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Deathloop – Official Gameplay Walkthrough
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PleaseWaitStation4
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Strawman?
Robb
Gold Member
Not sure if I understand, sorry.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
We'll see how it turns out. No point getting excited about it. Hades was exceptionally extended and had gameplay variety. Deathloop feels like any other Arcane game, a gameplay loop you'd maybe want to play through once or twice, unlike any other roguelikes/lites. They promoted it with full combat mostly but I saw some stealth here and there and if I can do each loop full stealth, like their previous games, than that will certainly extend and please me immensly.
James Sawyer Ford
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Oddvintagechap
Member
Voicework is super weak. Why does a 30 year old sound like some whiny school girl?I also hated Alloy in the Horizon trailers so maybe its not that bad.
Ultimately I hate deathloop. Im tired of seeing it.
Shmunter
Member
The gameplay is unknown and still may prove to be innovative, who knows. But the idiotic commentary is a total turn off. It’s so bad it’s sufficient for me to skip this.
Must be getting to old or something. Kids these days.
Green_Eyes
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MastaKiiLA
Member
I'll just repeat what I said in the livestream thread. I think the SoP was a good idea, as it allowed us to see more of the gamplay mechanics, and better understand what makes this different from a regular FPS. My interest had waned considerably since the initial reveal, and this got me more interested, although it didn't sell me.
I like that it's not a multiplayer-focused FPS, because I hate those. This looks like it'll have story, and a decent campaign. It looks like a fun game to play by yourself, and get creative with kills, or stealth your way around. However, what keeps this from being a win for me are the visuals. I know it's a stylized look, but it's possible to be stylized, and still have more impressive visuals. Things that bugged me were the poor enemy designs. There's just not a lot to them. We've seen the clown army kind of thing done before, but these were just a bunch of mannequins being offed. Also, it's a bit off-putting seeing a snowy environment, where there is little to no interaction with any of the snow. Both the main character, and the enemies (plus the weapons too) just don't seem to be a part of the world. No footprints, weapons sitting on top of snow, like it's concrete, and the shadows make it look like the characters are all hovering on these surfaces.
I don't know much about Arkane, but I thought they had financial backing of Bethesda. I was expecting the visuals to improve from last year, but they don't seem to have improved at all. I'm not wowed by this, and that's kinda what I need to pull the trigger on an FPS. That said, if it reviews really well, I'll have to take a look, but for now, it's kinda meh. When I get a PS5, I want to focus on indies that offer quirky-but-fun game experiences, and visual juggernauts. I don't know if I have time for this game, which looks competent, but isn't a stunner in any particular area.
But good on Sony to do the SoP. I hope it gets fans of the genre to give the game a proper look.
I like that it's not a multiplayer-focused FPS, because I hate those. This looks like it'll have story, and a decent campaign. It looks like a fun game to play by yourself, and get creative with kills, or stealth your way around. However, what keeps this from being a win for me are the visuals. I know it's a stylized look, but it's possible to be stylized, and still have more impressive visuals. Things that bugged me were the poor enemy designs. There's just not a lot to them. We've seen the clown army kind of thing done before, but these were just a bunch of mannequins being offed. Also, it's a bit off-putting seeing a snowy environment, where there is little to no interaction with any of the snow. Both the main character, and the enemies (plus the weapons too) just don't seem to be a part of the world. No footprints, weapons sitting on top of snow, like it's concrete, and the shadows make it look like the characters are all hovering on these surfaces.
I don't know much about Arkane, but I thought they had financial backing of Bethesda. I was expecting the visuals to improve from last year, but they don't seem to have improved at all. I'm not wowed by this, and that's kinda what I need to pull the trigger on an FPS. That said, if it reviews really well, I'll have to take a look, but for now, it's kinda meh. When I get a PS5, I want to focus on indies that offer quirky-but-fun game experiences, and visual juggernauts. I don't know if I have time for this game, which looks competent, but isn't a stunner in any particular area.
But good on Sony to do the SoP. I hope it gets fans of the genre to give the game a proper look.
Sander Cohen
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Oh, so this just went from maaaaaybe to not in a million years purchase.
AphexTwunt
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Looks great, Looking forward to it coming to GP. After playing through PREY I've got high hopes for this.
GymWolf
Gold Member
GymWolf
Gold Member
The only thing i don't like that much.
Oddvintagechap
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Probably waiting for it to be “free” on gamepass.
DenchDeckard
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Boss Mog
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Idk but the video runs at 30fps and with tons of stutter to boot. Or maybe it's uncapped and fluctuates, but it looks really bad in motion in that video.
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digoutyoursoul
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Agreed, although I’m not much of a Bethesda person to begin with.
vaibhavpisal
Member
Looking polished and graphics look nice. Definitely close to release.
Wasn't sold on gameplay, but latest showing looks amazing. Dishonoured without holding me back via different endings.
I have a question, does your health regenerate or do you have a fixed pool?
Wasn't sold on gameplay, but latest showing looks amazing. Dishonoured without holding me back via different endings.
I have a question, does your health regenerate or do you have a fixed pool?
DenchDeckard
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I'm sure there will be a 60 FPS mode, maybe the state of play was 30FPS and that was causing the issue. We have seen this before, makes the game look stuttery due to the encode.
Andodalf
Banned
They knew they had a hole in their lineup and bought a year of 2 Bethesda games to fill it. Made sense at the time
digoutyoursoul
Member
Chevy Chase could be making the game for all I care
Esteldan
Member
Possibly, less AAA Single Player games around these days though so for anyone less keen on GaaS it may have a decent share of the market to itself.
Biggest problem Arkane have is that Bethesda horribly markets their products (maybe this will change in time with Microsoft behind the wheel, though their video game marketing is a mixed bag also).
Before this video I was heavily turned off by Deathloop as it seemed like more an FPS with some GaaS gimmick based on the marketing. Now we get some concrete gameplay and it actually looks more in line with Dishonored and I'll probably get it Day 1.
They did this with Prey too, it was marketed as a generic sci-fi shooter despite the finished product being possibly the best Immersive Sim in that style since System Shock 2. By the time anyone realised how creative it actually was it was already in the bargain bin and the Studio Founder had been fired. Thanks Bethesda.
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CaptainofIndustry
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Looks pretty cool to me. I really liked Dishonored (haven't played Dishonored 2 yet) so I'm interested.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Yep. It will sell just as bad as Prey if not worse. I've heard some folks say "well maybe PS5 owners will buy it cuz there's not much else" but in September PS5 owners also get
September 10 - Tales of Arise
September 16 - Rainbow Six Extraction
September 23 - Diablo II Remastered
September 24 - Death Stranding: Director's Cut
September 24 - Lost Judgement
Looks to me like PS5 owners have plenty other options. Who the fuck is gonna pay $60 for Deathloop except for me & a few other enthusiasts?
Balducci30
Member
The hate on this game seems a little over exaggerated - Arkane is great (someone said they made Wolfenstein which - no they did not) - I’m sure it will be good and fun in spite of the looping gameplay mechanic
RGB'D
Member
I am super hyped for this game. I'm really holding out hope that they will lowkey add it to PC Gamepass, but if not I will buy on PC for MSRP. I could buy for my PS5 but if it's anything like Prey, the PC version will be significantly better than console and dual sense support doesn't sway me that much (especially since they keep stick drifting on me). But Arkane is one of my top 3 developers and they haven't disappointed yet.
balls of snow
Gold Member
Day 1, and with microsoft backing, Arkane will forever be making these type of games regardless what the casual thinks. Win win.
GymWolf
Gold Member
My fear is the exact opposite, being semi-independent was the reasons why they tried risky games like dish or prey, and now under M they are making their first heavy multyplayer game (i don't consider the small multy part in deathloop that important tbh, the game is 99% single player).
We are not gonna have dish3 or prey 2 full single player under microsoft...hopefully i'm wrong.
balls of snow
Gold Member
You were not getting them anyway with how yhe series ughh 'underperform' before ms bought them.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Sooo...why are you happy?!
Deathloop was made before the M acquisition and the only new project under them is a 4 coop multyplayer game...and i don't know you, but i like my arkane immersive sims single player only...
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Manwithoutfear
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i know, sounds awesome to me! at first i was like mehhhh but now that i've seen a lot more gameplay i'm actually really excited for it. i really really like pretty much everything arkane has done. i wonder if it's coming to gamepass on PC day one
GymWolf
Gold Member
To me one of the best selling point is that you have to do stuff to group the targets in a unique place to kill some of them at the same time because the devs said that it is impossible to kill them separately.
And knowing how much freedom arkane games have, i expect some genius mechanics to achieve that, youtubers are gonna have a lot of fun trying to create the perfect loop where you kill all the targets in the smallest amount of time.
This video kinda explain what i'm trying to say
And knowing how much freedom arkane games have, i expect some genius mechanics to achieve that, youtubers are gonna have a lot of fun trying to create the perfect loop where you kill all the targets in the smallest amount of time.
This video kinda explain what i'm trying to say
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RGB'D
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Redfall was in production before the acquisition. MS has not impacted the development of that game (or deathloop) at all.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Do we have info about the genre of this game?! I only know that it is a multyplayer project...
TheGodfather07
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Like all of arcane's games than? I dont get it. They have such high quality but they always underperform. What is it that turns people away? The art style? The lack of deep storytelling.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Casuals don't like to use their brain or just not exceptional graphic with kinda janky animations\weak plots (but great lore and world building).
The fact that a lot of people think that botw or tlou2 are the pinnacle of level design for last gen make me feel like a mix of cringe and pity.
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The Cockatrice
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Besides Lost Judgment they're multiplat. R6 will most likely be played on PC and same with D2, Tales of Arise will have a huge boost on steam as well based on previous ones and most ps5 owners own both a PC and the console itself and would rather wait for exclusives only. The games I mentioned can be purchased A LOT more cheaper as well on PC. That being said, I will save my money for Lost Judgment because the prequel was my goty so I'm all in on it. Death Loop can wait.
Yeah the few people I introduced prey to all loved it and didn't know it existed. Bethesda's is terrible at marketing their games. Hell, everyone thought Doom 2016 was going to flop because of the awful beta.
