The story is pretty simple to follow:
You play as Corvo, an assasin and an ex-royal protector of The Empress. Corvo got accused of murdering the said Empress and kidnapping her daughter, Emily, he got, well, dishonored, if you will. So after allying with the Loyalist conspiracy, who want to get Emily on the throne and kill the Lord Regent, who is responsible for the Empress' death, Corvo must get Emily back and stab a collection of aristocratic a##holes who were directly or indirectly responsible for The Empress' death.
I mostly liked the characters, they were well written, well voice acted, not much complaints here.
Visually, this game looks good. I can see how some people may not like the artstyle, but I personally love it, it feels like playing in a painting and even after 9 years, this game still looks decent.
The gameplay is where the fun truly kicks in. You see, after the first mission, Corvo is visited by The Outsider, who is essentially the God in this universe. The Outsider gives Corvo his mark, so now our protagonist has a set of powers to play with. During the game you will find runes, which are used to upgrade the powers you already have and aquire new ones. All the levels are well designed, there are a lot of ways to get to your target, you can play this game like a shooter and kill everyone or do everything stealthily, without being noticed, using sleep darts and choking to dispose of your enemies non-lethally. Your powers also help, but I feel like half of them are useless if you are doing a non-lethal playthrough.
Also, there is a "Chaos Meter" which will affect the game's ending. If you are low chaos, don't kill too many people, you get the good ending, less rats and plague victims around the city, more respect from the characters, but if you are high chaos, you get the bad ending, more rats etc. There are two main endings and one that is just a different version of the high chaos one.
Now my problems with the game:
These complaints are mostly relevant to the console version, on PC both the framerate lock and the FOV aren't really a problem.
You play as Corvo, an assasin and an ex-royal protector of The Empress. Corvo got accused of murdering the said Empress and kidnapping her daughter, Emily, he got, well, dishonored, if you will. So after allying with the Loyalist conspiracy, who want to get Emily on the throne and kill the Lord Regent, who is responsible for the Empress' death, Corvo must get Emily back and stab a collection of aristocratic a##holes who were directly or indirectly responsible for The Empress' death.
I mostly liked the characters, they were well written, well voice acted, not much complaints here.
Visually, this game looks good. I can see how some people may not like the artstyle, but I personally love it, it feels like playing in a painting and even after 9 years, this game still looks decent.
The gameplay is where the fun truly kicks in. You see, after the first mission, Corvo is visited by The Outsider, who is essentially the God in this universe. The Outsider gives Corvo his mark, so now our protagonist has a set of powers to play with. During the game you will find runes, which are used to upgrade the powers you already have and aquire new ones. All the levels are well designed, there are a lot of ways to get to your target, you can play this game like a shooter and kill everyone or do everything stealthily, without being noticed, using sleep darts and choking to dispose of your enemies non-lethally. Your powers also help, but I feel like half of them are useless if you are doing a non-lethal playthrough.
Also, there is a "Chaos Meter" which will affect the game's ending. If you are low chaos, don't kill too many people, you get the good ending, less rats and plague victims around the city, more respect from the characters, but if you are high chaos, you get the bad ending, more rats etc. There are two main endings and one that is just a different version of the high chaos one.
Now my problems with the game:
- The Definitive Edition is kind of a lazy port. They could have made the game run at 60fps on 8th-gen consoles, but didn't, the only real difference is the resolution.
- No ability to change my FOV on console, and the standard FOV isn't really that great.
These complaints are mostly relevant to the console version, on PC both the framerate lock and the FOV aren't really a problem.