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Dishonored to get Game of the Year Edition

Bundle details and release date unconfirmed; Australian version listed as "modified".

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Dishonored appears set to receive a Game of the Year Edition, according to a listing by rating body, the Australian Classification Board.

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The GOTY version will presumably bundle the original stealth/action game with all previously released downloadable content: Dunwall City Trials and its 10 challenge maps; The Knife of Dunwall, which allowed players to take on the role of assassin Duad; upcoming expansion The Brigmore Witches, which is scheduled to release in mid August; and the Void Walker’s Arsenal, a collection of retailer pre-order bonuses.

No release date was confirmed in the report, though while Dishonored was rated as "original", the Australian Game of the Year version is currently marked as "modified", often denoting changes or edits made specifically for the region. The bundle has been rated MA15+ for moderate impact themes, language and sex, and strong impact violence. A spokesperson for Bethesda, the game's publisher, was unavailable to comment as to what, if any, changes have been made to the local version of the game.

In November last year, Bethesda confirmed that sales for the game were "far exceeding" expectations, making future games in the franchise likely.

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I skipped the original release date because it looked like a game that would receive a GOTY, but people don't seem to like the game, what did you guys dislike about it?

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@BFKZ It could be a fun game to play, if you try to use and combine different methods to finish your assassination. Nevertheless, the game discourages you to actually kill people, so if you want a good ending, you will have to avoid killing, which is boring like a hell.

The world is well designed. I like it, although the graphics is just console standard. It doesn't even support DX10. The environment is well scripted in each level, not very open world like, but it does change depending on the decisions you made in previous levels (aka: killing people or not).

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@BFKZ a word of advice, in the opions menu take off the waypoint markers (whatever they are called) that point you on where to go. looking back i think i would have had more fun if i had to explore to beat each mission. i had them on and...i think it ruined my experience some.

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@BFKZ I love Dishonored. It's my GOTY of last year. It's a game that rewards you for playing the way you want to play. It's a stealth game whereby you can try not getting seen by anyone, sedate people, kill people or simply kill everyone and make it an action game. I have replayed the game many times and there are still things I haven't seen or done...

The people that dislike this are the same people that like linear games that hold your hand throughout the entirety of the game.

I already own Dishonored and all the DLC and will be buying the new DLC next week, but I'll also purchase the GOTY edition and give it away to someone I know simply because this game is so awesome ! :D

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@BFKZ

Dishonored is right up there with Bioshock as the best games I've played this console generation. I think some people dislike it because it's too short (which I have never understood. Took me about 20 hours the first playthrough)...I assume they "blinked" through all of the levels.

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@FAIL_TR0LL @BFKZ The beauty of Dishonored is it has so much replayability value. I played it through three times in the first two months after buying it.

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@BFKZ All I can say is, Dishonored is just art. Dishonored and Bioshock Infinite have such unique and beautiful worlds that can't be described, they have to be discovered and explored, and even if you go through every building and every corner, you won't ever see the full extent of the game universe, which will leave you with a never ending craving for more.

I am a huge Arkane Studios fan ever since Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah, but Dishonored? It is their masterpiece, it is filled with such mystery, with so many questions left unanswered(trust me, this is meant in a great way) that you will come back to Dishonored again and again to try and piece everything together.

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@FAIL_TR0LL @19James89 nice recommendation fellas, thanks for the insight, i'll be getting this GOTY then.
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@BFKZ In stark contrast, I loved Dishonored. It's in my top five games on the PS3. It knocked Little Big Planet out of my list and that was no easy feat because Stephen Fry's narration and Sackboy were sure fire winners for me.

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For me, the game sucked really, really bad.

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@Armyboy5 It is not that bad but certainly there are some big flaws in the game design...

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@Armyboy5 You don't know a masterpiece when you see one. Go back to COD.

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And for the record, I got it for free from a friend and didn't even finish it

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@Armyboy5 what dont you like loading screens??? lol

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this game is good but not great

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more like shit of the year

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@Morlanes You think you're funny?

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meh... its just another ignorant like its Morlanes to get Douchebag of the Year Edition.

congratufuckinglation buddy well earned !

Please people give the person a hand.

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@Joeyy Buck My only problem is that they billed it as this OPEN and replayable experience.

When it was NONE of that.

It was level based, which SCREAMS linear.
There was no way I was going to replay again ONLY to start from scratch just like a linear game.

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I hope whoever is in charge of this nonsense in australia F****ing chokes to death.

What kind of sick a**hole gets to decide that his moral standards are so righteous that everyone should follow them?

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It's a really good game, but i already got it so a GOTY version is useless to me.. kind of wish i had waited to get the DLC for free...

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@Peter Jackson I didn't like that feature either, the only announced it after the game already was known to be in developement for a while. Could have lived without it, but meh, it doesn't disturb either...so....

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@Agape Stefan Daniel Why would you limit yourself like that when the game clearly gives you the options to do so? It's a game, and having options is never a bad thing

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@Justforvisit Because taking the more challenging option is more fun.

That's why I'm pissed there isn't a super-duer-uber hard mode on ghostbusters.

It's no longer a challenge and it's losing it's appeal.

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@Jarrod Buckard To game, or not to game. THAT is the question!

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@Justforvisit To game, obviously.

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@Angus Micheal Noakes Yeah, I got it as well there when it was dirt cheap ^^

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"Australian version listed as "modified"."

Ooohhh come on Australia, this absolutely isn't funny anymore..... >.>

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@Justforvisit Could politicians in this country be more two-faced?

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This game is a unique example of excellent design coupled with an uninspired story and boring gameplay... Let's hope the new Thief is better.

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I'm fed up of this! I bought this game in October 2012 and fast forward less than a year, a complete edition is being launched.

It's shit if I'm a honest. In future I may as well just wait a year or two before purchasing any game. There is no incentive for me to buy a game from launch if the developers are just going to release a "complete", "ultimate" edition later on.

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@19James89 No, you did the right thing by paying full price on release. Arkane studios aren't big like EA, Rockstar, etc. They need support so don't hold out a year to buy the GOTY versions. I don't mind paying full price for a game when their is a lot of replay value. Dishonored is one of the best games this gen.

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@19James89 When it was more than $30 I said, "Oh, I'll wait until it's cheaper." When it was $30 I said, "Oh, I'll wait for a sale." When it was on sale I said, "Oh, I'll just wait for an ultimate edition." I might wait for that to go on sale then I'll get it. I pre-ordered Bioshock: Infinite (which also came with X-Com). Also, I figured that the B:I DLC wasn't going to be any good. Just depends on the game.

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@19James89 Except for that whole you know, trade-in system, and coming back to games you love later on.

Yeah, that's just stupid. *eye roll*

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@VenkmanPHD Why would I trade in a game just to repurchase it later? I don't have enough disposal cash to start throwing it down the proverbial toilet.

All this kind of thing is going to do is make me wait a year or two before playing the games I want. It's a shame I was too stupid to cotton on this stuff a few years ago. If I was intelligent enough I'd have waited until the Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition came out, the Skyrim Legendary edition, the Bioshock 1 and 2 pack with the DLC and now Dishonored.

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Goty for Dishonored?

Well, since i'm yet to have played whole Dishonored at all, i might be interested. This ofc means that it isn't just some game to get Goty just for kicks. You know forexample a game like CoD has Goty and i really cannot understand why is that? Since CoD happens to be very shallow and boring game.

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@quakke Because sheeple will buy what they are told.

Also, dishonored is nowhere NEAR as good as everyone makes it out to be.

It is good, and you should play it, just don't go in thinking it's god's gift like everyone plays it out to be.

It's just a FPS shooter/stealth game. No biggie.

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@VenkmanPHD @quakke if everyone thinks its great and you don't then maybe you are the one with something wrong with you fucking cant stand cunts like you who think everyone is wrong and you are always right

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If it's $40 or less, I'll bite.

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Good, I was waiting for this. Patience paid off again.

My condolences to our fellow australians. Import the hell out of it guys, that exagerated censorship is stupid.

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@Mega_Skrull I agree, except for one part.

It's not just exagerated censorship that is stupid.

It's all censorship. Grow a pair and accept reality, stop trying to hide things as if they don't exist.

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Awesome game, only problem was the lack of Newgame+

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@Kairysama I COMPLETELY AGREE!

They billed it with so much replayability, when I went back to a previous level and had NONE of my powers....

I just didn't see the point. I traded it in right then and there.

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@VenkmanPHD @Kairysama They said right away before release it wouldn't have a New Game + because they didn't want the player to be a powerful warmongering god. They wanted you to play it safe, to choose a specific path to go by when you play, this has been the case ever since Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah by Arkane Studios.

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@Titus-Adrian Sacacean absolutely!!

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dear lord, i know it's off-topic, but 90% of facebook comments are just so awful...

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@blackzio Gamespot users > Facebook users.

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@blackzio It's like they get points for posting random inane 'insights' that no one gives a damn about.

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@blackzio Shows how dead GameSpot is after the split with GameFAQ's....won't be long and they can comment in the forums as well...^^

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excellent, good to know. Now if I ever get my hands on it I'll remember to get a foreign key, or a friend to gift it on Steam from the US.

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Been wanting this game for some time now but have not picked it up yet, guess my waiting a bit longer will pay off :)

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