Explosive blubber [Dishonored 2]

Turambar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLNC8VDTlQ
Do you want to escape into a slightly less dystopian world right now?

It's time for magic steampunk stabby mans


Play as either Emily or Corvo

Releases on Friday, or a day early if you've pre-ordered

Unlocks in just 7 hours here according to Steam

UnbrokenEva

god, I can't even imagine ever picking Corvo over Emily

Turambar

Fearghaill wrote: »

god, I can't even imagine ever picking Corvo over Emily

I might in a second playthrough, but Emily first, yeah

She has the more interesting story here, and I want to get to know her character

Mr. G

I was gonna wait on this

But now?

Oh no, I need this one

DeMoN

Turambar wrote: »

Fearghaill wrote: »

god, I can't even imagine ever picking Corvo over Emily

I might in a second playthrough, but Emily first, yeah

She has the more interesting story here, and I want to get to know her character

Also all of her abilities look SO MUCH COOLER

like, it's cool that they tweaked Corvo to make his stuff a little cooler/better, like giving him Daud's blink, but goddamn Emily can turn into a smoke monster and basically has a bionic arm

Kwoaru

I'm excited for the chance to play Corvo again (after emily (and if his maps are different))

Mr. G

I'm fairly certain that it's the same game either way, just two powersets

Turambar

Dialogue and cutscenes will be a little different I assume

Also, you can play one as low chaos and the other as high chaos to create more differences

Kwoaru

That'd still be fine as long as the people say different things to corvo than they would to emily

godmode

You got your steampunk in my stealth action!

You got your stealth action in my steampunk!

(I will play this game)

Shorty

I really want to be excited for this

maybe by Friday

Theodore Floosevelt

Kwoaru wrote: »

That'd still be fine as long as the people say different things to corvo than they would to emily

hey aren't you corvo, hero of dishonored 1?

hey aren't you emily, daughter of the empress from dishonored 1?

Kwoaru

Theodore Floosevelt wrote: »

Kwoaru wrote: »

That'd still be fine as long as the people say different things to corvo than they would to emily

hey aren't you corvo, hero of dishonored 1?

hey aren't you emily, daughter of the empress from dishonored 1?

theo no it will be better than that shush

DemonStacey

Fearghaill wrote: »

god, I can't even imagine ever picking Corvo over Emily

Hello there!

I will play through this game 1 time and it will be as Corvo!

V excited to return to form as the murderous rat king.

Mr. G

Oh hey, the preorder version of this unlocks tonight

Mr. G

Rock Paper Shotgun wrote:

Even if the remaining levels are so badly designed that I find them intolerable, and there’s absolutely no reason to believe that would be the case, I’ve already explored enough beautifully realised and densely packed areas to see this as a sequel that understands what its predecessor did well, and knows precisely how to do it better. Here, with no spoilers, are my thoughts on what I’ve seen so far.

The best level design in the business wouldn’t be worth a damn if the spaces weren’t enjoyable to navigate, and before getting on to what feels fresh here, it’s worth reiterating a few points about the original Dishonored. It brought kinetic energy to the first-person stealth game, allowing protagonist Corvo not only to bampf across city blocks like a murderous superhero, but providing all the tools necessary for escape, concealment, confusion and acrobatic combat.

Stabbing and slaughtering your way out of a situation often feels like an unsatisfactory last resort in stealth games – all the ingredients for the perfect steak were there, but too much slicing and dicing left you with a casserole – but Dishonored went some way toward making violent alternatives satisfying. The perfect non-lethal, ghosted playthrough is still a worthy ambition but improvising with sword, pistol and razor-traps isn’t a dull or ineffective enough solution to make an instinctive quickload occur as soon as a guard raises the alarm.

All of that has returned, with a new selection of lethal and non-lethal options, as well as additional ways to navigate the scenery. As in the first game, there’s an occasional helping hand, with the aiming tips for the teleportation skills and the like, but movement is manual- there’s none of the automated parkour of Assassin’s Creed here. That can make for uncharacteristic clumsiness on the part of the protagonists, but the precise control it provides is precious indeed.

And, yes, on current evidence, the pleasing flow of movement is matched with some of the best level design in the business.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/10/dishonored-2-review-preorder/

THESPOOKY

DeMoN wrote: »

Turambar wrote: »

Fearghaill wrote: »

god, I can't even imagine ever picking Corvo over Emily

I might in a second playthrough, but Emily first, yeah

She has the more interesting story here, and I want to get to know her character

Also all of her abilities look SO MUCH COOLER

like, it's cool that they tweaked Corvo to make his stuff a little cooler/better, like giving him Daud's blink, but goddamn Emily can turn into a smoke monster and basically has a bionic arm

Corvo will, in fact, have Daud's blink

I've heard reports of Issues with the PC version of this but [citation needed]

Shorty

wait how was daud's blink different again?

I needed anime to post.

Shorty wrote: »

wait how was daud's blink different again?

Daud aims in frozen time.

Turambar

Alright, time to depose the evil tyrant

(if only it were this easy)

Turambar

Oh man

Vincent D'Onofrio is voicing the Duke of Serkonos!

Mr. G

So far the stunt casting is working a lot better

Vincent D'onofrio is actually doing a voice and not just sleepwalking through it

godmode

Hm, Steam ratings don't look so hot. I'm gonna buy it because I want it, but has anyone been having any major issues on PC?

Mx. Quill

I've just been reading that the framerate on PC ahead of its Day 1 patch has suuuuuuuuucked.

The patch isn't out as far as I know. Might fix it, but there's still the niggling thought of this following Bethesda's new review practice.

august

I know all my letters, and then some!

DemonStacey

They've officially noted that they are working on a fix for those having performance problems on PC.

Mr. G

Yeah, PC version is pretty rough

Theodore Floosevelt

so what are the new powers, etc, in this one?

I've played about 5 hours of dishonored 1 and sort of enjoyed myself at times but it didn't exactly captivate me

Turambar

No problems on PC here

Theodore Floosevelt wrote: »

so what are the new powers, etc, in this one?

I've played about 5 hours of dishonored 1 and sort of enjoyed myself at times but it didn't exactly captivate me

Emily can turn into a stealthy shadow monster

She can create a Doppelganger of herself, then take control of the clone, leaving her original body as the Doppelganger

She can "tie the fates" NPCs together so that when one is killed or choked out, the others also die or go unconscious

Among other things

Mr. G

There is apparently a patch coming that is supposed to fix a lot of the issues

It's out on consoles but...not on PC yet?

It's also 9 gigs

Goatmon

ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh

Lorahalo

Turambar wrote: »

No problems on PC here

Theodore Floosevelt wrote: »

so what are the new powers, etc, in this one?

I've played about 5 hours of dishonored 1 and sort of enjoyed myself at times but it didn't exactly captivate me

Emily can turn into a stealthy shadow monster

She can create a Doppelganger of herself, then take control of the clone, leaving her original body as the Doppelganger

She can "tie the fates" NPCs together so that when one is killed or choked out, the others also die or go unconscious

Among other things

Her blink is so awesome, you can use it to launch yourself into the sky.

AtomicTofu

Used the VPN to unlock this early yesterday and played for a few hours. Definitely some random framerate drops going on in places, so hopefully that gets patched soon. Otherwise, first impressions are really strong. The levels seem so much larger and more intricate than before. I had the exact same experience as the RPS writer in that I spent a ton of time in prologue only to discover at the end I had missed more than half of the stuff.

godmode

Mr. G wrote: »

There is apparently a patch coming that is supposed to fix a lot of the issues

It's out on consoles but...not on PC yet?

It's also 9 gigs

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck this is a big deal when you're in a hotel getting 750kb download speeds

Mr. G

Oof those performance issues get real apparent when you're out in the first hub world

Kwoaru

Uuuugh two more hours of work between me and this game

I hope it finished preloading while I was at work

Turambar

I don't like that I can't strangle people who are sitting in chairs or leaning against railings when I'm right there behind them

Turambar

Crowned Killer

I went the non-lethal route, but I'm kinda regretting it

There seemed to be a vague air of the antidote maybe not being permanent

Should have just put her down to be safe

august

Turambar wrote: »

I don't like that I can't strangle people who are sitting in chairs or leaning against railings when I'm right there behind them

I've totally done both of those things. Although I think with sitting people you automatically stand them up and chop them in the neck first.

klemming

I finally get this downloaded, and there isn't time to get stuck in. Bah.
I did the tutorial at least, and it ran fine on Ultra settings for me. When're the big areas that really show how bad it can get? Level 1, 2, what?
I'm running a GTX 970, but I've got 24GB RAM in there (it was stupidly cheap when I was getting my computer, so I just said to hell with it, give me all the RAM), so that might be the bottleneck a lot of people are getting.
I had a similar experience with Arkham Knight, it always ran okay for me.

Lorahalo

august wrote: »

Turambar wrote: »

I don't like that I can't strangle people who are sitting in chairs or leaning against railings when I'm right there behind them

I've totally done both of those things. Although I think with sitting people you automatically stand them up and chop them in the neck first.

I've had to reach over someone's shoulder to grab a glass off their desk to smash so they would stand up and I could strangle them. Definitely couldn't do it, at least for some chairs.

klemming wrote: »

I finally get this downloaded, and there isn't time to get stuck in. Bah.
I did the tutorial at least, and it ran fine on Ultra settings for me. When're the big areas that really show how bad it can get? Level 1, 2, what?
I'm running a GTX 970, but I've got 24GB RAM in there (it was stupidly cheap when I was getting my computer, so I just said to hell with it, give me all the RAM), so that might be the bottleneck a lot of people are getting.
I had a similar experience with Arkham Knight, it always ran okay for me.

I'm running it on 1440p on a 980 and I'm struggling to get about 40FPS most of the time when outside. That by itself isn't a huge deal (though obviously I'd prefer a solid 60) but it seems like the y axis of mouse movement is tied to framerate, because when the framerate is up and down instead of solidly low, my mouse controls go completely wack.

It's real fun, but I'm waiting for a patch or driver update to see if I can eek out just that little bit more performance to clear up those issues. Interestingly enough, none of the options seem to do anything in terms of performance. Turning everything on low gets me about 10fps on average, but it doesn't fix the problem of the framerate jumping around.