@@andrewcamden Patreon has nothing to do with Sponsors.

@@andrewcamden lmfao false, creators can get that money however the fuck they choose. Cry more

Real niggas like seeing other real niggas get money. Keep seething. 💯💯

Give me a promo for your mom then we'll talk @Gmanlives

Gman, you are now making the best videos you've ever made. Your jokes are hilarous. "Sleeping nails." You are 100x better gaming content than what we had on TV back in my teenage years.

Wait until you find out about Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, from before they were owned by Bethesda.

They did that in Death of the Outsider, no karma or whatever in that one

@@jamsheedsneed6257 that and Arx Fatalis, their first and best game

Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: 👀

@@jamsheedsneed6257 There are some NPC's you can't kill without having to reload a save so not entirely true :D

Especially when dishonored had that

At the same time tho maybe because there is a multiplayer element and im not sure how you balance a time stop ability thats supposed to work on other players? I mean do any other games have a time stop that does that. Unless its just supposed to disable that ability when multiplayer is active?

@@TuriGamer sure I guess that explains how they can control gravity, link minds and teleport right? Lol

@@Eviltwin1 Max Payne 3 online had bullet time implemented into it in a brilliant way. It's definitely possible.

I hope they add something like that post release.

You're probably right.

How do you power all six? I don’t know how to disable the mines on the sixth :(

@@myxolydian8778 Stay crouched and move close to the mines, you can disable them before getting so close they'll detonate.

@@darthvaderreviews6926 how do I disable them? I haven’t seen a prompt for it at all- not with the hackamajig, not even like the laser mines. Sorry if thats what you thought I meant btw- I mean the stupid beeping proximaty explosives

@@myxolydian8778 I am talking about the beeping proxy mines. You don't need the hackamajig or any special equipment, you just need to get close enough to interact with them. (and be crouching, because I believe that reduces the detection radius) You'll be roughly close enough when they start beeping at a faster speed, but they still won't explode.

ive heard alot of reviewers say u wont do anything from trailers with dishonored games but clearly thats not the case with stealth, clockner and many others

hold my Picanha*

@@Kachizou That's odd, IIRC the two things you can't do they showed in those trailers that could not be done in-game were limitations of the blink ability brought by the way the levels were designed, namely, that you could not jump onto sloped roofs and that you could not blink through windows.

Yeah, those who say shit like that are just limited by their own skills and imagination. It’s up to the specialized gamers to show how wrong they are.

So equivalent to a trailer isn't it? Keep repeating the same shit over and over till somehow you manage to get it cool 1 time. Amazing! So much fun! Lame as fck!

Amen to that.

$100 is a super hard sell for any game. Watched this review and was all set to buy it for at max $70. Sorry Arkane, I'm gonna wait.

@@Nereosis16 Why would you have to pay 100$?

@@TheRandomVaper Australia

@@Nereosis16 go to jb hi fi and pay like 89 or 79 or price match it

I hated how those games shat on me for playing a certain way anyways, so having deathloop just embrace the chaos is refreshing to me

@@shawklan27 you can do as much as you want as long you didn't get caught and didn't kill the targets

It's just cutscenes, kill everyone and have fun.

You were going around and killing guards who used to work for the empress. It's one thing where your killing mindless bots here but it wouldn't make sense for the royal protector to go around stabbing guards or civilians left and right.

My take is that Dishonored’s morality system isn’t “punishing” the player for killing people. In fact, the game encourages multiple play throughs where people can mix and match all of the different gameplay systems. The morality, as I saw it, was more a moral analysis of what you’re doing. Like the game was answering the question, “If Corvo acted like this, what would the ramifications be for the world and the story?” It got me to actually engage with the world and narrative, considering the consequences of my actions and viewing the NPCs as people. I don’t think the gameplay changes were a punishment either. The increased number of rats is counterbalanced by the player using more powerful moves. The game isn’t trying to discourage anyone from playing the way they want to, as I see it. Anyway, that’s just my reading of it

Unfortunely for me I don't like Dishonored's HUD.

More like we don't need to do work

@@CasepbX I think its good. Dishonored and Deathloop's HUD stays true to System Shock/Bioshock and Thief's HUD. I'm glad they kept it for deathloop.

@@CasepbX arkanes game have been designed also with the idea that some players wouldn’t use the hud and contextual help. You can turn everything off in prey/disho if you feel like it. The sound design, level design, and the overall mechanics are so well oiled, the hud is only there for people who want it but it’s not necessary

Would've prefered more non-HUD tells communicating to the player since apparently you can play with the HUD off

This! Clearly there are some new ideas here (and some that are gone, like the different characters to play as), but I feel like Mooncrash was a smaller-scale test run of sorts that helped Arkane nail down what they wanted to do with this.

That godawful timer seems to have been scrapped too

Same developers so i wouldn't be surprised

@@trblemayker5157 Hooray! Loved Mooncrash, hated the timer

@Nook Small no it doesn't. But for me the timer was the thing that made Mooncrash interesting.

Seems like they can only get funding for high ESG score type games, and a lot of their genuine talent left prior.

@@12ealDealOfficial ESG?

@@josh440 "Environmental, Social, and Governance" score. Its what venture capitalists use to assess what projects they'll invest in. If you want to know why media has been the way that it is since 2016, there's your answer.

@@12ealDealOfficial well that is truly disappointing to learn about. Thank you

This is Arkane Lyon, isn't it? Colantonio left, and this is the first game without him. Luckily, we still have Harvey Smith over at the USA studio.

I can't believe they are giving perfect scores for a game that forces you to spend on microtransactions...in a single player game.

Game and movie reviews mean literally nothing anymore. Completely corrupt and about the money

we all know why IGN and Gamespot gave it high scores

They gave it a 10, did it not have any white people?

@@Mastervading4306 *Groan* stop the bitching. I thought the (extreme) woke brigade were meant to be the whiny toddlers but it turns out everyone is aggrieved at everything always.

That's the same feeling I got. I hope GmanLives does a review of Prey Mooncrash next

I think you mean “Don’t fear the reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult. Yeah both Prey games are great for their own reasons but Arkane’s Prey game was never meant to be a Sequel or related in anyway to OG Prey, Arkane was just making a game in space with aliens and Bethesda was like “ you should call it Prey because we have the license to it, it’s free marketing” which is really dirty dealing especially if you look into what Bethesda did to Prey 2 ( the game where you are a US marshal who becomes a bounty hunter after you get abducted by aliens )

@@gameboy731 We are both right about the song; You could switch to Heart/Barracuda on the Jukebox, but when the roof was torn off the music switched to Don´t Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult ;-)

Hey Jesus, help me out here. Arkane's Prey (as well as doom 3 with Portal portals) is one of my favorite games ever, as an immersive sim. I bought Mooncrash to support them but never touched it as I am deathly allergic to rogue-likes. The mere thought of starting over and losing my shit makes me go full ape. I can't stand it, won't stand for it. But I'm enjoying Deathloop, because I feel in control enough to not die cheaply, plus you have lives. Should I go back and give Mooncrash a try or is it more a hardcore rogue-like and I'll get a hate rash?

@@killer1one1 I am so glad that you asked. I´ve had a hard time on Mooncrash on my 1st attemp. It took me a while to understand, that I will have to unlock different playable characters - each with their own story and skills - to finish the DLC properly. Also, I´ve had to learn that Dying is part of the experience. After progressing the story (and exploring/experiencing) the DLC for a while, you will learn a game mechanic that allows you to KEEP your skills in between your "runs" (or simulation attemps, according to the story). From that moment, the DLC really takes off and became very entertaining to me - especially when you start to master the challanges that you were unable to beat with your helpless early game character(s) and equipment. No more "cheap dying" in the late game of the DLC. I (really) think you should give Mooncrash a chance, and try to make it through its rough early-game ;-) . Oh, one last thing: Most of the negative reviews for Mooncrash on Steam are from People who did not play the game (DLC) for more than 2 Hours. These people were unable to understand the mechanics behind the DLC. You will figure out it, no problem there ;-)

By that point, the mtx the game seems to be designed around will get patched back in. Maybe there will be a mod to remove Denuvo, at least, so the game will run better on graphics cards made before 2019.

Judging by his comments on the AI it also seems to be following the tradition of Bethesda dropping games playable, but buggy. I hope with the Microsoft purchase after this and Ghostwire this trend will stop

Honestly the stark contrast between GGman and the mains is making me wait for the Steam reviews. See what the other players think.

@@prog8454 lmfao no it wont

@@prog8454 it boggles my mind that some people still can't grasp the difference between a developer and publisher.

In Outer Wilds the world runs forward no matter what, which is not the case in Deathloop. A game like that would be The Sexy Brutale, but that's not too much action though.

@@yannibjorlam536 outer WILDS.

@@yannibjorlam536 you might be thinking of the wrong game, Outer Worlds was the Obsidian FPS roleplaying game, Outer wilds was an open world adventure puzzle game centered on a time loop that reset every few minutes

@@yannibjorlam536 Outer World's is super overrated shit Obsidian game and The Outer Wilds is one of the best gaming experiences ever created.

@@Nereosis16 I Respectfully Disagree

It looks shity

@@flaskanbottle9250 yeah lol

Bro how. Deathloop was in every fucking show

Its very generic tbh. Arcane seens to slackin'.

Where the fuck have you been? Every show in the last year and a half has had a three minute long gameplay demonstration where they spoil a number of ways you can go about a bunch of the objectives in the game. I started tabbing out every time Deathloop popped up.

Not sure if there`s gonna be a dlc for it, if arkane does "dlc" its usually in a way of stand-alone expansions like we used to have in the old days.

@@tezwoacz Maybe. "Dishonored" has a "definitive edition" available that includes all of its expansions, so it's not out of the question.

It reeks of Denuvo. I wouldn't be surprised if, like RE8, the pirated version performs better

@@AintPopular and in an original way too. Even if it does borrow from dark souls, that's awesome. Kind of gives me a theory to the story and twist

This is the best review of this game. There are good and bad things about it. Other reviewers are just praising. IGN even evaluated it as 10, WTF. DF says this game is technically impressive. Just by watching it for 10 seconds I find flaws as huge as you can see in Ark. Not something expected from a 10/10 game.

denuvo is always shit, basically forces people to pirate, wish dev's would just drop this shit already it doesn't help against piracy

probably because he sounds like he's having fun despite his shitty situation. making the best of it if you will. reminds of Dante, in a way. Saddled with terrible predicaments but knows how to have fun with it.

Colt is one of my favorite protagonists in a game ever. So expressive and fun.

I fucking hate when protagonist babbles too much. 20 mins of Dishonored 2 made me quit.

i get a lot of entertainment by having Colt guess audio passwords

Well mgs tpp use one tho and its open world

Not having a decent PC port in 2021 is so ridiculous.

Originally it was going to be just a ps5 exclusive and then the Microsoft deal happened so they had to quickly port it

@@shrumpdssing9913 afiak the PS5 exclusivity only refered to no Xbox. PC was still getting the game since the start.

@@SleightSoda Devs not giving a shit about PC ports has sadly been a thing for far too long.

Remedy good AA that's funny

@@thatonefpsgamer1339 Remedy is good AA wtf do you mean. They are not AAA, they craft their games with care and don't give a fuck about sales. Sam Lake is a god damn story smith.

@@ZigealFaust chill the fuck out. It's an opinion

Not really, but there is the section where you can turn on the music in the nightclub and it draws in several typhon. I guess that counts. :D

@@Kizunaut I was hoping someone will bring that up :) I love that track with Mae Whitman vocals.

Prey had the dnd session table ..that counts right?

Well the typhon sure as hell had a party!

@@2bussy can't argue with that!

Exactly! Every Arkane game nowadays seems to be build with this mindset, it catters really well for a very specefic audience, so that's why those games are quite divise, especially considering the casual audience. I think that they are games that are very good for people who like to get the most of the game, instead of just playing it once and leave it behind. Like Dishonored 2, which was the first game that I played were once I've finished it I imediatly began another game. And I even think that it was way better during my second playthrough than the first, only there I managed to understand how brilliant some aspects of the game were.

Thats what happened with me and dishonored and prey so yeah youre right

When I first played Dishonored 1 I immediately loved it, and Dishonored 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, I've got maybe two dozen finished playthroughs with varying difficulties there. Death of the outsider was also pretty good in my opinion. Prey on the other hand never clicked for me, I just didn't like the setting or story. Considering this, the fact that I love Dishonored 2 and dislike Prey I'm very interested in seeing what category Deathloop will fall into for me.

Fair take.

Spot on, and I think Deathloop is very clever in that it accounts for that and makes that replayability part of the core gameplay. Also with the limited inventory slots, mimicking something hard core fans have been doing since Thief and System Shock that definitely applies to Arkane's games, doing self limited playthroughs, denying yourself many of the most powerful tools to see if you can solve problems without them.

But the main character is black of course its a 10/10!

@@TheSnoozeFox I knew it, I expected your reply

@@ls200076 thanks babe

Cyberpunk 2077 got 10/10 too and we all know how this ended.

@@88Somi ??? By that same logic I could point to any legitimately good 10/10 game.

I do too. Like the game looks fun don’t get me wrong but a masterpiece? Doesn’t seem like a masterpiece whatsoever. Gman has never steered me wrong. Even when I’ve loved a game that he gave a mixed review too he always had valid points that I found to be correct when I played it for myself

i wouldnt call it a masterpiece, this seems like a game i would get on sale for like 30$ or 20$. it's alright

Let's be honest they would call it a masterpiece just because it has 2 black main characters.

@@Whickerx7 facts man. I'd trust IGN to use that as a reason lol

@@Whickerx7 add to that “Sony console exclusive” they did the same with Returnal and R&C Rift Apart - completely overrating “its just OK but not at full price” games

Elderborn

Elderborn is great, but that's just one game. There really aren't enough games that play like Dark Messiah. I must have spent hundreds of hours in the multiplayer alone, crushing those dirty mages on my warrior.

He already reviewed SWAT 4 Gold Edition.

You ever tried Zero Hour? Has that same flavor but with a modern coat of paint. Still needs some work but loads of fun for $15.

@@prettydamngeneric F'ck early access games. They are a plague.

@@sgt.thundercok4704 not very nuanced - no one can deny its risks however the ability for development to continue whilst the game is out is incredibly useful feed back wise. Also we've had some great early access games such as the forest, divinity original sin 2 and dusk which are universally renowned

@@sgt.thundercok4704 I understand your hate for them, but there are some great gems amongst Early Access titles. I'm talking games like Risk of Rain 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Valheim, and Satisfactory.

Feels like I have been saying to myself "might pick this game up in a year or two with a heavy discount, maybe it will be a fixed product" for nearly every fucking game that has released this year.

They will give it the dishonored 2 treatment and call it a day.

Yeah, I'll pick it up on sale, but only if StealthGamerBR makes it look fun. Honestly, Roguelites suck if the core gameplay loop is shit, and this looks exactly that. I played Dishonored the dishonorable way just for a change of pace because I was bored with stealth, and it got boring really quickly, due to being too easy and having very little enemy variety. This looks just like that, only with a mechanic in place to force you to keep doing it to upgrade your gear. Honestly, where is the fun in killing 3-4 unaware opponents with a single headshot, because you tied them together with a magic ability? It might look good on paper, and it might look good in a preview video, but how much fun is it, really? Like using the BFG in Doom.

I hope it gets patched a year into it. If it doesn’t it will lead to RE Village situation where the bootleg runs better than the Steam version

@@ericvisser5253 I remember AC:Brotherhood I had to download the pirated version on PC cause it was the only fucking version that worked. That was bullshit.

Only 1 enemy type is even worse, same for the variety of skills and weapons. I enjoy Gunfire Reborn atm and it has only 3 different Areas but alot of build variety, characters, loot and enemy types and its a realy fun Roguelite that also feels like a PC Shooter and not a sloppy Console Port.

A misses oportunity was that prey dlc. Problaby they enhanhed the consept of "immersive sim roguelike" in a full release game. Still sounds bad, but can works better than mooncrash.

@@coda31313 Oh i forgort about that one, never played it because of the bad reviews. But yes it was also the same concept.

Yeah. Not a fan of having to replay the same levels multiple times.

@@henriklarssen1331 bad reviews? I thought Moon crash was really good

Fucking love, LOVE Dishonored. I'm an Arkane fan boy because of those games.

In fact well optimized mgs tpp use that

The arbitrary gameplay blockers and "progression mechanics" didn't ruin it for you first? Denuvo can be patched out, but repetitive and boring gameplay is eternal.

​@@ehrtdaz7186 Did you not watch the review? I guess not because that's what Gman described.

@@12ealDealOfficial repetitive and boring gameplay? What are you on about! 1- it isn't repetitive because the whole game is set in a loop. 2- don't call a game boring just because it's not your cup of tea, I don't like rts and turn based games because I find them boring yet I don't go around hating on them.

@@H0LY_seVen "1- it isn't repetitive because the whole game is set in a loop." ... 2. Progression blockers and arbitrary stat-based difficulty aren't a genre. The premise isn't the issue; Groundhog Day and Live.Die.Repeat handled the "looping" gimmick well, so it can be done without making it deliberately repetitive. The issue is endemic in all games that set themselves up for microtransactions, which, mark my words, are coming.

It's a bit like Dishonoured Lite.

They lack the originality and the edge that looking glass studios games used to have.

@@rid71k i dont think this is a fair comparasion, there isnt a game like deathloop out there. is unique on his own right.

@@eunaoseibrother467 i know it isn't fair. But, I can't help but feel they're missing some element that made irrational and looking glass games special.

The good and creative people have already left Arkane, now it's just another copy and paste sjw studio

and sadly weird west. is a top down game nothing as good graphics wise as this

Well Weird West isn’t exactly the brilliant game a lot of people claim; is a nice experiment, but far from the same charm of the Arkane experience

@@TheMaskedWarrior92 Yeah, Weird West was a big disappointment for me. I love Arcane games, was expecting more from the some of "main talent". Hopefully it sold well and they can get back to their 1st person/immersive sim/bigger 3d environment roots in the next one.

OI TWENTY QUID YA SAY GUVNA?

Yeah, but did you ever play Dishonored taking the violent approach? It gets old fast. In fact, I had more fun watching StealthGamerBR's videos than playing it. And Deathloop doesn't even have some of the abilities in Dishonored that made it fun to watch (such as freezing time and carrying the guy who fired at you into his own bullet etc).

@@zalamael they are 2 completely different games though. If i want to go "stealth" id pick Dishonored. If Arkane wanted to make a game where you "just kill things" and not worry about stealth, then thats awesome.

@@TheGammabomb06 Yeah, I get that, but the point I was making, was that going full nutter in Dishonored was a huge amount of fun, for about half an hour. After that, it gets very repetitive. And this is not 'completely different', the animations and AI look very similar, to the point where it looks exactly like Dishonored/2 with a fresh coat of paint (I've played both of them recently, there are far too many similarities for me to view them as completely different games). I can't speak for a game I haven't played, but I always try to imagine how it plays from watching other people play. I just don't see this as anything more than a great deal of fun at first, followed quickly by boredom and an Alt+F4. Many years from now, the achievement on Steam for ending the loop, will have a shiny gold border, with only 5% of the people who bought the game having 'achieved' it. By the way, I am not a pessimist, although I can be cynical. I just remember far too many instances of the hype train getting everyone excited, and then it pulls in, and it turns out the game wasn't as good as everyone thought it would be (Cyberpunk 2077 anyone?). I would bet my left testicle, that people will love this game at first, play it until there is nothing left to upgrade, and then turn on it when they realise it is kinda bland. I could be wrong of course, but it just doesn't look it is engaging enough to keep people playing for longer than a single playthrough.

@@sawhorseonline I swear man, I like you, you have a nice and almost innocent faith, but I also hate you, because your faith is misplaced in these times :D You bastard :D I hope you are right, in that there are multiple ways to play the game. But I have my own worry here, and I will explain it. A game, by its nature, is something that requires full engagement from the player who is playing it. A movie is different, you just sit back and watch. A game however, requires your full participation. That is what makes a game in my mind, it is supposed to engage you, draw you in, get you thinking about how to play it, how to win etc. So my question regarding Deathloop would be, how engaging is it? Sure, I have powers, I can throw enemies around, but I remember doing that in Rage 2. What makes this game stand out, what makes it engaging? And sadly, I honestly can't come up with a good answer from watching the footage. I try to imagine playing it while watching the footage, but I just can't see anything that would make me interested. I could just be jaded of course, but I think not. It just looks...........very similar to games I have played in the past, with nothing to make it stand out and *sell it*.

void engine strikes again

Hey dishonored 2 also did not look that amazing and look how shitty that game ran. There was a ton of controversy surrounding that at the launch of that game.

Hopefully MS gets them some help, most MS first party games run swimmingly on a variety of hardware. Send some tech wizards from Playground or The Coalition Arkane's way.

Thanks denuvo

it's fucking weird how inconsistent the engine is. i see steam reviews complaining about how bad it runs on their 3070 rigs, meanwhile my shitty Ryzen 2200g gtx 1070 combo is running it just fine

I think they disappear in this game to help with CPU game design. This game seems to be half developed for PS4 xb1 and then they pivoted to next gen + pc only. Leaving the bodies requires extra game-engine horsepower

I'd say it's fairly obvious it wasn't meant to be played stealthily.

Well we really need new Manhunt.

@@cor.tenebrarum yes manhunt should be made this game is poo.

That's one thing I wish Metro let you do, carry bodies out of sight so enemies are less likely to stumble onto them and get alerted. It should be a core mechanic for stealth games.

Same lol. There's a limit

To be fair their other shit didn't get marketed properly so they are going ham. Steamers are gonna get paid to play it now

@@AchiragChiragg Look up Payday 2 if you want to talk about limits.

@@LightTrack- I don't remember even pay day 2 having this level of pre release advertisements.

@@AchiragChiragg Oh my bad i misread it. I though they said "achievements". Payday 2 has 1247 achievements you see.

it is

I couldn’t agree more! I absolutely loved prey and I hope we get a sequel at some point

Agreed! Prey is a lot of fun.

i mean the marketing didnt really scream stealth but yeah a bit weird that they removed so many stealth elements

As someone who loved Dishonored but doesn't really identify with the edgy assassin, I'm looking to buy it. Though I would still prefer an asymmetric co-op game so that I can play with my brother who does identify with that. As for the lack of moral choice, I believe it's facilitating a more freeform combat I can imagine a lot more creative clips from this game.

This game isn’t dishonored so why would you think it’s a stealth game with moral choices when it was very much marketed as a less stealthy game

@@andonmartin4142 they share assets, UI, art style, and abilities one of which is invis, ig that's not stealthy? Looks like a shallow repetitive D2 knock off with more guns and with less interesting characters and no choice just mindless shooting in an admittedly beautiful world I'll pass

Finally someone get it: the game never oblige playing with all the helps on, if someone what to figure out on their own, they can turn off markers and pop up notification and getting that puzzle feeling in the end; after all, Dishonored and Prey also has a lot of help through markers, and yet one of the many suggestions the dev do is to turn them off, and in fact all these game are perfectly playable with in-game maps and landmarks.

No, they're not trying to make a joke, they ARE a joke. As always, ignore the globalist twitter commies. Identity politics is cancer, and so are the libshitters that constantly bring that bullshit up every chance they get. Absolutely disgusting behavior.

They don’t have to keep making ImSims for their games to be good

It's getting 10/10 scores because the main characters are PoC

@@ivanasukjadic1423 Wrong. There are more contractions to the 10/10 because the leads are POC.

@@SlyMagma Correct. First, You're not using the word "contractions" correctly. Second, This looks like a competent game, but I'm not seeing anything special here that we haven't seen before. It was jarring to see this many 10/10's from game journalism outlets. The more I looked into the game and it's gameplay, the less I understood it. It just seems like another Dishonored with a new coat of skin color lol.

@@stephen8785 How is it jarring if you've never played it. The gameplay is not like dishonered and apparetly its extremely well designed.

@@SlyMagma "Nothing like Dishonored", GmanLives in his review makes several design and gameplay comparisons Between this game and Dishonored 😂. Not to mention all the bugs and AI issues this game has, so there goes your claim that it's "extremely well designed" lol. People who have played and seen this game directly compare it to Dishonored. Stop being disingenuous, I understand you feel the need to defend this game because of its "brave and diverse inclusions", but it doesn't amount to anything if the game is generic and trite.

…ALL of them?

@@bearpuns5910 Well, it would take some creativity to work it into certain conversations, but I think I can manage it.

@@Largentina.Specifically, it's the lyrics to Nero's battle theme.

it combines the best elements of prey and dishonored and is a more fleshed out mooncrash type experiance.

@@Underqualified_Gunman Never actually got round to playing Mooncrash in the end lol

Its on pc too

@@BLAZINGwaffle56 yeah, your right, sorry for not mentioning the PC...i only followed it on Playstation so far, as I don't game on pc either.

From what I understand you have to explore the island several times without limit and find where and when key targets can be killed. It resets everytime you die. Then you plan your perfect run and kill them all in one loop.

It seems like everything happens the same every day, but the visionaries are gated by arbitrary RPG progression so there's some sort of time sink going on where you need to gear up little by little to actually progress and be strong enough to kill the visionaries. It's basically forced rogue-lite mechanics. That's my guess, at least.

There are four times of day, and a few districts. The districts are essentially levels, or maps, or mini-sandboxes; whatever term you prefer. The player can only visit one district per time of day, but there's no timer; the time of day doesn't change until the player decides to leave the district they're in. If you visit District A in the morning, you can spend 50 IRL hours there, and it'll still be morning in-game. The goal of the game is to arrange things so that your targets congregate, which will let kill all of them in one day.

Playstation never stopped reminding the rest of us.

It's true, unfortunately. I was so stoked about it and now I was shook when I saw that it got released. Pretty weird