Exactly. I keep harping on this because the game really comes into its own when you let loose and treat it as a sandbox of fun, murderous toys to play with.
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Dishonored |OT| The belle of the ball
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Exactly. I keep harping on this because the game really comes into its own when you let loose and treat it as a sandbox of fun, murderous toys to play with.
ArisenDragon
Member
Clay Davis
Member
I like the sound of the dunwall trials and more story driven dlc is always welcome.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
I think i'll skip the first one and wait for two and three. Not really interested in time trials, i'd much rather the story based missions.
Neat, glad to see they're covering a range of DLC idea though. Options are good.
Neat, glad to see they're covering a range of DLC idea though. Options are good.
Holy shit the
Daud
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
Fuck yeah! I was just thinking that
the backstory of Daud and his assassins
I didn't dart her. I choked her unconscious. Should I replay the game since that point?
It looks like we're getting extensions of the current storyline in Dunwall. I was hoping the DLC would be self-contained stories taking place on the other islands like the executive producer wanted.
I have no interest in challenge maps but hopefully the mission stuff is as well designed as the first mission was. They can kind of get away with missions in the full game that last for 20 minutes but if I pay $10 for a DLC that lasts that long I'm not going to be happy at all.
The 3rd DLC likely will.
Maybe, but I doubt it. Probably too much of a risk to get people to buy strictly lore-based DLC.
I can't be the only one for whom this was entirely obvious.
Daud
I will buy all the DLC.
Remachinate
Member
I'm less than thrilled about how the first DLC sounds, but I'm very intrigued by the second. New missions, new powers, a chance to better develop Daud and the Outsider? Yes.
Echoing love for
Thrilled they are going down that route.
I just wanted to give a little more credit to the game's story. I think it's under-appreciated. The environmental storytelling employed is way more interesting to me than any cutscenes are, and who doesn't love a coup of a coup more than another "save the world" story?
Daud.
I just wanted to give a little more credit to the game's story. I think it's under-appreciated. The environmental storytelling employed is way more interesting to me than any cutscenes are, and who doesn't love a coup of a coup more than another "save the world" story?
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Yeah its great. The backstory is the most exciting part of the game. Plus the heart is brilliant.
gollumsluvslave
Member
Just completed it on a 'reactive' playthrough - i.e. no reloading for cheevos etc. Loved it, though I do have a couple of minor nitpicks.
1. Ending is a bit too abrupt, not in terms of length but in terms of denouement.
2. Would like the Outside to have been fleshed out a bit more - possibly linked to the end.
3.
Other than that I had a blast, reminded me of Thief so much. Eidos Montreal will have their work cut out for Thief 4!
1. Ending is a bit too abrupt, not in terms of length but in terms of denouement.
2. Would like the Outside to have been fleshed out a bit more - possibly linked to the end.
3.
Havelock being a bad'un was so obvious, i was hoping there was some other twist
Other than that I had a blast, reminded me of Thief so much. Eidos Montreal will have their work cut out for Thief 4!
Just beat my stealth run and got clean hands, ghost, mostly flesh and steel, just dark enough and finally shadow. The intro where the Empress is killed, those assassins CAN be killed. I've also killed rats that attacked me. I was sort spotted by the rocket tower on the last mission and I THINK it shot rockets at me once but the soldiers never came running.
Only having Blink is really frustrating, imho. Fun times for sure but the constant reloading because of screw ups was annoying. Next time I'm going for all the paintings, and some cleaning up of the combat acheivements.
Only having Blink is really frustrating, imho. Fun times for sure but the constant reloading because of screw ups was annoying. Next time I'm going for all the paintings, and some cleaning up of the combat acheivements.
gollumsluvslave
Member
It's great! Really brought a smile to my face!
So the heart is just going to straight-up tell me that
By the way, I had no idea the heart actually tells you things about specific people as well when you aim it at them.
Wallace is a spy?! Now I'm actually thinking about killing him somewhere isolated and seeing if anyone else would notice.
By the way, I had no idea the heart actually tells you things about specific people as well when you aim it at them.
From what I've heard, that's not true.
They just screwed up and made the heart think that Wallace is a random npc (same or a similar line of dialogue can apparently be heard elsewhere).
Same with Lydia. Generic comments made about any maid.
Should be synced to the Steam cloud.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Yes, just steal the key and leave them.
Deified Data
Banned
Wrapped up my first playthrough tonight - high chaos. Ending was indeed quite abrupt, though I expected it going in so it didn't bother me so much. The high chaos ending wasn't quite as "dark" as I thought it would be, so the low chaos ending must be practically cheery in comparison.
My biggest complaint, story-wise,
I now begin my second playthrough, no kills, as little sightings as possible.
My biggest complaint, story-wise,
is that the Outsider is never really fleshed out and we never get a conclusion as far as his character is concerned. I expected him to largely remain a mystery - I preferred it, in fact - but he just sort of existed to give you neat powers and turn you lose. Think about it: the game would remain largely the same if you removed the Outsider, and just had Corvo gain his powers from a magic amulet, or something. There should have been more Outsider worshippers like Granny Rags, or maybe tie him to the rat plague and the "Doom of Pandyssia", whatever the hell that is supposed to be. Hope to see more of the Outsider in the DLC.
I now begin my second playthrough, no kills, as little sightings as possible.
abstract alien
Member
I haven't given much attention to this game at all and caught it off gamefly to try out. One question I have is in regards to the AI. I started on normal difficulty, but I couldn't help but notice how dumb the AI seemed to be. They never see anything unless you do it right in front of them, and they aren't reactive at all to the world around them. I killed a guard that was in mid conversation, left a big blood stain and head on the floor, and it caused not a peep out of the others that saw it. I do like the feel of it, the looks, and the controls, but does the AI actually get better on higher difficulty, or just more cheap?
Been playing a bit more of this over the last few days, still not very far but I just did the mission where you have to
and it was really good fun. I didn't kill anyone and only set off a single alarm near the end which I was pleased with as I'm terrible at stealth games. Really reminds me of the Arkham games in that I feel really powerful but still need to apply those powers with some skill to succeed. Don't feel nearly as helplessly vulnerable as I do in some other stealth games. Sleep darts all the way, baby.
abduct Sokolov
Scuba Steve
Member
If there's a rat plague, why are people eating skewered rats?
High overseerer mission spoiler
everytime I have a nitpick I think it in plinketts voice
High overseerer mission spoiler
how did corvo know which glass was which to poison?
everytime I have a nitpick I think it in plinketts voice
Dunno about the rats but there might've been a note or talk about the spoiler somewhere :S
SJRB
Gold Member
He didn't.
The overseer wanted to poison Martin. The overseer already poured the drinks and would give the poisoned glass to Martin, so Corvo simply switched the glasses so the overseer would give the clean drink to Martin without realising it. Which is why he comments something like "how is this possible" before he collapses on the floor.
Cooking the rats kills the plague
MarshMellow96
Member
So about the
mission...
I played that mission through with my girlfriend and we agreed to go non-lethal beforehand, but afterwards we felt (if our interpretation of that scene was correct) kind of shitty...
non-lethal run of the Lady Boyle
Am I right in thinking that Lord Brisby's love for Boyle wasn't exactly mutual? There was just something about what he said after you had brought her to the boat.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Yup, he specifically says one day she'll learn to love me.
The shit you do to people in non-lethal is often much worse than killing them.
HueyFreeman
Banned
The image on the beth blog seems to me like the trials will be in the void, awesome
Reminds me of the Mirror's Edge DLC
I think I will buy all of these packs
That would be fucking great. Abstraction of the level design in games like this makes so much sense, and really lets the devs run wild. Can't wait.. for all the DLC. GOTY.
MarshMellow96
Member
Yep. I found
Weeper Campbell the other day. His last words were kind of funny to read,
What happened?
MarshMellow96
Member
What happened?
When you go to retrieve your gear in the Flooded District, if you used the Heretic's Brand on Campbell, you'll find him roaming around as a weeper near where you find your gear. There's also a letter that you can find in which he curses Corvo and laments his own death.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I wasn't expecting that at all; I was pretty impressed but horrified at the same time. I wasn't expecting the 'non-lethal' options to go so deep, to be quite honest.When you go to retrieve your gear in the Flooded District, if you used the Heretic's Brand on Campbell, you'll find him roaming around as a weeper near where you find your gear. There's also a letter that you can find in which he curses Corvo and laments his own death.
And that depth is what makes the game so fantastic. I don't think any other game has put so much effort into making you feel the weight of your decisions.