Using those repeated but inventive abilities in a more offensive context is refreshing, especially as Deathloop doesn’t care for nonlethal play a limitation that doesn’t feel like one.

Deathloop makes some gestures to stealthy gameplay but is far more of a shooter, which is surprising since almost all of its powers are ripped straight from the Thief-inspired Dishonored. Zooming in is where the differences - both good and bad - begin to reveal themselves. Such DNA is present in some form in all of Arkane’s titles. Players are given a wealth of supernatural powers and a packed arsenal of guns and are dropped in nonlinear hubs filled with various nooks and crannies. This stylistic Groundhog’s Day-esque shooter has Arkane’s legendary open-ended branding on it in some ways yet is uncharacteristically limited in others.ĭeathloop’s Arkane-iest features are found in its overall gameplay style.

But Arkane took that “looping” a bit more literally with Deathloop, a game all about a different kind of looping: time looping. Arkane Studios is known for its immersive sim games, a genre that often lets players loop around levels in any which way and come to a conclusion they see fit.

Deathloop review