Dishonored

I’ve now played Dishonored for a bunch of hours, and I like it a lot. It’s seemed okay right away, certainly polished, competent and with elements I like (RPG, sneaking etc) but I wasn’t enthralled, but I know it sometimes takes a while for me to get into a game. Indeed, I got into it. I think getting more fluent with the game mechanics is an important part of it.

If there’s a single game I’d compare it to it’s Deus Ex: Human Revolutions. If there are two games, I’d say Thief and Deus Ex. Thief for the environment and Deus Ex for the rest, and they all three have some things in common like sneaking (though Dishonored requires less sneaking than the others, if that’s not your style, and Thief the most). The upgrades in Dishonored are primarily supernatural unlike Deus Ex (which is technological), but they sometimes achieve the same thing, e.g. see enemies through walls.

Why not Bioshock instead of Deus Ex? Well, in some ways it feels somewhat more like Bioshock, a certain darkness if you will, and the high-tech environment in Deus Ex had a unique feel to it not shared by the others, but the environmental layout is a lot more similar to Deus Ex, with bigger more open areas and a lot more options how to solve problems, not the least the sneaking. Bioshock doesn’t have that option, it’s often just a corridor shooter, though a really good one with many cool options when it comes to combat.

I’ll be back with more on this game.