Dishonored is amazing game with great gameplay,but there is that something that keeps it from being a masterpiece.
Dishonored's engrossing world and intoxicating interplay of supernatural powers make it a game you'll want to play more than once.
In addition to these superhuman movement abilities, you can choose the power of possession. Slipping into the skin of a rat or the scales of a fish allows you to navigate small tunnels and reach new areas, and when leveled up, you can even possess other humans for a short while. Acquiring and improving your supernatural powers requires runes, though, and there aren't enough for you to max out every power. There are no bad choices, thankfully, though some clearly favor lethal or nonlethal approaches. Pacifists will appreciate the ability to stop time, for example, while assassins might favor the power that instantly turns corpses to ash.
Powers are equipped in your left hand and are accessed with a radial menu. This menu also contains your pistol and your crossbow, each of which has a few different ammo types. Sleep darts are the only nonlethal munition in the bunch, and they are invaluable to players who try to play the entire game without killing anyone (yes, it's possible). The rest of your options are decidedly deadly, including grenades and razor-flinging proximity mines.
With such nasty weaponry and formidable powers at your disposal, you have a startling array of ways to deal with hostiles. Simply sneaking by them is often effective, as is creeping up from behind, applying a sleeper hold, and dragging the bodies to a dark corner. Killing can be quiet too. A deadly drop from above makes no noise, and a properly timed windblast can blow an enemy off a high ledge, never to be seen again. If you prefer to see the whites of their eyes, your sword is always in your right hand, ever ready to duel. You are a formidable swordsman, able to block and counterattack against most blows, but clanging swords bring more guards or thugs, and they won't wait until their allies are out of the way to take a shot at you.
Enemies are prone to fatal dips in intelligence from time to time, but they are generally tenacious and alert enough to put up a decent fight. Once you start experimenting with powers, weapons, and environmental elements, Dishonored's amazing flexibility shows its stuff. Summon a swarm of rats to devour an enemy, and then possess one of the rats to sneak up behind those foes who come running. Blow enemy projectiles back in their faces, killing them instantly. Freeze time, enter a room with hostiles, drop a live grenade, exit and close the door, and then watch the explosion through the keyhole.
Sure, you didn't really have to watch, but taking a playful approach can result in even more supernatural fun. Blow bottles off a shelf from a hidden perch to terrify the maids. Snatch a painting while a guard is looking at it instead of waiting for him to walk away. Throw a corpse off a balcony onto a guard, but freeze time before it hits, so you can watch his reaction when you appear in front of him as he gets clobbered from above. Dishonored has multiple save slots available, and taking advantage of the ability to tear things up and then reload a fresh start encourages you to engage in some absolutely delightful mayhem.
Yet even though it allows you to wipe the recent slate clean, Dishonored still begs to be replayed from the beginning. Unlocking different powers, finishing missions in different ways, striving to be more or less murderous, and seeing a different endgame all offer appealing incentives to give it another go. It's a rare game that feels so compulsively replayable, but Dishonored is such a game. The compelling abilities, the bold artistic design, the colorful characters, and above all, the freedom of choice--these are the things that mark Dishonored as one of the truly remarkable games of this year.
With his Apple IIGS as the spark and his neighbor's NES the fuel, Chris Watters' passion for gaming caught fire early. Years later, you can find him aiming down virtual sights, traipsing through fantastical lands, and striving to be grossly incandescent while desperately avoiding sunburns.
I haven't played the game yet but i think i will like it, i trust Arkane Studios, Arx Fatalis was great, everyone mentions Bethesda for this but Arkane Studios is the developer, not Bethesda. And i don't think that this game should be compared to Assasin's Creed in a negative way because Arx Fatalis inspired Dishonored, a game that was released years before Assassin's Creed. Maybe AC was inspired by Arx Fatalis, not the other way around.
In my opinion this is a great game and i loved it, not due the artistic design but also due the gameplay with that kinda bioshock atmosphere and the feeling this is just a first person assasins creed. Good thing that its another type of game instead of that cod and battlefield stuff thats in the stores were kids do their daily bitching and whining and yelling about someones mother or father. Everybody has their own opinion about this game but i certainly loved this amazing game.
Well, keep on buying Bethesda titles people and you will soon see frickin Obama mentioning their crappy titles on the Oprah show.
Could have mentioned that the combat is lame, that the rat`s behavior is totally unrealistic and that the inevitable 3D bonanza means you`re fighting the controls more than enjoying the game. I just quit in the sewers and read a book, and I have no desire to keep playing even the first play through.
I guess reviewers just think 3D realism is all you need for a game to be good. I don`t.
You give AC3 less than 9, and this game a 9? What's wrong with you people? If I had purchased this game because of that review, I would so sew you. You keep messing up in review guys, it's like the 10th time I write this.
I loved it right up until the point the weepers were introduced.. Exactly the reason I stopped playing the uncharted games... Who even enjoyed the zombies?
1 Like Dishonored Is An Incredible Game ....I Absolutely Loved The Different Pathways Through Which You Can Complete A Mission!!! Bethesda Truly Never Disappoints!!
well, just finished the game and it's good, but, not as much as you would expect from all the hype...to me it seemed like a weaker version of the Thief games, I missed more darkness and more sneaking (and I did a sneaking playthrough on Very Hard), but enjoyed the magic power...could have used more enemy variety, biggest maps or at least maps which are not divided ever 20 meters, was probably done so for loading purposes on the consoles, but still...
@Killer_73 Its nothing like Bioshock or Rage those were good games specially Bioshock. Dishonored was an overrated, overhyped and short game with bad gameplay.
8 Like Attention:
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The Goods (in addition to above)
- Using super natural powers is a blast.
- Lots of ways to complete a mission ( just like Dues Ex:Rev)
- Great replay value
The 'Bad's
- Story does not engage you and a bit linear/predictable.
- Enemy AI is really really weak.
- Throughout the game all the enemies are same (only two type of enemies, ones are the city guards and others are assassins.).
- There are no rewards for completing the mission without killing anyone or not being detected.
- Player has super natural powers and it feels a missing or lack of not having some sort of "Bosses" in the game.
2 Like Overrated game, but i prefer bioshock in terms of artistic design... the atmosphere is soooo dulll.... everytime i started the game i get bored after a minute... then i quit
@lyncer777 You can't compare this game to Bioshock. It was an average game with lost gameplay.
1 Like @lyncer777 it is meant to be dull.....what?you expect rainbow pony come out from the sky and nyan cats?
@szeping97 @lyncer777 dull/d?l/Adjective:Lacking interest or excitement. Verb:Make or become dull or less intense: "time dulls the memory"; "Albert's eyes dulled a little".
1 Like @lyncer777 I kind of like the atmosphere of Dishonored. It is supposed to be dull and gloomy in my opinion. Except for the last mission.
The only thing that frustrates me is the very short missions and the narrative ending. Plus, I don't feel the connection between Corvo and Emily. Probably because their backstory is not integrated with the main storyline, only on Books (that I never read) perhaps.
6 Like Just showing a different perspective here. I'm a little more than a casual gamer and, above all, I don't have that much time to play...2-3 hours a day, tops. I just started playing this game and I'm loving it. It was worth the investment. I'm having lots of fun and it really helps me forget all the stress we go through every day. I'm not so into huge games now, simply because I'm never able to finish them. It took me ages to finish Fallout 3 and I'm not sure how long it's going be before I finish Skyrim, so I really don't mind if Dishonored is shorter. If you don't have much time to play, just want to relax and feel Über Bad-ass, and above all also want a nice and immersing story.....just buy Dishonored.
1 Like Gotta say I agree with most of the comments... I've played about 10% of the game and almost immediately found it lacking - which was odd to me becauseI love the genre of gameplay, Betheseda as a whole, and premise behind the game. Then l looked at ratings and reviews gamespOt gave and was even more confused; I started to feel I should LOVE a game that I simply did not care for.
Playing on PC, gfx were dull (tried mods without success), gameplay seemed lax and easy, & story didn't grab me. Again, only played about 10% of the game so i could be wrong, will edit if my opinion changes but I'd have to get pretty bored to even chance that kind of update....
1 Like i think this game lives up 2 & loads more to wat i expected it.s best game i have played in years
4 Like Love the replay value of the game because of the variety of paths you can take to complete the game.
1 Like too short, too linear, too easy. but the pseudo-steam universe was interesting. although hardly developed.
1 Like @AlisterFlint Current generation console games can only adjust the triangle, so it sacrificed length and depth for everything else.
4 Like This game is ridiculously easy and boring. The stealth is completely optional and not half as fun/rewarding as just killing people. They also make it seem like you can kill or stealth and both are ok, but that's a lie, stealth is what gets you the good ending so that's what everyone ends up doing. Boring, easy, crap. Was this review paid off?
@spencerdawson Everybody has their own opninion. if you dont like it then play cod or something and yell at those kids their moms. I actually like the game and managed to do on the hardest difficult. If you just turn the diffucult up instead of playing on easy then u would see that the gameplay is harder than you think. Go play it again and this time not on easy mode noob.
2 Like I honestly don't trust any review from GS anymore unless it's from Kevin. I feel like he is there saying, "don't look at me, I'm not lying to them."
@marcio_castro More like action games for that matter. What he did to RE6 is a disgrace, especially considering he rates Warfighter higher, like WHAT? Are you stupid? That game doesn't deserve a 6. 5 is what it deserves for being criminally short, and he didn't point out that it's short either.
