The Bethesda E3 2019 conference witnessed the announcement of the developer Arkane Lyon of the game Deathloop, a new first-person game that will take us on one very exciting tour that may blow our minds, the game takes place in the sixties, it is a game whose time is in the middle of the twentieth century where the soldier who turned into runs He fights, shoots and stabs everyone who obstructs him to freedom on a stuck island outside of the country.
Game director Dinga Bakaba and Art Director Sébastien Mitton moved to the E3 conference stage to reveal that the new experience will provide players with something innovative and elegant, unlike anything the studio has done before. Also a glimpse of the mysterious island of Blackreef While details about the Deathloop are still very weak at the time, we gathered together everything we know so far about Arkane Lyon's latest project and our June PS5 event clip helped us learn a lot about the game.
The protagonist Colt needs to track down eight different targets to kill everyone around town, the whole place is stuck in a time loop, so if Colt dies or arrives midnight without achieving his goal, you will return to the street in an attempt to achieve his goal again, when you learn about Blackreef and his visions The Eight Dodgers, you will discover new places and relationships during events all over the city to help you finally break that loop or loop, everything we've heard about the Deathloop so far makes it sound like an hourglass puzzle, the content looks very precious, and the idea is frankly touched. Golden of innovation.
Deathloop launch date
The Deathloop is planned to launch sometime in 2021 but a specific date has not yet been announced, it was originally scheduled to launch in 2020 but has been postponed due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic as Arkane Studio said:
"This extra time will allow our team to bring to life the world of Deathloop with the many characters and fun we expect from our team."
No escape my friend ... You are in a time circle that must be stripped of it !!
The name got you into that feeling, right? Yes, Deathloop talks about a killer named Colt who is stuck in a one-day time loop on an island called Blackreed. Obviously, the only way to get out of this episode is to kill eight so-called Visionaries or visionaries. People who keep the temporal ring, the only trick is that on Colt has to kill them all within 24 hours, or these events will happen again and forever.
The first reveal of Deathloop's gameplay showed a lot of ideas that it got inspired from supernatural FPS games in which you run and shoot and this is in fact Bethesda's usual style in this genre of games, it seems that Colt has all kinds of weapons at his disposal along with the ability to move Simultaneous to short distances and teleporting enemies into the air, he will probably have other abilities that we haven't seen yet.
You can even try to avoid killing anyone during the entire game, but that's definitely not the easy way out, I'm willing to bet that the negative option might not apply much here, given that the two main characters are bent on killing each other a lot but it will be interesting to see how This works in the Deathloop universe because "the way you play is up to you" may indicate the strange powers that the assassins seem to possess, which may indicate that there are many different playing and styles that you can take.
Colt will need to use everything in his arsenal to chase his eight goals across Blackreef's “Four Districts.” The second playstyle trailer explains more about how Colt needs to solve a time-loop problem. Each of your goals has its own schedules and personalities, which means you'll need to know How to bend your targets according to your will so that you can kill them all at the appointed time, you cannot kill them one by one randomly, but at certain times or places, part of the puzzle comes back to knowing the parts and secrets of the city itself.
"You can tackle any area of the Blackreef region at any time while you pick up clues and learn more about your goals."
Bethesda says each region has its own story that takes place during the day, whether you see it there or out in another part of town. You will need to know the parts of the story that you can influence in order to plot your objectives as you can deal with them. Basically, it feels like Arkane games have the same rhythm, but it's quite the opposite.
Who are the “Visionaries”?
Bethesda presented two of Colt's eight goals during the second Deathloop promo, The Dreamers are the ambitious Twenties who run what's called AEON, a project to chase eternal life, they've used themselves as an eight-anchor to activate the time loop to Live Forever, although it seems that They all have their own motivations for Colt to exploit her, and each of them has superpowers that have been conferred on the program developed by AEON scientists, so let's get to know all of these people one by one.
Egor Serling
Bethesda says that Egor is a self-proclaimed pseudo-scientist, and someone who has no respect, Egor craves a paradoxical kind of legitimacy, wants to be left alone and seen as an outstanding genius, but he also wants to be liked and invited to important parties and when not None of this happens… Egor turns into a wild person.
Aleksis Dorsey "wolf"
Aleksis is an eccentric dog, obsessed with wolves and believes he has earned the nickname "Alpha" thanks to his social and commercial prowess, wants to be everyone's best friend and partner, according to Deathloop's second play style clip, you can find Aleksis throwing a big costume party in the form of a wolf each a night.
Julianna Blake
Juliana is a special case among this team, unlike others who have stories and timelines that you play with or without Colt's interference, the only goal of "Juul" is to kill you, you will chase Colt all over the island, looking for an opportunity to make him out of the past, Bethesda also said. That "Juliana" can take on the look of any non-playable character, which further complicates your attempts to avoid her.
We've also seen names like Ramblin 'Frank Spicer, Harriet Morse, Dr. Wenjie Evans, Charlie Montague, and Fia Zborowska, although Bethesda hasn't shared more information about them yet.
Multiplayer developed
Think Dark Souls, where other players can engage in your game, playing the role of rival killer “Juliana Blake,” the phase is sure to have to do with the game's events and timeline in one way or another, Bethesda says you can turn off online play. This state of "Juliana" is controlled by artificial intelligence, her goal is to chase Colt to prevent him from breaking the ring, so you have to keep an eye on her even if you are playing in Offline mode.
What is Deathloop's position on Microsoft's purchase of Bethesda?
At the moment, Microsoft will respect the current deal between Bethesda and Sony, and after the deal ends, Microsoft will deal very firmly with Bethesda games in general, and if Microsoft deals with the Deathloop as it dealt with Minecraft for years ago, we expect exclusive expansions specifically for PCs and The XBOX platform, either the current or the next generation.
In Deathloop's press release, it states that we will be able to explore stunning environments and meticulously designed levels in an immersive gameplay experience and as Bakaba said, the game will also contain a promising narrative, the notion that the outlaw Blackreef Island seems to consist of levels tending to the idea that we are We could see a story driven Campaign mode with PVP elements, the title sure takes shape for an interesting upcoming release from the studio.