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Dishonored 2 Review

Dishonored 2 excels with challenging stealth mechanics, interesting abilities, and surprising environments in a vibrant new city.

Our ratings: 5 Stars - Masterful, 4 Stars - Excellent, 3 Stars - Decent, 2 Stars - Inferior, 1 Star - Terrible

Written by Michael Huber
Reviewed on PlayStation 4
Available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One 

Dishonored 2 Review

Comments

I was a little worried but between the review and Frame Trap I am hyped. Thanks again Allies.

Morgan Mohalla

So glad it's good! I loved the first one and was worried about the sequel. Too bad the sales numbers aren't all that high...

Miguel Pires Ramos

I've just finished my playthru only giving myself upgraded Blink as a power. I stealth in close quarters like apartments BUT outside in the open I'm 'the blink slasher'. I just did combat in a huge library with 11 enemies at once, some of who had magical powers as well. The final kill was a *blink forward into a front kick to the face which launched the witch out a closed balcony window screaming 4 stories to the concrete below. So satisfying - and really.... The game is too easy fighting 1 on 1.

Impact93 (Jon)

I have had this happen to me more often in recent history, including with Deus EX and Mafia 3. NO IDEA why, but after I recently switched to the PS4 Pro the problem completely disappeared. Not trying to advertise the Pro, but pointing out that the issue might be that recently released games might cater to the more powerful console? The input lag problem seems fairly recent to me, and concerns different developers and titles....

Great review. I must admit to also being a bit disappointed by the story and the voice acting. It isn't bad, just a bit "meh". I think my disappointmen mostly stems from having high expectations. However, as stated in the review, the detailed world and rich lore helps compensate for those problems, at leat for me. Still. I've already completed it three times, so I'm obviously very happy with the game. Going lethal and non-stealthy is a bit easy, but still enjoyable if you experiment with powers. I would often reload an area I had already cleared of enemies, only to see if I could kill them in cooler and more creative ways. I even let out a real life maniacal laugh the first time i used far reach to pull enemies into a rewired wall of light. I play dishonored lethally for the fun, and non-lethally/stealthy for the challenge (and the fun). Here's hoping it sells well enough to keep the franchise going. The first time I saw a map of the empire in game, and realised that, with dishonored 2, we had only been on 2 out of four islands, it was hard not to get my hopes up.

Huber, did you have any issue with input lag? I've got this on PS4 and its pretty unplayable, there is about 200ms of lag between moving the right stick and the camera to move. There are other people on forums with the same problem. It's strange, because Deus Ex: Mankind Divided had the same problem and is unplayable for me. Its not my setup tho, as all other games are fine (Overwatch, Titanfall 2 and so on). Considering PS4 games are built to run the same no matter what PS4 console it is running on, its weird that I'm having game breaking issues that others aren't experiencing.


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