r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Axis251 • Feb 24 '26

Discussion A tweet that has me thinking.

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I don’t know if Riot can copy what valve has created with Deadlock. The atmosphere and setting so what I think makes deadlock so enjoyable. Yes the gameplay is amazing and the moba aspects are great but I just don’t think riot will even try to copy valve and make a deadlock clone. What is all y’all’s thoughts.

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u/thecomicguybook Violet Feb 24 '26

Not Riot specifically, this tweet is just a jab at Valorant. But there will come another multiplayer game that takes inspiration from Deadlock and there will be a whole discourse about it sold to you by people who do not care to get you to click on a youtube video.

I think that if Deadlock does anything for the gaming scene at large I really hope it is to make other games get their heads out of the sand and implement fun movement mechanics that are more complex.

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u/Secretlylovesslugs Feb 24 '26

Deadlock is the kind of game that could only be made by a studo like valve. The fact that the game is free to play with 0 monetization yet and has been running stable like this for so long is incredible.

If the payment is testing out the Alpha jank I'm totally fine with it.

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u/symbolsix Feb 24 '26

Sure, but do you think the Deadlock monetization will look more like DOTA or more like League when it launches?

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u/Dracvich Feb 25 '26

Dota 100%
I just hope the prices for the vast majority of the cosmetics (we'll also be getting a cosmetic system like TF2 or Dota 2 most likely) are cheap enough that you can buy loads of them without breaking the bank. Unlike in CS2 where anything above dark blues can at best cost you a pretty penny, and at worst go for thousands of dollars (and i'm saying this as someone who likes CS skins and knives and such).

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u/HAWmaro Lash Feb 25 '26

As long as you're ok buying sets on thr steam market, itll probablly be, I have tons of sets in dota for heroes i like but I mostly buy them for like 30-60 cents a couple of years after they come out. I used to drop 10 bucks or so on the compediums every year though.