I’m a dota 2 veteran, 6k hours or something embarrassing like that, but it’s been me and my friends primary outlet of hanging out for forever and it’s a lovely game.

Got invited to deadlock, wasn't that interested but wanted to have a go anyway. Damn, it actually goes kinda hard? Character designs are awesome, i like the moba elements (I could see how you wouldn’t be if you don’t have a background in them tho), the controls feel great, etc.

I guess i was just surprised by how much I enjoyed playing it despite being pretty bad at it and having no idea how to evaluate items.

Thoughts?

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    18 days ago

    I think this vibe is basically because the game used to be a half life game. It was originally intended to be set as a war between criminals and the Combine or something like that then got reskinned. Several character designs haven't changed at all since it was Citadel.

    • sneak100 [she/her, they/them]
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      18 days ago

      I don't know anything about that, so fair enough. At the end of the day I don't trust valve to create a multiplayer experience in which I would feel comfortable interacting with strangers. Not like that's any different from any other popular multiplayer game tho. Apex Legends might have been the best for that because of the handy ping system tbh

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        18 days ago

        There is a very small amount of footage from the old Half Life version of the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g98eQx6WvbI&t=149s

        It's fairly obvious why it has cop vibes so much when its roots are Rebels vs Fascists. What you're getting from the cop-ishness is the fact that those characters were originally intended to be on the fash side.

        I agree with you on Valve's community cultivation. They cultivate communities that are indistinguishable from 4chan.

        • sneak100 [she/her, they/them]
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          18 days ago

          Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I guess that's very similar to the setup in CS - Amerikkkan invaders or rebels, pick your team. Except deadlock is much more character focused obv, so if you can pick whichever character for whichever team, then the fashiness just becomes their personality.

          Idk which I prefer tbh lol. I'm picturing a Dota-like scenario where the opposite team's fash character on my lane is killing me over and over, and then a chud playing a fash character on my team is yelling slurs at me. And I'm stuck in the game for another 50 minutes. Not my idea of fun haha. I guess I am a little interested to see if any of the aspects of that specific experience aren't as bad in Deadlock, but not interested enough to find out.