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/timmytissue Feb 24 '26

It's wild how the discourse of league vs Dota do rarely mentions that Dota lets you play all the heroes for free. Riot has always had some of the most terrible free to play monetization of any company. Maybe only surpassed by Blizzard with hearthstone.

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u/Ar4er13 Lash Feb 25 '26

I mean, because anyone who played league for any amount of time usually has all the heroes they want, and one tricking is incredibly popular even in dota, so those pricks don't care at all.

I ofc. appreciate just having all heroes for free, but that is largely non-factor when I am choosing which game I want to play (as somebody who still plays Dota, LoL and HotS, depending on mood).