We’ve built up a significant base of power in a very short amount of time, continuing to establish the base by which we might arrive at our Perfect Day. The pieces are being arranged just so, and we need only continue to manipulate them to our own desired ends.
Let us continue to stack the odds in our favor, in this next chapter in our Deathloop run.
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Critics have already said much about the invasion mechanic and how it impacts the core experience of Deathloop. But it’s one thing to hear about it, and quite another to experience it.
Admittedly, the examples I’ve shown on invasions during this series have not highlighted the strengths of the mechanic (because the Julianas I’m fighting seem to get extremely impatient and just throw themselves in a 1v1 fight they can’t hope to win). However, I’ve had my fair share of excellent invasions. There’s something to be said for how the simple addition of a single player out to sabotage me changes the way I think about the level.
It adds tension, since our opponent may not be as easily tricked as a horde of AIs that insist on funneling through the murder door so we can effortlessly shotgun them one by one. And while we have the benefit of two extra lives, they have an entire level’s worth the mooks and hazards that they can use to do us in.
There are some times where it can be frustrating, but it general the mechanic adds so much to a typical run in Deathloop that it makes that frustration worth it.
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