Valve’s slow-paced releases have been an industry in-joke for years, but hero shooter Deadlock<\/em> is already looming on the horizon. Like most big-name projects these days, it’s been prone to leaks, with the newest batch showing off a surprising amount of in-depth information on its mechanics.<\/p>
Valve arguably invented the hero shooter genre with Team Fortress 2<\/em>, and it’s now evidently looking for a repeat of that success with Deadlock.<\/em> The game supposedly borrows mechanics and potentially even characters from Dota 2<\/em>, which seems to imply that nobody at Valve remembers the fate of the last Dota<\/em> spinoff<\/a>. Even if it hasn’t been officially announced quite yet, there have been a few leaks showing off behind the scenes footage, including this most recent one today.<\/p>
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This new leak comes courtesy of Reddit<\/a>, consisting mostly of several out-of-context clips ranging anywhere from a handful of seconds to just under four minutes long. Much of it will look familiar if you’ve seen previous leaks<\/a>, but there are a few new standout details that merit further examination. <\/p>
First and most obvious is Deadlock<\/a><\/em>‘s shop interface, which allows players to buy upgrades at certain points on the map. According to the leaks, throughout each match you’ll obtain currency known as Souls by stealing it from enemy players in a short window after killing them. These can then be used to improve your character’s skills, both passive and active, as well as being exchanged for temporary buffs and upgrades at any of the aforementioned shops. Most of the upgrades shown off were fairly pedestrian, such as larger ammo capacity or increased stamina, but it’s a good bet they’ll get more meaningful and diverse over the course of a match. <\/p>
A few of the shared clips feature informative voiceover from an unidentified speaker, breaking down systems and mechanics in an easy-to-digest manner apparently intended for those unfamiliar with the game. No one is quite sure whether these are bizarre tutorials or in-progress videos from a content creator, but some Reddit sleuths<\/a> believe the voice sounds an awful lot like legendary Overwatch<\/a><\/em> streamer and former pro Surefour<\/a>.<\/p>
The in-match leveling and economy system using Souls as experience is also straight out of your typical MOBA, as is the selection of heroes<\/a> with a few unique active abilities each. Rather than the top-down view filled with particle effects, however, Deadlock<\/em> plays like a third-person shooter. It’s an odd melding of genres that gives the player quite a lot of spinning plates to balance at any given moment with its multiple active objectives, layered upgrade systems, and the fact that the distance that allows MOBA players to reasonably consider these things is gone in favor of getting shot at in real time. <\/p>
If nothing else, Dota 2<\/a><\/em> will always be there for you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
