Deadlight
The world has ended. There is no hope. No new beginning. Only the survivors. DEADLIGHT follows the journey of Randall Wayne, a man searching for his family across Seattle during the aftermath of a 1980s event…
Deadlight is an adventure developed by Tequila Works, released 1 August 2012 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 4.2 hrs to finish.
What Deadlight is
Deadlight is an adventure game developed by Tequila Works and released in 2012. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story of the game takes place in 1986 in Seattle after the decimation of society following the outbreak of a virus that reanimates the dead. Randall Wayne is a survivor of the event and has since been separated from his family of his wife, Shannon, and daughter Lydia. Randall had joined a pack of survivors formed of his friend Ben, an officer named Sam and two sisters, Stella and Karla. Randall is seen killing Karla in the beginning of the game due to her being bitten and infected. When the others return and confront him, "Shadows", the term for the undead, struggle to get inside their room. The others are able to get away through a vent but Randall gets stuck in the room and tells them…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Deadlight holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 138 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7.8 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2GHz+ or better, 2 GB RAM and Shader model 3.0 support. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Deadlight launched on 1 August 2012, within three weeks of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Darksiders II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Darksiders II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Deadlight yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Characters
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Dlc
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