I've Played 30 Hours of Deadlock... It's REALLY GOOD (First Impressions)

Valve have announced Deadlock and it's amazing, these are my first impressions after more than 30 hours of gameplay. Deadlock is super complex with a very high skin ceiling, while also being very approachable to new players like me! #Deadlock #Valve #DeadlockGame

[antoineford]

It's so beautiful. 6 players on each team

[TheNaughtyLlamaxXx]

Told you! Told you! Told you bruh! If anyone was going to make a proper hero slash moba slash shooter whatever what have you it was going to either be jeff Kaplan the man himself or valve who just to remind all of you guys LITERALLY CREATED THE HERO SHOOTER GENRE WITH TEAM FORTRESS 2 like this IS the evolution of overwatch in every sense of the word sorry it is what it is

[slurpy-fk]

I’m liking the character designs and art style so far. The occult/urban/noir vibes are really unique. It’s still visually interesting with a mostly neutral and understated color palette.

[DZCOSENTRY]

I think what's special about this game ( speaking as someone who has more experience WATCHING mobas than actually playing them) is the clever streamlining in mechanics it has from something like DOTA. Souls are both used for buying AND leveling up, purchases are simple icons with clearly descriptive names, there's no strict jungle role, lanes are automatically assigned at the beginning, no hidden shops (they're just right there on the lane). This isn't to say that DOTA 2 or Deadlock are better or worse, it's just a different approach.

[sburton]

The main thing that puts me off playing MOBAs is the length of the games, and that often the game is won or lost in the first 10 minutes but you're then forced to go through the motions for another 30+ minutes, in a game you know is already lost. Is Deadlock like this also, or is it easier to drop in and out of games like Overwatch?

[Daniel-iqeo]

It's strange how so many people trashed on this game before they even played it, but now that you're able to make content on the game these same people are praising it.

[dirtiestharry]

Speaking of "unfinished state" the character he is playing, Bebop, is still using the model when this game was called Neon Prime and was set in half life universe. I was in beta before devs decided they were going to overhaul the lore and art style.

[custi]

1:39 the first 10 minutes is laning phase, here the soul value is split 50-50 to the kill and the lingering soul orb. After 10 minutes, you no longer get souls from the kill it self as the full soul value is converted to the orb.

[gachigasm]

Valve really just mashed up their 3 main multiplayer titles and it WORKS. It plays so much better than what the leaked screenshots and videos made me believe.

[Boglinas]

Poor Gigantic is probably will be forgotten again when Deadlock will come out.

[kitcat]

You have the soul denying the other way around. Early game denying only gives you partial souls. After the 10 minute mark it's the full value.

[ccurtonizea]

"IceFrog is the lead balance dev" = If everything is OP, no one is OP mentality

[Tom-]

Basically a 3D Moba with hero shooter mechanics. I played a game with every hero and it was enjoyable, but I'm personally gonna wait until it releases and has progression, ranks etc.

[SaiMaru]

I can see Riot copying this game but in the Arcane universe.

[decimatedbody]

Deadlock feels like a way more accessible moba to new players of this genre

[alryanlicup]

Ice Frog balance? oh this is about to get absolutely chaotic and fun.

[demogaming]

Trying to introdouce a genre to a wider audience by making changes to it and combining it with other genres, but also making the skill ceiling extremely high so players who are already familiar with the gameplay elements can still have fun. Yep, this sounds like something Valve would do. However mobas are notorious for having extremely long matches and over-competetive sweaty players, so unless they do something about that I don't think the game will attract anyone else other than moba players

[joeybobbson]

If you're looking for comparisons, think Super Monday Night Combat or Paragon.

Both are dead yes, and that's the void this game came to fill.

[Torguish]

..stylosa. haze does not, in fact, fall off endgame. If anything she becomes an absolute menace. :D

[NatBard]

I've seen some crazy tech/skill expression so far. Bebop during the laning phase he would attach bombs to the creeps and punch them into us. There was an Ivy that built sooo much bullet life steal and health they were unkillable even with our whole team focusing her. I got some crazy pulls with Lash throwing 4 people into Dynamo's Ult. I love this game so far~!