Dishonored

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This one needs to be brought out of the obscurity of 'bit of news' and thrust into the spotlight. So:

Arkane co-founder Raf Colantonio is playing his new game all wrong. This is the first time I***8217;ve had a first-hand look at Dishonored, the immersive sim from folk who***8217;ve worked on the likes of Deus Ex, Half-Life 2 and Dark Messiah: Might & Magic, but I can tell you, right now, that one of its creators is playing it wrong. At least, that***8217;s what my brain***8217;s screaming at me. And I, too, am wrong.

Year Of The Rat: Dishonored Preview


So what is it? It's an assassination game (yes that's a genre now) set in an alternate-history Metropolis. It was designed by Viktor Antonov, who did City 17 from Half Life 2, so the styling will be familiar to a lot of gamers. One more peculiar aspect of this universe is that it's driven by whale oil, rather than electricity. Now throw in stealth and supernatural powers and you start to form a picture of what the game is like.

The more I see and hear about it, the more impressed I get. It's like some kind of mash-up of Assassins Creed and Hitman in an appealing setting with 1st-person melee combat and superpowers.


Give the other stuff on RPS a read and you'll be pretty much up to speed.

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