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/iHackPlsBan Billy Feb 24 '26

I think Valorant also works because the only competitor was CS, a game known for how incredibly unwelcoming and toxic it is, along with being hard to get into and at the time being a game that was like a decade old or something. When faced with these issues and someone else offers you a game with the same kind of mechanics, quirky characters, abilities that do most of the work for you, super flashy skins that have a round price and not a price of 300 euros just to get a good looking one. And most of all a playerbase where nobody had played it at that point. You’re bound to suck players in.

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u/Zenith_Tempest Mina Feb 24 '26

People underestimate how "bland thing given fresh art direction" pretty much slaps you at the forefront of a trend. Valorant worked off CSGO, and Fortnite pretty much became an overnight sensation because Epic just ripped PUBG off but used their own existing assets.

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u/PogChampHS Feb 24 '26

For the pubg example, its also crazy how terribly optimized that game was on launch, whereas fortnite could run perfectly well on my laptop at the time.

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u/fiasgoat Feb 24 '26

Funny cause the mobile version was amazing, and that was the one I was playing

Yes different company but still