re: Dishonored

This game kinda makes me think Deus Ex meets Bioshock. I think the implementation of the stealth system kinda fails. You can't take cover and move along cover like you can in pretty much, you know, any game with a stealth system ever. Graphically the game looks like something from 2008.

Those are my principal complaints. For the positives, the story has done a good job of pulling me in in the earliest stages, so that's good. It's also done a good job with dropping some hints about potential ways for the story to progress, but not in a way that is too heavy-handed. I enjoy the powers system and gameplay is generally pretty tight and fun, though there are a few other minor flaws that are more annoyances than anything real.

The reviews I've seen put the game in the ballpark of a 9.0 to a 9.2, but I'd say that's a little inflated based upon my initial impression. My first impression, I'd say it's probably more fairly scored in the 8.5 to 8.8 range.