The Dishonored Thread

[MATRiX]

Dishonored is a game due 2012 being developed by Arkane Studios and to be published by Bethesda. Set in an alternate reality (turn-of-the-century Europe-esque) on the island of Gristol in the city of Dunwall, you play as Corvo, once highly regarded bodyguard of the Empress. This here is a tale of political intrigue and vengeance in a cool, industrial stylized universe. Not quite your typical steampunk.

• FPS Adventure
• Melee combat focused
• Stealth is your best friend
• Plague-carrying rats are your worse nightmare
• Enemies require tactical takedowns
• Facing more than one foe at a time is not a good idea

I for one am pumped about this game. I'm glad to see the changes to the now hum-drum world of FPS. What are your thoughts? Too Bioshock-ey? Not enough ranged combat?

[Doskias]

I've heard nothing about this game, but you have my attention. Hopefully it will be able to pull a Bioshock to get some attention in the pile of modern military shooters and whatnot.

[MATRiX]

Definitely. I love how it has Thief and Assassin's Creed elements. Mindless shooting is fun and all, but getting up close and personal sounds even better to me.

[Starkey]

Huh... Cautious optimism engaged.

[TheRemedy]

If that art style seems familiar it's because the lead artist on Half-Life 2 is the lead artist on this game. And one of the main guys behind the Thief series and Deus Ex is a creative director as well.

[MATRiX]

I had a feeling, looking at the enemies in the first image posted. This really looks and sounds like it'll be simply fantastic. I've learned not to get my hopes up to high, tho.

[Scroll]

I'd rather like a steam punk Deus Ex with combat from Dark messiah.

[MATRiX]

I'd rather like a steam punk Deus Ex with combat from Dark messiah.

YES

YES

I haven't played Dark Messiah



Is Dark Messiah awesome? Because I'm imagining a steampunk Deus Ex and am loving it.

[OscarGe]

It sounds really interesting, so I'll definitely keep my eyes on it. And like Doskias said, it may be the next "Bioshock".

[PappaDukes]

Color me excited!

[TheRemedy]

Dark Messiah of Might of Magic was a first person action-rpg that was heavilly physics baseed. It's on steam here.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/2100/

[MATRiX]

I'll have to look into that in the near future, it looks pretty darn good!

Kinda surprised I didn't grab up any M&M games with all of the Steam sales I partake in.

[Scroll]

You can kick people in Dark Messiah, and other less interesting stuff.

[MATRiX]

You make it sound like Postal 2 with a sword.

[Scroll]

You make it sound like Postal 2 with a sword.

Yeah kinda, the stabby stabby is pretty good.

[GameJudge]

Whoa. It seems like it borrows elements from Deus Ex and Half Life 2 as well as a European sort of feel to it, somehow.

[MATRiX]

Can you piss on stuff?

[Scroll]

Nope but you can freeze the ground and make people fall down stairs. Good enough?

[MATRiX]

So long as they make pleasant squishy sounds, then yes, that'll do.

[Scroll]

But yeah you can be inventive with the tools the game gives you. It doesn't always require that much invention to play successfully which is a shame and as far as story goes it falls very short providing anything for the player to care about.

So far it looks like Dishonored could fix a lot of that due to having some more interesting pedigre behind it and what looks like a very interesting universe that they've built their game on.