Dishonored

Task Force · 10-13-12, 08:52 PM

Finished Dishonored a few hours ago, A very good game, I enjoyed it. Think I will do a not so non lethal stealthy play though, as I didn't really get a change to mess with the combat with the way I played it, though the little bit of combat i did was fun.

Dowly · 10-24-12, 11:08 AM

Yahtzee:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...445-Dishonored

AVGWarhawk · 12-25-12, 12:40 PM

I scored this game for Christmas.

Oberon · 12-25-12, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I scored this game for Christmas.

Likewise!

Julhelm · 12-25-12, 03:00 PM

Probably my GOTY.

mookiemookie · 12-26-12, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Yahtzee:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...445-Dishonored

I have to say he hits the nail on the head here. I bought this one around a month ago and I got nearly to the end but just kind of...lost interest in it. The characters are flatter than cardboard and they're completely uninteresting. The storyline was a yawner with twists and turns you could see coming a mile away. The developers attempted to sprinkle bits of background lore in the form of books and recordings around the game world, but I couldn't be bothered to care about any of it. I was most of the way through mission 7 of 9 before I just kind of threw in the towel. If you're that far into the game, that's when the story should be in full swing at that point and you should be really into it. Not so much with me.

Like Yahtzee, I was shooting for the "good" ending so I was trying to go as non-lethal as possible. It severely limits the game as you have only two ways of dispatching a guard if you play that way - sleep darts (which are rare and expensive so you end up not using them) and sneaking up behind the guy and choking him out. So for me, the game just got very repetitive: hide behind something while the guard walks his pre-programmed little patrol path, wait until he passes, choke him, stash the body where I was hiding. Rinse, repeat ad nauseum.

I was a fan of the Thief series way back when and if you liked those games, you'll have a bit of fun with this one. I just thought there was just something missing. Meh.

AVGWarhawk · 12-27-12, 08:32 AM

I have played perhaps 2 hours of the game. Over all interesting but as a player you are channeled to every directive required to continue on with the game. In other words, Fallout 3 provided a very open free roam game play area with numerous objectives to choose from. Not so much in Dishonored. Created by Bethesda I would have hoped the free roam would be much like Fallout 3. For me, I compare games such as Dishonored with Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is my most favorite game produced. Many games pale in comparison. I will continue on with the game and see where it takes me.

As a side note, I tried to play Assassins Creed. I simply could not get into the story line or game.

I got my daughter Skyrim for Christmas. This will be my next game to play. Once she is completed it.

mookiemookie · 12-27-12, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have played perhaps 2 hours of the game. Over all interesting but as a player you are channeled to every directive required to continue on with the game. In other words, Fallout 3 provided a very open free roam game play area with numerous objectives to choose from. Not so much in Dishonored. Created by Bethesda I would have hoped the free roam would be much like Fallout 3. For me, I compare games such as Dishonored with Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is my most favorite game produced. Many games pale in comparison. I will continue on with the game and see where it takes me.

As a side note, I tried to play Assassins Creed. I simply could not get into the story line or game.

I got my daughter Skyrim for Christmas. This will be my next game to play. Once she is completed it.

Yeah, the whole mission setup made it feel way too game-y and not very organic. Go to the base, get a mission, go to a pre-set level with boundaries and walls, do your thing, then return. I didn't care for that at all.

I will say the art and the style of the game is neat. Kind of a steampunk, Victorian, mystical thing going on.

You'll love Skyrim. Beautiful world to wander around in, especially if you have it on PC and can slap some environmental mods on it.

10-13-12, 08:52 PM	#1
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Finished Dishonored a few hours ago, A very good game, I enjoyed it. Think I will do a not so non lethal stealthy play though, as I didn't really get a change to mess with the combat with the way I played it, though the little bit of combat i did was fun. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

12-25-12, 12:40 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I scored this game for Christmas. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-27-12, 08:32 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I have played perhaps 2 hours of the game. Over all interesting but as a player you are channeled to every directive required to continue on with the game. In other words, Fallout 3 provided a very open free roam game play area with numerous objectives to choose from. Not so much in Dishonored. Created by Bethesda I would have hoped the free roam would be much like Fallout 3. For me, I compare games such as Dishonored with Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is my most favorite game produced. Many games pale in comparison. I will continue on with the game and see where it takes me. As a side note, I tried to play Assassins Creed. I simply could not get into the story line or game. I got my daughter Skyrim for Christmas. This will be my next game to play. Once she is completed it. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-24-12, 11:08 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yahtzee: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...445-Dishonored

12-25-12, 03:00 PM	#5
Julhelm Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Icy North Posts: 693 Downloads: 189 Uploads: 0	Probably my GOTY.