I mean Arkane Studios since people tend to confuse the two lel.... Pretty incredible. The guys who did Prey/Dishonored and one of the best devs currently in the industry. Said it before, Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda meant that they acquired Arkane studios, the actual gem in that whole deal.



10/10 ignhttps://www.ign.com/articles/deathloop-review

10/10 gamespothttps://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dea.../1900-6417729/



- wait for sale







And it's getting rave reviews from other sites.


2 hours before unlock for me... cant wait.

I don't like the graphics tho. Seen better looking Switch games

It is a nintento like game technically .... "bad" graphics in your words, but top tier gameplay with the best level design/mechanics ... apparently nintendo games are like that i heard, shame its not on switch though.... but lol at sonycels buying this game when xboxers can play it for free next year on gamepass.

88 metacritic, 88 opencritic . Dang. Was expecting lowish 80's for this one since I thought the rogue elements would turn people off. Then again I thought Psychonauts 2 would be like an 80 tops.

Looking forward to play once it hits game pass after the timed exclusivity deal is up.

Still mad they cancelled Prey 2

RIP PlayStation cuz after this, it is all Xbox from the studio.

In b4 it only got perfect scores around cuz black characters.

Sounds very unique. Reviewer said think of it more as a MetroidVania than a Roguelike. That sells me.

Love the artstyle too. How it uses color to draw your attention to certain paths. And I like the 60's vibe.

PS will be just fine. But xbox needed to build their first party developer portfolio.

Yeah, love the use of color .. But still not convinced on some of the character models which look a bit iffy, arkane's character models have never been their strong suit, but their environmental art has always been quite good. Also per usual Arkane, seems like theres a few performance issues ... I saw a video of the ps5 rtx option and some strong judders. I thought the multiple delays would have fixed all that, so a bit disappointing on that end.... But I'm all in for that tight gameplay, level design and multiple paths the dev provides in their games.

Yea, I mainly mean the environments. I find them really visually striking.

I didn't realize this game had any ray tracing. Looking it up, it seems as though there are three modes for ps5. I won't play the raytracing 30fps when I play next year, but at least it will have VRR on xbox to help things out. I'll play performance mode unless Visual Quality mode holds 60 better on xbox.

Performance
Dynamic 4K scaling, performance prioritized, no raytracing, steady 60 FPS.

Visual Quality
Dynamic 4K scaling, graphic fidelity prioritized, no raytracing, 60fps with drops.

Raytracing
Dynamic 4K scaling, high graphic fidelity, raytracing enabled, 30 FPS.

Got a PS5 and a gaming PC. Looks like I might be getting it for the PC based on the below. If I get it, that is. $60 for a 20 hours game doesn't exactly sound worth it to me (review says they beat it within 20-25 hours).

Spoiler!
Lack of crossplay sucks, but I'm very surprised it'll still come equipped with Dual Sense + Haptic Feedback on the PS5 Controller when plugged into a PC. Didn't know that was even possible, srs.

It sure as hell turned me off lol. I dislike permanent lost progression as a key gameplay element. I still will play it eventually, but on a steep sale. But you'd be surprised how popular roguelike games are, especially on Steam. Seems like every week there is a new indie roguelike hack and slash/platformer/shooter that is released. Even the Season Pass for FC6 was just announced to have 3 dlcs that are all roguelike.

Edit: Oof, I just realized I don't even meet the minimum specs for the game. It is asking for a minimum of 12 gb ram, when I only have 8.

Knew it would deliver. Sony wouldnt push something so hard that was gonna be trash

Was frustrated when this got delayed back in May but the wait seems to be worth it.

Had it pre-ordered, looking forward to playing it this weekend

The roguelike elements are more "roguelite" since there is some permanent progression. And at least one review said it's more Metroidvania than Roguelike.

Just played the first two levels, so initial impressions.


Playing on ps5

-Graphics are real nice, very clean ... The youtube videos dont do it justice, I really didnt think much of the graphics/presentation while watching the trailers, but seeing it in person is different. Not a stark difference, and it's no ratchet and clank, but it's very nice.
- Arkane's impeccable level design and approach to situations is at full show here, from the very first level there seems to be so many ways to get into different areas and all sorts of little puzzles littered all the over the place for you to go poke into and get different info/items. very cool, cant wait to poke around once I get more powers.
- I'm still in a "tutorial" two levels in, but they do tell you that you're free to poke around or exit the level, but while telling you there's plenty of time to explore later on. Planning on doing the main path first before I go poking around in areas.
- Story is interesting so far, and i'm definitely digging the characters of Colt and Juliana, their interactions are great ... and it's a pretty slow drip atm, but I'm sure the more you play, the more things get explained.
- Enemy AI is kinda braindead, but I think in a game like this, it's "ok" because the whole point of immersive sims is for you to "break"/manipulate the systems, but you're kinda squishy atm, so the enemy can kill you - I died twice in the second level lel
- The use of Dual sense is done extremely well, love the effects and the feels of the triggers when shooting ... Thank fuk, dev's are getting better at this and actually using it well ... Love it!
- I'm actually playing on performance mode rn - and funnily ehough, it's the default setting so I'm guessing Arkane wanted it this way until they can improve the performance ... I didnt try the other modes, but I reckon I'm gonna stay on performance because this seems like the kind of game where 60 fps or at least a stable framerate is vital to it .... I'm usually fine with 30 fps if I can get the best graphics possible, but performance mode looks great, so no complaints.\
- the roguelite element is quite forgiving, you get a trinket that pretty gives you 2 lives and if you die on the third, then you restart the loop again, so it's not all that brutal.,



However, my absolute biggest gripe with the game right now is the absolute lack of saving. The game uses an autosave feature, so its not like Returnal where you lose progress if you stop ... The autosave seems fine for the most part, but I absolutely hate autosaves in games and especially in a immersive sim where the whole point is for you to save scum and experiment with stuff is severely severely disappointing. Yes you can argue that this game is also a "roguelite" but give people options ffs ... If I wanna quick save anywhere, experiment and then reload the save when things go to chit should be an option .... Even Dishonored had a quick save on consoles. I hope more people cause a ruckus online so that Arkane adds a save feature in-game rather than using an autosave. Let me save scum goddamit.

Looks like an awesome game to be honest. I'll definitely play it when it comes to GamePass in a year, but also props to Xbox for keeping the deal in place when they could of found a way to nix the deal. Moving forward though, Arkane will be making Xbox Exclusives, and their games are always different but still pretty solid. Will definitely be a developer to watch for Xbox.

I'm quite worried for the next Arkane game though, that multiplayer, zombie chit .... Seems like a huge detour from the games they usually make and I personally wasnt impressed one bit with the the trailer I saw at MS's E3. I mean if the studio wanted to make a multiplayer game, all the power to them ... But I hope their next game is once again back to a nice SP immersive sim type exerperience ... Dishonored 3 or Prey 2 .... But the company has 2-3 studios at this point so hopefully the other studios can keep the momentum rolling with the sp experiences.

Neato!

what with the ****ty graphics?

By the time it's free on Gamepass they should have the graphics fixed. Funny how the #1 PS5 game is from an Xbox studio.

Steady friends, lets not let retard360 derail another thread with his toxicity and childish victim mentality. Let's just enjoy this great game by arkane the goats.

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Steady friends, lets not let retard360 derail another thread with his toxicity and childish victim mentality. Let's just enjoy this great game by arkane the goats.[/QUOTE][img]https://i.imgur.com/gMHRjLz.jpg[/img]

Such toxicity! Such bait!

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Wow, I thought you were so enlightened that you were convinced everyone in the video game industry was a paid sjw/sony shill and dont take their opinions seriously ...... until now lmao. Funny how you're trying so hard to convince me when I've been simping for Arkane since the beginning lmao. Have you even played the game? or are you just content being a retard trying to derail this thread?

10/10 goty level game

Just stfu and enjoy you whiny piece of chit

Neat looking Fallout 4 mod

Lol @ having a meltdown over critics acknowledging who owns the studio.

-they are not using the same engine
-they are not even remotely the same type of game
-the art style isn't even the same.

ya'll are ridiculous. Do you want everything to have the same type of artsyle, "realistic" looking?he literally acknowledged it in his OP.

The only game miscers seem to play is Ghost of Tsushima

So why the meltdown when I said something they've all been saying?

Clearly the dude is unhinged.