DEADLOCK ... For Noobs

Deadlock is Valve's new MOBA Hero Shooter, and it dropped out of nowhere! So let's discuss it and review it in this episode of "For Noobs!"

The Intro song is "The One and Lonely" by Carter Ace

The Outro song is "Bone Theme" by Michael Wyckoff

#deadlock #fornoobs #moba

[TheMacroShow]

No, not Valorant's Deadlock. Apologies

[GOLD-WEELS]

Man I feel bad for him he has to pay so much for all the actors

[Digitalsatyr]

I always thought the aesthetic was more occult noire/prohibition era instead of victorian.

[colbyboucher]

Something to understand is that Deadlock is _genuinely_ still in an early alpha state. Probably half of the current characters are getting new models, the map is early and going to go through another art pass or two, mechanics are changing significantly every weekly patch and new mechanics are getting added (they just added walljumps and ropes everywhere??)

Probably just over a year ago the game was still "Neon Prime", when the game had a cyberpunk theme. Totally different map art, character models were totally different (a few like Yamato and Viscous haven't been changed yet)...

Icefrog & Co. really, really want people leaving them feedback on the official forums, because they're genuinely listening for it.

[colbyboucher]

3:56 Incorrect, the buffs that drop from these are _permanent_ and they can also drop from any other destructable crates you find. They're probably the most important thing on the map that people mostly ignore. It's the power-ups that spawn on side bridges that are temporary.
4:03 Killing midboss will also spawn stronger troopers in all of your lanes, so it really is a "push everything now" moment.

[alfwat]

Hopefully we finally get a new shooter with a good concept thats not ruined by corperate greed

[heartsockette]

11:46 They are apparently working on a visual-novel minigame thing you unlock by playing, and, based on your choices, you unlock different cosmetics, which is awesome. Definitely the coolest cosmetic-unlock thing in any modern game.

[hoovybird]

hearing people refuring to tf2 as an "old heroshooter that's past its time" makes me feel old....

[Xccr]

It's not late 1800s it's like 1940s. There's cars and world war era guns and stuff.

[elephantguy]

“Victorian Era” bro we are in New York City.

[boneless]

I like how half the pros are: it's a hero shooter
And half the cons are: it's a moba

[nutskok]

3:58 those boosts are NOT temporary. They stay on for the whole match

[The_KlaVra]

There is SOME spare lore on the heroes page in the main menu. Abrahms is a detective that everything got destroyed and found a misterious book that he has to protect, Bebop was created by a woman engineer so Bebop is like her son and Bebop is here to pay for her medication. Then you got some funny lores like LASH or Yamato, and then you got SEVEN which has a scroll bar and Viscous is really interesting. Seriously, check it out, factions have names, the in game banter also feeds to the lore. Its scarse but it is there.

[rock_it]

deadlock and marvel rivals are going to be healthy competition to make blizz do some work to keep their cash cow alive.

[omgpopstar]

5:11 Hell yeah! My boy knows street fighter

[thechosenone]

It's a 1920s-30s occult New York setting. It's not Victorian.

[marceldikan]

Could you do a "do you remember spellbreak?" I loved that game and I know im not alone.❤❤❤

[princechikwenhere]

Yea I definitely DIDNT think this was for valorant

[negatywetoo]

how didnt you mention: souls from enemies are 50% from kill and 50% soul orb untill 10 min and then 100% from orbs, rejuvenator from mid boss boosts your minions or the soul urn that gives a lot of souls and an ability point to the one that claimed it? these are some of the more important mechanics

[Calamity]

5:15 Missed opportunity to call Paradox Lightbulb Head.