DEATHLOOP
Last updated: 2025-05-25
- Visually stunning, cohesive art style enhances experience.
- Engaging time loop mechanic drives gameplay.
- Excellent level design encourages exploration.
- Satisfying gunplay and diverse combat options.
- Constant crashes and lost progress are major issues.
- Poor enemy AI detracts from challenge.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 1677
- Helpful reviews
- 75%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 23%
- Protest reviews
- 2%
- 63%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 37%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 2601
- Negative points
- 2396
- Gameplay points
- 698
- Perf. points
- 285
- Rec. points
- 926
- Misc points
- 147
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Visually stunning, cohesive art style | The game features stunning and unique visuals, a fitting soundtrack, and a cohesive art style that enhances the immersive experience. These elements contribute significantly to the game's overall appeal and are consistently praised throughout the reviews. The game's aesthetic is frequently described as a highlight. | 54% |
| Engaging, well-executed time loop | The time loop mechanic is well-executed and engaging, encouraging experimentation and exploration. Players find satisfaction in learning the loops, solving puzzles, and mastering the game's systems. The Infusion system allows players to retain weapons and abilities between loops, creating a sense of progression. | 48% |
| Excellent, varied level design | The game's level design is a standout feature, offering player choice, varied environments, and multiple paths to objectives. The world changes depending on the time of day, adding depth and encouraging exploration. This allows for diverse playstyles and strategic thinking. | 41% |
| Satisfying gunplay, diverse combat | The gunplay is satisfying and well-tuned, with unique weapons and abilities that allow for creative combat approaches. The game avoids excessive grinding and offers a variety of playstyle options. The shooting mechanics are often compared favorably to other games in the genre. | 33% |
| Similar to Arkane's Dishonored | Many reviewers note the game's similarities to Arkane's previous title, Dishonored, citing familiar gameplay mechanics and a similar overall feel. However, reviewers also appreciate the ways in which this game expands upon those mechanics and offers a unique experience. The game is considered a spiritual successor to Dishonored. | 14% |
| Great Colt/Julianna character dynamic | The dynamic between Colt and Julianna is a highlight, with witty banter and well-developed characters that add depth and humor to the story. Julianna's invasions create tension and excitement, making each encounter memorable. The characters' interactions are a key source of the game's appeal. | 13% |
| Excellent voice acting, sound design | The game features excellent voice acting, with many reviewers highlighting the quality of the Russian voice acting in particular. The sound design and music are also praised for enhancing the game's atmosphere and creating memorable characters. The voice acting is well-directed and adds depth to the characters. | 13% |
| Quintessential Arkane game experience | The game is recognized as a quintessential Arkane experience, showcasing the studio's expertise in complex level design, immersive gameplay, and unique visual style. Reviewers appreciate the game's blend of familiar mechanics with added humor and intrigue. The game is considered a high-quality title from a renowned developer. | 11% |
| Easy to learn, hard master | The game is easy to learn but hard to master, with intuitive controls and a seamless tutorial that gradually introduces mechanics. The difficulty is well-balanced, and the game actively encourages experimentation and embracing failures. The game provides a sense of being strong and capable with skill and practice. | 10% |
| Fun, tense PvP invasion mechanic | The 1v1 invasions add tension and create a fun cat-and-mouse experience that feels balanced. The PvP element integrated into the single-player experience provides unique emotions. Players have the option to disable invasions if they don't want to be invaded. | 8% |
| Intriguing story, engaging investigation | The game's story is interesting and the investigation aspect is engaging, motivating the player to find new clues and discover more about what is happening on the island. The game has good stealth mechanics that can help in exploring the secrets of Black Reef. The game rewards patience by offering an excellent immersive sim experience and a fun puzzle to solve if you pay attention to the clues. | 7% |
| Enjoyable single/multiplayer experiences | The game offers an enjoyable single-player experience with an engaging story, and the multiplayer mode is surprisingly fun and well-integrated. Reviewers express a desire to replay the game and revisit its island setting. The game is considered a great overall experience despite any multiplayer issues. | 7% |
| Interesting, well-written story | The game's story is consistently interesting, well-written, and engaging, with a cool premise and compelling storyline. The plot is elaborate and well-crafted, providing a good hook and leaving players eager to find out how it will resolve. The story and characters are appreciated. | 6% |
| Dynamic world, changing with time | The game world is divided into four districts, each with four different states depending on the time of day, affecting the environment (e.g., weather, events). The core gameplay loop of starting in the same places at different times of day to craft new routes to achieve goals is compelling. The game has an intense sense of setting and events. | 5% |
| Enjoyable, clever puzzle elements | The game features enjoyable puzzles that require planning across multiple loops. The puzzles are clever and worth doing, with a sense of accomplishment from solving them. Figuring out how to break the loop is most of the fun. The puzzles are simple but enjoyable. | 5% |
| Humorous dialogue, memorable characters | The dialogues between characters are ironic and witty, with humorous banter and a lighthearted atmosphere. The characters are really interesting and memorable, with great chemistry between them. The humor is often effective, and some characters are surprisingly endearing despite their eccentricity. | 5% |
| Rewarding stealth gameplay | The game rewards stealth gameplay, with satisfying feedback from taking out enemies in a silent fashion. Familiarizing oneself with the environment and memorizing layouts gives a feeling of being a speedrunner and tactician. The game has a good balance between stealth and gunplay. | 4% |
| Stylish, unique, and forgiving | The game has a lot of style and is different from anything else the reviewer has played. The game is more forgiving of mistakes, encouraging risk-taking. The game has solid meta progression as you can infuse any weapons or powers(slabs) that you find within the world with a currency called residium, meaning every run you constantly feel like youre getting stronger. | 4% |