Are you getting Dishonored?

[Karoshi]

Steampunk + slightly cartoonish style is not my cup of tea. Also, body guard accused of killing his protegee and fleeing the scene? Hasnt this been used like 300 times already?

Gameplay looks interesting enough, but Im still not buying.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Yes, but I cancelled my pre-order today. Had both it and Borderlands 2 pre-ordered, but when I found out the playtime was 12-14 hours(according to the devs, so probably 10 hours tops) if you play less than überstealth I lost a lot of intrest. I at least didn't want to fork out £40 for it.

Borderlands 2 should last me at least a few days so it feels more worth my money. Will get Dishonored when the price drops by half of more.

I'm kinda dissapointed to hear what the lenght of Dishonored is, I expected 20/30 hours....

 

[Sight Unseen]

I pre-ordered in on Steam last night.


Free spy mask and Arx Fatalis for free convinced me to go for the pre-order.

I'm pretty excited for it, but I'm really worried that Corvo will be so overpowered that it will make the game less fun. Still, I'm hoping for the best

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Absolutely! Day 1 actually.

 

[piinyouri]

Maybe.
Long time down the road if I see it used and cheap at Game X Change or something.

 

[kyoodle]

Oh yes, although I'm not sure if I'll get that or X-Com on release.

A lot of people seem to be saying the protagonist is overpowered (because video game protagonists are never OP right?) but apparently there aren't enough upgrades in the game to max out every power and the few demo previews I've read all mention multiple deaths.

Judgments of how challenging a game will be from godmode level playthroughs and 10 second clips of particular powers are never going to be very useful.

 

[Sight Unseen]

Oh yes, although I'm not sure if I'll get that or X-Com on release.

A lot of people seem to be saying the protagonist is overpowered (because video game protagonists are never OP right?) but apparently there aren't enough upgrades in the game to max out every power and the few demo previews I've read all mention multiple deaths.

Judgments of how challenging a game will be from godmode level playthroughs and 10 second clips of particular powers are never going to be very useful.

Would you be able to provide links to those previews? I would be very interested to read them.

 

[kyoodle]

Oh yes, although I'm not sure if I'll get that or X-Com on release.

A lot of people seem to be saying the protagonist is overpowered (because video game protagonists are never OP right?) but apparently there aren't enough upgrades in the game to max out every power and the few demo previews I've read all mention multiple deaths.

Judgments of how challenging a game will be from godmode level playthroughs and 10 second clips of particular powers are never going to be very useful.

Would you be able to provide links to those previews? I would be very interested to read them.

Sure, they're all from the same mission so there's quite a lot of crossover in these previews but people seem to be coming away impressed:

http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/dishonored-lady-boyles-last-party/

http://www.destructoid.com/quakecon-preview-dishonored-is-still-amazing-who-knew--232470.phtml

http://www.pcworld.com/article/262084/pax_prime_2012_dishonored_preview.html

 

[The_Lost_King]

It's not a Bethesda game. It's an Arkane Studios game. Bethesda is the publisher.

And I would reckon my chances of buying it are around 75%. Depends on reviews and such. It is thematically up my alley so I will accept a few faults, but if I hear anything about gamebreaking bugs I'm waiting for a finished version. Just like any sane person should.

Dunno why people still pay $60 (often up front) for an inferior first playthrough experience from someone who paid less a bit later.

Because if the game doesn't sell well, there will be no "Finished version"

OT: I'll rent it first and if I think it is worth it, I will buy it, simple.

Name one game that didn't get patched because of low sales.

Kingdoms of Amalur: WRECKENING

OT: Yeah I'm getting Dishonored. I fear it'll be too easy, but still fun.

KoA:R didn't get patched because the studio got shut down before the game came out, NOT because of bad sa

 

[maxriderules]

I'll definitely be getting it day 1. It suits me to a tee thematically, and I've always liked first person stealth games (such as thief, but my monitor keeps messing with the brightness for some reason whenever I try to play my copy).

 

[The_Lost_King]

KoA:R didn't get patched because the studio got shut down before the game came out, NOT because of bad sa

Er... no? 38 studios shut down after Reckoning came out because of financial problems, which more sales could have solved.

Well then I heard wrong. I remember hearing that they closed down before the game came out. or maybe you heard wrong.
Edit :No no I heard wrong. sorry

 

[MammothBlade]

It's rather likely I'll get it, probably a few weeks after release. I'll be looking for depth of gameplay, good story, and dialogue options. At this point I really need to know more.

 

[leonhax]

At the mid part of this year i had a choice, Assassins Creed 3 or Dishonoured, now i am not sure how well this debut title for Arkane is going to be, plus i am a MAD fan of the story line of AC so far, so i was pumped for both games but ended up only pre-ordering AC

i get the unshakable feeling that this game (from watching the trailers) plays alot like a game i didn't personally like which was Dark Messiah might and magic, forgettable story, unlikable characters and a pretty broken interface. im pretty sure Dishonoured will not be like this but that feeling is still there, so who knows

 

[DustyDrB]

I may or may not. It depends on one thing: Difficulty. I think stealth-based games should be very difficult. Or maybe "punishing" is the better word. After all, where's the tension in stealth when you know you can easily fight your way out of any situation? My gut tells me that Dishonored will be easy. But if I'm wrong, I'm on board.

 

[Maeshone]

At the mid part of this year i had a choice, Assassins Creed 3 or Dishonoured, now i am not sure how well this debut title for Arkane is going to be, plus i am a MAD fan of the story line of AC so far, so i was pumped for both games but ended up only pre-ordering AC

i get the unshakable feeling that this game (from watching the trailers) plays alot like a game i didn't personally like which was Dark Messiah might and magic, forgettable story, unlikable characters and a pretty broken interface. im pretty sure Dishonoured will not be like this but that feeling is still there, so who knows

This is actually pretty funny. Dishonored isn't Arkanes debut title (That would be Arx Fatalis from 2002) and their second title actually was Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. So, if you didn't like that it might be worth waiting and seeing before ;P

 

[Waffle_Man]

Unless some really big damn red flag gets raised, I'm getting it as soon as possible. Regardless of how it turns out, the design and artistic philosophy deserves my financial support.

Seriously people, complain all you want to about tons of copy-pasted brown shooters topping the charts, but if games like Dishonored don't sell well, it's not going to change.

 

[Joccaren]

Eh, I'll be waiting a few weeks before I even think about it. Give 'em some time to work out a few bugs, and get the Internet's general opinion on the game, utterly discard it and watch Youtube videos to decide.
Good plan no?