first off the story DOES seem to "retread" the same path as the first one, but thats not nessisarily a BAD thing, and given how you have the option to play as emil or corvo, the emily path is a bit more reasonable that the retreading takes place. the myriad of options you have to take on any and every situation is just staggering, and EVERY encounter just feels utterly unique. secondly the game runs AMAZINGLY i have a crappy ass laptop with a 1000 series QUADRO card, that couldnt play dishonored 1 outside of medium settings, with light rays and ambient occulsion off at a steady framerate, yet i can play dishonored 2 in ULTRA with lightrays AND ambient occulsion ON, at an amazingly smooth framerate, so long as i can keep the damn computer cool, which i do by having it open, vertical, and i have a fan blowing on it, LOL, if i drop it down to high, and turn AO off, it runs MUCH cooler......so i HONESTLY have NO IDEA what the people complaining about its "crappy optimization" are even talking about. my only real gripe is the new color scheme for emilys night vision power makes the pickups almost impossible to see, once you level t up to have that ability anyway.
