Dishonored. I hadn't actually heard of it before i came out, but it pickled my fancy. And with all the gushing reviews, I decided to dive in. But no. I just can't get into the game. Part of it is the entire "here's a person you've just met. You don't know anything about her, either as a ruler or as a person. But we say you're her lover, so remember that you care about her deeply. Now she dies!" setup. I seriously don't feel Corvo's motivation.
But thinking about it, I also couldn't get into Thief games. I think I just don't like first-person games. I prefer to feel detached from my character. TES games being an exception, because character motivation is what you come up with in those, but in general I just find the motivations of game characters too weak to support the plot. Oh, I understand that they have a backstory. But when I play an FPP game, looking through the eyes of the character - I want to feel that motivation, not be told by the manual what it is.
