Death Loop Analysis: A Loop We Don't Want to Break

Loop of death, Arkane’s award-winning production is finally coming to our consoles. After a year of temporary exclusivity, we can experience one of the best adventures the company has created. Something quite complicated if we take into account the team’s path to excellence.

Fantasy saga creators Dishonored, or the last installment of Prey. Without a doubt, Those of us who know the history of the team know that they have a lot of talent and that they usually come up with very original proposals.. However, they are still very recognized proposals, but they tend to go somewhat unnoticed by the general public.

A problem that will surely be solved this time. And that’s it, as you already know Death Loop coming straight to Xbox Game Pass, a golden opportunity for the company to show its good work to the public from what is already its home. Now well, Death Loop debuts on Xbox with an update that brings us its best possible version. GoldenLoop, It has many improvements that invigorate the experience and keep it looking very fresh. That said, how did our experience loop through? We tell you!

Again and again Colt

One of Arkane’s great successes was the story of Death Loop. It is for this reason that we are not going to go into too much detail, since everything in this title works like a puzzle.. We begin our adventure on a deserted beach, disoriented and without even knowing who we are. We will soon meet Julianna, the co-star or the antagonist seen in the adventure. It will be her, the one in charge of putting us in a little situation during these small bars where we will remember that we are called Colt. The halo of mystery that surrounds this beginning will be a clear signal throughout the adventure. Thus, advancing along the beach and later through the tunnels of this place, we will discover that we are in a time loop.

Doomed to relive the same day over and over again, our character practically unknowingly wants to destroy the loop or so we’re told. Thus begins a temporary race where we will have to obtain clues and information that will allow us to know how to break the loop. This, yes, the way to do it will not be easy

. Many others feel comfortable living in this time loop, the so-called visionaries, who will be the main hurdle to overcome. Since everyone knows that our character is the main threat in the loop and therefore, they won’t hesitate to try to kill us.

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To illustrate all this intrigue, the team has created a simply spectacular setting for the Blackreef universe. Following somewhat the cut that we had seen in Dishonored, it makes use of an art that mixes the real with the dystopian. Create an alternate world where everything is familiar but different and unique at the same time. A sensational way to feed this feeling of loss or ignorance which seizes Colt in the first stages of the adventure. His art is also supported by a technical section that sometimes honestly exceeds. counting on a wide assortment of graphical modalities this will allow us to play at 4K and 60 FPS in its graphics fidelity mode, such as 1080p and 120 FPS or stay at 30 FPS but enjoy the advantages of ray tracing.

In itself, we spent those hours enjoying your adventure in its graphic fidelity mode. A mode that allowed us to see in great detail the care that Arkane has deposited in every corner of his scenarios. As we well know, recreating environments is not only limited to having a great artistic section, its sound section must also be pampered. And wow, in Arkane they know that very well. In this game not only do we have full english dubbing, which is simply outstanding, a fantastic job of adapting it to Spanish has also been done. In other words, it is not simply translated, but the sentences have been adjusted to be as natural as possible.

His music also perfectly accompanies what is happening on the screen, in addition to countingr with many small winks that reveal the care that has been deposited in this work. A clear example is that, if we go through its menu, the strumming of a guitar will sound. In short, it’s hard not to get to the heart of the matter and be amazed by what the French team has to offer.

Break the loop!

On the other hand, it should be noted that Death Loop, it’s more, much more than a “pretty” game. And that’s it, Arkane can’t miss its appointment with the gameplay. Perhaps one of the company’s strengths. Without a doubt, the game earns many integers thanks to its fantastic setting, laying the groundwork for all that is to come. In order to break the loop, Colt must travel through 4 different locations which he can access through a network of tunnels. Each of these slots is very well designed, offering many possibilities and being truly vertical.

It is here that we see that much of the essence of Dishonored still very present in this title. Taking into account that the scenario is full of dangers, the game offers us many possibilities to approach its action.

If we want to move stealthily without disturbing any enemy and just collect the information and run away; We can do it. If, on the other hand, stealth isn’t your thing, you can shoot anything that moves, anything goes. It’s great to see that there’s always an alternate path, an extra way to reach an objective, or new ways to outsmart the enemy.

However, if I told you that there are only weapons and stealth, we would not be talking about the French studio. Death Loop, take advantage of its dystopia to showcase unique abilities and features. In this sense, we mainly intelligence there blocks. Spirits work as passive skills that will make life easier for us in Blackreef. On the other hand, the blocks are much more powerful and will allow us to have much more useful active abilities, such as the possibility of teleporting. There are a good number of blocks which can also be upgraded and expand the gameplay.

The loop one more playable element

Being in a time loop isn’t just a narrative element, but it makes a lot of sense in the gameplay base of Death Loop. During our special groundhog day, we will have four moments in time to move from place to place. Depending on the time of day, one or another event will occur at each location. Therefore, what in the morning is an empty place, at night it can become a rowdy scene.. All this influences the future of the action and we will have to move by being aware of what is happening at every moment of the day.

Thus, each time the day begins, we will have to choose where we want to go. Once we leave the stage, the day will move on and we will have the opportunity to go to a new place.

In addition to this, the game takes advantage of this to introduce mechanics reminiscent of the already classic roguelike. We specifically talked about this, if we die 3 times in a scenario, the loop will start again. Which will mean the loss of our team. Of course, the clues and information we collect will continue with us the next day. Also, later we will have the possibility of ivy

equipment and blocks with temporary residue (the currency of the game, so to speak), so that we can keep this coveted legendary weapon that we obtained the day before.

Interesting multiplayer

One of the most surprising points of this adventure is that it is multiplayer. to be clear, the regime from which Death Loopis that of a classic single-player adventure. However, they took advantage of the character of Juliana to introduce at least interesting multiplayer. During our walks around the Blackreef, Julianna may try to stalk us. With the clear purpose of protecting the loop, this antagonist He will chase us around the stage and also block the exits to the tunnels. The only way to unlock them will be to hack an antenna. The interesting point is that Julianna can be controlled both by the AI and by another player who decides to make our life impossible.

In itself, the idea is striking, mainly for a Colt that will start moving with lead feet once Julianna has gone hunting. On the other hand, playing with Julianna can be a bit tedious. like the huntress It’s not easy to locate Colt in the huge maps. Thus, on many occasions, we will spend long minutes walking around or simply protecting the antenna.

Taking advantage of the fact that we are talking about this small negative point, I must say that in general it is difficult to criticize this proposal. Even so, I think the biggest problem of Death Loop lies in its artificial intelligence. In general, the enemy AI isn’t too sharp, which means that in many cases it’s relatively easy to finish off enemies without alerting others.

Finally Deathloop…

The arrival of Death Loop on our consoles has been highly anticipated by gamers. Its launch on Xbox Game Pass is a golden opportunity to enjoy a release that feels better than ever thanks to its GoldenLoop update. Update that includes many improvements, such as a new type of enemy, more devices and crossplay, among others. Similarly, we are faced with one of the great releases of recent years and what is in itself a letter of introduction from Arkane to what is his new home.

Death Loop, complies with everything we can ask the company. A hilarious game that overflows with creativity and presents us with many playable alternatives. All of this shot to perfection with a sci-fi story that will keep you hooked from the first moment. Without a doubt, a real gem.