Dishonored PC Game Review
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Dishonored is a 2012 stealth action-adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released worldwide in October 2012 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles. He is framed for her murder and forced to become an assassin, seeking revenge on those who conspired against him. Corvo is aided in his quest by the Loyalists-a resistance group fighting to reclaim Dunwall, and the Outsider-a powerful being who imbues Corvo with magical abilities. Several noted actors including Susan Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Carrie Fisher, Michael Madsen, Lena Headey, and Chloë Grace Moretz provided voice work for the game.
The game is played from a first-person perspective and allows the player to undertake a series of assassination missions in a variety of ways, with an emphasis on player choice. Missions can be completed through stealth, combat, or a combination of both. Exploring each level opens new paths and alternatives for accomplishing mission goals, and it is possible to complete all missions, eliminating all of Corvo's targets, in a non-lethal manner. The story and missions are changed in response to the player's violent actions or lack thereof. Magical abilities and equipment are designed to be combined to create new and varied effects.
During its three years in production, several versions of Dishonored were developed. Before the creation of Dunwall-inspired by late nineteenth-century London and Edinburgh-the game was set to take place in medieval Japan and seventeenth-century London. During development, test players discovered methods of exploiting the available powers and abilities to achieve unexpected outcomes; instead of restricting these techniques, the designers attempted to redesign levels to accommodate them. Dishonored 's music score was produced by composer Daniel Licht to represent London in the nineteenth century.
Dishonored received generally positive reviews, focusing on the missions' individual narratives and the freedom available in completing them. Criticism fell on the overarching narrative, which was considered predictable, and problems in controlling the player's character. Following its release, the game won several awards, including the 2012 Spike Video Game award for Best Action-Adventure Game and the 2013 BAFTA award for Best Game, and was repeatedly recognized as the best action-adventure game of 2012 and one of that year's best games. Following its release, Dishonored was supplemented with additional content focusing on the assassin Daud and his quest for redemption. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game are scheduled for release in August 2015. A sequel, Dishonored 2, was announced in June 2015.
You can clearly see the map art designer for Half Life 2 played a huge role in bringing this world to life. Wish he got more credit
Yeah. The metal barriers and the tall boys looks like something directly from Half Life 2
To be honest, Dishonored is more similar to Deus Ex more than Thief, since in Thief you get no innate abilities and have to really conserve supplies, while in Deus Ex and Dishonored you have lots of innate abilities and you don't have to conserve supplies as much.
Nathanael Eugene That's because the main level designer of Deus ex 1 worked on this. I think he was the director?
This game is one of my favorite games ever, and one of my favorite stealth games of all time. Such an amazing game. I hope the sequel tops this.
This game is the best stealth game i've ever played. The replayability value is huge because you can play it so much differently every time
Thief series? Spinter cell series? Hitman series?
Metal gear solid series? Rocksteady's batman game series?
Deus Ex series?
Minh Duc Nguyen never played them, i'm ashamed.
Minh Duc Nguyen omg the Arkham games? You're a funny guy
You know, usually i try to make a schmucky comment on your video, but tonight...nah i got nothing, i'm just happy your reviewing awesome games.
GG Gman GG!
+Salokin Sekwah Everyone else seemed to manage it lol
This game is pretty good mix of steampunk and lovecraft punk.
John190assman And a dash of goth architecture for good measure, besides the art designer was the designer from Half-Life 2.
John190assman Lovecraft punk! I love it haha
John190 the homicidal maniac Even though it has fuck all to do with Lovecraft
***** It's Lovecraftian because it has WHALES IN IT?! So Finding Nemo is fucking Lovecraftian now?
***** Possesion wasn't invented by Lovecraft, Whales again have fuck all to do with Lovecraft, summoning rats makes sense because there's a rat plague clearly inspired by AN ACTUAL HISTORICAL RAT PLAGUE. You were saying?
this is honestly my favorite first person game of the 2010s definitely, it kind of encompasses a rare genre of simply "first person action adventure" which is a large part of why i like it so much. It's just too short honestly, number 1 complaint.
Try a no violence and no detection run.
So... who else finished this game with 0 kills?
Also liked the good ending you get with that.
2SSSR2 I tried doing a playthrough without harming anyone and only using Blink and sleep darts. Still haven't finished it, as the game becomes really hard when playing this way.
The best way to play it :)
2SSSR2 I think you can get the good ending even if you kill a few people. I managed to avoid killing all but one or two enemies per level (with the exception of the final mission, where killing enemies doesn't count towards the ending), and still got that ending.
You can, but it's more challenging that way.
Irondrone4 as long as you dont kill more than %20 of total population you get low chaos ending . Also game becomes pretty easy when you watch and learn npc movements. Finished the game first time with clean hands and undetected achievement on hard difficulty . Second time on very hard high chaos . If you are aimed to do low chaos undetected . You only need to upgrade blink and agility, slow time too if you want more control but its up to you , in the end though Daud has better abilities than Corvo . Improved blink , tethering ( aka Pull ), stun mine makes Daud a better low chaos character .
I like to think of Dishonored more as Deus Ex than a stealth game. Sure, stealth makes life easy if you can pull it off, but you're not up shit creek if you get caught.
I do agree the powers can be too powerful (granted they are fun to use). I hope No.2 tones down some of the powers down so you're not an unstoppable killing machine.
Major Fret Human Revolution is easier than Dishonored when doing Pacifist run, because it has frontal non-lethal takedowns. Also, I was able to avoid conflicts in many cases just by talking my way in.
Reloaded2111 That is true, but the general feel of the combat of the game felt more like a Deus Ex style game with exploration and choice in combat. Speech wasn't a priority in Dishonored like HR but I feel that suits the story. Corvo couldn't afford to be talking to everyone he met.
Admittedly the pacifism felt shoe-horned in. I kinda felt it didn't suit the game and some of the less lethal options for the main targets is to just get them to leave Dunwall and never be seen again seems risky for Corvo. I could understand knocking out guards if you're into the whole 'they're just following orders' thing, but I think the player should have been forced to get his hands bloody, but I guess that's me being a violent person >:)
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***** Wat no more Lebowski, also looking forward to pariah
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Beat this game three times IN A ROW! Loved it, the DLC as well.
great level design and pretty original artstyle i love this game i wish more fps games were like this
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One of my favorite stealth games of all time.
I really love this game. This one got me into the stealth genre.
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One of my top ten favorite games. I'm a little disappointed you didn't go more in depth about the dlc's or the lore of the game but great review as always.
Blake Bailey People get upset when I talk about the plot too much. And I don't want to ruin the DLC.
Gggmanlives Sure thing!
Blake Bailey DLC's of this game are quite good since you can play as Daud.
gast128 I agree, they're as good as, if not better than, the base game.
YEAH the long awaited review.
Great game. Does need two things:
1) New game plus or some other way to replay old levels with all your new shiiiit.
2) Some mode to encourage you to replay with lethal combat rather than stealth, rather than making you feel like a dick for using the weapons they give you.
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indeed, I believe so
A great game that I never get tired of playing. Hopefully the sequel will be as excellent
Dan Ross dishonored 2 gameplay videos look amazing aswell
Was a good game, mechanically, and the atmosphere was pretty rich at times, reminded me of Pathologic a lot. But those characters and story, dear god. I don't remember any other story-driven game where I cared about the fate of characters less than in Dishonored.
Gggmanlives Great review man !!. Absolutely love this game. I'm glad that you like it. Btw, just a quick question. Will you consider reviewing other types of games rather than just FPS in the future ?
I always thought blink was so satisfying to use in this game, I don't know of any other games that have a teleport ability that feels so good.
great review, as always. I would recommennd you to take a look at a very obscure russian game called pathologic. It is one of the most underrated fps games of 2000s. not sure if you would like but still worth spending a few hours. I can't find a satisfactory review for that game on youtube
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I played it nude
Weird flex but ok
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i liked you non-nonsense review style, that clearly shows video of the gameplay and what u are talking about. my favorite so far
Pretty much always agree with your reviews entirely. Keep up the good work dude
Truly my favorite game in the last 5-6 years if not more.
I was just going to ask you to review Dishonored! Good job staying ahead of the game good sir!!!
Main game + DLCs = 40 hours for me on first play-trough
I'm a big fan of your reviews and your taste. I noticed that you really like hardcore shooters and I want to recommend you Vanquish. It's a third person shooter, but kicks so much ass. It's been out for PS3 and Xbox for some time now.
Dishonored is a 10/10 game in my opinion. I love it because there are a lot of details in each mission, tons of ways to play the game, wide variety of abilities and weapons to use. And the story is interesting because the outcome depends on your actions.
Can you review Hard Reset? It's on Steam.
***** Will do.
Gggmanlives Yeah good shout for Hard Reset
Hard Reset was fucking garbage
@@MrArgus11111 because?
"Sonny Jim"
Just a stealth aficionado's opinion, 2012 was a crap year for games, but Dishonored is a treasure and I have replayed it a few times with different styles and different spell upgrades. Viktor Antonov's (of Half Life 2 fame and glory) influence can be seen in the City17-esque look of Dunwall. The Tallboys (reminiscent of Half Life 2's striders) were a truly scary foe for the first go-round, but it is very gratifying to get the jump on them and stick them with your sword.
A couple things about the game;
According to a loading screen hint shadows will really only hide you when you're far away from enemies. Once you get up close it's all line of sight. I was also unsure about this for a while.
And the reason the outsider grants people powers is because he's a bored omnipotent god and he wants to see what happens. It's a game to him.
This was one of my favourite stealth-em-ups. Been through many a playthrough.
You don't HAVE to use the powers or kill people. You could make this game into a pure stealth game if you want.
Dishonored is an amazing game. The stealth is actually one of the best systems I've ever had the pleasure of playing. The Shadows only prevent enemies from detecting you at a distance, and blink actually doesn't teleport you, it moves you extremely fast. Enemies can still see what direction your heading unless your in the dark. It's an extremely well done game over all
I've never played Thief, so I can't say anything about the similarities and such. But here it goes:
Personally, I've found that as I've continued to replay the game a few times, I've grown to resent it. Depending on your playing style (especially for achievements like clean hands, or collecting ALL THE THINGS) you either fly through the levels like nothing on any difficulty or you can just sit there, looking for everything.
As for the plot, I find the actually dishonoring ridiculous as well, and then after the exposition, it seems kinda flat to me. I also wish there was more incentive for the Outsider to grant Corvo powers. It really seems like the Outsider gave Daud and Corvo powers for his personal amusement.
I really love the art-style; it's very distinct and unlike many other modern games. I would like to see the textures a bit smoother; but as I've said, I found it very refreshing.
Overall I enjoyed the game a fair bit. I'd give it a 7/10.
Ummm excuse me, but the Outsider actually did that for his amusement(sort of). The Outsider is a neutral being and he even says that and also mentions that he has "great interest; you fascinate me; I expect a great show;" etc(depending on your actions) so yeah, he gave them the mark because of their role and circumstances on the events of Dunwall, but it is also to test them and see how they(Daud, Corvo) use their powers and how the events unfold by the usage of said powers.
Gggmanlives Considering that you like the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, have you played Metro 2033 and its sequel Last Light? Any chance you'll review those two games?
Regardless, keep up the good work, Gman.
Yeah, I will be reviewing 2033 soon!
Gggmanlives Oh lovely, looking forward to it.
I actually liked how Emily (the princess?) talked. Then again, I liked every thing and aspect about this game, except for how easily you could sometimes wipe out everyone. I would have preferred it to be a little bit more difficult. When the news about Dishonored 2 came out, *I was so happy*.
Mal Cors I hate Chloe Moretz only because I'm not a fan of talentless famous people.
Gggmanlives I hope you were not trying to be clever there :x
@@Gggmanlives That is such bullshit. SHE HAS TALENT!
This is a great Channel Sunny Jim :-)
Great review, but Arkane is not made up of people from LGS; they were just influenced by them.
MajorPhilGraves there are a few tho
Great review!!
Fantastic game and I'm very excited for the sequel! I've finished Dishonored without being spotted, killing no one and It was the best stealth experience I had since Thief II: The Metal Age.
Minor spoiler:
If you give high overseer Campbell the heretics brand, you find him as a weeper later on in the flooded district. I thought that little detail was cool.
Pretty sure there was a note with him too
If anyone is on the fence with this one, now's the time. It's only $4.99 on the Steam summer sale right now. The entire bundle with all DLC included with the main game is only $10. Even if it is not a perfect game, definitely worth it at that price.
Oh man this game was so good, I remember playing this countless times.
Finally got around to playing this game and what a game it is! Very original and totally enjoyable, highly recommend this game!
Finally!
I really just wanted to hear what you thought about this game for some time now
I agree with all the flaws about the stealth. I'd say the combat in the game is much more satisfying than the stealth, but not on the level Arcane's previous work, Dark Messiah. I'd prefer that game to get a sequel than Dishonored.
Ever play Timeshift? That would be an interesting one
Cant wait for dishonored 2 in spring next year!
This game reminds me so much of Mistborn. It feels as if the developers were inspired by the books.
This game was what made me play Dark Messiah, and the meele combat on Dishonoured was almost fully ripped from Dark Messiah and for good reason too, its the best first person meele yet in a game.
Noble Alfred I think Dark Messiah has better combat.
Gggmanlives Which is better is arguable, I too lean towards Dark Messiah being better due to it being a physics playground, regardless both these games still has the best first person meele in a game from what I know.
Noble Alfred
Definitely.
Dishonored is put together so well, with great combat and the amount of variety in how you choose to take on your mission and with great level design for parkour moments, enjoyable game. Arcane at its best
Prey and dishonored 1 was peak arcane
@@mayonnaise3959 oh yeah Prey is an Arcane gem
The Outsider was quite underused. With a little bit more depth in storyline the whole setting would have profited really well.
you do a review about bedlam?
BTW, does anyone have an opinion of Dunwall City Trials? The Knife of Dunwall and The Brigmore Witches were excellent DLCs, IMHO, despite the absence of Tallboys.
Never really played Dishonored but it looks pretty good
I got this game for my 360 because of this review. Thanks :)
I still need to play this series.
Hardest part of this game was trying to Ghost it. The section towards the end was a pain trying to not be spotted once. It was still pretty rewarding though, first game I ever did a Ghost run through on.
I tried doing that and also with mostly flesh and still, only to not get the trophy because I upgraded Blink and that lock the achievement/trophy -.-
The light and shadows don't actually affect your visibility in Dishonored so it's all based on line of sight and distance to the enemy which kind of sucks. Also I found that you can be leaning out from behind a corner in plain sight of a guard but because your body is not visible to them, you aren't.
Just bought the game, great review, as always!
This reminds me in many ways of 'Styx: Master of Shadows', though it would be Styx that's inspired by Dishonored and not the other way around.
You can buy Dishonored with all the DLC for 25 Euro on Steam - at least until Feb. 12. (2016, 6hat is).
Its one of those games I didn't finish. But I come back to it every couple of months. I do this for TimeShift. Dead to rights 3. Although I'm pretty far in Timeshift
John Noble Timeshift is kind-of a short game anyway but it has pretty enjoyable combat. So keep playing it :)
I got this back around August time in 2013 or 2014 when it was on free weekend sale and I loved it, I was glad it was on sale because I missed it on Xbox monthly games
the walkers are not robotic. they are humans
Holy shit, i didn't know Arkane was made up of older Thief games! i remember renting this and the newer self-titled Thief game and being like "Why does Dishonored feel more like Thief than this new Thief game???" lol Thanks ggman, you fucking rock!
very interested to hear your opinion on this, it is a major favorite of mine
I love this game so much. Maxed out the achievements and trophies on 360, PS3 & PS4 hehe. I think it's time for the Steam version next. =D
Hahaha why would you play the same game on different systems? Just curious
Gariel Martir Because I'm an idiot who enjoys collecting achievements and trophies hehe. And I really, really like the game. Also, I kinda want to encourage devs to make more games like this. =)
I've never played this game but your comment has finally made me decide to buy it on Steam. For someone to have played this game as many times as you have, this must be a hell of a game!
Ok, here is what I don't understand. As someone who has played the game time and time again, using multiple play stiles and unlocking some of the hardest achievements in the game I have always failed to see why some people see this as a stealth game. Just look at the upgrades/spells you get: there are 4 spells which fit in both 'ghost' and 'fighter' play stile (Blink, slow time, Possession, Agility), you then have 4 which fit in the 'fighter' play style (Bloodthirsty, Vitality, Devouring Swarm, windblast), and then you have a whopping 2! in the 'Ghost' play style, 2! (Darkvision, Shadow Kill)!!!!!!!!
That coupled with the just plain bad stealth of the game. It just has last gen line of sight pseudo-stealth. Right so they can see me if I'm in complete shadows at the corner of a dark room but I am able to JUMP BEHIND SOMEONE on a MARBLE FLOOR and they don't even question it and everyone views that as remarkable stealth game play!?!?!?!?!?
Stealth games do not have a 'Stealth Mode'! That's what separates Thief from Oblivion. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun and enjoyably game it's just not a stealth game.
Axel Pelican you get a bad ending when you kill everyone other then that you are allowed to do what you wannt
At first i thought this game was mediocre but on my 2nd play through doing stealth and non lethal I was surprised how every level changed
You can also possess fish and sleeper darts instant knock out when shot anywhere on the body... Other than that, solid review :)
***** Sleeper darts aren't an instant knockout in combat. Also I don't think I needed to really mention that you can possess fish, I doubt that would seal the deal for people considering buying the game.
Gggmanlives Yeah they can if you find the blueprint to upgrade the darts to combat ones, and fish are cool :(
Great Video Dude
The stealth is just based on whether you're within a guard's field of view or not. Apparently the developers considered Thiefy light/ shadow-based stealth but ended up thinking it was too silly that you could be 5 feet away from a guard but completely invisible.
I don't know if the base game's difficulties affect guard vision, but in the Daud DLC the highest difficulty significantly increases the guards' vision. It's pretty jarring having enemies who can see more than 10-20 feet in front of them.
I played this game and all DLC and newer versions and finished them all recently searching for any game like this for months and nothing is comparable to DISHONORED, I tried Bioshock for example and it's meaningless just killing whatever you see in a dark , I mean I want something clever with great space like this game has, it's perfect to my opinion and I'm searching for other games like HALF-LIFE2 and DISHONORED , I'll be glad if someone help me with suggestion. thanks in advance
can you do timeshift? plox
Yes.
Gggmanlives lol my friend bought me Timeshift for my birthday because of your review and i think it's rad, too! Thanks, dude!
love this game, one of my favourite new IPs in a long while
If that gun is a revolver I'm Steve Erwin
i cant find a video of yours without saying "SHIIIEEET!!!"
I love this game, but the sequel needs more powers that help stealth, since I only ever used blink when doing stealth runs
They really need to remaster Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Maybe also rework the combat if possible
oh man. i would buy the remaster version if done correctly. the game was amazing for its time. or perhaps a sequel
This game and the 2 dlcs are great. That said these types of games (new Deus Ex comes to mind) need to stop rewarding non-lethal playstyles. Let the player choose what they want to do without worrying about a chaos meter or xp like in Human Revolution.
Valdrex try prey
me:...replays a level 20+ times to finish a level in perfect stealth.
meanwhile Gman
I'm a huge Splinter Cell fan and one of the more recent stealth games I really loved was Styx: Master of Shadows. The lack of indication really put me off of the game at the first try. Trying Dishonored was annoying to me for that reason alone. A normal player might enjoy the combat alternative if he's spotted, but I prefer to know once I'm noticed why is that happening. That, combined with the fact that it is an FPS stealth game (which also put me off of Thief years ago) makes for a really confusing stealth experience.
I've always thought that what lies at the core of a great stealth game is being able to see. FPS already narrows your line of sight, but the fact that there is no way for the game to tell you what you're doing wrong when you're detected is a huge turn off for me.
I really want to try it and I want to enjoy the voice over by Susan Sarandon, John Slattery and Michael Madsen, but I don't know if I want to have the same disappointment with it. Thanks for making the video, I guess I will see if I have another crack at it.
This is a great game... Love it... Thks dude for review
Is there any possibility for you to review the Brigmore witches and knife of Dunwall dlcs?
This is the closest what we have to a God Simulator. And I fucking love it.
Banana Republic no the second game will be more you saw what are the power upgrades of corvo?
sure mate. Waiting for it :)
more like a creepy ghost simulator
The love letter to the stealth genre and the thief games. Followed by Prey which is for the (Idk what to call it, Survival horror-ish genre) love letter to system-shock and bioshock.
Thodnern Prey is amazing!
This is my favourite game of all time, although i have to say that i actually enjoyed the knife of dunwall and the brigmore witches more then playing as Corvo ( Daud's powers are more fun, atleast that is my opinion), i can't wait for Dishonored 2! Good review sir, you earned a review (ps i found you thx to Matt Zion at W.E)
Great review! So, is there any chance of reviewing GameCube/Wii FPS-es? For example Geist, Metroid Prime Trilogy and Red Steel 2 (first one is very bad game, but the second is awesome)... Conduit 1 & 2 are also bad games ...
Majmun X No Nintendo reviews planned in the near future.
WHY IS IT WHEN U PLAY DISH0NORED IN THE FIGHT SCENSE THE SCREEN GOES DARK THEN AFTER TEH FIGHT SCENES THE SCREEN GETS BRIGHT AGAIN
Definitely an instant favorite, though I'm not sure I want to play it again.
I am just wondering but. Whow was he able to get nobles without their masks in the beginning of the video?
I still love Dishonored, but having sunk a ridiculous amount of hours into replaying it different ways, taking different routes and finding things I'd previously missed, I admit it has it's problems, but they're not the problems I generally hear people talking about. A main one for me is inconsistencies in the games world logic.
One example: You are told that the more dead bodies there are, the rats will come, the more the plague spreads, the more weepers are created, so I thought, if I used shadow kill which dissolves the bodies into ash, there's no body to worry about, hence less rats, less plague, less weepers, but the game doesn't seem to take the absence of bodies into account. I played through the whole game being stealthy as fuck and shadow killing everyone and still got the bad ending. It's not so much the actual end I'm talking about it's more to do with what certain characters say and do, even though they'd have no way of knowing what an asshole I'd been.
Also, the main game lied to me about how visible I was to enemies. In the main game I could hide under a table and no-one would see me. I hide under a table in one of the DLC's and as soon as a guy walks passed he comes straight for me. I was like "Fuck you, Dishonored told me this was okay!"