Death Loop One of the most nostalgic games of all time now. The game was received very favorably (open in new tab) and many people still love it, but I personally have never found a more frustrating game in recent memory: the incessant yapping of the characters, the graffiti everywhere, the utter freedom of time travel An unfulfilled promise: ...... So, yes, for me, there was no landing spot.

But for others it did, and it was definitely somewhat successful in that it shed new light on elements of the immersive sim genre. It may have lacked the grandeur and complexity of developer Arkane's game "Dishonored," but there is no doubt that "Deathloop" players finished the game more than either "Dishonored" player. And it always felt like it was concise, with Arkane creating, well, a brilliant, arcane, extravagant labyrinth, and Bethesda holding the purse strings, "Yeah, you could do that, but could you make it a little easier to sell to people?" That was the feeling.

Just a hunch, but based on what Arkane founder Raphaël Colantonio said in a recent interview, it was probably something along those lines. the concept of Deathloop was born out of a desire to make a "small game" before the next huge project. It was born out of the fact that we wanted to make a "small game" before the next huge project. Bethesda wanted us to do something," Colantonio told RPS in a new interview (opens in new tab). "They weren't quite sure where we were going after Dishonored, do we want Dishonored 3 "I don't know, let's make something simple and short before and see.""

"Do we want Dishonored 3" Why did they say yes and proceed from there! I don't know why they didn't! And of course, as things progressed, it turned out that "Deathloop" was no small game.

"Then [Deathloop] became something big over the years. No, I don't want to do 'Dishonored 3,' but if you can offer me a small game, something where I can learn multiplayer, something with microtransactions, something that I can recycle like a roguelike."

Ah yes, the great game design canard: something that might have microtransactions. The roguelike element was the focus, but the game ended up being a bit of an oxymoron: a curated roguelike with four locales whose elements swapped by time of day.

"Almost everyone in the world was into roguelikes of one sort or another. It's reusing gameplay, taking some of the elements of the world and constantly remixing the content. It's a very interesting way to do it," says Colantonio. What started out as a small project gradually grew in scale and eventually became a full-fledged Deathloop. It probably cost as much as making 'Dishonored 3,'" Colantonio said. 'But at the time we didn't intend it to be. [Frankly, I was surprised that Arkane was allowed to make 'Dishonored 2. The sad thing about such a beautiful game is that it has none of the commercial mainstream appeal of a more straightforward shooter, and games need to make money. "Arkane's next game is Redfall, a co-op vampire pillaging shooter, which is probably why it is a shooter.