Dishonored Review (PC, Xbox 360)
Conclusion
I tried not to divulge too much information about the storyline, but it was hard to do. If you like any of Bethesda’s games and their plots, then odds are that you will enjoy this one as well. What is boils down to is what most of their games are about. You are in this world, you have people trying to kill you, and you have to choose how you want to use the weapons and skills given to you. That’s the one thing about Bethesda that I admire above all else with their games. That it’s YOUR game. You make the character what he is in the end. It’s your decisions and your actions that define the road that your character goes down on his quest for absolution from the crimes that he didn’t commit, yet carries all the guilt in the world because of them.
Dishonor was more fun than I expected, and the storyline was fresh, after that classic “must escape from prison” thing that Bethesda loves to use. But the point is that it worked for me, and I enjoyed the trip. The steampunk world is one that they captured perfectly in this game. Throw in the fact that you are an assassin with magical powers and you’ve got a game that combines everything that makes a game great these days. I honestly don’t have anything truly bad to say about Dishonor. It simply works.
3 Comments
There's some weird control differences between the PC version and the Xbox 360 version. For 360, spells are left bumper and sword is right bumper (matches what's on the screen). It's reversed by default on the PC, so sword is left mouse, and spells is right mouse. Very confusing.
That was a good thorough review. Overall it sounds like a great game, although I’m still not convinced enough to buy it. Mainly because past experiences (like Deus Ex: Human Revolution) have left me a bit skeptical of some games’ value, especially when I see a lower Longevity rating. So nowadays I follow some advice I got from one of my coworkers at DISH: I don’t buy a game until AFTER I’ve rented it and had a chance to thoroughly play it. It’s saved me a lot of money just in the past six months or so. So with that in mind, Dishonored is already in my Blockbuster @Home queue, so I’ll get to play it soon; it might not be as fast as if I ran to Gamestop and bought it, but that’s alright, I’m still working on Borderlands 2.
I have to agree with you there. I usually rent games before I buy them too. I tend to play the game through, send it back to wherever I rent it, then add it to my collection later on when the price drops. The few exceptions have been games like Left 4 Dead, Bioshock, and Gears Of War. But like you, I’ve had too many experiences with bad games to just buy one outright without test driving it first.