Lemme talk about my favorite game series ever - dishonored
if you don't want to listen to me yap about it, there's a lot of videos explaining the complex masterpiece that dishonored is:
Dishonored is a game series set around one idea.
What will you do with unlimited power?
Who are you if no one can stop you?
Despite looking for years, i never found a game that came close to the gameplay of dishonored, it has it's own beautiful art-style aswell as gameplay style. Arkane made sure that the game is it's own thing, that can't be compared to anything else.
You start the game as Corvo Attano - the royal protector (and secret lover) of the Empress Jessamine Kaldwin.
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In the first minutes of the game, the empress meets an unfortunate demise - and you are framed for her assassination. You spend the game retaking the empire using powers given to you by an omnipotent being called the outsider.
And the powers.. Don't even get me started.
Teleporting? You got it!
Stopping time? Why not.
Using wind blasts to tear apart someone's limbs? Hell yeah
You can even summon rat swarms or possess people.
When i tell you there's no limits to your creativity, you have to trust me.
You may choose whether you take a low chaos (less lethal, 'morally right') or high chaos (more lethal, brutal) approach.
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By all means - the games are ahead of their time. I've never had more fun playing a game than when i played dishonored 1 & 2. The lore, setting and gameplay are literal masterpieces, and you'll feel insane immersion the entire time.
You WILL feel like an absolute badass the entire time, and the developers know it. You'll always see effects of your actions around the entire world.
Dishonored, while taking pride in it's brutality and chaos gameplay, is also amazing at stealth. It's one of the greatest stealth franchises ever made, next to series like assassin's creed or hitman. You can feel like an unstoppable ghost assassin the entire game.
And this is all just dishonored 1.
Dishonored 2 takes the gameplay of the first game, and turns it up to the maximum. You have 2 playable characters with different sets of powers, more paths, more creativity, more upgrades, better sword fighting and better graphics.
Dishonored was so influential that all games in the 2013-2015 period were basically a reskin of dishonored. I wish I could play dishonored 2 for the first time again :(