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Dishonored 2

Metascore

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Price: $40

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87

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 29 expert reviews
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    20
  • Good:
    8
  • Average:
    0
  • Bad:
    1
8.6

User Score

Based on 13,820 reviews
as scored by Steam users

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.

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Last revision on December 27, 2018

Editors Liked

  • Fun and flexible stealth/action gameplay
  • Tons of paths to explore
  • Beautifully detailed world-building
  • Highly polished game mechanics
  • New powers are amazing fun

Editors Didn't Like

  • Forgettable main story
  • Terrible performance in busy plazas and outdoor areas

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCPowerPlay AU on February 16, 2017 90

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

By moviesgamesandtech.com on December 21, 2016 80

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...

By DarkZero on December 03, 2016 90

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,...

By HardcoreGamer on November 30, 2016 80

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.

By videogamesuncovered.com on November 29, 2016 80

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...

By PCWorld on November 28, 2016 60

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

By Gaming Nexus on November 25, 2016 85

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.

By Expert Reviews on November 24, 2016 100

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

By Polygon on November 18, 2016 85

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.

By PC Gamer on November 18, 2016 93

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

By EuroGamer on November 16, 2016 100

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.

By Hooked Gamers on November 16, 2016 85

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...

By theguardian.com on November 16, 2016 80

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...

By Stuff on November 15, 2016 100

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...

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