How intrusive is that part of the game to the other player?
Only thing that has really put me off as I didn't like the invasion element of the Souls games. But I could see myself enjoying it a lot here depending on how it is implemented.
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Deathloop: PS5 gameplay leaked
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How intrusive is that part of the game to the other player?
Only thing that has really put me off as I didn't like the invasion element of the Souls games. But I could see myself enjoying it a lot here depending on how it is implemented.
The trailers made it seem like it would be more interesting than just a standard FPS but this doesn't look like anything special at all. I thought it was going to be more similar to Dishonored but it looks more like COD. Not my thing at all.
The reason I'd ever buy this instead of waiting for Xbox, is for the invasion. It's a cool mechanic and one of the reasons why I bought Doom Eternal (but we know how that turned out).
But that sounds great. I just wish the influx of all trailers showed a proper PvP from Juliannas perspective. Like am I tripping or have we never received a gameplay trailer like that? Lol.
It's not a rogue like at all really, and even then, Returnal showed us it's not really that niche of a genre.
You can play offline if you want. But (I think?) it happens regardless. Either NPC or real player.
I got invaded twice at this point. First time is story/tutorial stuff. Definitely AI.
Second time I think was a real player? I got a trophy for killing them. They were just suddenly there, trying to attack me. There was no 'INVADED BY A PLAYER!!' stuff. They even have abilities that let them blend in as other characters and drop traps and stuff. It's not like a Souls fight.
Worth pointing out that you can't pause if you're playing online (the default). I didn't realise, hit start to go and deal with my baby and when I came back I was dead, killed by one of the idiot AI.
I've been playing it since yesterday and it's nothing like CoD - sure, you can play it like a shooter, but really it's designed to be played like Dishonored / Prey. Same as how in those games and things like Hitman you could go guns / swords blazing but it wasn't really the point
I think they've made shooting more of an option as a get out of jail card, due to the consequences of dying.
How did it actually feel to engage with the second player? Did it feel spongy at all?
Will the discount still be available tomorrow after the reviews drop?
It's clearly a PS4/Xbox One game that was moved to PS5/PC exclusively after Sony investment which obviously annoys some people that do not have a PS5 or gaming PC.
It's also a rogue-lite which is a genre that has gotten a ton of games recently.
Felt just like fighting any other enemy in the game. Wasn't spongy. They were really defensive though and kept running off once I'd hit them. Which makes me think it was a real player.
And I got the trophy.
Game has my interest piqued for sure, especially the Hitman comparisons. On the fence about grabbing it at launch, but definitely will snag it at some point.
Is the general feeling that you could 100% stealth it, or is it a required mix of both stealth and gunplay?
Is the general feeling that you could 100% stealth it, or is it a required mix of both stealth and gunplay?
Sounds like an inside job to me. Your baby was very obviously on the take. Classic distraction play.
That's good to know, thank you. I guess this gameplay just isn't all that representative of how the game is meant to be played. I'm way more interested if it plays like Dishonored, I'll keep an eye out for more gameplay video's of people playing it.
I wonder if the majority of players will be playing offline though?
If you are going into this looking for an FPS I think you are going to be massively disappointed. It does give you the option of running in shooting (basically what the person in that video is doing), but it makes it very clear in the dialogue and the environmental text that you should try to avoid combat and find ways to go around enemies. It outright says if you just run in shooting things won't go well. Ammo also feels a bit scarce in the amount you can carry at once.
The levels are well designed and have alternative routes that let you go around the enemies, so that you can get to the objective purely doing stealth kills.
Its very much a Dishonoured game that happens to have guns and lets you shoot your way out if you get in trouble.
The reason I'm having a good time with it is that there are multiple routes through the maps that make it feel quite open in how you approach them, and the writing and overarching systems. It also feels more forgiving than dishonoured, where I found myself constantly reloading saves because the stealth went bad.
As an example of what is interesting about the game (early game spoilers):
The levels are well designed and have alternative routes that let you go around the enemies, so that you can get to the objective purely doing stealth kills.
Its very much a Dishonoured game that happens to have guns and lets you shoot your way out if you get in trouble.
The reason I'm having a good time with it is that there are multiple routes through the maps that make it feel quite open in how you approach them, and the writing and overarching systems. It also feels more forgiving than dishonoured, where I found myself constantly reloading saves because the stealth went bad.
As an example of what is interesting about the game (early game spoilers):
I died in the afternoon trying to kill one of the visionaries to unlock a permanent upgrade, and when the loop reset the game popped up a hint saying "hey, you could try that again but its difficult so perhaps you should try doing some other stuff in the morning first, like taking out this other visionary to take their powers, then coming back and trying it again in the afternoon, or exploring somewhere else in the morning to collect more powerful upgrades, but its up to you, do whatever you want". It also pointed out that depending on what you do at one time of day, the events at a later time will be affected, but only for that loop. You have hitman style leads on some of the other visionaries, and hints about what people will be doing at certain times of day that you've picked up from things going in the environment.
This kind of open ended approach to how you spend each loop and how the loop reacts to what you do is the reason to be hyped about the game, not the shooting or stealth.
This kind of open ended approach to how you spend each loop and how the loop reacts to what you do is the reason to be hyped about the game, not the shooting or stealth.
I was checking out the trophy list and there's a " clean-ish hands " trophy (nice little nod to Dishonored), so it seems like a mix of both actually.
Was there something wrong with what I said? I was just saying that it doesn't look like my kinda game based off of that gameplay.
I think the problem then is that arkane has marketed the game in a terrible way. Every trailer and gameplay showing (of which we have seen too many to count at this point) has shown the game as an action game. Not a stealth one. It makes sense people's expectations might sway towards that of shooting being the way to play...which would have been fine if the AI wasn't dumb as bricks.
I dunno. It's just made me feel like all the footage has been heavily choreographed bollocks and actually playing it just feels like a bit of a mess.
It really does seem like it is primed to be a game people are super shitty about, eh?
I can understand your first point, but this game clearly plays nothing like a rogue-lite.
There's someone the game steers you towards first.
Wenjie
Gameplay
The person playing it is playing it in a boring way tbh. Reminds me of that shitty review done for Doom 2016 where they played it in the slowest most boring way possible.
okay, you sold me on the game (I love Dishonored games, but hate single-player shooters)
Well your primary goal is to assassinate specific targets in a strategic manner in order to break the loop. There seems to be a lot of influence in regards to how NPC's move around the world and create opportunities and various dynamic scenarios. In Hitman you spend a lot of time observing and planning and I feel that this is a big part of Deathloop as well. Judging by trailers of course.
Did they manage to break the loop by just going Rambo? Sounds a bit alarming if true.
the game has an invasion mechanic so yeah other players will see what you look like (you can customize Julianna too for when you play as her)
other players see you yeah but also you can see Colt in the menus / recap screens once you exit the level(s)
Deathloop looks so cool. But I think that low FOV on console is gonna solidify my choice to play on PC. Shame cuz I love shooters with DualSense.
AI looks stupid in that first video. I still don't really know what the gameplay loop(lol) is supposed to be other than hunting down some people with a time limit or something
It's kind of like a meta puzzle in how you choose to take out different targets and in what order, I believe. This isn't a typical guns blazing Call of Duty-esque FPS campaign, the AI "trash mobs" are a deterrent but the challenge lies in the situations and how you resolve them while also being hunted down by Julianna.
It looks like the kind of game where it would be incredibly frustrating if the regular enemies were any smarter/tactical. They're just there to distract you IMO.
Arkane didn't make a typical FPS game here and that's a good thing, I trust them to have balanced the game right and that may look different from what we expect from traditional FPS games.