Keep looping, keep trying out new ways to complete missions, keep trying to screw with other players by invading them, keep searching for every last audio log or text collectible. Even now, after having seen credits, after having exhausted just about everything I can in the game without going hard on getting the Platinum Trophy.I still want to keep playing. You can equip things other than a sword in your right hand.Īlso it's another fantastic game that I couldn't stop thinking about whenever I wasn't playing it. Prey was followed by the excellent Mooncrash DLC, which was an intriguing combination of Prey's mix of stealth and survivor horror game design, with rogue-like-like elements.Īnd all that, after this lengthy intro, brings us to the latest game from what is now called Arkane Lyon, “Deathloop.” Now that I've finished “Deathloop” I'm extremely happy to report the best news I can on the game: Just a fantastic game, one with a really compelling story, and I like its underlying message about the importance of empathy, and going out of your way to help others. Unlike Dishonored, I absolutely love Prey, and it's one of my favorite games of the last generation. On the flip side, at some point Arkane expanded to form a second studio, this one in Austin, and that team went on to make Prey (2017). So, I didn't play Dishonored 2, or Death of the Outsider, because from the outside looking in, it didn't seem like they had addressed my issues with the first game.

That, and not being able to unequip that sword from your right hand, haha. That, and the story seemed to be the thing at the time that I disliked the most, even though over the years it's the frustration at the nonlethal side of Dishonored not being fun that I remember the most. Which is why I ended up with a large body count, and the bad ending. Conversely, I was frustrated with how lacking it was in terms of non-lethal options, especially in a game that chastises you every step of the way for killing people. Looking back at what I wrote in 2012 (always interesting to remind myself of how my writing skills have improved over the years), I really liked how open ended the levels were, and the freedom of different ways to go about traversing them. While Dishonored certainly has its diehard fans, I can't really count myself among them. And I'd guess it's the game that put Arkane on the map for most people. It wasn't the first game from Arkane Studios, but it was the first one I played (or at least the first game they were the lead on, apparently they helped on BioShock 2 to some capacity?). Back in 2012, I played a little game called Dishonored.

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