These levels change wildly with the time of day: different enemies, side missions, items, and available pathways shift with the clock. There are four levels in Deathloop, and each can be visited at one of four times of day. To break the loop, Colt needs to gather information. She and Colt communicate via hand-held radio, and she has the ability to randomly jump into any level and attack Colt.

She is his equal, an archrival who has taken it upon herself to try and kill Colt, gleefully sending him back to the start of the loop each day. Colt has a foil in Julianna, the other assassin on the island. I won’t spoil the story, but it is one of the highlights of the game. They’ve all embraced the hedonistic lifestyle that a consequence-free existence allows, and they won’t give it up willingly. While Colt fights to break the loop, everyone else is protecting it. What sets the story apart from something like Groundhogs Day or The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is that all citizens around you are aware of the time loop. It’s an intentional act.

Everything that has happened is undone, and everyone begins again. It’s up to Colt to find a way to kill all of the Visionaries in a single day to break the loop. Every day, once the clock strikes midnight, the day reverts to the beginning. Colt and a select few citizens called the Visionaries possess a strange and unique power. You play as Colt and wake on a beach to discover you, and all the citizens on the island of Blackreef, are living in a time loop.

Deathloop Review: A Masterpiece of Design and Styleĭeathloop is a science fiction first-person shooter set in an alternate 1960s. Deathloop might be the first true masterpiece of this generation. The scope, the fidelity, the polish - everything about this game far exceeds what they have done in the past. Titles like Dishonored and Prey (2017) were critical darlings if only moderate commercial successes. Arkane Studios has always been incredibly talented.

Deathloop platforms