Dishonored: Reviews are in, it's good! Completion hours equivalent to penis length.

Gandalf_the_Crazed · July 2011

It's like HL2 + Civil War + Bioshock + who the fuck knows.

TychoCelchuuu · July 2011

Who cares, it has swords!

Clevinger · July 2011

I wonder if it's using id tech 5

Undead Scottsman · July 2011

Clevinger wrote: »

I wonder if it's using id tech 5

Interesting question, as Arkane was one of the few Source Engine supporters (they used it for Dark Messiah and were going to use it for The Crossing) but now that they're owned by Zenimax (who essentially bought id for the sole purpose of having idtech for the companies new internal engine.) one would think they would go with idtech.

God, I still can't believe id software got purchased. No matter how many times I hear it, I still have trouble processing it as an established fact.

Gandalf_the_Crazed · July 2011

That guy also appears to be wielding a sword and a pistol simultaneously. Hot damn.

TychoCelchuuu · July 2011

That screenshot looks like Source to me.

Olivaw · July 2011

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

That screenshot looks like Source to me.

Yeah, I have to agree

Something about the water

Also Jesus it's like a weird steampunk medieval future thing

tell me more

randombattle · July 2011

So I guess this is like hitman? They don't really say much about the game itself.

august · July 2011

Looks more like a spiritual successor to Thief except you probably have more options for killing dudes if that's your thing.

Darmak · July 2011

Olivaw wrote: »

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

That screenshot looks like Source to me.

Yeah, I have to agree

Something about the water

Also Jesus it's like a weird steampunk medieval future thing

tell me more

You mean how the water looks kind of like rippled glass? Yeah, I can see what you're talking about.

And I like the art direction in that screenshot, it's nice.

august · July 2011

Apparently you can summon and posses hordes of rats in this game.

So.

That's a thing.

TychoCelchuuu · July 2011

Psh I can already do that in real life with my sidekick, "Large Piece of Ham."

Olivaw · July 2011

It sounds like philosophy of the game is very much like Deus Ex

So, you know

That's hot

Monger · July 2011

august wrote: »

Apparently you can summon and posses hordes of rats in this game.

So.

That's a thing.

Game of the Year.

Gaslight · July 2011

That screen looks more interesting than the original art. And yeah, I agree, looks Source-y.

Gandalf_the_Crazed · July 2011

So far, we've detected (though not confirmed) influences of Deus Ex, Thief, and Half-Life.

Where is the pre-order button?

Turkey · July 2011

I guess my question is

How hard can you kick?

Edcrab · July 2011

Looks like Source to me too. Which I approve of, because Source is pretty forgiving when it comes to older rigs.

But seriously, dominance of kicking aside, Dark Messiah's first-person melee combat was just downright wonderful. It was one of the few games where I'd replay fights just to get to try something different out.

Although if I recall its last thread was basically all about how Tube and the rest of us hated spider fights

SilkyNumNuts · July 2011

That looks way too good to be the source engine. The hand also looks wrong for it, it looks bump mapped.. And the water looks like not a series of squares

Undead Scottsman · July 2011

Source engine does bump mapping, IIRC. Check out the ant-lions in HL2.

Edcrab · July 2011

There's every chance I'm completely wrong about Dishonored being Source-based, but yeah, Episode 2 at max-everything looked pretty fantastic with all the bump mapping and dynamic lights and... stuff.

SilkyNumNuts · July 2011

Oh yeah, I know it does bump mapping, but it does it awkwardly, with a really distinctive look.

I didn't realise it had true dynamic lighting though. I thought source just had stencil lighting, which in some way isn't truly dynamic.

Jimmy Marku · July 2011

That character is reminiscent of Zeno Clash. A bit cartoony, with similar looking skin. My vote goes to Source too.

A good thing: Source games are always so crisp looking and smooth.

Cantido · July 2011

august wrote: »

Apparently you can summon and posses hordes of rats in this game.

So.

That's a thing.

Can I devour clusters of mooks then?

Spoiler:

august · August 2011

Some new stuff.

Also, just checked out the GI cover story. It looks pretty good guys.

Monger · August 2011

Okay, this freeze time, then possess dude, then move frozen and possessed dude in front of his own bullets that he just shot thing sounds nutsobananas.

darleysam · August 2011

Eurogamer have a preview which I shall be reading soon
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-05-dishonored-preview

Guitar Hero Of Time · August 2011

darleysam wrote:

Eurogamer have a preview which I shall be reading soon
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-05-dishonored-preview

Eurogamer wrote:

sneaks into the lawyer's home and makes it to his office – lurking in shadows, peering through keyholes and waiting for guards to pause in front of paintings or warm their hands by fireplaces to sneak past on the way

Yesssssss. Just what this taffer wants to hear.

All the powers sound cool, too.

Casually Hardcore · August 2011

I'm liking the art direction.

But, every time I play one of these games it usually results in me sitting in a corner for 50 minutes watching the guards move around. Then when I finally decide to move, I'm thinking to myself 'hey! I can just jump here, get on that, then crawl across that plank, drop down the other side, and I don't even have to bother with the guards! '. So I go ahead and try out that plan only to get cockblock by an invisible wall. So basically the game is forcing me to go against my better judgement and sneak past 40 heavily armed guards, instead of going through that awesome backdoor with 0 guards. Fuck you game.

Fawst · August 2011

The GI cover story article was an awesome read. I love that this takes place in an alternate reality based on 1666 London where the primary source of energy is whale oil. That's going to play heavily on my emotional state when playing, I'm sure. Also, it makes some sense that those guys are using stilts, what with the plague-carrying rats infesting the city. Also, the fact that the developers don't fix things that are "broken," but instead take the inclusive approach and modify to allow those things is pretty great. I don't think I've ever read of a game being developed in that way before.

hatedinamerica · August 2011

Monger wrote:

Okay, this freeze time, then possess dude, then move frozen and possessed dude in front of his own bullets that he just shot thing sounds nutsobananas.

Game of the Year

SoaL · August 2011

I am very excited about this

TychoCelchuuu · August 2011

Screenshots. More at Rock Paper Shotgun. I'd post 'em all but.. h-scroll and bandwidth leeching and so on.

Spoiler:

OpposingFarce · August 2011

Consider me stoked! I love the idea that how much violence is used will change the game, not necessarily for evil/good endings, but just reactions. I would love to see enemies get afraid if they realize you're the guy who slaughters a whole garrison, or for targets to get really paranoid because their friends were all assassinated with expert professionalism despite ludicrous security.

Metro 2033 was the last FPS game that had good stealth that I've played. It the was the right compromise between realism and fun gameplay for me. I know I might be the outlier on that feeling. If they would only try the sneak suit...

Suriko · August 2011

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/22/dishonored-preview-2/

I want this game. Holy fucking god I want this game.

darleysam · August 2011

All the boners.

Big Classy · August 2011

Rats are actually dangerous? now they just gotta make killer toilets and non-exploding red barrels.

In case you miss it, I'm fucking stoked.

Suriko · August 2011

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/22/dishonored-interview/

Another day, another preview. These guys seem to like RPS.

darleysam · August 2011

Hand me your moustache!

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Straight outta Combine.

Darkewolfe · August 2011

This sounds too awesome to be successful. I always get worried when I hear about super ambitious games like this, because they usually try to accomplish too much and don't get there.

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