More people have been getting their hands on Deadlock following the game’s official reveal, and players are already impressed by the level of detail Valve clearly put into the characters for its new MOBA. After months of rumors and leaks, Valve finally announced Deadlock on August 23. Already, the game has a sizeable audience despite access being limited to an invite-only Closed Alpha .
Though it’s still very early in its life, Deadlock shows a lot of promise, garnering praise from streamers and content creators like shroud and AverageJonas . That’s in no small part thanks to the game’s characters, with players already praising the developers for how it handles their backstories. Beyond having some interesting lore, that level of detail extends to how this information is presented to the audience.
As one Twitter/X user pointed out , Yamato’s backstory is written entirely in Japanese – which is fitting for a character who doesn’t speak English. going through and reading the backstory of the Deadlock characters and shut the fuck up valve, this is funny as shit but really cool their backstory is just strait up in japanese cause they dont speak english as a character pic.twitter.
com/ieChxkZmzE Despite likely not being able to read the text itself, the poster called the backstory “funny as s*** but really cool.” Others pointed out examples of that detail and backstory being integrated into the game. “If you buy items from the shop when playing her the shopkeepe.