Deathloop based Blackreef Island on Scotland and the Faroe Islands – NME.com

Developer Arkane Studios has revealed some of the environmental inspirations for its time-twisting shooter Deathloop.

Blackreef Island, the central location inDeathloop, 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 thats out to kill him, its also based on real-world locations.

On the officialDeathloop 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 the island.

It added that the studio also took inspiration from the Faroe Islands, to give it that isolated village feel.

Given the population of the Faroe Islands in 2020 sat at a mere 52,337, with a population density of 38.1 per square kilometre compared to the UKs density of 270.7 per square kilometre it probably served as excellent reference material for Blackreefs vast rocky expanses and icy tundra.

Deathloop launched on September 14 on PS5 and PC. In NMEs review of the game, it was dubbed Arkanes most ambitious game, with reviewer Jordan Oloman saying they wereblown away by Arkanes ambitions in game design, and how they manage to maintain them alongside such strong aesthetics, and compelling writing.

However, nearly two months on from release, Arkane says players still havent uncovered all of the game or Blackreefs secrets.

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Deathloop based Blackreef Island on Scotland and the Faroe Islands - NME.com