https://steamdb.info/app/1422450/charts/

Valve keeping up with the trend of “worst kept secrets”. You need an invite to join the alpha but since everyone who owns it can refer their friends, it spread very quickly.

I’ve been playing it the past few days and it’s honestly very fun. Still a bit rough around the edges (especially in terms of balance) since it’s in early access, but it has serious potential to be dota 2 levels of popular.

For the unaware, Deadlock is a 3rd person shooter MOBA. It feels like a mix of Dota and Overwatch/Team Fortress. Nobody is allowed to share footage or screenshots, but obviously with so many playing there’s a ton of leaks out there.

  • simple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not really, SMITE is a moba that happens to be 3rd person, Deadlock actually plays like a 3rd person shooter that needs proper aiming and headshots and a much faster pace.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I see. This is probably a pretty niche reference nowadays, but is it more similar to Monday Night Combat? That was an actual shooter IIRC and had moba mechanics like lanes and creeps.

      • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        11 days ago

        MNC and dota 2 had a baby that’s what deadlock is basically

        It’s about as far away from smite as you can get

        Smite is basically third person mobile league of legends overly stream lines and crappy. That and smite 2 is already dead. Hi rez is basically one bad quarter from closing up shop.