Dishonored - Definitive Edition

It started out fun but just got really boring. I get its an old game, but it just doesn't work right. The teleport power is super inaccurte. Stealth take downs are a joke because the prompt to perform them are super inconsistant. And even though you can see the enemies vision of field they still randomly spot you regardless. Its just too janky. Also, the game is way too easy if you just go around killing people, so you either breeze through the game taking everyone out or you sit and take multiple attemps with a weak stealth system. Either way, I feel like I lose.

I really wanted to love this. My review is not based on bitterness. It really looked like this would be a spiritual successor to the Thief trilogy and I definitely think that it could have been. Unfortunately the stealth is broken. Enemies can see you at ridiculous distances, even when you're in the dark, occasionally even through solid objects. While there are a few weapons that do fit stealth, some of the ones that are the most effective really don't despite the fact that combat is clearly discouraged. You are meant to get through this getting discovered as little as possible frankly if you can make it so that it never happens that's ideal. But it's just not engaging; it feels too punishing. Again I say that as someone who loves the first two Thief games which also have a very high difficulty because those you actually succeed when you really apply yourself 90% of the time. There's occasional issues here; those are the norm and it's too bad because it is a great world and very chilling. And you find yourself determined to fix it. The plot may not be incredibly original but it is undeniably easy to get into. You feel great catharsis, confronting those that wronged you. Graphics are quite good. I really wish that the magical abilities were more dependable because there genuinely are some incredibly clever ideas there. You can get very creative with for example the ability to move around as a rat allowing you to get into places that otherwise a human would not be able to because of size. Teleportation is smooth and deeply satisfying to use. There are things in this game that I haven't seen anywhere else which I would argue is one of the things you should set out to do when you make a piece of media deliver an experience that has never existed before. I found myself stumbling accidentally into perfect solutions to some of the objectives by accident whilst just doing recon. This was also my experience with Hitman Absolution its contemporary. Not great years for stealth

Great FPS with lots of RPG elements and parkour-like stuff. Good story writing, solid acting (I played it with the Italian dubbing). The major "flaw" is that you can't see yourself (no feet, no arms, no body, just the hands) and you don't speak, ever! No matter the drama unfolding in front of you. Corvo Attano doesn't talk for the entire game. Apart from that, solid game.

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