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Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha

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.

Picture of 12k player peak on steamcharts
bionicjoey ,

For the unaware, Deadlock is a 3rd person shooter MOBA. It feels like a mix of Dota and Overwatch/Team Fortress

So like SMITE?

TheCreeperFace ,
@TheCreeperFace@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

from the 1 video I saw more like Paladins with Smite item shop

simple OP ,

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 ,

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.

drphungky ,

Good, cause I played the Smite 2 alpha and it was kinda garbage. I literally said out loud “this is like Dota for babies”. It didn’t even have good FPS mechanics to make up for no depth.

Virkkunen ,
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It's actually closer to Battleborn. Like the other commenter said, it's more of a third person shooter with MOBA elements. There's focus on movement (you can dash, double jump, crouch slide, some characters fly), headshots and distance change the damage and melee/parry are just a button, while every character has guns as their man attack means. For the moba elements, it changes a bit since there's 4 lanes and it's a 6x6.

ludicolo ,

Been playing it, it’s actually really fun!

catloaf ,

I will give you one (1) good vibe in exchange for an invitation

themusicman , (edited )

DM me your friend code

Anissem , (edited )
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Any chance you can invite people? Would be grateful!

BuboScandiacus ,
@BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

Heyyyyyyy buddyyy !

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Dequei ,
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Heyyyy buddyyys!

Luci ,
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Friends! Pals! Fellow lemmy users!

simple OP ,

Shot you a message.

Zoidsberg ,
@Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca avatar

I love your personality and think we could be great friends, too.

LolcatXTREME ,

Is there a limit to referrals?…

simple OP ,

I think so, but it doesn’t say how many you get.

sxt ,

If you’ve got an extra still I’d be down

chronicledmonocle ,

Same here. I’d love to see what Valve have been up to.

exorcism895 ,

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    Hellstormy ,
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    Same here! :)

    XenBad ,

    Same over here :)

    Statick ,

    Would love an invite if you don’t mind!

    Anissem , (edited )
    @Anissem@lemmy.ml avatar

    Any chance you can invite anymore? I’d love to give this game a try, huge TF2 fan.

    Blisterexe ,

    Wait how can i refer friends?

    StrangeName ,

    idk, but please remember me once you figure it out.

    Oha ,

    me too pwease

    Coelacanth , (edited )
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    Reminds me of the old Dota 2 closed beta days… Good times. Also on an unrelated note, if anyone has a spare invite my DMs are open.

    DScratch ,

    I slept on my DOTA2 invite and only years later dumped 3k hours into it.

    I won’t make that mistake again, given the chance.

    Coelacanth ,
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    I remember playing Dota 1 and 2 in parallel for a while because so few heroes were in the beta and I wanted to play new hotness like Ember Spirit. Fun times.

    Quitting Dota has been great for my mental health, though. But I guess I’m at least curious enough about what the frog is cooking to risk getting addicted to something new.

    EarMaster ,

    As you got invited by OP would you mind sharing your invites too? Asking for a friend me.

    BuboScandiacus ,
    @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

    I don’t have the game yet. It used to be instantaneous but now it may take several days according to some people on the internet

    Zoot ,
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    Thats a shame… gives us time to become your friend though, right? I heard you enjoy games

    padge ,

    I can invite too if people need it, shoot me a DM

    arudesalad ,

    I heard you got a referral, remember all those times I’ve helped you with (insert problem)? You wouldn’t mind if I asked for a referral from you?

    Oha ,

    We are friends, right?

    umbrella ,
    @umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

    hi fren.

    qooqie ,

    Icefrog is an extremely talented dev so this game is for sure to be real fun. I trust in the frog as a life long dota player

    catloaf ,

    I’d like to give it a try. Anyone got an invite?

    themusicman , (edited )

    DM me your friend code

    doodledup ,

    They are trying to build hype. The leaks are intentional and expected.

    gibmiser ,

    Hype trains a comin

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