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Dishonored |OT| The belle of the ball
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Sounds like Bend Time and Blink could get you most of the way there.
Failing that, you could leave him there and tranq/subdue every single remaing guard from stealth, then come back and just waltz up with him casually.
Failing that, you could leave him there and tranq/subdue every single remaing guard from stealth, then come back and just waltz up with him casually.
So I'm guessing I'm about 3/4 through the game and boy did I change my approach to handling bad guys due to:
When you get fucked over by your friends and Emily gets taken again... anyone else go on a fucking rage after that? I think my body count was 7 total kills before that happened. After that I went ape shit killing everything in sight. I try to be a good boy and man they turned me into a monster. I lost it. I lost my way. Fuck those assholes.
Join the assassin brigade.
You know you want to.
All of you.
You want to creatively murder fools in a variety of hilarious ways. Stop lying to yourselves.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Got it, ne'ermind.
Yeah it's great, I love jumping on them for the kill.
Melville
Member
awh why did I highlight Jack_AG's spoilerI assumed I was too 3/4 through the game but clearly the "ending" isnt the ending
at least im glad it's a bit longer
Haha, same thing for me
Glass Rebel
Member
Broder Salsa
Banned
Aw yeah I am killing those fools, but totally going to go through a second time and do a no kills run.
Non-lethal will be great for another playthrough and I'm definitely going to do it.
But they just offer you so many cool ways to do outside-of-the-box stuff to get rid of enemies, invariably robbing them of their lives, that it's hard to resist the first time through the game.
protonion
Member
Man I didn't even remember this game until the review thread. I saw a couple of videos and is seems like a must have. That teleport move is brilliant.
One issue I think I'll have is regarding the ending.
I don't care about stealth only, no alerts etc. I go with the flow. But I read here the game has a bad ending for a lot of kills. This is stupid. Why should I be punished?
One issue I think I'll have is regarding the ending.
I don't care about stealth only, no alerts etc. I go with the flow. But I read here the game has a bad ending for a lot of kills. This is stupid. Why should I be punished?
Well... Mission 4 spoiler (lady boyle mission) :
pre Mission 5 spoiler :
that was tooooo easy and too short. I just gave a woman a drink and she told me who is the right lady boyle and I easily could get her to the cellar... it was about 10 minutes and I ended mission with the ghost achievement ...
pre Mission 5 spoiler :
This is not the last mission, isn't it?
Well... Mission 4 spoiler (lady boyle mission) :that was tooooo easy and too short. I just gave a woman a drink and she told me who is the right lady boyle and I easily could get her to the cellar... it was about 10 minutes and I ended mission with the ghost achievement ...
...and missed a ton of content and goodies too! But that's ok - this game is meant for replays. I spent at least a good hour or two on the mission. Had to soak in dem graphics.
Also Lady Boyle is mission 5. Jail break is mission 1.
WHY? I am doing a no-kill run and somehow I killed someone in the first (post-training) mission. I don't know how this is possible
Go here for some tips you may not have known about.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/08/d...chaos-no-kills-and-ghost-ratings-no-spoilers/
Make sure you don't let sleeping bodies fall from any heights or into water, even shallow water (they will drown face down.)
Holy shit this game is awesome so far. Only finished the very first mission but I got high chaos Hopefully I can get more into the swing of things later once I actually have powers. I'm not locking myself into a single playstyle. I'm just letting the experience come up organically. More fun that way.
Hopefully I can get more into the swing of things later once I actually have powers. I'm not locking myself into a single playstyle. I'm just letting the experience come up organically. More fun that way.Holy shit this game is awesome so far. Only finished the very first mission but I got high chaos
Debatable; my no-kill run has been thrilling.
I feel you though - no doubt that I am itching to go back and do the "anything goes" route.
I'm about to start the bridge mission. Liking the game way more than I expected to. Even if the quality of the game goes downhill, the first few missions are fantastic.
Hunting for runes and bone charms has also unexpectedly been adding so much fun. I really like the feeling of "okay, mission accomplished, but there's still still one last thing to do before I make my escape" situations. I don't play many stealth games because I'm not the biggest fan of the genre for whatever reason, but not many I've played actually require you to get in and out like this. The game is a really refreshing change of pace from what I've been playing lately.
Hunting for runes and bone charms has also unexpectedly been adding so much fun. I really like the feeling of "okay, mission accomplished, but there's still still one last thing to do before I make my escape" situations. I don't play many stealth games because I'm not the biggest fan of the genre for whatever reason, but not many I've played actually require you to get in and out like this. The game is a really refreshing change of pace from what I've been playing lately.
It's even cuter when you have a pile of unconscious guards all together in a dark corner somewhere. And loud. It's really loud hearing all the snoring.
However he's right. That is usually from an overheating graphics card.
Ravensmash
Member
Wait wait wait....if I go for the main objective of a mission, is it too late for me to go and do the side missions? Or will i get a very clear choice of whether to stay in the area?
Not really tedious or difficult IMO - maybe more like "creative". Like Portal or something. You find new ways to (ab)use the excellent Blink spell.
Nah, Thief is still great. Dishonored is certainly Thief's kin, but it scratches a bit of a different itch. Thief is about, well, thievery and Garrett is a weak, normal person without magic, and not really a killer. Both have great design. Fret not.
GhostRidah
Member
One of the best parts about this game is the sense of power you have even without using the special abilities, will be fun to do a fun only using blink or nothing at all.
I love this. I use sleeping darts on enemies near ledges and watch them comically topple off.
In that regard, you might say my game is.... deathly silent.
wuahah
I believe so; the (awesome) piano noise indicates detection, I think.
It is super fun and I do it a lot...and then reload.
It is tedious. Because doing non lethal stuff is easy. Making sure that the bodies don't do something stupid upon you dealing with the enemy is. Just look at how many posts about people lamenting about finishing a level and a body had somehow died from something stupid and they didn't even realize.
The Wizard
Member
I think I've got my playthroughs planned out at this point.
1st game: Find and complete all side missions, paintings, runes and bone charms. Try to play as stealthily as possible but shit happens.
2nd game: Blaze through killing everyone in the way.
3rd game: Ghost run.
1st game: Find and complete all side missions, paintings, runes and bone charms. Try to play as stealthily as possible but shit happens.
2nd game: Blaze through killing everyone in the way.
3rd game: Ghost run.
Ok, it's tedious to you. And that's quite OK. For me, no-kill/ghosts are one of the most rewarding things one can accomplish in stealth games.
That sucks, but it has not happened to me once. I have ghosted and no-killed every mission thus far without a single retry.
keltickennedy
Member
One thing Thief might have over it is the ability to destroy light sources. Also the ability to jump to a third person view to look around corners. But I feel the dark vision, peaking through keyholes and lean mechanics help to survey the surrounding just as good. You will love Dishonored. Thief won't feel obsolete after starting it.
My first playthrough was going to be a no kill run. The intro made this seem fairly simple to accomplish.
And then a body apparently got eaten by a rat or something fucking stupid. Guess I'm now killing everyone instead.
That sucks, and too late for this run, but it's fairly easy to avoid once you know. Don't leave bodies on the ground in ratty areas. Even a desk or a bed will protect them from rats, I think. Blink makes this a lot easier once you get it.
Absolutely. Detection and AI seem a little better/harder on the higher difficulty.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
The combat is so insanely satisfying that my planned stealth kill only play-through has gone to hell.
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, no problems here either. I'm only going for no-kills, though, and so far it's been a pretty enjoyable experience.
indigo-cyclops
Member
After beating the game I will do a no-kill run, as I'll be more familiar with things. I just got Dark Vision (was purposefully not using it) and I'm near the end I suspect.
I read someone make mention of a HD texture pack; I'm not complaining, as I suspect a lot of the textures are a sort of hand-painted, stylized look, but I would be curious to see what higher resolutions would look like. Was this a real thing, or different thread?
And also, I just noticed that my ghost run I thought I had was actually a 'specter' run which is you kill less than 5 people and aren't seen.
I read someone make mention of a HD texture pack; I'm not complaining, as I suspect a lot of the textures are a sort of hand-painted, stylized look, but I would be curious to see what higher resolutions would look like. Was this a real thing, or different thread?
And also, I just noticed that my ghost run I thought I had was actually a 'specter' run which is you kill less than 5 people and aren't seen.
FairXchange
Member
Currently on the mission seen from the many previews, mission 2,
. The level design is wonderful. This game is the highlight of the year for me, simply off the strength of aspects like this.
the house of pleasure
The perfect Dark
Banned
This is my GOTY, woah it's sooo good.
reminds me of Bioshock, Half Life 2, Thief, Deus Ex...
I simply can't describe how good this game is. 8 hours in and I'm on the third mission. Try to read everything and find every sidequest.
reminds me of Bioshock, Half Life 2, Thief, Deus Ex...
I simply can't describe how good this game is. 8 hours in and I'm on the third mission. Try to read everything and find every sidequest.
SparksterMeta0
Member
I'm renting this at the moment, trying to playthrough without kills/detection.
As enjoyable as it is,
, I don't have that much patience to really get into this game.
As enjoyable as it is,
about to find and deal with the first target
But Thief doesn't have a third-person view...
Thief 3 has a swappable viewpoint, but you are right, 1 and 2 don't. Probably just forgot.
keltickennedy
Member
Sorry. I assumed you were playing Thief 3.
I'm sorry you don't enjoy stealth games.