

For reasons not yet clear - Colt's exact motives aren't known to me yet, but I'm extremely keen to find out - it's time for the party to end. What else are you going to do in a time loop other than give in to pure hedonistic pursuits?Ĭolt is the ultimate party pooper. Soon, you learn that Blackreef is an island with a questionable militaristic past - but now, it's an endless party. You play as Colt: very confused, mildly panicked and stumbling around trying to figure out who you are and what the hell is going on. In Deathloop, you wake up on a black-sand beach of Blackreef. It's pure chaos and, from what I can tell from my time with the upcoming game, an incredibly fun time. That's when it hit me that this daring action game is also one big puzzle.ĭeathloop is the old adage "insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results" rendered in 3D with a jazzy '60s soundtrack thrown on top of it. I completely missed something in a previous loop that I now realized was essential to get through the door. It wasn't until I got to the door that leads me to my first victim that I realized maybe this game isn't so simple at all. The premise seems easy enough: You're stuck in a time loop, and to break it you need to eliminate eight targets, called the "Visionaries," in one day.

At least, that's what I was thinking one hour into my five-hour preview of Arkane Studio's upcoming blockbuster.
