Dishonored

Dishonored published by Bethesda Softworks and created by Arcane Studios came out in North America on October 9th 2012. It has been selling very well on all platforms it was released on and has received fantastic scores by most game critics.

I played Dishonored on PC and the game was everything that I expected it to be. I heard that Arcane Studios used the Thief series’ stealth mechanics as an example of what to do with Dishonored’s stealth mechanics.

It obviously went well but Dishonored also allows the player to play the entire game in whatever way they want. If you don’t want to assassinate the targets, you could get rid of them with another method. Usually by exploring levels you can find some information that would be useful later on, or doing side-quests you gain information or a favor from someone that could help out with an assassination.

Spoilers! Dishonored takes place in a steam punk styled, Victorian London setting, with supernatural powers being used by the main character and some enemies. Dishonored is about a bodyguard being framed for the assassination of an empress and kidnapping of her daughter. Corvo the main character is framed and scheduled to be executed but he is helped by loyalists to the old empress. Corvo escapes and joins the loyalists while also gaining supernatural powers from The Outsider through a dream.

Corvo's quest now is to help the loyalists take down the Lord Regent, whom is the same man who framed Corvo. The game continues with several assassinations and a big twist, there are two possible endings to the game one is good the other is bad.

Dishonored took me 20 hours to complete, I played on the hardest difficulty, and played mostly in a rush to beat it because I had to write this blog. It is a single-player game only so once it’s done you can choose to play the game again but I hardly ever do that right after completing the game the first time.

I have no idea if Arcane Studios is working on any downloadable content (DLC) for Dishonored. It shouldn’t need DLC, since the story had a clear ending, there could be some DLC or sequel but that would take away from the story or the gameplay in some way.

I say wait for the game to go on sale, but do not buy used. You should help the developers, Arcane Studios so that they can develop a new game in the future.