Deathloop

I went for the same ending without knowing there were different endings. I was prepared to have it fail and have to start the loop again (which wasn't an issue seeing as how easy it is by the end). Reading the other endings, I'm happy with the one I chose. Just felt like the right thing to do.

That was my point exactly - if it wins any GOTY award it will be for lack of competition, and not because it's such a great game. But as far as AAA 2021 games go, it's the best so far.

thought the GF review was fairly on point tbf, as stated above they are a bit of fluff and nothing really to be worrying about but they do tend to raise good points in their videos.

ive played a few hours and like someone else stated above its just doesnt pull you back in which is odd because its not a bad game at all

Hope I still have GamePass when this eventually gets back to MS and Xbox.

i'm slowly making my way through this . iv no idea how they gave it 10s . its a very good game but no way in hell a 10 . not even sure is it better then dishonored 1 or 2?

I would give it an 8 or 9 out of 10, it's got replay value, as you can use a combo of different weapons and powers each loop if you want . It's nice to see an Aa game with 2 main characters who are black instead of the usual standard white dude it uses tricks from other games like the splinter cell hints on a wall writing i think Cod4 or metal gear 3 would be examples of 10,rated games i think it would be great if they could release extra maps as dlc with more characters to attack and a higher level of enemy ai to make going thru levels more challenging eg enemy's with extra powers or weapons that do, nt just stand around or run at you instead of using cover or using grenades I think the levels are very well designed with options to travel high low or across the roof tops

She's right from the game design point of view but since she got technical and she's also a industry pro, I'd wish that she would clarify better that there's no AI in games, only state machines - she kind of does explain it, but not quite clear enough.

I don't dispute the general points she made, but I think they brought the enemy AI down too low. I think especially given the small maps (and only 4 maps at that), the player's familiarity with that will kick in after a few loops, meaning at that point the enemy AI as it is becomes trivial. Better enemy AI would have prolonged the challenge without it being too difficult for new players to learn the loops.

There are plenty of tools and powers at the player's disposal to help deal with enemies. They didn't need to be so dumbed down to that extent.

I agree with her, Arkane have proper "AI" implementations that they used before, so what we're seeing here are actual design decisions. They wanted to be easy to leave conflict and mind the important objective rather than managing both. I personally find it frustrating to do both looking for clues or trying to solve a puzzle while also keeping an eye for some random NPC that finally caught up with me.