"Meh" review. It's decent, not amazing. Worth €15/$15 at most. Their earlier game, Prey Mooncrash, has similar gameplay but MUCH better execution:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/865670/Prey__Mooncrash/

DEATHLOOP's story segments and core gameplay are fun, but its mid-to-late-game pacing ruins it. Roughly half of your playtime will be speedrunning between objective markers unlocking clues and/or new equipment. You run out of places to explore and meaningful character upgrades at the half-way point, but still have to do a ton of objectives to get the rest of the story. It's a chore.

It tries to use Immersive Sim-style gameplay by offering a variety of weapons, powers and tactics, but they're so unbalanced that there's little point in experimenting. My first non-"common" gun was a silenced SMG that could headshot someone from 50m away - no other weapons could even compare, and I just stopped trying new guns after a while. The same happened with the powers.

"Meh" review. It's decent, not amazing. Worth €15/$15 at most. Their earlier game, Prey Mooncrash, has similar gameplay but MUCH better execution: https://store.steampowered.com/app/865670/Prey__Mooncrash/ DEATHLOOP's story segments and core gameplay are fun, but its mid-to-late-game pacing ruins it. Roughly half of your playtime will be speedrunning between objective markers unlocking clues and/or new equipment. You run out of places to explore and meaningful character upgrades at the half-way point, but still have to do a ton of objectives to get the rest of the story. It's a chore. It tries to use Immersive Sim-style gameplay by offering a variety of weapons, powers and tactics, but they're so unbalanced that there's little point in experimenting. My first non-"common" gun was a silenced SMG that could headshot someone from 50m away - no other weapons could even compare, and I just stopped trying new guns after a while. The same happened with the powers.