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/PogChampHS Feb 24 '26

I am confused, is valorant also not free?

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u/timmytissue Feb 24 '26

No the heroes are locked behind payment?! The game is not free. It was mostly free in beta.

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u/FlyingCouch Venator Feb 24 '26

You can unlock the agents with playtime alone, which is what 95% of the playerbase has done. All of Valorant is free, the only thing that costs money is cosmetics. Even CS had a pricetag just to play at one point

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u/timmytissue Feb 24 '26

I played it a bunch. Seemed to me you had to play like 30-50 hours for a agent. I'm not saying the dedicated fans don't go that route, but they cost money for a reason. Many people buy them.

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u/FlyingCouch Venator Feb 24 '26

its absolutely not 30-50 hours to get an agent. that's nearly 100 games. I'd estimate it's maybe 10 if I'm being generous, and that's if you're starting fresh account. Every new agent has a mini "battlepass" when they release that unlocks them for free that you'll complete in about less than the usual amount of time. You are vastly overestimating the amount of people who spend money to unlock agents; the option exists but amongst the many people I play/have played with none of them ever bought an agent with real currency.

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u/timmytissue Feb 25 '26

I played during beta and after release and I played probably 50 hours after release and I only ever unlocked one more agent other than the 2 ones that I locked much faster. It gives you 2 freebies and then they take a long time. 10 games for an agent is insane idk what you are talking about.

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u/solacelovelace Feb 25 '26

now you're just saying shit for the sake of saying shit lmao