- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Release Date: Nov 10, 2016
- Also On: PC, Xbox One
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Nov 18, 2016A competent and fun stealth experience brought down by some technical issues and the inexplicable lack of new game plus.
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Nov 17, 2016If anything, the shift away from the player's powers being the main event of Dishonored does mean spending a lot more time observing the world, figuring out exactly what change you should be the agent of, and how to accomplish this without sending a flood of enemy soldiers your way. Figuring out how people operate in the world of Dishonored 2 is more effective than figuring out which direction to stick a blade in them, and the world is rife with alternatives to just about every problem. It just means far more time planning and not doing. In Dishonored 2, great power comes with great responsibility, and the simple fact is that responsibility isn't always going to be fun to play.
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Nov 17, 2016Feels like a tiresome retread – enjoyable enough when it sticks to the old script, but frustrating in its disappointment when it does attempt anything new. With a rushed story, colorless characters, and total misuse of a whole new playable character, the best I can say is that I didn’t hate it. I didn’t particularly like it, but I didn’t hate it. Dishonored deserves more than that.
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Mar 7, 2017Arkane manages to better the already exceptional Dishonored in nearly every way, creating a masterpiece of open-ended design. [Essential]
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Jan 12, 2017Every detail is almost perfect, and no detail is wasted in this triumph of worldbuilding and storytelling.
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Nov 16, 2016The edges are rough but the core is solid. Dishonored 2 may not redefine the formula set by the its predecessor, but it is still one hell of a game. The game stumbles but always manages to recover. Like a bumbling assassin that somehow get the kill, Dishonored 2 manages to succeed in the face of almost unassailable odds.
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Nov 15, 2016All early indications are Dishonored 2 holds up to the high bar of its predecessor, and while it offers a bit more replayability with Emily and Corvo and some new game mechanics, it isn't as much of an advancement as it is a return to a formula that continues to work incredibly well for the series.
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Nov 15, 2016Its best moments crackle with creativity and skill. It feels like a successor to some of the best games of its type, a game in the mold of Thief and Deus Ex in an era where even the people who make new Deus Ex games don’t make them like this anymore. This is a game that should be played, and all I want to do now is go back in. I know it’s waiting for me, to see what I try next.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 1,633 out of 1963
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Mixed: 168 out of 1963
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Negative: 162 out of 1963
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