{"id":949442,"date":"2025-12-31T23:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/FxxD5DJEXqqgzu3VHsTp8H"},"modified":"2025-12-31T23:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:06:20","slug":"deadlocks-occult-new-york-setting-already-has-such-excellent-vibes-that-i-might-become-a-moba-guy-just-to-see-where-valve-takes-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/deadlocks-occult-new-york-setting-already-has-such-excellent-vibes-that-i-might-become-a-moba-guy-just-to-see-where-valve-takes-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadlock&#8217;s occult New York setting already has such excellent vibes that I might become a MOBA guy just to see where Valve takes it"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I knew next to nothing about Deadlock when I got playtest access a couple weeks back. I hadn&apos;t looked at any illicit YouTube gameplay footage. I hadn&apos;t perused the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/it-s-so-funny-that-valve-s-new-shooter-that-it-won-t-admit-exists-has-a-public-subreddit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-unsanctioned<\/a> subreddit. Operating with only the vague awareness that Valve was making a third person MOBA shooter, I fired up the closed alpha without knowing what I&apos;d be looking at. Scifi, maybe? Valve does a lot of scifi stuff, right?<\/p>\n<p>Instead, as the main menu loaded, I was met with a spooky strings-and-piano track straight out of a Tim Burton joint as the camera sank between city buildings to settle on a smoky city street littered with candles and spectral pigeons. A burly, bespectacled half-demon detective leaned against the entryway to a sort of occult corner store, its exterior adorned with hanging bells, crow feathers, and a banner advertising its sale of &#8220;BEER, TALISMANS, GROCERIES.&#8221; At the end of the block, a distant troop of candle-headed puppets marched in lockstep across the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcome to the Cursed Apple,&#8221; Deadlock&apos;s tutorial exclaimed. I could not have been more thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>If there&apos;s a term for the aesthetic of Deadlock&apos;s accursed alt-New York, I don&apos;t know it. Occultpunk, maybe? Neo Wiccanoir? Its current hero roster includes a fedora-wearing, interplanar pyromaniac, a living gargoyle, a femme fatale with a haunted arm, and a Columbia professor who got turned into a star in a bottle by a spacetime hole. In-game, you battle alongside battalions of candle golems across city streets lit by art nouveau streetlamps so you can battle the opposing team&apos;s towering eldritch idols.<\/p>\n<p>There are ritual circles on the rooftops. There are phantoms peering out from open elevators. The Cursed Apple is a city where everyone is dabbling in forces that nobody should be. It&apos;s a little bit steampunk, a little bit pulp horror, and a lot Fallen London; the wardrobes might be from the 1930s, but the black magic bodega still has an ATM sticker on the front door. Whatever you call it, Deadlock&apos;s vibe is refreshingly weird.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"AHArfGwhdTX9otyPobRcxa\" name=\"five eyes 2.jpg\" alt=\"A delivery truck from Five Eyes Meats From Concentrate\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/deadlocks-occult-new-york-setting-already-has-such-excellent-vibes-that-i-might-become-a-moba-guy-just-to-see-where-valve-takes-it.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Valve)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"hGsKVFHY34yjqFBN2QL32o\" name=\"ads.jpg\" alt=\"Assorted ads posted on Deadlock streets\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/deadlocks-occult-new-york-setting-already-has-such-excellent-vibes-that-i-might-become-a-moba-guy-just-to-see-where-valve-takes-it-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Valve)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BSAHsQhpnaEff7HWo6HzF7\" name=\"horn wax.jpg\" alt=\"An ad for Sanctuary Horn Wax\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/deadlocks-occult-new-york-setting-already-has-such-excellent-vibes-that-i-might-become-a-moba-guy-just-to-see-where-valve-takes-it-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Valve)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&apos;s a lot of Dota 2 DNA in the character design language of Deadlock&apos;s heroes, but it&apos;s a cast that feels more cohesive, even in its early development state. Where Dota 2&apos;s roster was built around a scattershot of remixed Warcraft 3 heroes, Deadlock&apos;s disparate character concepts\u2014from the pompadoured monster hunter to the walking junkpile\u2014feel like Valve reveling in a setting that it can sketch out from scratch, something the studio hasn&apos;t done since Team Fortress 2. It&apos;s an early glimpse at a metropolis-sized melting pot of cultures, creatures, arcana, and the occasional guy made of goo.<\/p>\n<p>And not only that: It&apos;s funny. Deadlock&apos;s map is far from finished, but it&apos;s already scattered with delightful bits of worldbuilding absurdity. Parked tankers and trucks carry branding for &#8220;Fogwell&apos;s Bioluminescence&#8221; or &#8220;Five Eyes Meats (from concentrate),&#8221; while ads for a firm of reanimation specialists are offering free estimates and same-day service on &#8220;fluid restoration&#8221; and &#8220;mortal preservation.&#8221; It&apos;s an echo of the kind of Valve humor that I loved in TF2&apos;s class shorts and item descriptions, filtered through a world where you can buy occult goods at the same place you get your produce.<\/p>\n<p>I&apos;m not a MOBA guy. Having to make ability and item build decisions mid-game makes me feel afraid. But Deadlock&apos;s aesthetic is already so compelling that I&apos;m willing to stomach my incompetence if it means getting to watch Valve fill its latest sandbox.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/deadlocks-occult-new-york-setting-already-has-such-excellent-vibes-that-i-might-become-a-moba-guy-just-to-see-where-valve-takes-it\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew next to nothing about Deadlock when I got playtest access a couple weeks back. I hadn&apos;t looked at any illicit YouTube gameplay footage. I hadn&apos;t perused the then-unsanctioned subreddit. Operating with only the vague awareness that Valve was making a third person MOBA shooter, I fired up the closed alpha without knowing what I&apos;d be looking at. Scifi, maybe? Valve does a lot of scifi stuff, right? Instead, as the main menu loaded, I was met with a spooky strings-and-piano track straight out of a Tim Burton joint as the camera sank between city buildings to settle on a smoky city street littered with candles and spectral pigeons. 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