Hello gamers, how's everyone doing? Hope you're all doing great. We're back with more DEATHLOOP and this time I went in with one clear objective in mind — push forward in the main story and start actually taking down the Visionaries one by one. Because, as we've talked about in previous posts, the whole endgame of breaking the loop requires eliminating all eight of them in a single day, and the only way to figure out how to do that is to start learning each one individually. So I decided to go after the first one on my list: Dr. Wenjie Evans, in her laboratory over at The Complex. And let me tell you, it did not go the way I expected.
The Largest Zone I've Had to Cover So Far
The Complex is not a small area. When I dropped in and started moving through it toward Wenjie's lab, I quickly realized this was a completely different scale compared to what I'd been navigating in previous runs. The place is massive — multiple levels, interconnected buildings, long outdoor stretches, tight indoor corridors, and an enormous satellite structure looming over the whole thing. It's the kind of map where you can feel the size of it before you've even scratched the surface of what's actually inside.
Wenjie's laboratory specifically sits within a section of The Complex that's only fully accessible during the afternoon, and it's structured across several separate annexes connected by outdoor paths and interior walkways. There's a green building, a blue building, a red section, all linking back to a central chamber with that giant satellite structure dominating the middle of everything. Just getting from the entry point to the actual lab without getting spotted or overwhelmed takes real navigation skills because the place is absolutely loaded with Eternalists patrolling every corner. It's the kind of area where rushing in without a plan gets you killed fast, and I learned that the hard way a couple of times before I started moving more deliberately.
The Deployable Turrets Became My Best Friends
Here's where I found my groove, at least for a while. One of the mechanics in DEATHLOOP that I've been sleeping on a little is the ability to hack turrets and flip them to your side. These things are spread all over The Complex and Wenjie's lab is no exception — the place is absolutely bristling with security cameras and deployed turrets that, by default, are working against you. But once you pull out your Hackamajig and flip them, they become yours. And having a turret covering a corridor or entrance while you push deeper into a building is genuinely a game changer when you're trying to manage multiple enemies at once in a confined space.
I started using them strategically — hack the turret in an annex first, then push forward knowing the hallway behind me was covered. It slowed my pace down but made each room feel a lot more manageable. The cameras were just as important to deal with early because letting one spot you in that lab is basically inviting the entire place down on your head all at once. So the pattern became: move in, neutralize cameras, hack any turrets I could find, clear enemies carefully, advance. Slow, methodical, but it was working. At least until I got deeper in.
The Wenjie Clones Are an Absolute Nightmare
And this is where the whole run fell apart. Here's the thing about Dr. Wenjie Evans that the game doesn't fully prepare you for the first time you push seriously into her lab — she doesn't exist as a single target. She's everywhere. Multiple clones of Wenjie are scattered throughout the different annexes of the laboratory, and each one of them is armed, aggressive, and more than capable of putting you down if you're not careful. You push through a door expecting a regular room and suddenly you're face to face with two or three versions of the same scientist who all immediately decide they want you dead.
The clones are no joke. They're not regular Eternalists that go down in one clean headshot and call it a day. Each Wenjie clone takes punishment, dishes it back hard, and when there are multiple of them in the same room — which happens constantly in that lab — the situation escalates from manageable to completely out of control in about three seconds. I burned through ammunition faster than I expected because of them. I'd clear one room thinking I was making progress, move to the next, and there would be more. And more after that. The lab is genuinely stacked with them across every level and every annex, and dealing with that while also managing the regular Eternalists patrolling the space and keeping an eye on the exits for any sign of Juliana makes for one of the most chaotic environments I've been in so far in this game.
What makes it even more complicated is that you can't just eliminate one clone and call Wenjie dead. That's not how it works. She's a Visionary, and as a Visionary she doesn't go down until every single copy of her in the lab has been eliminated. Each clone you kill leaves behind a clue pointing toward where the next one is hiding, which turns the whole thing into a sequential hunt through a building that is actively trying to kill you the entire time. It's a clever design, genuinely. But in practice, when you're low on ammo, your turret allies are getting overwhelmed, and three Wenjies have just cornered you in a stairwell, clever design stops feeling like a compliment.
Next Mission: Try Again
So yeah, this run ended in failure. Clean, decisive failure. The Wenjie clones got the better of me and I ran out of lives before I could push through to eliminate them all, which means the loop reset and I'm back to square one for this particular attempt. And honestly? I'm not even that frustrated about it. That's kind of the beauty of DEATHLOOP's structure — a failed run is never really wasted because you come back knowing more than you did before. Now I know the layout of the lab better. I know where the clones tend to cluster. I know which annexes are the most dangerous and where the turrets are positioned. I know I need to go in with significantly more ammunition and probably a better loadout than what I had this time.
The next attempt is going to be more prepared, more deliberate, and hopefully more successful. Wenjie is going down eventually, it's just a matter of figuring out the cleanest path through that lab without getting buried under copies of her before I reach the end. So gamers, stay tuned because this story isn't over. See you in the next post!