Dishonored Aizio's Verdict

DISHONORED

Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

Developer: Arcane Studios

Genre: Action/Stealth

Ever get the feeling you're expendable? Dishonored gives you the experience just that. Set in the fictional industrial city of Dunwall, you played as Corvo Attano, the Empress's legendary bodyguard who is just coming back from a mission to find a cure for the plague that is causing chaos and disturbance in the city. Returning 2 days early from the mission makes him taking the blame for the crime he did not commit. Unfortunately he was at the wrong place, at the wrong time where the conspirators led by High Overseer Campbell trying to overthrow the empress by assasinating her-instead-framing Corvo for her murder. Seeking revenge on those who conspired against him, Corvo was forced to become an assassin and aided by the Loyalists—a resistance group fighting to reclaim Dunwall, and the Outsider—a powerful being who imbues Corvo with magical abilities. 

What I LIKE:

 i) Gameplay

Dishonored gives you freedom in gameplay by providing many options in order to achieve your objectives. Dynamic gameplay what gives Dishonored a very enjoyable experience. You can explore the city of Dunwall and discover so many possiblities and ways to your objectives especially in killing your target. There are variety of ways to kill and you can experiment everything by using different types of weapons and abilities. 

Every of your action have consequences and this affect the ending of your game. You can have Low Chaos ending (without killing anyone), High Chaos ending (killing spree hehehehe), and special High Chaos ending which I would not spoil to you here. 

ii)Abilities

Corvo had special abilities that he can used at his disposal. The abilities such as Blink and Dark Vision always help you when trying to get passed the guards in the city. There is also Possession ablity where you can possess rodents or people, Swarming ability where you can summon infested rats and many more. You have to collect runes that are scatterred around the city for ablity upgrades.

What I DISLIKE:

i) Graphics

The graphics were not as fancy as the games. Cartoonish graphics and environment that looks like water colour brushing were not presented very well. First hour play may affect your mood because you don't feel amazed about the graphics whether characters, environment and even the city itself. I personally want to stop playing this game during my first hour play. It kills your mood to play.

ii) Story

Story is interesting but seems unpolished. You can predict easily where the story goes and the campaign is feel short for a AAA game. You have totally 9 missions to complete and is kind of dissappointing to see the story were not expanded very well as they focused more on gameplay. I know some may disagree with me but I think a good presented story is also important to capture your audience. 

iii) Character

The characters are poorly developed in this game. You don't feel attach to your character at all. For each character you don't feel as you should be. As for Corvo, the feeling for him is not deep enough for you to pity him as you should be.

Overall my final verdict for this game is 

8/10

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GOOD

A good game from Arcane Studios and highly creative and innovative. However they still need to improve in certain areas if they wish to become one of contenders in the gaming industry. For those of you who haven't play or wish to play this game, I highly recommended it and a must own game for you.