Deathloop on Xbox doesn’t change much, but is still great

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Deathloop, Arkane Lyon’s immersive sim with a time loop twist, was one of 2021’s odder releases as it was a PS5 exclusive that came out after Microsoft completed its acquisition of ZeniMax. A pre-existing deal kept Xbox players from trying this game from a Microsoft-owned studio for a while, but after a year of post-launch updates, Deathloop finally made its way to Xbox Series X and S alongside the Goldenloop update. The game is also now available on subscription services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus Extra, making it more easily obtainable than ever.

As such, we’ve returned to Deathloop one year later on Xbox Series X to see what the game and the Goldenloop update have to offer now. This port and the latest update don’t overhaul Deathloop significantly, but they didn’t need to. Deathloop is still a really creative and fun shooter; the most significant difference now is that more people than ever can easily play it.  

Deathloop is still the critically acclaimed immersive sim about a man named Colt who’s trying to kill eight “Visionaries” in one day to escape the island of Blackreef and the time loop he is stuck in that it was in 2021. The PS5 version of the game garnered a comfortable 88 score on the video game review aggregate website Metacritic. Digital Trends was a bit cooler on the game than other outlets but still had some praise for the world’s design and combat.

“Deathloop isn’t afraid to take experimental swings, and many of them pay off,” Giovanni Colantonio wrote in a three-and-a-half star review in September 2021. “It’s a stylish action game that’s entertaining in every gear. Players never have to choose between stealthily exploration and hectic shootouts; they’re encouraged to tackle a situation in