Developer: Arkane Studios
Genre: Action / Adventure / Stealth
Mode: Single-player
Release year: 2012

☺Detailed and stylish looking world
☺Smooth and fun gameplay
☺Upgradable weapons, gadgets and abilities
☺Different ways to reach goals and finish missions
☺Big and open levels support every playstyle
☺Dark and atmospheric soundtrack
☺Lethal / non-lethal approach affects the world and ending

☹Slightly weaker ammount of non-lethal options
☹Unintresting character design and predictable story

• Some people say that the game is 4-5 hours long and very short, but I disagree with that. While it's possible to finish that quickly, the game isn't meant to be played that way. The levels are huge and open and designed to be explored. There are even some hidden, fun side quests! My playthrough lasted almost 20 hours, so take that how you will.
  
  
• The knife / blade, the main weapon, is "stuck" in your right hand, which means that you're able to equip only one item in your left hand along with the main weapon at the same time.

Personal Rating: "A must have"
Traditional Rating: 9/10

Dropped 200 feet, stabbed a dude in the neck, survived the fall, slowed time and then blew up other dudes with tanks filled with Whale oil and then summoned a swarm of rats to eat them.

While also trying to clear my name of a murder.


My personal favorite game.

Holy hell, this is one well-executed game. Just two hours into it, and man, oh man. It is freaking amazing. I know I should have gone further into the game before reviewing it, but I couldn't resist; the game is that good; and the beginning of the game was pretty awesome. Dishonored is I guess what you may call a 'sneak-type' game. Hitman? Assassin's Creed? I've never heard of them... And for the record, Corvo would grease Ezio, Sam Fisher, Solid Snake, and Agent 47 without them ever knowing what hit 'em... Who knows, maybe he could even lead the Dark Brotherhood of Tamriel. I've noticed a lot of people have taken this joke a little too seriously... Well, that's not all I have to say, so, on to this review.

Gameplay: Dishonored is a stealth action-adventure video game played from a first-person perspective with an emphasis on stealth action and the use of special equipment and the environment to eliminate opposing forces. The world is a series of self-contained, mission-focused areas designed for various avenues of exploration in terms of scavenging loot, or seeking new powers. Between missions, the game takes place in a central hub called the Hound Pits pub where the player character, Corvo, can meet with his allies, receive mission briefings and alternate objectives, and convert recovered loot into new equipment and upgrades. Dishonored also features a few role-playing game elements, though not much. Whether it's make moral choices with a focus on non-linear consequences, or enhance your supernatural powers.

Story: The game takes place in the industrial city of Dunwall, where the game's protagonist, Corvo Attano, the former bodyguard to Dunwall's Empress, Jessamine Kaldwin, has returned from a long, foreign journey to seek the cure to a deadly rat-involved plague ravaging the city. After an incident, Corvo is taken to prison for interrogation regarding to the situation. Six months later, Corvo receives a letter from an unknown force and with their aid, he escapes. With their help, now he seeks revenge as their former assassin to help find a lost girl kidnapped from Dunwall's assassinated Empress, and restore order by killing the Dunwall city's traitor. I must have you confused on some points in this summary, but that's intentional, as I don't want to spoil it for you.

Pros:

+Great presentation values.
+Do you like to stab people? Maybe use a crossbow to ensure their demise? You have your own personal arsenal at your disposal. Almost every screenshot I have of Dishonored is of me killing people in the most brutal ways. But hey, if you wanna talk about stabbing, read this: http://steamcommunity.com/id/dorroile/recommended/205100/
+Masses of re-playability value.
+Wide selection of decisions.
+Different tactics are rewarded.
+Great soundtrack.
+Great upgrade abilities.
+Various, spacious environments riddled with pathways and secrets.
+Openness of the levels' designs. But with the role-play elements, this game's world could have been more open.
+Freedom to be creative within combat.
+AMAZING combat design.
+Great controls.
+Good graphics, the Unreal Engine has never looked better for a 2012 game.

Cons:
-A Somewhat short game.
-System requirements are small, but somewhat demanding.
-Stilted voice-acting. The voice-acting... some of it is meh; though I've heard of MUCH WORSE in other games.
-Options menu. If there's something I hate in video-games, it's lack of several options, as with the Metro games. Of course, this regards to just the graphic settings menu, nothing else.
-Occasional AI and physics glitches. Rarely happens, but when it does, you'll laugh. Once, I threw a grenade and two guards looked at it while walking up to it saying "That's probably worth checking out" only to discover it was their death.
-Steep difficulty can be discouraging sometimes. Sure, you can change the difficulty any time, but this game is somewhat hard if you make some mistake, like being spotted; even ONE enemy is enough for you to meet your demise, as they'll bring you EV-ERRYEEE-ONNE!! And yes, this skit is from one of Angry Joe's videos just so you know.
-Stealth option gets trumped by action gameplay.


Overall, this game is amazing. 9/10, easily the best stealth game there could ever be besides the original Hitman and Thief games. Whoever the hell hates this game should be gnawed alive to death by a swarm of rats whilist Ave Maria plays at their demise before their souls rots in the Void.

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Dishonored.

Pros

• Great Art Style
  
• Alot of hidden objects to be found
  
• Rock solid Gameplay
  
  Cons
  
• Typical Story line
  
• Rushed Ending.
  
• Short Story line (9 levels)
  
  Review :
  Dishonored is a Game made by Arkane Studios And published by Bethesda And Was Released on 9 October 2012 in North America and 12 october 2012 in Europe.
  Dishonored put the player in the shoes of Corvo Attano, The empress of the Isles (Jessamine Kaldwin) her Bodyguard.
  The game is set in the Industrial City of Dunwall.
  When Corvo came back from a long mission he was Framed for the murder on the empress and the Abduction of her Daughter (what he did not do).
  And now corvo is Being forced to become an assassin to take revenge on the people who killed the empress and framed him...
  
  The game plays in a first-person perspective.
  
  In Dishonored you are an assassin with a mix of magic abilities and normal weapons (Pistols and Swords) and the mix between those two really benefits the gameplay a whole lot...
  at any given time in the game you can use a Teleport magic (Blink) to teleport to nearby locations... (you can teleport about 8 to 10 meters with blink Level 1) and this really give you alot of interesting ways to take down an guard or gang member...
  One of the great things about this game is the fact that you really can choose how to do a mission, you can go fully stealth or go complete non lethal if you want, this gives the game alot of replay value.
  Other than that there are alot of hidden items and loot to be found, money you find or steal can be used to buy upgrade from the hub world.
  in the game there are these so called bone charms and runes what upgrade your magic abilities and just overall luck...
  
  The story of the game can become a little boring and its kinda short with giving the player only 9 missions to play...
  the DLC kinda fixes the problem by adding a whole 7 level extra, where you play as the assassin who killed the empress : Daud.
  
  The game has been praised by alot of big reviewing companies and in my opinion rightfully so...
  Even players with an Laptop or an Older PC can enjoy the game because the art/Graphics style is very simplistic and clean.
  and don't get me wrong... the game doesnt look ugly by any means but its not the leave of bioshock infinite
  
  The game has been released on : PC, Xbox360 and PlayStation 3
  Publishers website : http://bethsoft.com/
  Developers website : http://www.arkane-studios.com/uk/index.php
  More information about Dishonored : http://www.dishonored.com
  
  Special mention : The game truly heaven for People who like to SPEEDRUN Games...
  
  There for i would recommend this game to everybody who loves Action adventure game,
  just think of it as being Thief but with more over the top action...
  
  Thanks for reading :)
  
  (Always do more research than just reading a review, to ensure that you get the right product.)
  
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Was framed for murder.
Proves innocence by killing people.
GENIUS.

If this game was a pineapple, it would be a nice pineapple.

Dishonored - A perfect example how games should be made.

11 out of 10. A masterpiece.

Your actions add to story, and by ending the story you can either win or lose big, or in between. This game has everything, you can play it like an action-filled FPS, you can play it like Thief and stay hidden, you can play it being manipulative and experiencing with your magical skills and play around with your skills almost endlessly.

And the story? It was great, too. I can´t figure any major flaws, even figuring out if there were minor ones is hard! After playing through I just had to sit still for 15-20 minutes and think what I had done, feelings were so great throughout the game, and passing it left so many unanswered questions that I do have to play it through again some week.

Definitely worth any sum you invest into it. Went into my all-time-top10-best-games-ever-played list.

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+ many loving details
+ good interaction between light and shadow
+ discreet but harmonious comic look
- blurry textures
- coarse animations

+ grandiose art design
+ coherent steampunk setting
+ great freedom of action
+ fascinating game world
- from the makes the game a little bit

+ atmospheric soundtrack
+ dense soundscape
- but sparse effects

+ four levels of difficulty
+ never unfair
+ intelligent action is rewarded
- too simple
- some skills overpowering

+ different solutions
+ alternative routes
+ battles can be avoided
- two sections recycled

+ aggressive attacks
+ opponents have different attack strategies
- some dropouts
- sometimes blind

+ decent weapons arsenal
+ irritates to experiments
+ cool special abilities
+ many bones talismans

+ behavior affects the end
+ emily as a story-anchor
+ twists
- even if foreseeable
- flat characters
- disappointing finale

+ solo playtime around 12 hours
+ extensive level
+ much to discover
+ relatively high replay value
- all abilities can unlocked in the first playthrough


An equally as unused original scenario, total playful freedom, different approaches and incredibly cool special abilities, which formally invite to experiment - what should go wrong with Dishonored anyway? The answer: not much ... but a little bit already. So great is the new game of Arkane Studios (Dark Messiah of Might & Magic) also plays so palpable it stumbles over his immature AI and its far too low difficulty. And yes, even over his unimaginative story.

In fact, surprising twists, intelligent dialogues and characters with a certain level of complexity and depth - which in turn is missing Dishonored. One for the history and motivations Corvos not quite unimportant info for example hiding on a piece of paper lying around. What exactly do we mean, we can not tell from spoilers danger, but the developers could tell such storylines much better.

Whether we as brave slow or latent psychotic killing are traveling, makes it really make a difference, because Dishonored noted certain acts and we always surprised with loving (and sometimes touching) details, dialogues and story sub-branches, if we just do not expecting it.
But like the rest of the story then ripples rather tired and fobs us for an unspectacular "boss fight" with some desolate still images and a bit blah blah - all the more regrettable that the finale does not end with a bang. While there are different endings depending on the play; gone are the only two minutes and let's get back to the dull feeling that would be much more been in here.

Because Dishonored still fun for all narrative weaknesses and gave away opportunities; and in most cases even damn much of it. It allows us to become completely free hand in choosing the treacherous methods - and the question of whether we want assassinate at all. In theory, at least we can finish the game easily, without eliminating a single opponent; practically, however, just makes the creative eliminating a lot of humor and formally invites to experiment.

The heart of this is the well-intuitively easy as motivational magic system. Overall, we are six active skills in two expansion stages - also there's still five passive skills that increase, also in two stages our health, increase the speed or - quite nasty - Kills turn immediately to ashes, so that we the disturbing bodies not must create more cumbersome out of the way. In order to learn a skill (or expand) we need runes; it's in every level a set number that we will track with the aforementioned heart. We equip the namely, it automatically tells us exactly where the next Rune or the next bone artifact is hidden.

In short: Dishonored gives me the choice, at any time. And I love it.

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There are 3 ways to play the game:

1: The Satan way:

Slit anything remotely neck shaped and be damn proud of it.

2: The Captain Walker way:

Try to do good, spare some guys, murder others, and see how much you've ♥♥♥♥ed up at the end. At least it's not all bad though... Well yes, yes it is, a city is pretty much dead thanks to you.

3: The Aang way

Somehow get through all that without killing any human beings.

'Tis a good game.

This is one of the best (if not THE best) games for gamers who prefer to choose their own style of play. Finding games tuned to other than teenage boys is really challenging. There's a huge untapped market out there in over 30 gamers and there is hopefully more to come from this developer. If you like the Thief series, you will love this one. Great graphics, storyline is interesting and satisfying. 09/10

Come on, who didn't want to be a badass steampunk mystery spellcasting assassin when they were growing up? As added bonuses, you can turn into a fish and stab baddies in the head by jumping on them from a height.

When you've killed all the baddies and won the game, you get to play it all over again, this time without killing anyone or being seen.

+ Many paths and ways to play through a given level
+ Uses Unreal Engine 3, so you know it's very well-optimized; played smoothly from start to finish without being demanding on my hardware
+ Myriad extras and collectibles; both practical (Runes/Bone Charms) and aesthetics (Books/Notes)
+ Steampunk design was very well-presented, and wasn't too over the top
+ Tons of lore-friendly material that helped to flesh-out the universe
+ Environmental set-pieces were fantastic to look at, particularly along the coast
+ Extremely short load-times
+ Multiple endings, depending on how much chaos you cause throught the game
+ Gameplay was solid and enjoyable; "powers" worked seamlessly with stealth mechanics

- Poor textures on closer inspection
- Predictable, uninspired plot; not terrible, but there are no surprises
- Virtually not character development
- Despite having a great cast, the voice-acting felt strained and unconvincing
- Your powers are given to you, seemingly randomly and for no good reason; the reasoning behind this was poorly explained, lazily delivered, and offered nothing to the story whatsoever outside of gameplay mechanics

4.7/5

Pros:
- Disohonored is engrossing, smooth and exetremely satisfying
- Storline is great, choices available to you make it even more enjoyable
- Multiple pathways with a constant choice of stealth or gung ho
- The action is its biggest strength, being both gruesome and exciting with a wide range of cool weapons, skills and sword duels.

Cons:
- Personally im not a huge fan of the art style, but thats very minor to me

Verdict:Dishonored is consistently fun from start to finish and extras to lengthen your experience are plentiful.

YES, YES, YES!
A great stealth/action game with tons of lore in a great universe!

You can finish the game in a lot of different ways! Will you massacre every guard you see? Or will you finish the game without killing anyone - using clever ways to dispose of your targets? It's your choice!

A must play for any stealth fan!

Dishonored is an amazing Stealth/Action game that I'd recommend buying. It's a very short game (Only around 9 levels) but they're good. Your actions during the levels affect the storyline and there are multiple endings to get. I think this is replayable. 9/10 overall.

Highly recommended especially for fans of first person sneakers or stealth games. Lots of options to build out and equip your character the way you want and to suit many playstyles both lethal and non lethal, stealth and/or direct confrontation. The protagonist's supernatural abilities allow for some very creative and entertaining ways to accomplish the missions.

Play it again........for the very first time.

Seriously one of my favorite games ever. Great combo of stealth and action style gameplay with the freedom to choose how you take on each area and encounter. I found myself replaying certain sections over and over again trying to do things different each time or get that perfect chain of events to pull of a string of takedowns quick and fluidly or slow and unseen.
the Story DLC is awesome too, I didnt play the challenge map dlc much but if you are into that kind of stuff it seemed pretty good.

The style and art of the game alone is amazing. Some people dont like it, but I really enjoyed it. Felt like the atmosphere the game set was really well done.

Dishonored is pretty cool I guess.

Dishonored takes place in City 17...I mean Dunwall, an industrial city-state positioned on an island that is in no way struck by a plague and Eldritch abominations.
Okay, I lied about the plague and abominations.

You play as Corvo, bodyguard to the Empress and number one contender for the "Most beautiful hair" award. On his return to Dunwall after a few months long voyage, the Empress is slain by a group of assassins and Corvo is framed for her murder. Now with nothing to lose, Corvo is aided in his escape from prison and puts on a scary mask so he can enact his bloody vengence on those who wronged him. All the while a plague that turns people into puking cry zombies ravages Dunwall and everyone who doesn't wear goofy hats and live in houses with pianos in them.

Actually, that's kind of the cool part of this game, you don't actually have to kill anyone, not even your targets, though to say the methods you use not to kill them is a mercy is highly debatable. You can go through the entire game as a pacifist, sneaking from place to place and watching people sleep without them knowing you were there. Like what I do to you. Your hair smells very nice.

Oh yeah, and Corvo gets all sorts of magical super powers that helps me in his quest to steal everything not nailed to the ground. Such as teleport, and Za Warudo, and rat lasers. These all help Corvo in his quest, though you don't need to use any of them.
Dishonored plays more like a Thief game than the newest Thief, I mean Thiaf. Thi4f? Whatever. Dylan shut up. There is an economy in the game to help Corvo buy weapons and upgrades, the easiest way to make money is to rob everyone blind like the filthy knife hobo you are.

Although the plot isn't anything to lose your pants over, it is interesting enough to keep you entertained long enough to make you forget you live in a box behind walmart, warmed only by a fire and Tauntaun corpses. You'll probably find some characters you enjoy to be around, but other than that, you're better off stealing everything they've ever owned and leaping out the nearest window.

Should you play Dishonored? Probably, it's a fun experience to say the least. The stealth is simple, yet fun. The challenge is alright, the setting is cool, and the gadgets are fun to play with. You'll get a few hours out of the game, its definitely worth the price if it goes on sale if you're like me and enjoy not eating people food for a week.

I give Dishonored a 7 out of 4 or so I guess. Hammerhead sharks are born with soft heads so they won’t jam their mothers’ birth canals.

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Betrayaled, heart broken, assaulted, imprisoned. My Empress is dead, murdered infront of me, and her dauther is kidnaped. They're going to execute me at sunrise...But I am the one who's going to execute them before it rises.

This game is beautiful, tricky, challengive sometimes and fun. The story is good, but it can be predictable, but when the plot twist hits you, it's a slap right in your face and feels, making it personal. Game mechanism is like in any good PC games and the look of the game and characters are well made. Only bad things are, for me, when you mess up badly, and usually all the stealth games are the same. But this one stands up from that mass and can even rival Assassin's Creed and the Thief games well. And there is also some DLCs for this.