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Deadlock is the newest upcoming game made by Valve that combines Moba and (Third-person) Shooter mechanics. Game is set on an alternative 1920's New York full of spirits and the occult.
Many moba mechanics are very akin to Dota (and some to LoL and others), featuring things like:
-6x6 featuring heroes with different skill sets and stats
-4 lanes where creeps spawn to attack towers (guardians and walkers), barracks (shrines) and the ancient (the Patron)
-Shop where you can buy items (passive and active) to power your hero stats and skills
-Neutral creeps and "runes" (temporary buffs)
-Mid boss (the game's roshan) that drops the Rejuvenator (decreases respawn time a single time while also buffing your hero's max HP when you still have not died; it also buffs your lane creeps HP)
Mechanically speaking, it's not as deep as Dota. This is 100% intentional because you also have to worry about the shooter aspect of the game and it's mechanics (if the game was as complex as Dota, feels like it would be too much to handle). The third-persoon shooter aspect of the game feature things like:
-Vaulting, dashing, double jumps, ground sliding and wall jumps. There is also special movements that combines those mechanics
-Since this is a Source (2) game, the movement feels "familiar" to their other games; you can use and abuse the quirks of the Source engine to your advantage (like keep your dash-jump momentum for longer if you jump as soon as you touch the ground)
The game is currently in "closed" alpha test. You can get an invite by anyone that is already inside the playtest. They are constantly making changes to many things, so pretty much nothing in the game right now is 100% final.
tl;dr: Its a third-person shooter Dota. Moba mechanics are not as complex as Dota because you also need to worry about shooter (and movement) mechanics.
There is an alpha playtest happening (you can get invited by anyone that is playing the game). Icefrog is definitely behind this game.
This is a really old rumor. In the past, when you heard about this supposed game, the rumor most likely would've come from a retard known as Tyler Mcvicker: an unreliable and delusional Valve fanboy that throws rumors left and right, hoping that something sticks and becomes real.
But on the past couple of days, more reliable people started talking about this rumor.
Gabe Follower:
Pavel Djundik (SteamDB guy):
Honestly... if this is real, I will be disappointed.
First: Its another tryhard competitive 6vs6 shooter game. Its something focused on esports bullshit, not fun community servers and shit.
Second: Another multiplayer game. Valve is spreading their devs in multiple ongoing multiplayer games. They can barely keep up. CS2 is full of hackers, Dota 2 has gone to shit and fails to deliver, TF2 is dead.
Third: If Gabe Follower is right, its another moba styled game. Im kinda tired of mobas.
But on the past couple of days, more reliable people started talking about this rumor.
Gabe Follower:
Pavel Djundik (SteamDB guy):
Honestly... if this is real, I will be disappointed.
First: Its another tryhard competitive 6vs6 shooter game. Its something focused on esports bullshit, not fun community servers and shit.
Second: Another multiplayer game. Valve is spreading their devs in multiple ongoing multiplayer games. They can barely keep up. CS2 is full of hackers, Dota 2 has gone to shit and fails to deliver, TF2 is dead.
Third: If Gabe Follower is right, its another moba styled game. Im kinda tired of mobas.
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