Dishonored 2

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  1. PenetratorGod
    Aug 28, 2023
    7
    I never loved the second game as much as I loved the first. I don't know what happened to this series, but it completely loses its magic with the first game and the sequels feel like a boring experience that can't be remembered.
  2. lesiuML
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
    It's a beautiful game in terms of design and gameplay. Locations are rich and full of little details, stealth is great and IA of enemies is quite good. Story is also very interesting and the freedom of choices are phenomenal! Overall it's a really pleasant experience. But unfortunately there are some things that are making dishonored 2 little bit unpolished experience. I played this gameIt's a beautiful game in terms of design and gameplay. Locations are rich and full of little details, stealth is great and IA of enemies is quite good. Story is also very interesting and the freedom of choices are phenomenal! Overall it's a really pleasant experience. But unfortunately there are some things that are making dishonored 2 little bit unpolished experience. I played this game non lethal way and almost all power ups where useless for me... I've used only 2 power ups so searching for runes was useless for me... Generally speaking there wasn't anything valuable for me too seeking in this beautifully designed world... So unfortunately after some time I've become a little bit bored this formula. Luckily this game isn't too long. Maybe if I chose lethal path I could have little more fun with all mechanics and power ups… Expand
  3. Soullex
    Nov 29, 2022
    6
    Oyunu Gamepass'den oynadım ve bir bölümde sürekli olarak çöküp kapanıyordu. Onun haricinde gerçekten keyif almıştım.
  4. StarkAgentos
    May 9, 2022
    5
    Графика красивая. Крутая стилистика. Геймплей очень скучен, как и у многих игр этого жанра.
  5. Fallconex
    Aug 1, 2021
    7
    Mixed emotions about this game.
    On the one hand, it is cool that it has such replayability with multiple choices and endings, but on the other hand, the plot came up to be a boring mess. Even the ending is pretty stuffy.
    Nevertheless, the best thing about this game is level design. No other game can give you an opportunity to play different styles with so many interesting enemies. Too    Mixed emotions about this game.
    On the one hand, it is cool that it has such replayability with multiple choices and endings, but on the other hand, the plot came up to be a boring mess. Even the ending is pretty stuffy.
    Nevertheless, the best thing about this game is level design. No other game can give you an opportunity to play different styles with so many interesting enemies. Too bad that all those levels seemed small to me. All other aspects are just average or above...
    7/10, worth playing but only after the previous game, which is a better masterpiece!    … Expand
  6. Klewer
    Mar 15, 2021
    5
    Could not get in to this. Found the stealth clunky and bugy at times. Gun play felt weak and not responsive. Not worth it.
  7. Crimert
    Oct 20, 2020
    7
    I liked Dishonored 1 more than this one. Because I think Dishonored 1 has a stronger storyline. Also, the characters, gameplay and atmosphere were better in Dishonored 1. Therefore I don't like Dishonored 2 much. 12hrs on record.
  8. Ganderlow
    Jul 19, 2020
    7
    The magic of Dishonored was much less powerful this time around. The dullness of the world felt far beyond what we had seen in the original game. There was less color, uglier areas to explore, and not much improvement in mechanics. I like that we get to play as Emily or Corvo, but Emily has worse powers for a stealthy player like me. I had to restart the entire game as Corvo.
  9. SPARTAN-010
    Jul 5, 2020
    6
    Poor sequel, downgrade in everything but game-play, extremely mediocre game.
  10. primalsmash
    Jul 4, 2020
    6
    Reason i am giving 6 is: stealth is broken, they instantly hear you even from 15 meters and if you walking and through roofs!

    Otherwise game was fun, beautiful photorealistic graphics! Except cartoonish faces, which i don't mean as negative. I like the looks. Many today times games have ugly graphics, despite they are very demanding. That's mainly because to many effects and bad    Reason i am giving 6 is: stealth is broken, they instantly hear you even from 15 meters and if you walking and through roofs!

    Otherwise game was fun, beautiful photorealistic graphics! Except cartoonish faces, which i don't mean as negative. I like the looks. Many today times games have ugly graphics, despite they are very demanding. That's mainly because to many effects and bad textures. There are interesting locations and enemies as in Dishonored 2 but game kinda sucks because stealth is broken! Ending was lame and game felt short. Story felt uninteresting, but it was okay. Also there were many interesting locations, but some parts - especially outskirts were same and repetitive!

    Also there is weird input lag, which is even in original game.    … Expand
  11. ahrek
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    the gameplay is good. and the story is not bad. but it fails in some ways. first of, it does not connect with the prequel novel nor the comic, and that is terrible. emily talks like she has never seen magic before. yet she fought someone marked by the outsider one or two years before in the novel. secrets from the late empress are revealed yet not confirmed or properly explained. a newthe gameplay is good. and the story is not bad. but it fails in some ways. first of, it does not connect with the prequel novel nor the comic, and that is terrible. emily talks like she has never seen magic before. yet she fought someone marked by the outsider one or two years before in the novel. secrets from the late empress are revealed yet not confirmed or properly explained. a new character that shows up in the prequel comic dies at the beginning of the game and we have to read a newspaper to learn who she was. another character who only shows up in the novel is absent since the beginning and we only get to read a couple of his letters. and another one we meet him for the first time as a corpse. I don't like inconsistencies between games and their media. also, we get to see parts of an entire city, yet we see no children. that is always a minus point.… Expand
  12. Hannibaal
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    No mejora las deficiencias de la anterior entrega que ya me pareció sobrevalorada, la de Dishonored es una formula relativamente innovadora pero ejecutada con poca ambición y clarividencia. Esta segunda entrega además parece algo recortada en favor de meter DLC y además tras un año de su salida seguía teniendo algunos bugs importantes sin arreglar. 5/10.
  13. SurujSingha
    May 14, 2020
    7
    No complaints from me regarding frames because it has been improved with patches. D2 is a must-buy for hardcore stealth lovers. But for someone like me who prefers a more tactical approach, the mechanics were somewhat frustrating. Since you cant tag enemies, you cant strategize your route. It led to frustrating replays from the previous checkpoints and ruined my fun. The game punishes youNo complaints from me regarding frames because it has been improved with patches. D2 is a must-buy for hardcore stealth lovers. But for someone like me who prefers a more tactical approach, the mechanics were somewhat frustrating. Since you cant tag enemies, you cant strategize your route. It led to frustrating replays from the previous checkpoints and ruined my fun. The game punishes you for breaking stealth unlike Metal Gear solid 5. It barely improvised upon the original with no major gameplay addition. The graphics are good, controls and parkour too are brilliant. But again, i dont think D2 would be able to attract people from outside its already established fanbase.… Expand
  14. dabyd1304
    Mar 14, 2020
    6
    Dishonored 2 solo tiene un problema, desde mi punto de vista. Y este problema hace que no pueda puntuarlo con más nota, a pesar de que lo he disfrutado.

    El problema es que ha sido totalmente innecesario. Es un juego que no aporta absolutamente nada como secuela desde el punto de vista de su guión y personajes. Se salva porque sigue siendo divertido y posee los mismos puntos fuertes    Dishonored 2 solo tiene un problema, desde mi punto de vista. Y este problema hace que no pueda puntuarlo con más nota, a pesar de que lo he disfrutado.

    El problema es que ha sido totalmente innecesario. Es un juego que no aporta absolutamente nada como secuela desde el punto de vista de su guión y personajes.

    Se salva porque sigue siendo divertido y posee los mismos puntos fuertes de la primera, con una mención especial a un diseño de escenarios notable.

    Pero ya está, es más bien una expansión de la historia como fueron las del primer juego, que una secuela con derecho a existir.    … Expand
  15. 4y4
    Feb 15, 2020
    7
    The stealth is engaging, the combat is visceral and the story is interesting. The first game worked better on my PC so that's why I can't give this one 9/10.
  16. RMDsilva
    May 28, 2019
    6
    Great atmosphere. Game-wise, it's okay. Only super hard difficulties make it even remotely challenging. And it's not honestly not that much fun to use the mechanics for perfectionism.
  17. Esthete
    Jan 6, 2019
    6
    pros:
    - Graphics
    - Improved Kill Animations - More spacious levels - Custom difficulty level - New types of enemies - The opportunity to put Corvo on the throne what was missing in the original. cons: - Story. Especially bad story arc about the origin of the Outsider. If you don't know how make interesting and logical explanations - then don't. - Two main characters. Better if    pros:
    - Graphics
    - Improved Kill Animations
    - More spacious levels
    - Custom difficulty level
    - New types of enemies
    - The opportunity to put Corvo on the throne what was missing in the original.

    cons:
    - Story. Especially bad story arc about the origin of the Outsider. If you don't know how make interesting and logical explanations - then don't.
    - Two main characters. Better if Arkane made more thoughtful story about Corvo.
    - There are almost no interesting and memorable characters. Interesting only two (The Outsider and Delilah) from the original Dishonored, in which there were 15-20 interesting characters, each with its own history.
    - Although the levels have become more big, but it doesn't feel that the character runs through the city, for there are almost no civil NPC.
    - New voice of the Outsider is awful.
    - "F Skip button" which cannot be disabled in every cutscene.

    6/10 for Dishonored 2 with removed Denuvo.    … Expand
  18. Hack
    Jan 1, 2019
    7
    The game suffered with terrible performance at launch, but I can safely say that's not the case now, they did fix it, I ran at pretty close to 144fps all the time on medium settings with ultra textures, if you're using a 60Hz monitor then 60fps will be doable on max settings quite easily appropriate hardware

    The story was interesting, the voice acting was really great and the combat was    The game suffered with terrible performance at launch, but I can safely say that's not the case now, they did fix it, I ran at pretty close to 144fps all the time on medium settings with ultra textures, if you're using a 60Hz monitor then 60fps will be doable on max settings quite easily appropriate hardware

    The story was interesting, the voice acting was really great and the combat was satisfying. You can opt to play through on easy and enjoy the story with much easier combat or you can play it the way it was intended, in the shows, it's very much a stealth game at heart so if you prefer a more run and gun style you'll want to select the easiest difficulty to make this possible.    … Expand
  19. michaelb1928
    Sep 22, 2018
    6
    All the individual story elements felt like badly composed episodes of a procedural TV show, w/o even having the benefit of the overall narrative to pull everything together.
  20. LetMePickThat
    Aug 7, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A good sequel to the first Dishonored game. The game is quite long, but I was dissapointed by the lack of climax at the ending. You're looking for your target for the whole game, all that to finish with a short, bizarre mission that makes no sense.… Expand
  21. KARF4GEN
    May 10, 2018
    7
    се болезни rage даже спустя 5 лет перетекли сюда...
    Дропы фпс, подгрузка текстур в реальном времени и их мерцание на любых машинах
    аркейн с движком не справились. Единственный шанс на стабильную картинку вертикальная синхронизация и таким образом лок на 60 кадрах! Это весьма бесит, ведь ни о какой графоуни и речи нет. На старте лучше не брать, сейчас только для фанатов-энтузиастов и    се болезни rage даже спустя 5 лет перетекли сюда...
    Дропы фпс, подгрузка текстур в реальном времени и их мерцание на любых машинах
    аркейн с движком не справились.
    Единственный шанс на стабильную картинку вертикальная синхронизация и таким образом лок на 60 кадрах!
    Это весьма бесит, ведь ни о какой графоуни и речи нет.
    На старте лучше не брать,
    сейчас только для фанатов-энтузиастов и патчей так и не было до 16 ноября.
    Дропы фпс являются привычным нынешним трендом и ничего тут не поделать, на самом деле ультра с высокими не сильно друг от друга отличаются и можно пережить даже владельцам хай энд систем играя не на ультра.
    Касаемо сценария:
    -опять заговор
    -разматываешь ниточки,
    все то же самое, что было в оригинальной части
    разрабы это понимаю как никто другой и поэтому два персонажа.
    Хоть какое то разнообразие!
    Считаю имхо концепция себя изжила и триквел делать в том же ключе будет позором.
    ИТОГ
    Почему игра хорошая:
    -Локации можно проходить 3-4 раза абсолютно по-разному, то есть дизайн на высочайшем уровне. Реиграбельности хватает от начала и до самого конца.
    -Художники поработали великолепно, все весьма красиво и аутентичен стимпанковому миру оригинальной игры.
    -Геймплей с 2012 года отполировали и довели до близкого к идеалу.
    Почему игра плохая:
    - Потому что сюжет здесь для галочки и является калькой с предыдущего. Слишком плоско...
    Больше минусов я не нашел.
    Жду открытый мир по материку Пандуссия.    … Expand
  22. Sabotower
    Mar 12, 2018
    7
    Good storyline and the same fun action/stealth aesthetic of the first, but the world building feels lackluster in comparison and the idea of playing one of two characters feels like a cheap way to get some more hours of playtime out of you. As well, easiness on the verge of becoming boring still plagues this sequel.
  23. Lixard
    Dec 13, 2017
    6
    It would have been a nine but the optimization is just horrible. The first Dishonored is one of my favorite games but unfortunately this game really wasn't as good.
  24. TsukasaHiiragi
    Dec 11, 2017
    6
    Above average, but just not as good as the original, poorly optimized and riddled with a lot of bugs hurt the game as well as poor stealth mechanics that punish the player far too much, often making full frontal lethal assaults really the best options.

    I could go on and on here, but I would just be repeating everything others have mentioned. If you liked the original, you would enjoy    Above average, but just not as good as the original, poorly optimized and riddled with a lot of bugs hurt the game as well as poor stealth mechanics that punish the player far too much, often making full frontal lethal assaults really the best options.

    I could go on and on here, but I would just be repeating everything others have mentioned. If you liked the original, you would enjoy this game but I wouldn't pay full price for it, worth picking up for $20 for sure.    … Expand
  25. HonestCritic198
    Sep 13, 2017
    7
    I am reviewing this game in the state it is NOW. It runs perfectly well on my hardware (FX-6300 + R9 380) @ 1680x1050 and high settings. The game is good. more or less the same as the original. A little overrated.
  26. j555203
    Aug 25, 2017
    7
    A genuinely enjoyable successor to DIshonored, if not quite as captivating, however the poor state in which it was originally launched and in which it remained for over a month can't be ignored. The artwork is quite good and the story and gameplay are decent, though not quite as engaging as the first Dishonored, but combined with the relatively short playthrough time and underwhelmingA genuinely enjoyable successor to DIshonored, if not quite as captivating, however the poor state in which it was originally launched and in which it remained for over a month can't be ignored. The artwork is quite good and the story and gameplay are decent, though not quite as engaging as the first Dishonored, but combined with the relatively short playthrough time and underwhelming ending these can't make up for the sorry state of the game's initial release.… Expand
  27. Chernomaziy
    Aug 20, 2017
    7
    Good game, but by the middle it has become boring for me. The plot could not catch up to the end and the game turned into a senseless carving of all living things on a level.
  28. hypernewbie
    Jul 30, 2017
    5
    Graphics, sound, all ok. Setting and story isn't that bad, writing is ok. I have a good PC so no perf problems (though a bit slow admittedly).

    My problem is that I feel this stealth has been designed to punish stealth gameplay. It tells you to stealth, then gives you no f*cking tools to actually do it. I guess this is as much of a stealth game as like, call of duty. In fact forget it,    Graphics, sound, all ok. Setting and story isn't that bad, writing is ok. I have a good PC so no perf problems (though a bit slow admittedly).

    My problem is that I feel this stealth has been designed to punish stealth gameplay. It tells you to stealth, then gives you no f*cking tools to actually do it. I guess this is as much of a stealth game as like, call of duty. In fact forget it, call of duty actually has more stealth mechanics than this.

    Robots, enemy positioning, patrol routes, skills, upgrades, runes ....etc are all specifically made to make stealth not actually work. The gun ho approach is more fun and better, except there's better gun ho games out there.

    Stuck between a rock and a hard place. Tries to be action game and is designed specifically to tell you to stealth. Tries to be a stealth game except everything is designed to make stealth not actually work with no gameplay or tools at your disposal to actually stealth.

    One glaring example is the robots. On a stealth playthrough, what do you do to robots? Avoid them? Patrol routes designed specifically make them specifically unavoidable. Stealth kill them? Mechanics make that specifically impossible to do or take way too many resources. Kill them? That will raise alarms and ruin the usefulness of your stealth style upgrade investments, so in fact they're not that easy to kill with no upgrades.

    The last game suffered from the same problem, but it's MUCH MUCH more glaringly worse this time. They need to fire their entire gameplay design team and hire one that can actually design a stealth action game. The old design team can come help us make more call of duty titles.    … Expand
  29. FrozenLord
    Jun 20, 2017
    6
    This game has really well done art design and a lovely style.
    However, while the visuals are nice and the game runs decent on my system, I can't help but wonder about the fun factor.
    I've managed my way into the third level and have so far neither experienced any attachment to the characters nor am I really interested in the story so far. It all seems kind of vague - go here, do this,    This game has really well done art design and a lovely style.
    However, while the visuals are nice and the game runs decent on my system, I can't help but wonder about the fun factor.
    I've managed my way into the third level and have so far neither experienced any attachment to the characters nor am I really interested in the story so far.

    It all seems kind of vague - go here, do this, go there and do that.
    While the game tries to somehow pack these single missions together, it really reminds me about the random quests one has to endure in countless RPGs.
    Somewhat detracting from the fun as well is the AI, which has spotted me several times, while I was cowering behind walls or obstacles.

    So to sum it up, I've bought a game that hasn't got a great story going for it, the plot missions mimic fetch quests from RPGs and even though the game tries to place itself as a stealth game, enemies are able to detect you behind obstacles and walls.
    I had a great time exploring the first Dishonored and was really looking forward to this sequel, but so far I've got the feeling that I didn't get my money's worth...    … Expand
  30. bigdeadanimals
    Jun 12, 2017
    6
    The game is good.
    Still it has 2 problems, same as first one.
    1. Lack of likable characters. I did like the faceless and voiceless Corvo, ok. However now - i dont care about Emily (becase I know nothing about her that can make me start doing so) she is faceless. She is not beautiful, she is not charismatic, she is not fun and in same moment she doesnt have any dark of gloomy sides of    The game is good.
    Still it has 2 problems, same as first one.
    1. Lack of likable characters.
    I did like the faceless and voiceless Corvo, ok.
    However now - i dont care about Emily (becase I know nothing about her that can make me start doing so) she is faceless. She is not beautiful, she is not charismatic, she is not fun and in same moment she doesnt have any dark of gloomy sides of character to counter this and make her interesting.
    She is boring. I understand that world of the game is not a funny one, but do she really has some personalities that devide her in a good way from Corvo? Emotion spectre that they bring to you is the same (and its gray).
    Corvo also doesnt really work for me this time, he doesnt open up as a new deeper more complex person he is just old dad/man with quite a boring motivation.
    2. Lots of ways of killing - but concentration on peacefull playthrough. I dont know, maybe some kind of non-deadly bullets (from rubber idk) for pistol and more ways of disabling folks might change this? Cause its quite strange when you have a gun in your arm and dagger in another, but try your best to not use them a single time throughout the game.    … Expand
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#21 Best PC Game of 2016
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#50 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. New Game Network
    Feb 7, 2017
    86
    Dishonored 2 is bigger and better than its forbearer, with greater variety of level design and even more flexible gameplay. It is a shame the central narrative isn’t more engaging and that the sequel is haunted by technical deficiencies.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jan 13, 2017
    80
    Dishonored 2 exists to make you feel good. It gives you a lot of freedom in accomplishing your goals and keeps your adrenaline level constantly elevated. It’s a shame that it failed to shake off the original game’s drawbacks and is not as stylish. [01/2017, p.38]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Jan 1, 2017
    90
    Weak story notwithstanding, Arkane Studios has again delivered a truly excellent stealth action game. [Issue#258, p.53]
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