Deathloop initially seems up to the task of rising above its own baffling design decision to combine two of the most wretched mechanics in all of video games, stealth and online FPS, but by its conclusion, I was left feeling more like I was checking off the boxes of a Sunday chore list than putting to use any of the knowledge I'd gleaned crashing through the game's 4 levels over and over and over again.

You play as Colt, washing up each morning on the shores of Blackreef, a retrofuturist 60s pastiche rendered in stunning detail by Arkane's Void Engi[WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED YOUR 20 FREE REVIEWS THIS MONTH. TO KEEP READING THIS AND OTHER GREAT BACKLOGGD REVIEWS, BECOME A BACKER TODAY AND UNLOCK EXCLUSIVE PERKS.]