Dishonored 2

I enjoyed Dishonored but this one is meh. Story isn't great and the gameplay shows it's age. They have some decent level design but there is a TON of filler. You have initial areas where you make your way to the actual mission (you will load a secondary map). And these areas just seem to be there to pad the play time. The AI is really bad. Like it's 2000s pathfinding and that's it. They will hear you through walls and floors if you simply interact with an object like spinning a globe sometimes. Other times they will react even though you haven't done anything. Really hit and miss I found IF you don't keep a distance. Hearing the voice actor for Corvo in this brings back Thief memories since it's the same guy. It kept reminding me how much better Thief 1 and 2 are than this.

Dishonored 2 has a weaker story than the first game + DLCs but makes up for it in better gameplay mechanics, better graphics and a higher gameplay diversity owing to the two selectable characters & the new game + mode unifying the two characters. The level design overall is great. Especially, the mission "A crack in the slab" is absolutely brilliant. Just for that alone, I'd recommend a full playthrough of the game. A minor inconvenience was the unoptimized nature of the game engine pushing my system to its limits, not in terms of performance but rather fan noise. This is not something I'm accustomed to and found very off-putting at times.

You liked thief? Or previous Dishonored? Well this one is just that but better. Graphic and animation looks like a movie. Also its insanely overengineered game - You can decide to play with the hud off, without magic, just using flesh and steal and it still provides more than enough of a good expiriance. Love the whole dishonored series just cos it gives you the option of being sneaky, or full of psychopath, or anywhere in between. And this one actually has some decent story branching depending on what you do.

Overall, Dishonored 2 definitely felt like an all-around improvement over Dishonored 1. I especially enjoyed how it was more level-headed in it’s distribution of available playstyles between lethal and nonlethal. I was kinda crappy at stealth, but I still could finish the entire game non lethal and I enjoyed it, thanks to all of the new methods of taking downe enemies non-lethally even in hand to hand combat. In addition to that, you get a choice of new powers because of the choice to play as either Corvo or Emily. I chose to play as Emily for narrative reasons. Dishonored 2 also features improved level design, with two shining examples of one of the best levels in games I played, ever. One of those is the Clockwork Mansion, a moving, changing maze of rooms and platforms that twist and unfold into each other, with accurately represented spaces in between, that you can also explore. The other is Stilton’s Mansion, which includes a very fun gimmick where you hop back and forth in time, each time changing the sorroundings to represent their past condition. You can even “peek” into the other timeline via a special mirrror gadget, planning ambushes on guards by hopping in and out of the literal reality to ambush them, like some kind of space-continuum demon. Other levels are still pretty interesting, large and spacious, with various possibilities of approach, and generally keep the level of Dishonored 1, at the very least. The story is... once again nothing to really write home about, and in fact, seems kinda a rehash of the Dishonored 1’s DLC. I mean... Delilah again? Going after Emily? I SURE THINK I DID THAT ALREADY. If you want to see how I tackled Dishonored 2 playing for the first time, you can see it on my youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp4TpsJ7HUWUpnNrP-xYw4Zr0Y8JRRNOZ

Love this game. One of the greatest immersive sims and games of all time. Compared to the first one, gameplay and graphics are better. More powers, more options, and level design is more sophisticated. Only minor downgrade is the story. It's good, just not as great. As others have already stated, kind of a rehash of the Brigmore Witches DLC. Here's to hoping they make a third Dishonored!