'Deathloop' is my perfect video game: A bloody puzzle you have to solve, not beat.

During my heady sprint through Deathloop's wild story, I gushed about it to a friend in the know and he said something that stuck with me: It's a video game escape room.

That's not a perfect comparison, mind you. Yes, your goal is escape. But the time crunch that creates tension in your typical escape room doesn't work in...