Arkane Dishonored 2 - Emily and Corvo's Serkonan Vacation

[Spukrian]

Well, I'm replaying this now and I just want to link this:

 

[Ivan]

playing with guides?

 

[forumvisitor#451]

Locating it blindly is part of the fun though. Games like this actively encourage you to look and check everywhere.

 

[toughasnails]

Locating it blindly is part of the fun though. Games like this actively encourage you to look and check everywhere.

Shouldn't be a problem if one is replaying the game and wants to min-max for fun. Not everyone has surplus of free time these days.

 

[Latelistener]

I have no idea what the fuck is wrong with this game.

Okay it didn't run well on my previous hardware and we all know about the optimization, but I managed to get my hands on a new laptop with i7 12700H, 16GB of DDR5 and RTX 3070.

And you know what? The second mission, dips up to 30fps, runs like an absolute ass even at 1080p and doesn't even utilize CPU nor GPU above 50%.

By the way, if anyone is curious and will have any problems with this game on a laptop: there is a thing called MUX Switch usually presented on more expensive models.

You have to switch it so that the laptop will only use a dedicated GPU and not an integrated one. The problem with this game is that it sort of uses dedicated GPU, just not fully. This was really deceptive for me and I didn't think it could be a problem.

Also, none of the other games I've tested had any issues with this.

 

[Zlaja]

Just recently finished the game and even though I enjoyed my playthrough overall I was pretty disappointed by how the game's story progressed/concluded. Spoiler below:

The game doesn't do a good job explaining many of the mysteries you encounter in early game. How did Delilah become immortal? Sure, they show the ritual and say her soul was trapped in an effigy of hers, but they don't explain how the hell that was possible. Done by Breana because she's somehow a witch drawing power from the void. But how, lol? Also, how did she even cling on existing in the void and escape normal death? They just said she somehow ended up in the same place in the void as the outsider. But how, lol? And the explanation of the outsider's existence was also lame. He just SOMEHOW woke up in that part of the void after being executed and....yeah.

By the end, you're no wiser on these mysteries than you were in early game. Not saying everything in the game has to be perfectly explained, but the entire early game is filled with these set ups. Your main goal is not just to get back on the throne, but also to get some answers. But you get none, really. And all the poorly done explanations come down to "it just works".

Only mystery done well was the crown killer thing, IMO.

 

[AW8]

The story is garbage in all three Dishonored games. In the first game I expected a betrayal and tried to deduce the culprit in advance, but gave up when I realized I had no idea who these flat characters were or why they would betray the cause. Even dumber is of course how every game expects you to care about the Empress when she died just as you met her, five minutes into the game. Or about Emily in the first game, kidnapped at the same time before you even get to know her.

They're great games though, with a great setting and atmosphere, fun game mechanics and occasional brilliant level design (especially in Dishonored 2).

 

[udm]

Funny thing, I felt more connection with Thief's characters (even Karras, who, up until the end, always looked like he was trying to compensate for something) even though they tend to appear in cutscenes rather than in-game. I felt when Viktoria died and genuinely bad for Garrett at the end of every game when all he wanted to do was be left alone, only to be pulled into some evil scheme/prophecy. Never really felt the same connection for Corvo or Emily, even though Corvo is like a cooler, edgier version of Garrett.

It's amazing how LGS managed to present dry exposition in such a captivating manner.

 

[JarlFrank]

Funny thing, I felt more connection with Thief's characters (even Karras, who, up until the end, always looked like he was trying to compensate for something) even though they tend to appear in cutscenes rather than in-game. I felt when Viktoria died and genuinely bad for Garrett at the end of every game when all he wanted to do was be left alone, only to be pulled into some evil scheme/prophecy. Never really felt the same connection for Corvo or Emily, even though Corvo is like a cooler, edgier version of Garrett.

It's amazing how LGS managed to present dry exposition in such a captivating manner.

Thief's minimalist briefing cutscenes have an amazing mood to them, which really helps you get into the world and story.

 

[LarryTyphoid]

I'm so glad they tell me what my playstyle was at the end of every level! It really makes me feel like I can play the game MY way and it's still VALID!

 

[AwesomeButton]

Funny thing, I felt more connection with Thief's characters (even Karras, who, up until the end, always looked like he was trying to compensate for something) even though they tend to appear in cutscenes rather than in-game. I felt when Viktoria died and genuinely bad for Garrett at the end of every game when all he wanted to do was be left alone, only to be pulled into some evil scheme/prophecy. Never really felt the same connection for Corvo or Emily, even though Corvo is like a cooler, edgier version of Garrett.

It's amazing how LGS managed to present dry exposition in such a captivating manner.

Thief's minimalist briefing cutscenes have an amazing mood to them, which really helps you get into the world and story.

The way Thief uses sound in gameplay, for immersion, as well as to accompany narration, is still unmatched in videogames as far as I'm aware. This in itself is quite a thing.

 

[LarryTyphoid]

Honestly, I tried to give this game another chance, and I just don't understand it. I played on Very Hard difficulty because otherwise it's too easy to kill everyone. But on Very Hard, it's STILL too easy to kill everyone, except now every single guard can immediately identify Emily by a rogue strand of her armpit hair from 6 miles away, even standing on a rooftop in complete shadow. This is a stealth game? Where's the challenge? I feel like fags who enjoy this game are just savescummers who try to get the Ghost checkmark on every mission, instead of just rolling with the punches like in a good game. You can't even say that going low chaos is where the challenge is because you can knock people out in combat now, when you couldn't in the first game. And even if you couldn't, it'd be retarded because I vastly prefer the high chaos dialogue and story.

Should've just made combat way harder to incentivize stealth. But I guess that way, wouldn't be able to feel like he's "playing the game my way!!!". I hope Arkane goes bankrupt.

 

[Zlaja]

savescummers who try to get the Ghost checkmark on every mission

rolling with the punches

 

[Spukrian]

I don't Ghost, because I don't think it's fun. If I get discovered, I just run and hide and wait untill things have calmed down. But I've found that a vast majority people instead choose to fight. Presumably they think running and hiding is boring, but I still find that a bit odd...

 

[AwesomeButton]

Lytha style is the only monocled play style.

 

[Zombra]

I don't Ghost, because I don't think it's fun. If I get discovered, I just run and hide and wait untill things have calmed down. But I've found that a vast majority people instead choose to fight. Presumably they think running and hiding is boring, but I still find that a bit odd...

What I found in Dishonored 1 was that failing forward wasn't real fun either as the seams really become visible outside of stealth. One of the later levels was kind of hard to ghost and I was getting bored with the game so I after an alarm went off I just stood in a doorway and shot guys in the face one by one as they all raced to the scene. Then that section was empty of threats so I just openly walked to the next area.

Full disclosure, I didn't come anywhere near finishing D2 as it was so hard to stay motivated. It all felt like more of the same.

 

[Spukrian]

I'm curious, what difficulty where you playing on?

 

[Zombra]

I'm curious, what difficulty where you playing on?

Was a long time ago. I usually play games on "above average".

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

The Dishonored games are level-design porn. If that variety of porn doesn't get you rock hard, then yeah there's not much to recommend them.

 

[Xelocix]

Porn is cringe and so is this game.

 

[Silverfish]

I feel like fags who enjoy this game are just savescummers who try to get the Ghost checkmark on every mission

Fuck that. I love this game, but only as a playground to do evil shit.

 

[Nano]

Slaughtering people in Dishonored is sort of like therapy for me. It's the only game I played when I had COVID a few months ago.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Coming back to this after a few years and greatly enjoying it now that it doesn't run like a dog anymore.

Superb art direction and great atmosphere/levels. Stephen Russell is the icing on the cake.

 

[Nano]

Coming back to this after a few years and greatly enjoying it now that it doesn't run like a dog anymore.

Lol, poorfag.

Spoiler

I haven't upgraded my computer in five years. :/

 

[LarryTyphoid]

Stephen Russell is the icing on the cake.

Eh, I don't get it. I think he sucks in this game. One of his first lines is that utterly cringe "what will I have to become?" Corvo just sucks as a character, and Russell's voice doesn't save him. Makes him worse, even, because it reminds me of Garrett, a far, far superior character. Except Russell didn't sound like a sleepy old man when voicing Garrett.