Arkane Studios has revealed some of the environmental inspirations for its time-twisting shooter Deathloop.Blackreef Island, the central location in Deathloop, is a striking place – cold and isolated, yet populated (admittedly by hedonistic cultists living the same day on repeat as a desperate grasp for immortality) and possessed of striking natural beauty.
While that taps into the sense of protagonist Cole having no one to rely on but himself as he faces down an entire island that’s out to kill him, it’s also based on real-world locations.On the official Deathloop Twitter account (as spotted by GamesRadar), Arkane revealed that “Blackreef is inspired by Edinburgh, Scotland, with dark shades of stone facades made from the rock present on.
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