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We played Valve’s secret new shooter, Deadlock
Curious what the Half-Life and Dota 2 maker’s been up to?
The ziplines don’t feel overpowered; after an earlier leak, I’d once heard them compared to Titanfall ’s attack-from-any-angle traversal gameplay, but Valve keeps them away from the actual firing lines. I initially gravitated towards Wraith thanks to her style and the tremendous dakka of her rapid-fire tommygun, then switched to McGinnis when I found out she’s the Team Fortress 2 engineer and heavy weapons specialist in one: turrets, barrier walls, and a giant minigun that fires faster the longer it goes. While Valve has yet to announce or even acknowledge this game’s existence publicly, the current build lets anyone with a copy invite as many Steam friends as they like to give it a try, too.
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