Deathloop was fun, but I never finished it. It's got Bioshock and The Prisoner TV series vibes, but the idea is you are stuck in a Groundhog Day time loop, with no memory. You have to kill each of the key people on this island in order to stop bad things from happening, but you have to kill them all in the same day to end it all or the loop starts again. You will end up killing them several times in different ways, in order to get access to clues, weapons and equipment you need to plan and finally do the final mission to kill them all. The story is engaging.

It's an interesting concept, and I had fun with it, and the combat mechanics are good. I just never finished it. Some other shiny thing caught my eye and lured me away. I should really try to go back and finish it some day.

For free, everyone should try it out.

Sepharo wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 19:56:

RogueSix wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 19:51:

HoSpanky wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 16:41:
Deathloop is some top tier entertainment. Remember how awesome the first Bioshock was? It's better than that. Gameplay sits right between Bioshock and Deus Ex. The story is almost as good as Control's, but the gameplay/gunplay is FAR more satisfying. It's Groundhog Day, where you relive the same day over and over, but you have to plan and execute several kills over the course of the day.

It sounded pretty decent up to this point and then...

It will take you dozens of attempts to just figure out how to get to the targets, but each has a few possible ways to take them out.

... you triple-flushed it down the shitter real hard. Dozens of attempts? Dumbshit repetitive trial and error gameplay to inflate game length a.k.a the laziest game "design" enshittifcation ever? Fuck that shit. I'd rather shoot myself in the nutsack with a stapler gun a dozen times.

It's not trial and error gameplay and I don't remember doing anything dozens of times. Sounds like he got stuck.

edit: Err, I guess they mean the core loop itself... sure, you loop in death loop, that's the point. But there shouldn't be much trial and error... you're learning stuff on each loop like any of these games based around such a mechanic.
Speaking of... Blue Prince is a new puzzle game this year that's very good and has a similar rogue-like mechanic of repeating with new knowledge... but it cheats a bit and you do progress outside of the loops too despite what it tells you.

Well, yes, it's a given that the loop includes looping but it sounded to me like he was talking about repetitive trial & error gameplay "inside" of the individual loops and that sounds incredibly unfun to me. I absolutely loathe time-wasting or artificial game time stretching mechanics like trial & error in games. Yucky, yucky.

Oh, well, too late anyway. I bought Deathloop Deluxe on sale ages ago (Jan 24) for €13 so I guess I'll find out one of these days how annoying the "dozens of attempts to just figure out how to get to the targets" really is.

I'm actually really curious right now but I have too many unfinished games installed already (4TB SSDs should be banned ) so Deathloop (Steam version) will have to wait...

jdreyer wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 13:46:
Snagged, although Deathloop was already in my library. I think I got it from Amazon's free giveaways?

Same here. Snagged Ogu.

Friend Sepharo, thanks for commenting your good experience with Deathloop, I trust your views.

So much always ready shit-talking about a fine enough game as general consensus dixit, from our resident troll without trying it ... free ... it's there, try it before dissing.

Lack of respect for devs' efforts at the least, but, in character ... smh.

RogueSix wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 19:51:

HoSpanky wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 16:41:
Deathloop is some top tier entertainment. Remember how awesome the first Bioshock was? It's better than that. Gameplay sits right between Bioshock and Deus Ex. The story is almost as good as Control's, but the gameplay/gunplay is FAR more satisfying. It's Groundhog Day, where you relive the same day over and over, but you have to plan and execute several kills over the course of the day.

It sounded pretty decent up to this point and then...

It will take you dozens of attempts to just figure out how to get to the targets, but each has a few possible ways to take them out.

... you triple-flushed it down the shitter real hard. Dozens of attempts? Dumbshit repetitive trial and error gameplay to inflate game length a.k.a the laziest game "design" enshittifcation ever? Fuck that shit. I'd rather shoot myself in the nutsack with a stapler gun a dozen times.

It's not trial and error gameplay and I don't remember doing anything dozens of times. Sounds like he got stuck.

edit: Err, I guess they mean the core loop itself... sure, you loop in death loop, that's the point. But there shouldn't be much trial and error... you're learning stuff on each loop like any of these games based around such a mechanic.
Speaking of... Blue Prince is a new puzzle game this year that's very good and has a similar rogue-like mechanic of repeating with new knowledge... but it cheats a bit and you do progress outside of the loops too despite what it tells you.

HoSpanky wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 16:41:
Deathloop is some top tier entertainment. Remember how awesome the first Bioshock was? It's better than that. Gameplay sits right between Bioshock and Deus Ex. The story is almost as good as Control's, but the gameplay/gunplay is FAR more satisfying. It's Groundhog Day, where you relive the same day over and over, but you have to plan and execute several kills over the course of the day.

It sounded pretty decent up to this point and then...

It will take you dozens of attempts to just figure out how to get to the targets, but each has a few possible ways to take them out.

... you triple-flushed it down the shitter real hard. Dozens of attempts? Dumbshit repetitive trial and error gameplay to inflate game length a.k.a the laziest game "design" enshittifcation ever? Fuck that shit. I'd rather shoot myself in the nutsack with a stapler gun a dozen times.

HoSpanky wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 16:41:
Deathloop is some top tier entertainment. Remember how awesome the first Bioshock was? It's better than that. Gameplay sits right between Bioshock and Deus Ex. The story is almost as good as Control's, but the gameplay/gunplay is FAR more satisfying. It's Groundhog Day, where you relive the same day over and over, but you have to plan and execute several kills over the course of the day. It will take you dozens of attempts to just figure out how to get to the targets, but each has a few possible ways to take them out.
The Versus mode doesn't work very well, even if both players are on Fiber. Luckily, it only affects the invading player, not the one "hosting". So if you just play the normal mode, leave multiplayer on, you'll likely get some easy kills/upgrades since the netcode is janky as FUCK for the invader.

Yeah I really enjoyed that one, and it was nice to have that puzzle/planning aspect related to repeating the days and achieving objectives. I've done stuff like that a lot in my puzzle/Adventure games based around that mechanic... but never as part of a FPS-rpglite like that.

Seivardian wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 14:40:

Jivaro wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 14:09:

Seivardian wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 13:53:
Borderlands 2 is free on Steam too, for those that don't have it yet:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/

Real fans would find a way to snag this, even if it was already in their library!

Thank you for pointing this out!

You are very welcome! I want to keep the snagging going for all!

Thanks for becoming a commenter after being a lurker for so long. It's posts like this that make the site great.

On the contrary, I was so put off by Deathloop I didn't even get half way through. The world and characters just felt so flat and the gameplay was only marginally removed from Dishonored.

Deathloop is some top tier entertainment. Remember how awesome the first Bioshock was? It's better than that. Gameplay sits right between Bioshock and Deus Ex. The story is almost as good as Control's, but the gameplay/gunplay is FAR more satisfying. It's Groundhog Day, where you relive the same day over and over, but you have to plan and execute several kills over the course of the day. It will take you dozens of attempts to just figure out how to get to the targets, but each has a few possible ways to take them out.
The Versus mode doesn't work very well, even if both players are on Fiber. Luckily, it only affects the invading player, not the one "hosting". So if you just play the normal mode, leave multiplayer on, you'll likely get some easy kills/upgrades since the netcode is janky as FUCK for the invader.

Snagged!

Seivardian wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 13:53:
Borderlands 2 is free on Steam too, for those that don't have it yet:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/

Real fans would find a way to snag this, even if it was already in their library!

And part 3 is only 3 bucks. 95% discount! lol.

Jivaro wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 14:09:

Seivardian wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 13:53:
Borderlands 2 is free on Steam too, for those that don't have it yet:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/

Real fans would find a way to snag this, even if it was already in their library!

Thank you for pointing this out!

You are very welcome! I want to keep the snagging going for all!

snagging intensifies

Seivardian wrote on Jun 5, 2025, 13:53:
Borderlands 2 is free on Steam too, for those that don't have it yet:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/

Real fans would find a way to snag this, even if it was already in their library!

Thank you for pointing this out!

snagged.

Borderlands 2 is free on Steam too, for those that don't have it yet:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/

Real fans would find a way to snag this, even if it was already in their library!

Snagged, bagged, sacked and tagged.

I enjoyed two point hospital

Snagged, although Deathloop was already in my library. I think I got it from Amazon's free giveaways?