Dishonored PC

Dishonored

Dishonored is a first-person stealth action game from Arkane Studios, the makers of Dark Messiah of Might & Magic and Arx Fatalis.

It's a game about assassination where you don't have to kill anyone. It's a game about infiltration where you can set up traps and slaughter the entire garrison of an aristocrat's mansion rather than sneak in. It's a game about brutal violence where you can slip in and out of a fortified barracks with nobody ever knowing you were there. It's a game about morality and player choice where the world you create is based on your actions, not navigating conversation trees.

The player controls Corvo, once a bodyguard for the Empress, who seeks vengeance against Lord Regent who framed Corvo for the assassination of the Empress. The game is presented in open world format as the player can roam The Isles as well as the distant Pandyssian Continent, though the primary setting for the game is the steampunk city of Dunwall.

Reviews

PC Gamer (92/100) - It's a big, shiny example of so much we keep asking for in games, but rarely get. Luckily, the best way to vindicate it is to buy and then play an amazing game.

IGN (9.2/10) - Players who really take the time to enjoy the experience are rewarded too. The more runes, bone charms and money you find, the more you can augment and upgrade your character, and the more bad-ass you'll become.

EDGE (9/10) - It's a rare delight to play a game with such consistency of vision, its art design, level architecture, rulesets, storylines and writing all working in lockstep.

Gamespot (9/10) - It's a rare game that feels so compulsively re-playable, but Dishonored is such a game.

Official PlayStation Magazine (9/10) - It's a wake-up call for first-person gaming, resurrecting long-lost values and casually plunging a knife into the neck of the generic sequel.

Official Xbox Magazine (9/10) - Arkane Studios has crafted what's likely the year's best new IP, and by tapping into elements of so many of this generation's greatest games, this adventure sneaks up, grabs you, and won't let go.

The Verge (9/10) - With everything against it, Arkane has created a game with a unifying vision and design that stands apart from its contemporaries as something different. But more importantly, Dishonored succeeds as an ambitious game not content to take one thing and do it well.

Destructoid (9/10) - Dishonored is that game of 2012. It's the big intellectual property that comes to retail and shows up the competition by being bold, original, and - more importantly - brilliant. Easily deserving of its place among the BioShocks and the Borderlandses, Arkane's aggressive, non-aggressive, unsubtle, sneaky, thoroughly versatile tale of intrigue makes for the kind of game that reminds us this generation isn't all straightforward shooters and "me too" trend-seekers.

GameArena (10/10) - Dishonored, like Thief, or Deus Ex, is one of those timeless games you'll play a dozen times.

GameSpy (4.5.5) - A supernatural work of videogame art.

The Escapist (5/5) - Grab it so you'll know what everyone is talking about when the Game of the Year conversations start happening.

Kotaku - It's a bizarre, eclectic blend, the type of combination that might seem too ambitious to work. But the resulting game is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Giant Bomb (4/5) - Dishonored is an excellent game, and one worthy of your attention.

GamesRadar (4.5/5) - Dishonored is a game that you won't want to miss.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Dishonored is a work of rare imagination and skill, the sort of thing that can't simply be copied and repeated.

Joystiq (4.5.5) - Dishonored is remarkably polished, bending stealth action in new directions and offering plenty of freedom.

Game Informer (8.75/10) - The team at Arkane Studios has injected an array of cool possibilities into the simulated city of Dunwall, and discovering them all is a blast.

CVG (9.5/10) - One of the greatest games of this generation.