Deadlink
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
The player fires guns and melee-slams human corporate security, cyborgs and robotic enemies, who spray and splatter blood in a stylised comic-book art style; no lingering wounds or dismemberment as a focus.
Scripted mission dialogue carries casual profanity in an edgy cyberpunk tone.
The backstory is a bleak corporate-controlled dystopia of exploitation and inequality, established in setting and dialogue rather than shown in graphic events.
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What it is
Deadlink is a fast, arcade-style first-person shooter with roguelite runs set in a neon cyberpunk future. You pilot a remote combat shell on raids against powerful corporations, blasting through waves of human guards and armed robots with guns, melee bursts and explosives while chaining kills for speed and score. Between runs you upgrade weapons and cybernetic implants, then dive back in through randomised levels. The action is loud and bloody in a stylised way: enemies spurt blood and pop apart into sparks and gibs, and the writing carries a crude, sweary tone. There is no sexual content, nudity or drug use, and the game is single-player only with no online chat or purchases.
How it's framed
The game frames its violence as an anti-corporate power fantasy: the megacorporations are the aggressors and each level is a sabotage raid against their facilities and hired security. Killing is the core reward loop, celebrated with combo counters and score rather than treated as weighty, and the dystopian corporate cruelty stays in the setting's premise rather than being dwelt on.
Details
- Developer
- Gruby Entertainment
- Publisher
- SuperGG.com
- Released
- Jul 27, 2023
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