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/Ok_Acanthisitta_6688 Feb 24 '26

Haven’t played it but i’m pretty sure tft is quite popular

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u/TheOutWriter Feb 25 '26

quite popular... its is THE autochess game there is. nothing comes even close to it. riot cant do a lot of things, but when they copy and are able to improve on something that someone else has done, they nail it. LoR wasnt copied, 2XKO wasnt copied, Valorant was copied and is doing well for them. And of course league itself.

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u/RoboBadger07 Feb 25 '26

2XKO is a generic tagteam fighter, LoR is a more polished Artifact and they are both failed products. Riot has no original titles and closer they copy a great game the more it succceeds. Riot is also unaware that their most popular games are used for edating and a riot game that you cant edate in flops

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u/Ar4er13 Lash Feb 25 '26

While 2xko has a great basis from other tag games (btw, not even Riot to blame, since apparently development was VERY hands off and they trusted it)... calling LoR more polished Artifact is... well straight up wrong lol.

If anything, LoR is weird amalgamation between Hearthstone and MtG, but Artifact? Like orange to a goose (and no R.G. working on Artifact and Mtg also doesn't equalize those).