Vinterbird
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Well, AAA does refer to the marketing budget not development budget.
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Dishonored |OT| The belle of the ball
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Well, AAA does refer to the marketing budget not development budget.
Graphics dont bother me most of the time. but it looks like a lazy effort. granted this is the first clip I have seen from the game. maybe I should check out some more footage.
I thought the animations looked fine, the textures look washed out but the PC version is going to be better in that regard if it bothers you.
Krappadizzle
Member
dark_inferno
Member
There are so many games that would look shitty without the Art Design. Examples are Bioshock,Journey (sometimes),El Shaddai, PoP 2008, Mirrors Edge and others.
I hope a PS3 owner gonna answer my questions about the PS3 version of the game.
That's how it should be done.
systemfehler
Member
Are there any pre-order incentives that include real new content (missions, weapons, etc.)? So far I only found stuff like swim/run faster and stuff I don't really care about. I am a little bit short on cash and want to pick it up later this month.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Ok
Been playing for a little more than 3 hours now. Rest your fears, I am still on the very first assassination mission, which also happens to be pretty much the first main mission in the game. Absolutely impossible to beat if you are even remotely interested in doing any side quests or exploring at all. Speaking of which, there is quite a lot of that to do. There are collectibles to be found, but they are actually meaningful and have direct impact on character progression. There is also quite a bit of superfluous dialogue, books, letters etc to find and read/hear. On top of that, really early you get an item that lets you kind of read peoples minds, and a bunch of it is really interesting.
I've done one side quest so far, and it was pretty involved, and nicely designed. Multiple paths into the areas and multiple ways to get through each one. It is cool to see, even though I don't have them, how the powers would have opened different paths for me. I really like how, playing on Hard, the enemies will quickly overwhelm you. A few hits and you are done for so it pushes you towards creative ways to eliminate enemies if you go the lethal approach.
360 version runs perfectly fine. 30fps with some drops here and there, which was to be expected. Load times aren't bad and there wasn't any screen tearing. Want to know anything else just ask.
Been playing for a little more than 3 hours now. Rest your fears, I am still on the very first assassination mission, which also happens to be pretty much the first main mission in the game. Absolutely impossible to beat if you are even remotely interested in doing any side quests or exploring at all. Speaking of which, there is quite a lot of that to do. There are collectibles to be found, but they are actually meaningful and have direct impact on character progression. There is also quite a bit of superfluous dialogue, books, letters etc to find and read/hear. On top of that, really early you get an item that lets you kind of read peoples minds, and a bunch of it is really interesting.
I've done one side quest so far, and it was pretty involved, and nicely designed. Multiple paths into the areas and multiple ways to get through each one. It is cool to see, even though I don't have them, how the powers would have opened different paths for me. I really like how, playing on Hard, the enemies will quickly overwhelm you. A few hits and you are done for so it pushes you towards creative ways to eliminate enemies if you go the lethal approach.
360 version runs perfectly fine. 30fps with some drops here and there, which was to be expected. Load times aren't bad and there wasn't any screen tearing. Want to know anything else just ask.
electroshockwave
Member
Got a couple of codes for Corvo mask avatar items ar Eurogamer. Quote to reveal.
Thanks man! Took code 2.
Also _tetsuo_, I don't know how much experience you've had with the straight up combat but what would you consider difficult? From videos it seems like you could easily dispatch one or perhaps two guards without use of your abilities, but when do you feel it becomes a better idea to flee than fight?
Krappadizzle
Member
I really believe Hitman has a *shot*.
But this seems to be *killing* the competition at least based off of early impressions.
Grabbed the first, thanks!
j0hnny_385
Member
I get it. You don't like what you're seeing. Obviously this game isn't suited to your taste, so what are you doing here?
Yep. It is great. I personally don't give a flying fuck about the "shity low res graphics". The game's setting, story, mechanics look amazing and I personally can't wait to play it next week.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
It isn't difficult. You can't really afford to be careless though because a few hits and Corvo is down. Sometimes they throw some wild shit at you that takes over 50% of your health.
SJRB
Gold Member
Longest loading times ever?
Texturework and character models looked mediocre, setting looked aces though. Voice acting seems solid too. Combat looked flimsy but that's probably because it was the first time. Loved how he shot the Empress when the prompt "press LT to fire your weapon" came up.
Can't say much else, there isn't much gameplay in this video unfortunately. I'm still not sure about this one.
Krappadizzle
Member
I get it. You don't like what you're seeing. Obviously this game isn't suited to your taste, so what are you doing here?
Yep. It is great. I personally don't give a flying fuck about the "shity low res graphics". The game's setting, story, mechanics look amazing and I personally can't wait to play it next week.
Chill. While I agree with your point that you are making, he has just as much of right a right to talk about this as any one of us. Granted, it should be done in a more constructive way, or a way that seems to validate his point as opposed to "these GFX fucking suck."
I'm excited too, and hate when people rain on my parade with no basis or concrete evidence. But, we can all relax. It's all good brother.
Sweet. Kinda sounds like if you want to go a more action oriented route you'll really need to master the systems and use your abilities well, at least on hard.
dark_inferno
Member
Doesnt seems to be the normal version. Loading times of pirate version are sometimes different (depends on how fast u burned the copy). The textures are sure looking shit sometimes (especially the fingers).
AHA-Lambda
Member
No it doesn't, it refers to the budget as a whole.
I believe that Hitman will be quite a bit better than Dishonored (for me) I love hitman games, even AC3 will probably be better. But I'll probably still buy dishonored, it looks good, who knows it might suprise me.
Got the game yesterday too (thanks gamescastle Hamburg 
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Played 2 hours and my impressions so far (360 Version):
- art style is nice (reminds me of bioshock, kinda nice)
- combat is very... well it flows very well I like it
- Awesome ways to kill people
- the worlds looks nice
- loading times are the worst thing ever...
- ...if you don't install it (the game does say that you should install it ;-) )
- story is kinda normal, nothing expectional
)Played 2 hours and my impressions so far (360 Version):
- art style is nice (reminds me of bioshock, kinda nice)
- combat is very... well it flows very well I like it
- Awesome ways to kill people
- the worlds looks nice
- loading times are the worst thing ever...
- ...if you don't install it (the game does say that you should install it ;-) )
- story is kinda normal, nothing expectional
Did you install it to the harddrive?Got the game yesterday too (thanks gamescastle Hamburg
Krappadizzle
Member
Got the game yesterday too (thanks gamescastle Hamburg
Played 2 hours and my impressions so far (360 Version):
- art style is nice (reminds me of bioshock, kinda nice)
- combat is very... well it flows very well I like it
- Awesome ways to kill people
- the worlds looks nice
- loading times are the worst thing ever...
- ...if you don't install it (the game does say that you should install it ;-) )
- story is kinda normal, nothing expectional
Thanks for the impressions.
I'm not playing with an SSD or anything but I can't imagine the load times being more than 6 or 7 seconds on PC.
Also, can you talk about the combat a bit more?
So far I have to say that in the beginning you have a pistol and a "sword" (well not a dagger but not a knife...lol) you have these weapons for 5 Minutes.
You can do stealth kills (holding R1/RB) if a person didn't see you. You can kill them from above if you drop on them and press RT/R2 at the right time.
You also get a crossbow, oh and every item with which you can shoot has auto aim. It directly follows the enemy and you can choose with up/down which part you wanna shoot (which doesn't matter in the beginning because every enemy in the tutorial dies with one shoot lol) You can also get your bolts for your crossbow back if you loot them.
What I really liked that if you run around normally or not stealthy (which you do by pressing B/O) he holds the sword like a normal sword and if you go into stealth mode he holds it the assassin way. Oh now I know that the "sword" is a combination of a dagger and sword, quiet hard to explain, but for me it's the same like in assassins creed - very stylish.
I love how there were about 10 people arguing with me that it's NOTHING LIKE BIOSHOCK, and then the first thing they say in the CVG review is "Think of it as like BioShock, but done in a stealth game."
It obviously looks and also plays (welp, from the controls and the flow) like a stealth Bioshock :x
Krappadizzle
Member
I'm hoping my GMG code comes in soon. Want to start the preload. I have Tuesday off and would love to play this at midnight and beat it at 4 a.m(I keeed, I kid) I'm hoping GMG sends soon.
Clay Davis
Member
thank you for the impressions. have you installed the game? if not, can you do so if possible and see if there's any improvement in load times and stability.
Krappadizzle
Member
REUPLOAD of the CVG review. Get it quick guys!!
Edit: For those who want nothing spoiled. Don't worry, this video doesn't seem to spoil anything, it's mostly the same footage we've seen already but with two people talking about the game in a pretty general way. It seems like the reviewer wanted to praise this(which he did) without giving anything away.
video is courtesy of KareBear
Edit: For those who want nothing spoiled. Don't worry, this video doesn't seem to spoil anything, it's mostly the same footage we've seen already but with two people talking about the game in a pretty general way. It seems like the reviewer wanted to praise this(which he did) without giving anything away.
video is courtesy of KareBear
You don't throw shit like "a one in a generation kind of game" out just like that. I am now ven more excited to play it. I do have to wait a bit though because XCOM comes first for me.
Krappadizzle
Member
Hahaha, yeah that's a pretty bold statement to make. It's as if everyone is drinking the Kool-Aid and it won't be stopped. Though, when more reviews hit after the embargo is over, we'll probably get a more rounded understanding of the game.
boredofcanada
Member
alright i'm sold. gonna go on a media blackout till Tuesday.
You can manually save anywhere and resume from that exact point.
The game also stacks four autosaves. Not 100% on this but it seems to do them when you get to a new area, pick up a rune or bone fragment, and get past a considerbly tricky blink sequence.
Krappadizzle
Member
I can't believe people bought into that. Of course you can smoke a game in a very short amount of time if you have it on easy and just run your ass off. I wouldn't expect it any other way. But, it's the freedom of choice that makes that option as valid as someone whom likes to spend a bit more time soaking in everything there is to offer, and to do it in a multitude of ways at that.
Four autosaves? That is great for a game like this. Especially if you go for something like the no kill achievement.
Dyni Crippler
Member
I'm still worried about length, though. Hoping at least 12 hours on stealth.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Watching that video review I love that there's an ability to stop time and set up kills within that by shooting off bullets that'll hit their target once time resumes. Reminds me of the cheats I'd play around with in UT where I'd set the timescale to 0, launch about 20 or 30 Ripper blades and then set the timescale to 0.1 to see them just tear apart a bot in slow motion. That's going to be an actual game mechanic now? Rad.
Sniper McBlaze
Member
Any words on if it's worth it to get the PC version or if you should stick to the console versions? Is the PC version just a shitty port?
PC version, always.
Krappadizzle
Member
I defer you to
It's pretty rare these days when the PC version isn't at least better if not substantially better than it's console counterpart.