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?
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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.
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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.
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I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
When the first leaks got out and I saw they literally just made one of the characters an old silver haired Native American archer guy I immediately assumed "oh this is their no effort early alpha placeholder before they make the real archer character, clearly" because I just assumed that at this point Valve clearly would have more creativity and basic cultural sensitivity to not just make their characters 100% lazy stereotypes.
They've managed to be behind Overwatch on this kind of shit, and that's despite Overwatch making the ability to climb walls a genetic trait of Japanese people.
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