Thoughts And Impressions On Dishonored So Far. Does Being Similar ToSkyrim In Some Ways Hurt The Game?

Thoughts And Impressions On Dishonored So Far.

For anyone who's already completed Dishonored, do you guys think that it's kind of similar to Bethesda's Skyrim?

So I played it last night for the first time and I've gotta say that I'm fucking impressed. After 10 minutes I was hooked to the TV screen and 2 hours went by without me even knowing. I even almost forgot to submit a deadline for an assignment online! The game opened up to a classic scenario of an assassination of a royal Empress with her royal body guard, named Corvo, being framed for the evil deed.

Even though this sort of thing has been done before (I think!) no can argue about how deep the story and game is. The dialogue, the environment and character models all look brilliant. I read somewhere that the game is kind of short, but because the content within is so rich, coupled with the fact that there are many ways the game can pan out - it has high replay value, as a result.

To paraphrase, the game is about assassinating your key targets and possibly anyone else who gets in your way. The higher number of kills you commit, the more it contributes to your "Chaos" score at the end of the mission. These Chaos scores apparently dictate how the game ends. At the moment, I'm just killing anyone who gets in my way, but stealthily of course. It's just that this my first time playing it and I just want to have fun with it ha! But I am looking forward to playing it differently on my second play through. I think you get an Xbox achievement if you avoid killing anyone except for your key targets throughout the entire game.

After finishing the first mission, I met this crazy looking guy mysteriously called - "The Outsider"...

Just look how creepy this mofo' looks...

Billy Lush, the voice actor for The Outsider, did an amazing job. The voice acting and dialogue caught my attention straight away, and I immediately wanted to get to know the character even more. The Outsider gave Corvo some special powers. Just because he was "highly interested" in Corvo and that the situation he was in. I'm sure as I venture further into the game, I'm going to meet him more often. 

Going back to my original question, I did see some similarities within Dishonored in relation to Skyrim. But it was only in form of the mechanic of holding left handed and right handed weapons and spells. It doesn't bother me personally, but I do start to wonder if down the line, Bethesda starts to make most of games they release similar to each. I mean, just look at the Elder Scrolls and Fallout, for instance.

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