Arkane Dishonored 2 - Emily and Corvo's Serkonan Vacation

[potatojohn]

Styx : Third person stealth only game
Dishonored : First person action game with stealth elements

Is it better or still too grade school for you?

No it's fine

But I think you're exaggerating the difference. They're both action games with stealth elements. Styx is just more difficult (in a good way).

 

[Morgoth]

Styx is some inferior monkey-simulator.

 

[Siel]

No it's fine

But I think you're exaggerating the difference. They're both action games with stealth elements. Styx is just more difficult (in a good way).

Stix is good as a stealth game. But as it is a pure stealth game, combat is not viable at all. Which is a good thing for what it is.
Dishonored wasn't designed the same way from the start. It was more a Deus Ex with Thief influences. Which is why stealth is pretty weak as it was in Deux EX. I mean even Thi4f had better stealth than Dishonored.

 

[Siel]

Two Arkane projects in a single year? No way.

2017 at the earliest.

Don't think so. The prey project from Austin started around July 2013 (right after the release of The Brigmore Witches). If it's released Q4 2016 it means it was in development for 3 years (one year of preproduction, 2 years of development which is pretty standard for AAA). Arkane had a total of 70 persons back in 2012 (20 in Austin and 50 in Lyon). In 2014 they were 150 (70 people in both offices).

 

[DeepOcean]

I mean even Thi4f had better stealth than Dishonored.

 

[Morgoth]

There is no Prey project. Prey 2 was canceled. Also, Austin helps out with Dishonored 2 while a small pre-production team in Austin has been fleshing out the new game's concept. Once Dishonored 2 goes Beta, full production will take over the new IP.

 

[Morgoth]

There's also the matter of delays. With DOOM coming in Spring 2016 too, I wouldn't be surprised if they push Dishonored 2 towards Summer or Autumn 2016.

 

[Infinitron]

Another reason to push it would be so they don't have to compete with Deus Ex.

 

[Siel]

There is no Prey project. Prey 2 was canceled. Also, Austin helps out with Dishonored 2 while a small pre-production team in Austin has been fleshing out the new game's concept. Once Dishonored 2 goes Beta, full production will take over the new IP.

Seems the production has pretty much started to me :
https://jobs.zenimax.com/locations/view/3

 

[Morgoth]

They still aren't going to release two major Arkane games so close together. Marketing needs some breathing space, too.

 

[Tommy Wiseau]

Emily voiced by Chloe Moretz or not is what's important.

 

[Somberlain]

I mean even Thi4f had better stealth than Dishonored.

 

[Morgoth]

http://kotaku.com/dishonored-2s-pax-booth-is-pretty-cool-1727472938

 

[potatojohn]

Another game where they spend 10x more on marketing than on development.

 

[Somberlain]

Zionmax gonna Zionmax. I have faith in Arkane though

 

[Morgoth]

What's the point of having a PAX booth, but not showing the game there?

Where's my gameplay video Lebowski?

 

[DawnrazorDCLXVI]

I have no clue why devs feel the need to include combat as part of stealth, it is completely superfluous, and detracts from the core of the experience as I never feel the least bit threatened by the experience.

 

[Roguey]

I have no clue why devs feel the need to include combat as part of stealth, it is completely superfluous, and detracts from the core of the experience as I never feel the least bit threatened by the experience.

Pure stealth games are a far smaller niche.

 

[Morgoth]

 

[Infinitron]

 

[tormund]

I really hope that they'll implement a more shadow-lightning based stealth for the sequel, that is one thing stealth in Dishonored was missing the most.

 

[Morgoth]

Shut up Harvey and show us that promised gameplay demo already. He said "later this summer" @E3. Well, summer is ending very soon.

 

[toro]

It's unbelievable how much effort and good art is wasted on a sub-par game.

 

[Somberlain]

Dishonored 2 is going to be a 10/10 GOTY, haters gonna butthurt.

 

[curry]

It's unbelievable how much effort and good art is wasted on a sub-par game.

Sub-par how? Dishonored was pretty good action adventure game, nothing suggests that Dishonored 2 is any worse