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I do not recommend: Deathloop

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I really don't like Deathloop.

#Deathloop #DeathloopReview #GOTY

00:00 Intro
06:56 The Menu
10:35 The Action
17:23 The Invasions
21:39 The Loop
30:15 The Bottom Line
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@SkillUp Creator 4 years ago Pinned

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@CriticalNobody 4 years ago

Deathloop is a game that takes awhile to click, then hits an enjoyable stride, then overstays it's welcome. Totally worth the $30 I spent on it and not at all worthy of all the 10/10 scores.

@pondopondo1497 4 years ago

So basically even Hitman is more of a timeloop game.

@lorenzodhernandes 4 years ago

Arkane is a cursed Studio. They've made masterpieces with no recognition and are getiing loads of recognition for their worst game.

@BucklingSwashes 2 years ago

Arkane Studios after this and then Redfall:
"It's not a Deathloop. It's a Deathspiral."

@kvikram19 4 years ago

The idea that time loop games are “metroidvanias of the mind” is just brilliant

@LalaithMeren 4 years ago

It's also important to remember that Arkane is two studios: Austin and Lyon. Austin made Prey, Lyon made Dishonored 2 alone and Deathloop. Before those, they worked together on Dishonored 1.

@shannonhall9814 4 years ago

Played Prey and Mooncrash this year. It was one of my favourite experiences I've had in gaming for an eternity. It's criminally unknown by so many people. Everyone needs to play it

@Christian_303 4 years ago

It has to be said that Prey was made by a completely different studio though. Prey was made by arkane Austin while deathloop and the dishonored series was made by arkane lion.

@thepneumanator 4 years ago (edited)

This is how you maturely talk about something you know 90% of an audience will disagree with. I don't always agree with your opinion but I do always agree with the way you express it. You are a first class journalist. Don't let 'em tell you any different!

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Wow, I didn't think the 90% number would be taken so seriously. My point was that he is fantastic at critically debating views of point that MAY not be popular. Guess I should have just said that.

@BackfallGenius 4 years ago (edited)

In all the pre-launch interviews with the devs at Arkane, they definitely made it sound like a true "murder puzzle" that involved figuring out the optimal paths through the map, trying to get the right targets in the right spots at the right time, and piecing together the clockwork puzzle of Blackreef in a cerebrally intriguing way. So I bought it at launch and was definitely let down to see that the "loop" is actually four separate levels with time having no real gameplay effect, there's only one way to do the final loop, and the game literally handholds you through the entire thing, to the point where it even spells out how to do the final loop for you. There's absolutely no strategy or satisfaction involved in getting to the end of the game, you're just blindly following objective markets. I definitely loved Prey Mooncrash WAY more. I'm pretty sure everyone who's played that DLC was let down by Deathloop because Mooncrash straight up did everything Deathloop promises BETTER.

I'm just wondering what the hell all these reviewers saw in it to give it such perfect scores... and I say this as a diehard fan of Arkane and the immersive sim genre.

@EvilGenius447 4 years ago

I find it incredibly ironic that one of Arkane's highest reviewed and critically acclaimed games is also one of their most basic and least immersive. I genuinely believe this was an intentional move to prevent the studio from falling too far by the wayside because of how overlooked past games were. I hope this starts and ends with Deathloop though because if this is the direction future Arkane games go then man.........

@emdeo 4 years ago

This game getting 10s while Prey gets 6 and 8s.... holy shit. Gaming journalists live on another plane of existence.

@defendthehouse 4 years ago

I will stand by you on the Mooncrash hill. It's the best.

@JonDenton 4 years ago

I bounced off this hard, wondering what I was missing. Turns out I was waiting for future Ralph to agree with me.

@CHEFPKR 4 years ago

The voice acting and gunplay is great, but it got stale quickly for me. Half way through, I just wanted to play Dishonored.

@JeffC9808 3 years ago

Was curious to come back and rewatch this review after Redfall. I completely forgot this game got such high praise.

@RiverNihil 4 years ago

This isnt a review it's deconstruction and vivisection. You've not only de-recommended me, but I'm now trapped in an existential loop of analysis where i can only focus on game design and will never be immersed again. Bravo.

@WritingOnGames 4 years ago

That kind of reflection on how far away you feel from general consensus is something I can relate to a lot, especially this year, and especially with Deathloop. Can be a pretty alienating feeling all told. I guess it was just nice to see an in-depth review like this line up with a lot of the feelings I had towards this game while playing it, because honestly I just could not see what many others were seeing in this thing (and I say this as an Arkane fan). Great review!

@RavenGlenn 4 years ago

Just wanted to say: It was because of your review of Prey Mooncrash that I bought that DLC. And it truly is fanstastic and Prey & Mooncrash are experiences I will never not recommend to anyone and everyone I can.

Thank you for reviewing Mooncrash so thoroughly. It was invaluable to my decision to buy it. And Prey is a damned masterpiece on its own. I can't believe it got such terrible reviews from gaming publications.