Summary
Deadlockis a pretty big hit forValve, which is great considering it’s the company’s first proper foray into game development in a good long while.Despite still being an invite-only title, it’s regularlygetting 24 hour player peaks of over 100,000, and Valve is pumping out meaningful updates to try andbalance the game and combat cheaters.
It’s most likely going to be yet another fantastic feather in Valve’s cap, but the fact that it’s currently only on PC right now means there are plenty of console gamers missing out on all the fun. It would be pretty great if Deadlock came to consoles such as the PS4, and that’s exactly what YouTuber Bringus Studios attempted to do (thanks GamesRadar).
In a recent video from Bringus Studios, the painful process of actually getting the game running on PS4 is shown in full. For starters, Bringus installs a 512 GB Micron SATA SSD hard drive into the PS4, and then sets up Linux so he can actually run the game. He then runs the PPPwn jailbreak server on a Raspberry Pi 4 model B computer, and finally connects to the internet since it’s an online-only title.
Deadlock Player Somehow Gets Game Running On A PS4
After attempting to get Deadlock to actually boot up for quite a while, Bringus finally gets to the game’s main menu, which is rendered at a glorious 360p. Unfortunately, this is too high for what Bringus wants to do without potentially causing issues, so he drops the render quality down to a truly dismal 144p, which he notes is worse than a Nintendo DS.
After all that, Bringus finally jumps into Sandbox Mode to test out gameplay, and it actually boots up. Unfortunately, the quality is so atrocious that you can barely see what’s happening. Horizontal lines start appearing frantically across the whole screen, even outside the window the game is playing in, and the whole thing runs at a whopping 14fps. It does almost get to 30fps if he sits in a corner.
Bringus then risks it all and starts to increase the render quality. First he goes to 360p, which tanks the already awful frame rate a bit, but doesn’t change all that much, but the trouble begins when Bringus goes up to 720p. Deadlock freezes in place for several seconds at a time, Dynamo’s bag gets left behind and his back glitches across the map, and he also begins sliding around motionlessly. Yeah, I’ll stick with PC.
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WHERE TO PLAY
Deadlock is an upcoming game from Valve which seemingly combines elements of the MOBA and hero shooter genres. As it is still in early development, gameplay and assets may be incomplete. Access is granted via friend invites.
