Dishonored 2

Weak story notwithstanding, Arkane Studios has again delivered a truly excellent stealth action...

The first Dishonored title was captivating with its visual style and multi route level designs. Playing as the masked assassin Corvo with his shadow powers was thrilling which ever way you played, either going full on sword swinging for a high chaos run...

The sewage, the steampunk fashions and the bloody coups at every turn – we could only be back in Dunwall. And it is certainly a joy to be back.When I played the first Dishonored, I thought the worst part about it was the spelling. Dishonored. As a Brit,...

What’s more, a less-than-stellar story aside, Arkane’s compensation in the visual accompaniment — be it interiors, items or dead bodies alike — makes it near-impossible not to get entrenched by the greater and/or collective presentation on show, no matter how subtle the offering may be. Dishonored 2, with its refined mechanics and expanded gameplay following suit, personifies what a sequel should be.

Dishonored 2 is a fantastic game with a lot to offer but you need to go in more for the gameplay and world rather than the story and character...

Dishonored 2 is an excellent stealth game bogged down by a terrible port. Consider this score provisional until Arkane fixes its myriad issues.

It's a fantastic sequel that does a great job of building on the strengths of the first game and providing a few new wrinkles that make the game feel as fresh as the first one did a few years ago.

A delight from start to finish, Dishonored 2 is the perfect sequel to Arkane's exquisite stealth-action...

In becoming even more itself, Dishonored 2 occasionally stumbles under the weight of the almost too-intelligent denizens of its "Whalepunk" setting. But despite a murderous new sense of difficulty and a few surprising, if minor, shortcomings, Dishonored 2 is a much more fleshed-out realization of the world of Dunwall and the star-crossed Kaldwin family. For such a miserable, conflicted place, Dunwall and the Isles are a place worth exploring, something gaming could use a lot more of.

A rich, detailed world, tense stealth and frenetic action. Dishonored 2 has it...

I went into the game expecting a universe of glorious ugliness, deliciously underhand abilities, maps that are lousy with infiltration vectors, and a multitude of ways to survive any scenario. I found all of that and more, but I wasn't expecting to care quite so much about the people I met along the way.

A Glance Back When the original Dishonored was launched in 2012, players found themselves dropped into the role of Lord Protector Corvo Attano, framed for the assassination of Jessamine Kaldwin and the abduction of her daughter Emily. Emily being the...

Dunwall, the briny, whale oil-guzzling capital of the first Dishonored game was a city defined by Dickensian hardship. This suited Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the empress, for whose murder he was framed, allowing him to squeeze through society's cracks...

Did you play (and love) the original Dishonored? You'll want to know whether enough has changed to make this a must-have, then. The answer is a mixed bag. Aside from visual upgrades and the introduction of a few new powers, the gameplay essentially...