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Dishonored |OT| The belle of the ball
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I've never been a fan of the silent protagonist, to be honest. It doesn't give me the same attachment to the character I would have had - i.e. Commander Sheperd. They could easily replace this one for another in Dishonored 2 (assuming they make one) and I wouldn't even miss the protagonist from this game, so that's a definite downside for me.
When it comes to endings in this game, think Bioshock. The ending you get is based on your chaos rating and the actions you performed throughout the game (who you killed/didn't kill affects the ending). I got the good ending (Just Dark Enough achievement) and it was "satisfying", although the ending was abbreviated much like the Bioshock endings so in that respect I also found myself a bit dissatisfied since I enjoy cutscene endings that wrap things up or even setup another game.
Thanks that answers exactly what I wanted to hear.
Best part - the Lady in question is randomized each time you play the game. Replay value!
indigo-cyclops
Member
Kaldwin Bridge was definitely my favorite mission, followed by the masquerade (they are close.) Visually the masquerade is insanely striking. My god, this is one of my favorite games. I can't help but stop and take loads of screen shots (especially with SGSSAA.) I've got to have around 250 now.
I can only speak for the 3 other missions I've done and 2 of them were pretty big. The Golden Cat isn't really huge although there are other areas before that, but it's still a very well designed area. In a few minutes I'm about to do the party mission so I'm looking forward to that.
You can holster your stuff by holding Use.
Stephen_drewz
Member
It's so satisfying to finish a mission with 0 alerts. I'm yet to do one with 0 kills, but just managed my first doing only stealth kills or run by's(Yes im bad at this game).
Special power spoiler:
Special power spoiler:
getting the upgrade that turns people into ash helps immensely
Scythian Empire
Member
Worth trading in Darksiders II (Only played for a couple of hours but already not keen) and Dragon's Dogma (completed) for this? Pretty impressed with the reviews so far.
Ravensmash
Member
Yeah, but that puts away my knife too
Loving this so far , it really has lived up to expectations. Sleep darts are my primary weapon atm
Of All Trades
Member
Er, was this before any ES games were released? Arena and Daggerfall weren't like UU at all. If anything Arena was like... some Amiga game which name I can't recall where everyone is stuck in a town due to plague, kinda mixed with the open-world driving game Quarantine. I suppose Battlespire could be an UU clone.
theDeeDubs
Member
Since DD is completed, it's easily worth it. I'd pick Darksiders 2 back up at some point though.
Gah, I'm so worried about keeping my Chaos level down that it's hampering my enjoyment. The game offers so many satisfying ways to kill creatively but I'm not experiencing any of them - playing has become a strict, mechanical process in pursuit of the "good" ending.
Someone convince me to just play organically!
Someone convince me to just play organically!
Absolutely. DS2 is one of the worst games of the year and you already finished DD so go for it.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Don't say that. DS2 is next on my playlist! lol. Maybe ill put Deus EX in front then and save DS2 for a rainy day
(holidays)But isn't mission 4 Kaldwin Bridge? That mission is physically huge. I think I spent more time on that than any of the others so far. There are loads of stuff to find and secrets to grab. It felt more like two levels to me.
Sokolov
You can kill people and still maintain low chaos. I think I had 25 or 30 kills in total at the end of the game was at low chaos in every mission. If you mess up and end up having to kill a couple of guards, don't sweat it and just go with the flow. It won't prevent you from getting the good ending as long as you maintain low chaos at the end of each mission.
CambriaRising
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Don't say that. DS2 is next on my playlist! lol. Maybe ill put Deus EX in front then and save DS2 for a rainy day
DS2 isn't bad at all, he's a loon.
Scythian Empire
Member
But is it good? Didn't mean to derail the thread but my god it's one of the most bland games I've played in a while (and I liked Darksiders 1)
Don't say that. DS2 is next on my playlist! lol. Maybe ill put Deus EX in front then and save DS2 for a rainy day
Dead Space 2 is a great game with a disappointing finish. Like almost every game ever. Don't believe the hate - play that shit, bro.
That said, Dishonored is an absolute gem.
Not really. There's really no AAA game released in 2012 that you can't afford to sell for Dishonored. It's pretty special.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Two times in a row I fell off the pipe I was walking along up high. Time for bed I think.
Can't wait to continue this in the morning. Perfect game to release while I am on holidays.
Can't wait to continue this in the morning. Perfect game to release while I am on holidays.
I killed 22 person in the second mission and I receuved a "low" chaos rating. But I disposed of Campbell the non lethal way. Maybe it has an influence.
Glass Rebel
Member
It seems more and more people are advancing in the game, making raising the danger to fall victim to a spoiler. I think I'll avoid this thread until I finish the game.
This game really does get better as it goes! The first assassination I played without objective markers and it took me to the 4 hour mark in the game. Since then I've turned on the objective markers so I know what to avoid until I'm ready to go forward.
Initially I went the ghost/no kill route but have since decided to indulge in slaughtering the masses with long ranged crossbow headshots (
). I've done ~5 assassinations so far and the story is phenomenal. I don't want it to end but I want to know what happens. So much so that I've been waking up early to play the game.
Definitely GOTY material. Replay value is extremely high.
Initially I went the ghost/no kill route but have since decided to indulge in slaughtering the masses with long ranged crossbow headshots (
the animation is awesome
Definitely GOTY material. Replay value is extremely high.
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I agree. It's smart, simple genre fiction in the vein of Thief, Bastion and Half-Life 2, bolstered by its tight world-building. So far there hasn't been a grand, affecting moment in the narrative but unless it unravels towards the end I don't know that there needs to be.
Your card is going brah
I'd agree with you on the narrative, it supports the story but a lot of the story comes from the environment, picking up tid bits from books and encounters and piecing it all together. The individual pieces on their own are good but when woven together as a whole are fantastic story.
You mentioned bastion; I haven't played it so I'm curious about how it relates.
dantevsninjas
Member
Yeah, that's objectively false.
I verified and it didn't do anything. I actually fixed it by just doing a hard reset of my system. Don't know why that worked but it did.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
I loved the Kaldwin Bridge mission; the level design is very intricate. I was just focused on the main objectives so that's one reason why I felt it ended quickly. I'll give it another go after I finish the game once.
I wish there were a bunch of surprises in that place where he was located. I just freed the woman in the cage and escaped with Sokolov.
Part of the weird nature of PC gaming the 'WTF, it's not happening anymore moments.'
Still on Mission 1, and going for scoring those two trophs in one (no alerts in one mission/ no alerts and killing less than 5 in one mission). Man, nonlethally handling those three goons outside Grannys was rough but I managed. Everything else has been sweet though. I picked up Bend Time and Possession but havent used either yet. Also, Dark Vision is a godsend.
Glass Rebel
Member
*spin*
Ravensmash
Member
So I'm still on the first (proper) mission.
I need to let go of this desire to reload every time I alert a guard or kill someone ...argh! This game feels so rewarding though, I'm really enjoying it.
Speaking of which (spoilers for first proper mission/assassination)
I need to let go of this desire to reload every time I alert a guard or kill someone ...argh! This game feels so rewarding though, I'm really enjoying it.
Speaking of which (spoilers for first proper mission/assassination)
So I ended up waiting for the Overseer and the other guy to go down to his private office, where I shot him with a sleeping dart.
Now I'm in a tight situation because I want to brand him and complete this one non-lethally if possible, but I'm stuck down below with loads of guards patrolling on the upper floor/stairs.
Is there an easy way of getting him up there to the interrogation room?
Now I'm in a tight situation because I want to brand him and complete this one non-lethally if possible, but I'm stuck down below with loads of guards patrolling on the upper floor/stairs.
Is there an easy way of getting him up there to the interrogation room?