Dishonored: Blink and you'll miss it.

Nearly another month has gone by, and i'm still here, I think monthly reviews will suit me better as it will give me time to play something, but yeah ill see.

Dishonored is from Bethesda, REVIEW DONE 10/10 FINISHED LETS GO HOME

Where to start?

Well the initial mission pisses me off. Its a lot of standing around and doing nothing, some stuff about this plague bollocks, then a short fight, before you are forced to watch your boss die and her kid abducted, before you get accused for it, hence the "Dishonored" title. It annoys me more because i feel like i have failed before i've even begun playing. The story however is immaculate and really well thought out, throwing a few twists in that even threw me, and it was good, because it allowed me to actually get invested in the storyline.

The way in which the world is effected by how you play is also a very nice addition, if you kill more people, then the plague spreads, if you don't kill alot of people and instead knock them out or just plain avoid them, the plague doesn't spread. All the missions up until you defeat the High overseer require the target to be assassinated or , now this is where i LOVE this game, neutralized in a non-lethal fashion, This means that  you can complete the game without killing anyone. Its really clever, the way in which it effects the endings actually makes a difference, as the percentage of death leads to High, Low and Medium Chaos endings, meaning its ether a peaceful final level, a slightly less peaceful final level or a complete an utter bloodbath where you come out the other side looking like you have taken a holiday inside a woman on her period. The three endings are unique and actually made me do a second play through, something which not many games have ever made me do.

The mechanics of Stealth, Magic and Metal, are really well implemented, the Magic given to you by the Outsider allows you to teleport amongst other things. The "metal" is your basic combat gear of a sword, pistol, crossbow and various traps means you can combine them with "Magic" to be efficiently lethal. The stealth system is good, working off the principle of 'don't be seen', however the crouching when you sneak did cause me to sever more legs than the average Alton towers roller coaster.

The graphics are nice, on the highest setting they really do put some strain on your system, and they look amazing, Motion blur is in this game but its tastefully done, and its understandable as sometimes you are moving insanely fast, i.e 10ft in a second, and it doens't overwhelm you, so you can still feesably fight while moving insanely quick.

Audio is good, however some of the sounds,do sound like they were recorded down a corridor, and if you use a lower end sound transmitter, you will notice the difference, however its nothing that effects the game too badly, so its not really a "BOOO HATE IT" and more of a "Meh, could be better".

Controls are good,  Left for attack with Sword, CTRL for crouch, Right for Magic/Shooting, WASD/Space to move. Typical movement format and well implemented combat controls make this game very easy to learn to play, but insanely hard to master.

If i have one major complaint about it, its that its so damn short. Without the two DLC's i easily completed this in 5hrs, getting most of the collectibles and upgrades. I supposed playing on "I WANT YOUR FUCKING SOUL FOR BREAKFAST" difficulty will make it longer, and trying to stealth it would also do that, but i still can help feeling that a midget would be longer.

Overall its very deserving of the overwhelmingly positive it has on steam, and its another good game,but its got little to no replay-ability after the second time, and the DLC's are quite expensive, hopefully they go on sale soon.

Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/205100

Level: 8/10

Dan