Deathloop for PC preview: A violent Rube Goldberg machine turned video game
Source: Arkane Deathloop is an immersive sim with elements commonly associated with shooters and roguelites, but it's still difficult to categorize. Set in the 1960s, you play as Colt, ew wan amnesiac assassin reliving the same day over, and over, and over. You can't remember the pre-game loops, or how you ended up on the island of Blackreef, where the game is set. Your goal is to investigate the island across multiple incarnations of the day's events, unwrapping the story's central mysteries as you go. Blackreef is a derelict army base, taken over by a parade of strange mercs and art-deco s...