Alright, I completed Dishonored 2 a day ago. I did it as Corvo, in low chaos and got all the typical rare achievements (Clean Hands/Ghosted/Flesh and Steel/etc..).
And wow was it hard to do with no powers, even on Easy difficulty. But the main difficulty came from trying to follow any Youtube video walkthrough I could find that was fitting my playstyle.
The initial one I followed, ended at chapter 8 (and there’s been no videos from them since December of last year). I initially tried to do it without a walkthrough, but I kept running into a problem where citizens were freaking out over a body that wasn’t even there. I did my best to hide my unconscious bodies in an area where no one will see them, but it seemed no matter what I did.. “a body…?! HERE?!” kept screwing me over.
After trying to find a video that they too were doing the No Powers route, I saw I was doing it completely wrong (even though the game is all about finding different routes).
Defeating the final boss, was possibly even more underwhelming than the final boss in Dead Space 2. All I did was lock her in a painting, and then the credits rolled. Wow.
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Anyway, I’m trying to do my second playthough (as Emily, and this time using powers, but still going for a stealth playthough). I won’t have to worry as much of bodies being found(as I got the Ghosted achievement on my first playthrough), but I still want to keep them alive (I can’t really bare to kill innocents).
Playing as Emily also does feel quite different than playing as Corvo, as Emily doesn’t know as much as what Corvo has seen (and it actually feels like a sequel instead of Corvo reliving his glory days). Plus it shows that Emily was trained well by her father, and can definitely take care of herself (unlike her mother).
I also want to try to get all of the runes and bonecharms. Because of this, I..stopped playing, because of what hell I went through of trying to find a video series of my first playthough(that not only didn’t kill anyone, but also used no powers)..now I have to find another. I actually forgot most that I’ve learned from the last playthough, due to having not played it as I one day got tired of the same old thing, and didn’t play it again for a few months.
But honestly, I feel Dishonored 2 is a great game and it’s definitely worth your time. But like most AAA games, it’s not worth the full retail price tag (unless it’s a REALLY good game). Wait until it goes on sale, or do what I did and buy it on Gamefly (if you’re getting the console version). I saved $36.46, which isn’t bad at all. As for the claimed FPS drops, as I stated in my review, I’ve only seen it on Chapter 2 when heading into the city on the Skiff (and it’s been pretty smooth elsewhere).
My only real complaint is coming back to the Dreadful Whale, that even when you managed to save several people, only two remain on the ship in the later parts of the story (I believe by Chapter 7).
Oh, and there’s also the thing that you only have three save slots. I don’t get that, at all.