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/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Success is important though. Since League, all of their games except Valorant have been COLOSSAL flops. And I genuinely think Valorant only got as lucky as it did because it came out during the peak of the pandemic, but that's just my personal hot take on it.

They have a whole ass MMO they're working on and yeah all those recent games are just absolutely worthless, I don't think Riot are gonna be risk-taking on any other game development any time soon.

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u/True_Square_9542 Feb 24 '26

2xko, while not particularly appealing to general audiences, will likely be relevant in the FGC for at least a few years.

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u/yesat Feb 24 '26

Does it get a few years? They've fired a huge part of the dev team.

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u/PapstJL4U Paradox Feb 25 '26

The dev team is like double the size of °FrenchBread, one of the quality developers of fighting game. They need a vision, competent developer and stamina.