Deathloop

 PlayStation 5
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6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1514 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 411 out of 1514
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  1. 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.
  2. Avid_StoryLover
    Oct 22, 2021
    9
    I enjoyed this game quite a bit. The customizable weapons and slabs as well as the character trinkets really feel like you can make your own build. It's an action game at heart and as far as the gameplay the only complaints I have is that the AI is a little iffy and I expected more variety in the trinkets and a few more weapons would have been nice.too. As for the story there are certainI enjoyed this game quite a bit. The customizable weapons and slabs as well as the character trinkets really feel like you can make your own build. It's an action game at heart and as far as the gameplay the only complaints I have is that the AI is a little iffy and I expected more variety in the trinkets and a few more weapons would have been nice.too. As for the story there are certain aspects of it that are optional and require doing side content to fully discover. The endings do leave a bit to be desired I've seen two of them and on one of them you're not really sure exactly what's going on and so it's hard to tell what a sequel will handle as far as continuing the franchise. Either way I give this game a high score simply based on the fact of how much fun I had playing it it's a great new IP. P.s. I find alot of the zero score user reviews being published on the same day suspicious lol… Expand
  3. 5thavenuecrazy
    Oct 4, 2021
    9
    I'm going to be really surprised this this doesn't get game of the year for 2021. The gameplay is amazing and addictive making it hard for me to not "try one more run". The gunplay doesn't feel the best but everything else is great.
  4. BlackLung17
    Sep 19, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For starters one of the more interesting themes for a game I’ve played in a long time and the story was very good. The dialogue between Colt and Julianna is amazingly written and portrayed even better. The controls are great never had a problem remembering any control binds.
    The game has a lot of exposition which if you like that kinda stuff this game is definitely for you. The endgame was kind of disappointing with each of the 3 choices leading you to a rather disappointing ending. The game has some of the worst AI I’ve experienced in a game, on launch day I had lots of bugs and a few crashes but after the first day the game ran smooth with no problems. It took me 14 hours to beat the game, that was with me looking around and searching like I usually do. If you knew what you were doing you could probably beat it a lot faster. I feel an 8 is a pretty fair rating, It’s too bad any PS fan who likes this game won’t be able to play a sequel thanks to MS.    … Expand
  5. Bibikelis
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Непонравилось от мдова совсем, скучно одинаково не интересно и не понятно
  6. Freekingflake
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    Great Setting, exciting gameplay, good storytelling, nice voiceacting. The only annoying point:
    The mission menue isn’t smart. Good ideas,
    but strange handling. But at the end one of the best games this year on PS5.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. Mathijsb
    Sep 16, 2021
    9
    I really love this kind of games. I you like this game as well I can recommend prey mooncrash (far better than prey imho).
  10. Littlestbird
    Sep 21, 2021
    9
    ignore the racists bombing the reviews. this is a great game, looks great and is wild fun.
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. Exxian
    Sep 21, 2021
    8
    Pros:
    + Fun addicting gameplay loop
    + Awesome weapons with variety and custom abilities to tweak playstyle + Unique idea that challenges players to execute the "perfect run" by culminating in-game knowledge of characters and events + The overaching goal of completing the "perfect run" is challenging in itself to figure out and execute if you turn off the objective markers. Cons: - While    Pros:
    + Fun addicting gameplay loop
    + Awesome weapons with variety and custom abilities to tweak playstyle
    + Unique idea that challenges players to execute the "perfect run" by culminating in-game knowledge of characters and events
    + The overaching goal of completing the "perfect run" is challenging in itself to figure out and execute if you turn off the objective markers.

    Cons: - While the overarching goal of the game is challenging enough, the moment to moment gameplay is not at all challenging; enemy AI is extremely dumb and I never once felt like I had to slow down and be careful (I believe this to be an intentional design choice since it is fun to go on mindless killing sprees) - Graphics aren't bad, but not what you would expect from a next gen title
    - Game has some deadzone issues with gamepad joystick control    … Expand
  14. SuperSean
    Sep 24, 2021
    10
    This game has problems sure, but in my opinion, it's the best game to come out of 2021, and the good stuff outway the bad by a lot.

    P.S I've been seeing a bunch of 0's and I would like to address them: -No, it's not dishonored Arkane wanted to make a new experience not dishonored 3 -The second complaint I've seen is that the shooting feels "stiff" while I do see where these people    This game has problems sure, but in my opinion, it's the best game to come out of 2021, and the good stuff outway the bad by a lot.

    P.S I've been seeing a bunch of 0's and I would like to address them:

    -No, it's not dishonored Arkane wanted to make a new experience not dishonored 3

    -The second complaint I've seen is that the shooting feels "stiff" while I do see where these people are coming from I think that it was a deliberate choice to make it feel "stiff" Arkane didn’t want the game to feel like some same old shooter

    -The game looks, plays, and sounds fine it’s not outdated while I will say the quick-swap/d-pad buttons took a little bit to getting used to, but after roughly an hour in it felt great to use. I already talked about how it plays above, but if I hear any more people complaining about the sound design I'm going to scream because the score and sound cues are some of the best I've EVER heard.

    -Finally, while bugs are a problem they didn’t really hinder my experience that much maybe 2 or 3 crashes

    (I also think this hate stems from the immersive sim community expecting perfection from everything. take cyberpunk for example sure a bad game but it still got WAY too much hate.)    … Expand
  15. Jack_Dee_83
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    Nice concept and gameplay. Not for everyone, but it doesn’t mean that the game is bad.
  16. Fiflandest91
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    One of the best games I've ever played. Amazing. level design is one of the smartest iv come across, AI can be questionable at times but what game isn’t these days, that roguelite immersive sim where you need to look for clues instead of being streamlined down a road and looking at icons on a map.It's just fun to play.
  17. swordsworn
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    The people review bombing are salty idiots mad over a game they clearly didn't play. Phenomenal game from start to finish, genuinely enjoyed it from start to finish. The trailers honestly made it look a lot less interesting than it ended up being. Lot of replayability and freedom, and the game just looks pretty. Hoping for a sequel.
  18. AgentDalecooper
    Sep 27, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow hats off to a very original concept. Not perfect but damn I had fun with it. Sad when it was over, as that last loop was was epic. Some of the best voice acting this year too.… Expand
  19. 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.
  20. PITain
    Sep 29, 2021
    10
    Real strong game. Its not rougelike, its great AAA.
    If you like Bioshock, Dishonored this game 100% for you.
    Idea of looped game process not New but here it originaly realized and its Best and fresh. Cool style of 80th in desing and music, Everything is awesome.
    Fun and interesting plot. Including pvp in main campaing. Lot of secrets.
  21. TheInceptionist
    Sep 28, 2021
    10
    I'm in love with this game. I think the story and mechanics are unique. It's a game for players who love to keep exploring and you get better and better with each loop. Highly recommend it!
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. Legithuman
    Oct 2, 2021
    10
    After getting past the introduction and into the looting and infusing, this game has an extraordinary gameplay loop. It is a shame I can no longer trust user averages when making educated purchasing decisions. I am glad I trusted the critics this time.

    It is a 9 that I am bumping 10 in order to counter the bot bombing.
  25. Clair12
    Oct 3, 2021
    10
    It was a great surprise, 10/10.
    It's perfect if you like detective stories!
  26. captainroger6
    Oct 11, 2021
    8
    Is it a fun game? Yes. Is it innovative? Kind of. Did you enjoy the multiplayer? Hell no. I would still consider this to be a good game, but I feel like this game has potentials that the developers were just too reluctant to work on.
  27. Vdga23
    Oct 11, 2021
    10
    Death loop is so good ,the gameplay the story ,the music everything about the game is great, i like how creative it is with the powers and the time loop thing is used very well !! And how it makes you think and get better each loop ..I don’t have any negatives to be honest its my personal game of the year so far !!
  28. smh29
    Oct 12, 2021
    9
    A lot of people are complaining about how the game wastes their time because they lose all their progress after getting looped. They give it a bad review. Honestly, you're complaining because a game isn't easy, which is lame. The game is a challenge, it isn't supposed to be a straight up simple shooter. Also, another complaint is the levels, that there are only four or that they are tooA lot of people are complaining about how the game wastes their time because they lose all their progress after getting looped. They give it a bad review. Honestly, you're complaining because a game isn't easy, which is lame. The game is a challenge, it isn't supposed to be a straight up simple shooter. Also, another complaint is the levels, that there are only four or that they are too small. These people clearly haven't played the game passed the early stages. Each level at each time period is different, with whole new level stages and different enemy layout, so no not just 4 levels there are 16 technically. Also, once you actually play the game a bit, especially play it online, you understand the level design better, the design is kind of brilliant because it is designed to work as a single player and multiplayer map. Playing online you get to see how thought the levels are small, they have an almost open world aspect to them as you can leap through the map and climb almost everything, finding caverns and extra rooms depending on which time it is. To those dissing the graphics, I don't know maybe you have a bad TV, I thought the graphics, along with level design and character design were awesome and unlike anything I've seen before in a game. The gunplay does take a little while to get used to. It isn't like a typical FPS because this game isn't really a typical FPS, the use of powers which you progressively get make the pacing of the gunplay much more clear, I thought it felt awkward for the first couple of hours I played the game too, then it kind of clicked and I saw how it worked. Anyway, the hate is totally unwarranted and comes from people not understanding what they are getting into (even though the first two hours+ of the game explains it all to you). A lot of people complain about things that are just part of how the game is supposed to be. If you don't like it, fair enough, but to suggest this is a bad game is ridiculous. Also, clearly there is a campaign against the game, this has biased and distorted the reviews. A lot of people likely went in with all the noise from the campaign and had it bias their perspectives too. It is too bad because we cannot actually get a genuine review of what players actually think of the game because there are so many zeros and low scores that are by people who haven't played it or who went in with no intention of liking it, not fair reviews of the game. The bad reviews, and mediocre reviews are full of clear misunderstandings of the game mechanics and design right off the bat that people who actually have played through the game more than just a little bit, have done the whole online bit, and really dug into the game know right away these reviews are from biased brains who haven't given it a fair chance at all.… Expand
  29. Erog
    Oct 20, 2021
    1
    I liked the atmosphere of the game and the graphics were decent, didn’t have any bugs in the 6/7 hours i played and the voice acting is some of the best ever. But surface level stuff is all this game is. The stealth gameplay is ps3 level primitive and once you get some loot in the first few hours its so mind-numbingly easy it borders ridiculous. There is no other way to play as the gunplayI liked the atmosphere of the game and the graphics were decent, didn’t have any bugs in the 6/7 hours i played and the voice acting is some of the best ever. But surface level stuff is all this game is. The stealth gameplay is ps3 level primitive and once you get some loot in the first few hours its so mind-numbingly easy it borders ridiculous. There is no other way to play as the gunplay is so clunky and awful and your character is made out of glass and will die so quickly.

    The mission/lead setup seems novel at first but you quickly realise everyone plays exactly the same and it all takes place on 4 areas which are about the size of an average 6v6 cod map which obviously gets tedious very quickly especially as you keep having to go in and out of areas and advancing time and figuring stuff out yourself and repeating over and over and over again. It’s so unrewarding and doesn’t match the grossly outdated gameplay. The story seems decent but it’s a chore to follow with all the hoops you have to jump through just to play the game. This game feels like a £20 indie rather than a full priced headliner. Worth that price if you are willing to do almost all immersive legwork yourself and don’t mind an extremely slow paced repetitive grind. Otherwise avoid.    … Expand
  30. 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
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#8 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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#9 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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Metascore
88

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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