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Deathloop Review

Like Groundhog Day but with more guns Stuck in a time loop, Colt finds himself starting every day waking up, hungover on a beach with no memory of how he managed to get there. After some exploration and finding messages, he seemingly left himself, he finds out he can escape by assassinating the 8 Visionaries who rule the island of Black Reef in one day. So, his journey of violence and discovery begins! In Deathloop when you die, you restart at the beginning of the day. You do automatically have a power that rewinds time three times after a death preventing small mistakes from being overly punishing. But if you make too many- tough luck, you need to replay the loop again.  Deathloop is at its heart an immersive sim in the same vein as games like Hitman and in particular Arkane Studio’s previous outings with the Dishonored series. This genre is best replayed to experience different solutions to missions. The clever part of the time loop design is no longer is exploring levels somet