Deathloop Review - Arkane Lite 

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Arkane finally made a game in which we can kill enemies endlessly with zero consequences. I can’t believe it.

Honestly I'm shocked that the game about a time loop doesn't implement time-based mechanics

Did you play Prey Mooncrash as this appears to be inspired heavily by that, in the sense that you have to figure out how to tackle multiple interlocking objectives in a limited looping time period.

About the bunkers. You can unlock them all in the same loop. There are 6 generators, just power all 6 generators at the same time and unlock all doors in the same loop. What I assume you did is just 2 generators and no explore the rest of the area.

GmanLives: You won't be doing any of the things from the trailer, that perfect enemy positioning is just marketing StealthGamerBR: Hold my beer

This game looks amazing, but one of those amazing games that I'd get on sale for like $20.

Even the HUDs like Dishonored. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I feel like some of Colts voice lines sound like he can't actually scream, otherwise his kids wake up.

this game has a LOT in common with the Prey "Mooncrash" DLC and its roguelike "over-and-over-and-over-Attemp" style of gameplay. I loved the Mooncrash DLC, even tho it was very much different from the regular PREY game. And yeah, I´ve played the one back in the day where ET steals your girl to Barracuda by Heart. edit: "steals your girl to Don´t fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult" (I stand corrected, @Gameboy731 ;-) )

The fact that there's no karma is really refreshing for me. Dishonored gave you all the tools to unleash chaos but then the game basically tells you that going gun toting power crazy is the wrong way. Also I can understand the no savescuming (game has a multiplayer component plus roguelite elements)

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I was on the fence of getting this game day one but your review made me reconsider. Think I'll get it once it drops in price.

It feels like Arkane is getting stuck in a loop of their own.

IGN: 10 Gamespot: 10 Some Australian bloke: eh it's alright In Gman we trust

Wish the PVP matches allowed for further unique experiences and maybe dedicated pvp game modes like wanted from assassin creed brotherhood haha great review mate!

Just hearing colt's dialogue now and I love his goofiness. Don't know why, it's just so damn endearing.

Pricetag+ Prey DLC concept but simplified (bad thing)+ Performance issues= Going to wait for a sale and performance patches. Which looking back at Dishonored 2 might take a good year or two.

A Control/Deathloop crossover would be fun. Arkane and Remedy are some of the last developers still making good AA games. They're not for everyone, but if you like them, you like them.

after too many trailers, we have at least one review worth watching at last

Your thumbnails are always great Gman. You could hastily photoshop a funny looking face or smile on the characters but instead it always looks very convincing and natural.

This is the first time I've seen gameplay of this, its out and all I've seen was the promo/cover art.

The Denuvo problem is well known.

I don't think there was a party in Prey :) Also, this game expands upon ideas from the criminally underrated hidden gem that is Prey Mooncrash DLC.

My biggest issue is that the loop mechanic is just a linear device for storytelling and a lore explanation for dying. Like, there should be an ability where you click like a stopwatch and it saves your position in time there. You use the stopwatch again and it takes you back to that position, with the health and ammo you had when you set it. Or you can freeze time for just a second, or can loop time in an area so enemies will run into their own bullets. If the game is going to be combat focused, give us combative tools that play off the setting and theme. Or like how the missions don't feel like they scale off eachother- Like Gman points out there is no way to make gains fight eachother, or to gain an actual feeling of insight on a second loop past knowing the environmental layout. Like, maybe you kill the first leader and find a note hidden on her body that says that she has intel on the second leader she's using as black mail. You take the black-mail and play it over loudspeakers and it draws the second leader and his gang out to fight the first leader and her gang. Hitman has multiple ways of completing a level and it's objectives- it's ironically a better "Deathloop" experience than "Deathloop."

I don't know if Deathloop manages to quite pull it off but the idea of an action-oriented game in the style of Outer Wilds sounds really really compelling. Deathloop looks like it has a lot more "video-games" in it than perhaps a focus on exploration and problem solving on repeat.

I feel your lock down pain. And your mum. Hello from Auckland and keep up the awesome vids bruv!

*Spazzing out in an attempt to be evasive breaking immersion* "Yep, it's a player"

I guess Arkane gave the PS5 more priority. So the pc issues will most likely be fixed 6 months later like RE Village after someone bypasses the drm. And IGN gave it a 10/10 with no comment for the pc port.

Have you considered reviewing SWAT 4 Mr gman? It's the most fun I had in a co-op shooter. I think you'll enjoy it a lot with a bunch of buddies

Sounds like a "Wait for the GOTY with the inevitable DLC bundled in and the frame rate optimization patch working", frankly. But I'm honestly glad to see more games that are willing to make their worlds a playground without trying to make you feel bad for what you do inside of them.

"I'm a poet and I didn't even realize" Damn it Gman!

I miss when they made games like Dark Messiah

Jesus, some of those weapon designs look pretty amazing. The dual handguns combining into one gun with two handles at a right angle is so stupid it loops back to awesome. That reloading animation where the player pours ammo back into the gun... All neato!

Love that I found your channel off your no one lives forever vids. Thanks

another good looking game ruined by Denuvo, what a shame :/

From what i heard, a lot of talent from Arkane Studio switched over to WolfEye studio and now are working on Weird West, including studio's cofounder. That might be the reason behind reduced creativity when compared to previous titles.

There's a really weird thing with Arkane games that I've heard referred to as "Arkane syndrome" where, with a lot of their games, many players (myself included sometimes) really can't appreciate the game for all its worth on a single playthrough, and for some people that's all they're gonna put into it, which is totally reasonable and understandable. I think Arkane games often end up being better for people who are willing to claw through the initial slog until it truly clicks with them, so this game being "divisive" is honestly pretty expected for me. I know I bounced off many of their games a lot before getting through them, playing again and then having it click and the potential fun just exploded into reality. I'm willing to give this one a shot or two or three.

That "caddyshack" reference got me lol

I love that all arcane studios games show a sneaky looking hand of the left side of the screen when you crouch

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That looks like an expensive Dishonored 2 Skin Pack

This is an AMAZINGLY HONEST review which is rare in this day and age thank you!!!

"The time has come and so have i" almost flew right over my head

those 10/10 scores it is getting are really sus for me, it looks great, but 10/10 is a bit too much for what it is, so yeah, keeping this for when it is discounted to hell and back.

Excited to get this on sale in a year or so for $20

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I was going to pre order this but your review made me reconsider. Best wait for a discount

14:00 the greatest use of epic tourettes guy yet

Seems like this is a watered-down Dishonored, with roque-lite elements, with a 60's aesthetic. I was hopping for something much better, from a studio like Arkane. Ad the bad optimization, and this seems like a disappointment. Might pick it up a year from now, at some sale, with a heavy discount. But this doesn't seem like a game worth full price.

Nice little DMC4 reference in the beginning there

"The Tima has come, and so have I" 0:30 hahaha

Wow, this game has no business running that shitty based on how it looks.

I'm biased, since Dishonored is one of my absolute favourite series, but this looks really great. All the perfect combat gameplay with the new aesthetics and world. Can't say I like the inclusion of Denuvo, but maybe once that gets removed I'll give it a try. Edit: I also agree with the comments about the chaos system. In the final dishonored entry they didn't include a chaos system and it was also received positively.

That sponsor transition was smooth. Really smooth

This channel feels like one that everyone should be subscribed to. Always a great script and great delivery.

The amount of advisement this game had made me sick of it lol

So this could be considered a repetitive game that gets repetitive

The Havoc power-up, reminds me of the "Empower" power-up crystal for the Thule Medallion from Wolfenstein (2009). They are both red too.

Will watch this tonight. Cheers bloke.

I cant help but feel this looks like a 20 quid indie title, but on crack. A relatively tightly intertwined but small map, with replayable missions to reach an eventual end goal. Given that its Arkane, this is a "get on sale" for me, which it will inevitably be on in a couple months.

As someone who loved both Dishonored games, this really just looks like a watered down dishonored without the moody setting and stealth. Huge bummer, i thought the game will be stealth and choice focused like dishonored was.

I'm almost 100% positive that the whole concept for 'DeathLoop' started out as a single, level design for the 'Dishonored' series (which ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor because it was too big for just 1 level). Or, they were working on 'Dishonored 3' and were told to pivot to a shorter game instead, and ended up just expanding this cut level idea/concept into a "full" game (which uses multiplayer to extended it's short "proof-of-concept" gameplay).

I absolutely love this game so far. Mooncrash DLC is one of my favorite games, and this feels like more of that. Been playing through strictly stealth so far which can be very challenging, considering enemy placement in certain choke points. I also love figuring out some of the side puzzles, which some can be pretty challenging. Additionally, I HIGHLY recommend playing without enabling the waypoints for objectives. It's been way more fun finding things on my own through exploration, and then remembering where certain locations are when needing to revisit them later. Idk. I love the game, but I know it's not going to please everyone.

Since there are no steam reviews yet I checked those curator reviews things and I noticed some of curators recommending this game have the exact same "review" for this game. Like a literal copy/paste review. Most people not recommending it say it has Denuvo and finally a couple of people recommending it because it has black people on it although those may have been a joke.

It's all just force push from jedi knight. Nothing like sending a storm trooper plummeting down an infinite cliff.

I love the Half-Life H. E. V suit reference and the metal gear solid alert sound effect nice references!

Loved the Chappelle insert.

The kinesis power reminded me of Bulletstorm... Damn I miss Bulletstorm...

those enemy icons are so obtrusive

The part where your robot or whatever says, "laceration detected", sounds just like Gordon's suit from Half-Life.

A proper telekinesis power would probably be really fun in something like this, especially to use human shields or throw objects.

Can’t wait to see all of the crazy things StealthGamerBR will do.

>Denuvo Whelp, guess I have to wait an agonizing three days to play a better version for free

0:49 schwacked lives on

2:15 LMAO that Dave Chappelle line

Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed this cool setting is stuck in a roguelite where you only explore 4 environments over and over again. Sounds like a missed opportunity.

"The time has come and so have I." I must remember this phrase for certain situations. Like all of them. I can't really think of any where it WOULDN'T suit.

20:32 thats what i first thought of when I saw this pvp julianna mechanic, it is basically like a Dark Souls Invader but with guns lol

The Goofy scream made my day thanks

Prey was just amazing, I understand why fan of the first one was disapointed, but if you take it as something new, it is so good.

I can’t wait to see speed runs on this game

I’m so glad someone finally recognized the genius storytelling in Bill Murray’s Caddyshack

I know a tourettes guy clip is coming at some point but it still always catches me off guard and makes me laugh

I ended up playing it twice. It's an amazing game. It's not without its problems, but it's definitely a very cute game to play.

I honestly really hate how the people disappear when you kill them, call me crazy. but one of the aspects of stealth games I find the most interesting is covering your tracks so you dont get found out.

I definitely think being light on the imsim elements can work well for the gameplay if it’s more straight forward combat intensive, I mean the balance of action and imsim mechanics worked well for Bioshock it all depends on the execution. I have faith Arkane will deliver a solid game here.

Gggmanlives! Keep up the viddies

Thanks for another great review of yours...even if i dont own a Playstation, i was pretty curious what you have to say about it 😀 greetings from Germany

Most critics and gaming news sites are calling this a masterpiece, but G-man says it’s just OK. I trust G-man more.

You can feel like a badass and have a challenge at the same time I love it

Every time you used that tk slap move all I could think of was the Darkness 2's tentacle lash, not gonna lie.

Guess the days of Arkane making a true blue ImSim is gone. Oh well happy for the people who managed to find fun in this.

Would this be worth playing for someone who didn’t really like Dishonored that much but absolutely loved Prey?

That model analogy is freaking great

i was kinda interested in this one, i love the Dishonored games, but after learning more about the game it is definitely a deep sale buy. That catsuit looks amazing though. :D

There was DSL in 99? Here in Germany DSL wasn't really a thing until 2002 or something. Funny that we still use it in 2021.

It feels weird, I love the style but with the limited powers and a forgettable antagonist I think is just another "good game" probably I'll get it when it's cheap; I honestly can't believe all the 10/10 it's getting, it's a more boring Prey and it's a less fun Dishonored

Circumcise a wolly mammoth loll line of the year, thank you sir that made my morning.

That "gotcha bitch" made me lol. Good one.