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when the word spread It was discovered that thousands of players were already playing Valve’s “secret” shooter. Deadlock on Steam in August, the first reaction of many was: How do I get this?
Since then, many more players have joined the invite-only playtest, allowing them to get a first look at the project. Valve made the game public in steam A few weeks ago, but he hasn’t given the game a release date. “Deadlock “It’s a multiplayer game in early development,” Valve wrote on the game’s Steam page.
If you’re not playing yet and are curious, here’s what you need to know.
What is Deadlock And why are people so excited about this?
Valve, the famous developer of franchises like Half life, Portaland counterattack, has greatly slowed down the development of new titles, so any new IP is cause for excitement. Deadlock is a six-on-six team game that combines the hero shooter personality of, say, supervision, Apex Legendsand Valve’s own Team Fortress 2 featuring some of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mechanics popularized by League of Legends and valves dota 2.
A MOBA usually has elements such as bases of operations, towers that each side must defend, minions that help the main characters in fights and a progressive improvement of skills throughout the game. If you have never played a MOBA, Deadlock It can be overwhelming at first due to the resource management it requires in addition to the action and shooting elements.
Well, I’m sold. How do I play?
You will need a Steam account and a playtest invitation. Valve has randomly invited some players to play, possibly based on their history with other Valve titles, but the easiest way to get in is to ask someone in the playtest to invite you, which is an in-game menu option. .
To see which of your Steam friends is playing Deadlockvisit the game page and look in the right panel under Friends Who Play.
An invitation may take a day or more to reach you once it is sent. Once you have it, you can download and install the game.
This might be a good place to warn you: Deadlock It’s a work in progress, and as such, it’s likely to change a lot between now and its official release. As of this writing, there is only one map, called “street_test”, and the list of 21 heroes and their abilities could evolve with future updates.
My gaming group found the game remarkably stable and polished considering it’s at such an early stage in its development, but that doesn’t mean you won’t encounter bugs, glitches, or glitches in the game. The play trial is free; Don’t expect the kind of customer support or full-featured experience you’d get with a retail game.
Learning the ropes (and the rails)
First things first: whether or not you have MOBA experience, Deadlock A set of tutorials in Learn to Play are essential. They’ll show you how items and controls work in Get Started, how to get familiar with the game’s 21 characters and their skill “builds” in Hero Training, and how the paths to victory work in Lane Training, a guided quest through the game. city map.
Once you’ve completed those three guides, you’ll have the basics of how the controls work, how to purchase and level up your character’s items and abilities during a match, and how souls, the in-game currency, work.
