Interesting. I’m a random Internet stranger and I thought it was boring and not fun. However a lot of people liked it so I’m not saying it’s bad it just wasn’t for me.
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Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I really enjoyed Deathloop, so here’s a recommendation from a random internet stranger 👍
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 day ago
helloharu@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My thoughts were not too dissimilar. Definitely with you, fellow internet stranger, on the boring, but I found it to be a mixed bag of fun so never finished the game. Though it’s been some time since I played, I may revisit to see if that has changed over the years.
Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Is this now a fight between random internet strangers? Are we supposed to use slurs? (JK, just in case)
Totally fair! Nothing can appeal to everyone, and I would never be accused of having average tastes. Loads of people seem to like Mario Cart, but playing it makes me want to Kyle my way through a wall. I had just played Prey Mooncrash, and was jazzed up on the loop mechanic. If I played again I may feel differently.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 day ago
is this more a fight between random internet strangers?
I think the traditional way of settling this is a meme duel.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 day ago
It’s mario Kart you heathen!
justsquigglez@lemm.ee 1 day ago
“Kyle my way through a wall” is my new favorite saying for the next few days. Amazing
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I fucking loved the dishonored franchise; is Deathloop anything like it? Since it’s from the same devs.
Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I play every Dishonoured game every year, and Deathloop feels similar. It’s more like a new book from your favorite author, but in a different genre than they usually write in. Definitely feels closer to Prey gameplay wise (I also highly recommend Prey).
There is not as much interaction with the story NPCs, and there is less of a focus on stealth. I found myself murdering way more than with Dishonored. That said, I really enjoyed the powers offered in the game, the quick “restarting” of the loop, and the overall story was good.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
It’s not as good as Dishonored but shares a lot of gameplay, powers with it
eyes@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah it shares a lot of stuff with Dishonored gameplay wise, but has a roguelike bent to it. It doesn’t compare in terms of world building but it’s still fun, especially for free.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Ehhhh not really. You get all sorts of quirky powers though
audaxdreik@pawb.social 1 day ago
YES! Thank you, finally someone else who sees it!
In my opinion, Deathloop is a spiritual successor to the OG System Shock as well. System Shock 2 and Prey (2017) both adopt RPG elements which is all well and fine, I adore both those games, but OG doesn’t have them and leans more on the interplay of immersive systems, really giving credence to the immersive simulation labeling that feels a bit more obtuse these days.
In OG System Shock, I really do feel you’re supposed to play with the Mission difficulty maxed so you have a time limit. It’s fine if you don’t, I’ve still never beaten it with the time limit on either Enhanced or Remake, but hear me out. System Shock (especially the REAL OG release) was an older game where you were meant to invest more time into it. You were supposed to do new game runs where you start from scratch, learn the world, learn the systems, and push further every time. It becomes more menacing when SHODAN is a real opponent that you can literally “lose” the game to.
Modern gamers don’t really tolerate that kind of stuff because losing a good run to an 8 (or 10) hour time limit feels like a waste of your time, and I can sympathize with that. That’s why Deathloop pulls the idea of runs into a metacontext where you’re reliving the same day over and over again, learning the layout of the different areas at different times of day, making use of the tools available to you until you’re ready for THE DAY when you do THE RUN and basically speedrun the game.
Part of me wonders what a Deathloop without Wenjie’s preservation mechanic (I forget what it’s called at the moment) would look like where you’re forced to re-gather your favorite weapons from their specific locations each run would look like, too. But I get why it was included and I’m not ready to say it would 100% be a better game without.
Oh and Julianna obviously acts as the SHODAN antagonist stand-in even though I know their personalities and motivations are very different. You get how having an ever present, somewhat omniscient foe hunt you is kinda the same.
There’s more but I won’t ramble any further. I know they’re very different games, but you see the outline, right?
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Fantastic overview
nawa@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It is quite similar in mechanics. It’s a small sandbox and you also have superpowers just like Dishonored. It’s pretty different in the overall vibe and obviously more gun-focused. I think you’ll enjoy it, and since it’s free it’s easy to try.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I second this recommendation!
My wife and I enjoyed playing through this. I didn’t 100% it but I got what I wanted it of if
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Yeah, I didn’t finish it but I loved the style and the colours.