Deathloop was Good Until It Wasn't

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Published on February 26, 2022 3:00:13 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXrrU5BZGM

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So Deathloop was a pretty good time on launch and it won a healthy amount of awards this year at the Game Awards. However, after taking a break for the patches to deal with crashing and other stuff to get applied, I found myself with little to no will at all to pick the game back up.


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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 The disparity between critics and players on Deathloop
03:30 Deathloop is Arkane playing the hits
08:03 Even if by design, Deathloop's repetitiveness is doing it no favors
15:40 Is Deathloop a victim of the "curse of the immersive sim"?
17:37 semantics surrounding the term "immersive sim"
18:26 Deathloop is Prey: Mooncrash version 1.5
22:57 final thoughts
24:13 cat video: frisk is having a nap
26:00 DO IT! I DARE YOU FRISK!!!

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