may like it.
  9. Butty
    Oct 28, 2021
    6
    Was very excited about this game from the critic's reviews, hearing 'game of the year shouts' etc. But it was incredibly overhyped, with a mediocre story and outdated graphics. I loved the idea of a time-loop game, but you never did any thinking or proper investigating, information was just handed to you.

    Another incredibly annoying aspect was after every mission, you get taken back to    Was very excited about this game from the critic's reviews, hearing 'game of the year shouts' etc. But it was incredibly overhyped, with a mediocre story and outdated graphics. I loved the idea of a time-loop game, but you never did any thinking or proper investigating, information was just handed to you.

    Another incredibly annoying aspect was after every mission, you get taken back to the main menu. immersion went straight away.

    Only gave it a 6, as the gameplay was fun, but the rest of the game just wasn't executed very well.    … Expand
  10. Funkygreen80
    Oct 2, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (7/10) I'd like to clarify that I went into this with a year's worth of excitement and anticipation for the game. I got it on release day and it took me until today to beat it. Not because it's long, but because I got bored and annoyed with it. The opening hours are boring, the closing hours are climactic, but not great, and the ending I got was dreadful. It's a real shame the game is so monotonous because it really looks great, and I love the concepts with regards to gunplay and the like, but I found there weren't enough good guns in the game that you could use anywhere, so I tended to just use melee. I'd recommend it when it gets cheap. £60 is an incredibly high price for what you get in my opinion. That said, I can't wait for any DLC or future games from arkane.… Expand
  11. RatherRipped
    Nov 1, 2021
    7
    Deathloop has a unique premise supported by solid gunplay and an intriguing world. It also has too many problems to make it an easy recommendation.

    I had fun exploring Blackreef with Colt. It's that kind of retro-future vibe that Arkane is known for and I dig it. It's like wading through A Clockwork Orange, but with annoying Borderlands characters rattling off one liners every so often.    Deathloop has a unique premise supported by solid gunplay and an intriguing world. It also has too many problems to make it an easy recommendation.

    I had fun exploring Blackreef with Colt. It's that kind of retro-future vibe that Arkane is known for and I dig it. It's like wading through A Clockwork Orange, but with annoying Borderlands characters rattling off one liners every so often. Deathloop really wants you to think that it's funny and clever, but about half of the writing was just painful to listen to. I chuckled a few times at lines like 'f*** your fried eggs' but hearing it every time I looped through another day it started to lose it's potency.

    Repetition is the core conceit of Deathloop and, for the most part, it's pretty neat. Every day is the same and everyone within goes through the same motions each time unaware that it's happening... with the exception of Colt and Julianna. These two remember things day to day and it's gratifying to use Colt's stored knowledge of enemy behaviors against them. Julianna wants to maintain the loop for...reasons while Colt sees it as a prison that he wants to break out of.

    I enjoyed the premise behind these characters' motivation, but the execution was off. Julianna will invade your world [which can be another player if you're not in offline mode: hard pass] and try to prevent you from killing the 'visionaries' whose death will break the loop. I hated this. I can't tell you how many times I was 30 to 45 minutes into a loop and she would show up with a randomly selected loadout of buff powers only to alert every enemy of my presence. This feels like a cheap, unearned penalty and works counter to one of the game's main strengths; the feeling that you are mastering your surroundings by memorizing patrol patterns, enemy placements, optimal routes, etc. I would have much preferred Julianna's presence to be a bit more scripted since I found it almost exclusively frustrating to restart a loop because she ruined a segment of it. The saving grace of these encounters is that she provides valuable resources and upgrades when defeated.

    Decking Colt out with these upgrades was really fun. finding that perfect combination of character and weapon perks while committing valuable 'Residuum' [Deathloop's version of XP] to the preservation and destruction of certain upgrades was compelling. Using Colt's powers [called Slabs] in tandem with the weighty gunplay was great and made even better by all the nasty ways that he can dispatch enemies. The machete is such a great weapon.

    It was, however, annoying to deal with some of Deathloop's technical issues that would get in the way of my progression and fun. There is a serious 'pause' bug that soft locks the game in the pause screen and makes you lose your progress for that time period of the day [Deathloop's days are divided into morning, noon, afternoon, and evening] since you are forced to restart the game. This happened to me 4 times in my playthrough. I also ran into a bug that would prevent me from upgrading my gear at the end of a loop which, again, required me to restart the game. This combined with some buggy implementation of powers, framerate drops [for the most part the game maintains close to 60 fps on ps5], abhorrent UI, and repetitious/bad dialog really hold Deathloop back from being an easy recommend.

    By the end of Deathloop, I was satisfied. Slowly manipulating the world and the characters within to eventually create that perfect day of breaking the loop was so cool. It's just too bad that once the credits roll, the mystery of the loop remains and you're back to square one....would have been cool to get some answers there, but oh well it's more about the 20 hour journey than the destination as they say. Grab Deathloop when it's on sale if you're a fan of Prey, Dishonored, Bioshock, and Rogue-likes.    … Expand
  12. molingga503
    Oct 28, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is truly overhyped. It’s a not a 10/10 game nor worth $60 to say the least. It has the perfect game pass, Playststion plus quality. It’s a great game with a lot of good features such as :
    voice acting is great The dialogue is funny and humorous The maps/areas are creatively made And the bosses have good dialogue. However the game lacks so many things to make a 10/10 game:
    The background story of the bosses isn’t explained well nor it’s interesting The boss fights are the same as any NPC fight The AI is pretty bad The hints, clues, and leads are misleading and don’t occur enough nor explain what needs to be done in which order
    The game can’t get pretty boring really fast. I get that it’s a loop and each day consists of finding clues, but it sometimes can get very very boring. The endings are so anticlimactic it’s sad. 7/10 at best    … Expand
  13. what0519
    Nov 5, 2021
    7
    It’s not Arkane’s best, but it is pretty good. Story

    The writing is fairly acceptable, but the voice acting is what really makes everything in this game feel bigger. I expect the two main characters of this game to win multiple voice acting awards. But the other characters are very stereotypical and predictable. Other than that, the story is bog standard for a break the loop game, and the    It’s not Arkane’s best, but it is pretty good. Story

    The writing is fairly acceptable, but the voice acting is what really makes everything in this game feel bigger. I expect the two main characters of this game to win multiple voice acting awards. But the other characters are very stereotypical and predictable. Other than that, the story is bog standard for a break the loop game, and the ending was anticlimactic. Presentation

    This game could 100% run on a PS4. There is no reason it needs to be only PS5. The loading times are still slow, and the graphics are fine. But, the style of the this game is great. I love the 60’s aesthetic in this game, but I wished it did anything to show that this was in the 60’s other than visuals. Gameplay

    If you’ve played an Arkane game, you’ve played part of this game. Dishonored with guns. Prey on Earth. Most of the powers are the exact. It kind of feels cheap at this point. Arkane needs to change up their style a bit. Oh wait they did for this game, by making it more linear. Less choices in how to deal with targets, explore the world, and get to the end. But don’t get me wrong, it’s still fun. This might be one of the most fun FPS I’ve played. It’s so fast and reactive you can’t help but smile when playing. There are plenty of ways to kill people, grenades, guns, kicks, but none of them feel innovative like Arkane’s other games. But overall, it’s good.

    Multiplayer

    It doesn’t work.

    Conclusion

    It’s pretty good for a short game. It only took me around 9 hours to beat the game, but there’s plenty of stuff to collect. If you really like Arkane, you should get this. If you don’t, wait for a sale. It’s not a must-play at the moment. It’s good, not great. 7/10    … Expand
  14. nb619
    Jan 1, 2022
    7
    Graphics: colourful and interesting
    Sound: great voice work, fx and music
    Story: really interesting with lots to learn as you loop! Gameplay: fun, but it did drag towards the end and trying to achieve some things in the “right” way got me frustrated. I also tended to just be using the same load out towards the end, so weapons and power ups didn’t have great balance. Defo one to buy on    Graphics: colourful and interesting
    Sound: great voice work, fx and music
    Story: really interesting with lots to learn as you loop!
    Gameplay: fun, but it did drag towards the end and trying to achieve some things in the “right” way got me frustrated. I also tended to just be using the same load out towards the end, so weapons and power ups didn’t have great balance. Defo one to buy on sale but worth a play.    … Expand
  15. Schmaerzkeks
    Nov 17, 2022
    7
    Gameplay ist sehr schwammig, die Story ist so LaLa aber die Idee eigentlich ganz cool. Bereut habe ich es nicht gespielt zu haben, da waren aber die anderen Spiele vom Entwickler deutlich besser.
  16. kirillz
    Feb 2, 2023
    5
    I faced a few times with menu hanging bugs and crashes, this is not what I expected from the game which was released about 1.5 years ago.
  17. tofuisawesome
    Jul 21, 2023
    7
    07/10
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  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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