Dishonored

Dishonored

Dishonored is a first personal action-infiltration game, which takes place in Gristol, the capital of the Empire of the Isles. In this game, you play the Lord-Protector Corvo Attano, who is sent in foreign islands to seek help to cure the rat plague, a mysterious disease that is slowly destroying the population of the island. He comes back in advance, and witnesses the assassination of the empress he is supposed to protect, a crime for which he is blamed, and sentenced to death.

First of all, Gristol's atmosphere is really unique. It is a purely steampunk ambience, but the touches of superstition and black magic that punctuate the story makes this ambience special. The characters, which aren't really out of ordinary, all appear to have their little secrets, which the player will take pleasure to discover. Plus, the lore of this game is present in nearly every aspect, which makes you a part of this world.

Then comes the game itself. The great point of this game is the liberty given to the player (which is unusual, given that this game is only a semi-open world). For instance, If you need to get into a building, you could kill every single person on you way and get in through the main door, or climb to the rooftops and get in by an open window. There are enormous amounts of possibilities, and as Corvo can use black magic to enter animals or human's body, or even to stop the time, missions become your own playground.

Finally, the graphics are really good, and given that the textures are basically scanned paintings, every single view becomes an artwork. The character modelisation is also brilliant, because it is inspired by real people, but water-painted to make them like the rest of the background.

To sum up the whole review, Dishonored is almost the perfect action-infiltration game, and has got a wonderful atmosphere that will stick you to your screen. The only thing that could be done to improve this game would have been to replace the semi-open world by a true open-world, and maybe to make it longer (15 hours for your first exploration and a good replayability is never enough for such a great game !). Anyway, this game is surely worth its price (Which has now dropped to a reasonable one), and you should buy it !

Goodbye, and see you next week !