Deadlocked is one of the funnest games I've played in a while

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Buttflapper@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

Quit World of Warcraft recently Because I couldn’t justify the subscription anymore. It’s been really hard to find a game to put time into and keep my attention. I tried OverWatch 2 but that game is hot fecal matter. Stardew Valley is fun for a little while, all my friends quit though And that’s who I played with. Team fortress is good I guess as well, gets repetitive though. And that game is old as heck…

So I’m like hey, you know what? I’ll try deadlocked, this new early access valve game. Holy crap this is actually fun! It’s like Dota or League of Legends, mixed with OverWatch. Some of the characters even mimic some of the exact mechanics of the game, for example one of the characters has an ultimate ability where you spin around in circles dealing damage to everything, like they copied it off of reaper in OverWatch. But hey, I’m not really complaining, who cares right?

Valve honestly makes some of the best games ever, every time I play one it’s a banger that gets my attention for thousands of hours and this one has been so damn fun. I’m surprised more people aren’t playing it, it’s just crazy how fun it is and how addictive it is.

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Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m struggling to enjoy it. Some matches can be enjoyable but more often than not I find it a dull slog.

Theres nothing more boring than being stuck in a game for another 20 minutes when it’s well and truly clear you’ve been getting your arses kicked the previous 20.

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- Buttflapper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Theres nothing more boring than being stuck in a game for another 20 minutes when it’s well and truly clear you’ve been getting your arses kicked the previous 20.
  
  To be fair, you don’t have to do anything. You can hang back if you think the match is a loss or just farm lane and let them win once you think it’s over. This is also how League and Dota seem to work outside competitive, people will just give up if they smell a loss coming.
  
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  - rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Except League at least has a forfeit option
    
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- Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I find that doesn’t happen much in deadlock. The ability to comeback is quite strong
  
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silverchase@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hello, Deadlock fans. Come talk on !deadlock@sopuli.xyz!

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- Buttflapper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Honest question, what’s with the weird URL? I’m new to Lemmy so might be confused I guess by how things work
  
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  - Dadifer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s a different server (instance?) of Lemmy. Lemmy isn’t centralized, it’s a bunch of different servers that talk to each other (federated).
    
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  - pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s a sub on Sopuli.xyz. You can still subscribe to it on your own instance since we’re all federated.
    
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electric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It doesn’t have skins or ranks. Nothing to hook the addicts into the LiVe SeRvIcE. Just pure fun for the sake of it.

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- Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s still early access… Valve literally invented the hats economy, you’re insane if you think they aren’t going to add microtransactions to the game 🙄
  
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  - electric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ok and? I never said they wouldn’t. The game is clearly early access hence the lack of monetization.
    
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- simple@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I mean, it will have those once the game is officially released.
  
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  - Buttflapper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It doesn’t change anything, though. TF2 isn’t nearly as bad as Overwatch 2 or Halo Infinite. Idk, all Valve’s free games have MTX (microtransactions), but they’re not like… annoying, infuriating, etc.
    
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Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Oh, hey! Another Ratchet: Deadlocked fan in the wild!

No wait…

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- black_lugia@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Honestly, the pal versions name “ratchet: gladiator” is more fitting.
  
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Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It still has some kinks that need ironing out, and it could for sure use a bigger roster, but they’re cooking with this one. The MOBA core and superb movement mechanics just complement each other so nicely, and with both powerful easy to use active items and ability-based heroes available it’s possible to perform even if you’re not an aim god.

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WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I enjoyed Overwatch. League of Legends always feels awful to play. Deadlock feels way more like League of Legends than Overwatch to me.

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- Buttflapper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Have you played OverWatch recently? That game is a disaster. So damn boring and monetized to hell. They barely put any effort into it anymore. I’m pretty sure they have abandoned it or are about to because they realize that the community is done with them. At least with League, they have a lot of buy-in with the community and very loyal community that generally approves of what they’re doing
  
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  - WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    By “Overwatch” I meant the original Overwatch. I stopped playing shortly before Overwatch 2 came out and I never played Overwatch 2.
    
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Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s single player, but have you tried Baldur’s Gate 3 yet? I have around 400 hours in the game. It’s probably the best game I’ve ever played.

Pro tip: use a controller. The experience is much better with a controller.

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- cimmerian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The controller tip is insane. Use mouse and keyboard
  
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  - GoodEye8@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The controller experience is really well thought through and the game is definitely playable with the controller. That said, I still chose kb+m because I felt like I got a better overview of a situation and the options I had in that situation.
    
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  - Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I strongly disagree, but that might be because I started playing on PS5 and didn’t move to PC until over a hundred hours in. Movement and interaction with the environment just seems a lot more immersive to me with the controller than with a mouse.
    
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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Deadlock*

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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It seems cool. I know I don’t have the time to get into a moba (or moba-lite) right now, but I hope it catches on and does well.

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pyre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
is it out yet? as an overwatch fan I’d like to try it. though I hate mobas…

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tea@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Want to throw me an invite? I really want to try it, but none of my friends are on it. I stopped playing OW when they jumped the shark and announced OW2. You can only play if you know someone who is playing, right?

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- Hoimo@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, it’s still invite-only afaik, but there’s no limit on the number of people you can invite, so I found someone in a public discord server who accepted all friend requests and sent out bulk invites. (For anyone else still looking.) I’ll send you a PM with my friend code and get you an invite.
  
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