Why Deadlock Character Designs Are So Good

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  @k2lando520 · 6 months ago

  Abram’s is wearing a handcuff because his hand is cuffed to the tomb so he doesn’t lose it

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  @torikenyon · 6 months ago

  "the sun an the moon don't correlate to Celeste" buddy the sun and the moon are celestial bodies

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  @orly4672 · 6 months ago

  If he doesn't like Billy's anachronistic design, he's gonna HATE the News section being a 70s computer

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  @joshbarba2225 · 6 months ago (edited)

  I know you’re looking for a lot of lore in each of these characters to understand them more but Valve typically doesn’t frontload all the lore in their character backstories. Most of the character’s actual lore and personality is in their voicelines.<br><br>There you’d learn that Seven isn’t just a maniacal power hungry fiend. Or that Victor isn’t the typical big dumb frankenstein character that that trope is always like. Or that Celeste is VERY trashy and would absolutely slap on random tattoos that mean nothing to her cus she just wants to. Or that Calico wanting protection isn’t that weird when you realize just how much this girl loves her cat. <br><br>Countless other examples too. The voicelines in this game are so much more important to the actual lore and plot than their in-game backstories. <br><br>I mean cmon just look at Lash<br><br>edit: Also, the game NEVER states what era it is in. There is purposefully a lot of mixes between 20s, 40s, 60s and all over. Seeing as how this is an alternate history of things it’s not out of this world that our time periods don’t line up with theirs. <br><br>A lot of your input in regards to your thoughts about shape language, art design, character design etc were all fantastic. But this video also screams “I don’t actually play this game and I just want to hop on the hype train for views”

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• FU

  @FURRIL · 6 months ago

  The eyebrow glasses on Calico is great, ur crazy

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• VI

  @viniribr · 6 months ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toP-8bblu5U&amp;t=1685">28:05</a> I need to correct you on Victor. <br>He doesn&apos;t just wish to know who he is. He wants to know from whom each body part is, and if they were killed or tortured for it.<br>He is the opposite of the original Frankenstein story. In the original, he wants to be accepted no matter what, and doesn&apos;t care about how he was made or about others suffering, or even who he is.<br>Now Victor is already accepted and he worries about others. He wants to know if the body parts are from people that were already dead or were killed just to make him, and you can see in his dialogues how it pains him to think about this. He is a lost man afraid of a past he wasn&apos;t part of, and insecure about himself.<br><br>Some of the others are also kinda off. If It was just about the designs and trying to get their lore from it, I would understand. But when you say you looked into their lore, it does make people want to hear a more precise information. Like, on Seven&apos;s lore they say he was one of the stronges sorceres to ever live and was being executed because he thought everyone that received powers should be allowed to use. During the execution he mentally overpowered everyone, since the execution is a ritual that breaks the victim&apos;s mind and destroy their soul, and fried everyone with lightning.

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• UF

  @ufuk5872 · 6 months ago

  If i ever want to explain what confidently wrong look like i&apos;ll refer to this video.

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  @RichardLofty · 6 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toP-8bblu5U&amp;t=2550">42:30</a> - did you listen to his voice lines?<br>Bro he HAS pride.

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• FU

  @FullOnGritz · 6 months ago (edited)

  The metal bottles Infernus has are cocktail shakers. Extremely common for mixing drinks, and he functionally uses them in game to douse people in what is presumably alcohol while lighting them on fire. Also Abrams has handcuffed himself to the book because it has a mind of it&apos;s own and several other characters want it. His ult is literally the book flying into the air and him dragging it back down and slamming it into the ground. Among some other things; but glad you understood the Celeste outfit, a lot of people don&apos;t understand what she is wearing and her animations fit it soooooo well.

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• CE

  @celestialcolosseum · 6 months ago (edited)

  Brother, you are asking why Dynamo has floating arms/head when every part of his are made of metal, most people get that it&apos;s due to some magnetic force that keeps those limbs there but you were the first one i&apos;ve seen who just assumes magic. You can literally get floating metal ornaments from Temu for like 2 dollars, it&apos;s safe to assume if a guy is a scientist who can turn into a miniature blackhole, he&apos;s also able to utilize magnets for building a body that will never have joint problems.<br><br>Most of the unanswered questions you have about the game are mostly answered in the in-game conversations between characters. I get that you only have like a paragraph of backstory in the game, but that can only tell so much.<br><br>Liked your views and in-depth review of the visual elements but i think some of the connection behind lore/visuals are not understood fully if you don&apos;t really play the game and experience how the character personalities are like.

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  @RichardLofty · 6 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toP-8bblu5U&amp;t=1848">30:48</a> - drifter is another good example why you MUST see the animations!

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  @noahjude843 · 4 months ago

  you might wanna look back over doormans voicelines... he is possibly the most unfriendly character

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