Comments on: Unreal Game Review: Dishonored

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:42:59 +0000

I ALMOST got the “Clean Hands” achievement. ALMOST. But there were two people (TWO!!!) that I couldn’t seem to get around killing. I’ll probably give it another shot after enjoying a super-crazy, lethal run-through this weekend.

Well-worth the sixty bucks, considering how often I intend to play it.

By: Nosgoth1979

Nosgoth1979 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:35:09 +0000

Dishonored certainly looks unique and cool, but its reputedly short length gives me pause and makes me think that it’s probably a ‘rental only game’. I suppose I’m a bit cynical after some highly anticipated games that didn’t live up to my expectations have left me feeling like I’d bought an incomplete game (seriously, what kind of ending was that in Deus Ex: Human Revolution?). These days I follow some advice I got from one of my coworkers at DISH and I don’t buy a game until after I’ve rented it and had a chance to log some hours on it. It’s saved me a good deal of money in the past six/seven months. So Dishonored is already in my Blockbuster @Home queue, and I’ll get to play it soon without the risk of dropping sixty bucks on it.

By: Violet

Violet — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:45:15 +0000

Honestly I tried playing this game the first way too Paul, silent sneaky and totally non lethal. And I kept looking at all the powers I wasn’t using and the cool traps I couldn’t do anything with. After the first level I really was starting to hate it and haven’t gone back since. I think I might go back and give it another try lethally and see if its more fun.

By: Frothy_Ham

Frothy_Ham — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:58:36 +0000

Easy mistake to make, but you are incorrect in saying the game was developed by the same team who did Skyrim/Fallout 3.

Bethesda Softworks is the publisher of all three titles, but Bethesday Game Studios is the studio that developed both Fallout 3 and Skyrim whereas Arkane Studios developed Dishonored. This explains why the combat feels completely different as well as the games overall engine…not related to Bethesda Game Studios whatsoever.

Opinion-wise, I have to say I disagree with your criticism
of character design and graphics, as they blew me away continuously when it came to uniqueness and environmental details. It didn’t aim for completely realistic and I’m glad.

I think this game is an amazing accomplishment for being only the third full game in a young studio’s portfolio and makes me excited to see what they can do next.

By: wevs

wevs — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:50:56 +0000

@Shan: Because of people like you we can’t have nice things around here. It’s a story driven original IP, if you want multiplayer and 15$ DLC every few months go play CoD.

By: Shan

Shan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:28:09 +0000

Loos good but it came out too fast and was unexpected, games like these are hit or misses but lack either content or multiplayer.