Deathloop’s time mechanic doesn’t quite work the way I would have wanted it to (more on why over in my review), but it sure offers a lot to talk about, like whether the game is actually a roguelite-like, and why time loop mechanics seemed to be hardcoded into the try, die, and try again format of most games.
We also go a little farther afield and talk about some of our favorite uses of time loop mechanics in other media like film, books, and manga.Outer Wilds had a pretty good time loop of 22 minutes in real time.