You might kick a guy into a harbour as he plays guitar, or send three machete-wielders flying with a well-placed proximity mine. There are also moments of slapstick in the brutal action-hero antics. Imagine if Bioshock Infinite had a sense of humour and you basically understand this game. It's a world of snide remarks and foul-mouthed hostility but offering actual belly laughs, with sharp inter-murder banter that brings a smile. These goons are a loose-knit cult called the 'Eternalists', led by eight asshole archetypes. You are Colt, a buff gun professional who wakes up on the shore of Blackreef, a misty island caught in a day-long time loop and inhabited by the worst of humanity. If I see anyone trying to be too smart about this game, in which a time-looping assassin tries to break free of hilarious eternity by murdering many people who deserve it, I will look at them with hollow eyes and say: 'In Deathloop you regularly snap necks by 270 degrees.' Turn away, poets and stealth likers. You get a sideways dash and a gun that splits to become two, smaller guns. It is a full-blown action-comedy with a double jump. William Blake once wrote: 'Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, and Eternity in an hour.' Shut up, Blake. A time-looping shooter with funny dialogue and a very powerful boot, where stealth is just the thing that goes wrong before a good fight.

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