dr_rus
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Can't agree in terms of the worlds. I think they are star of the show honestly- Dishonored just has fantastic world design. The world and background lore are stronger than any of the characters and story in either game.
Design, yes, but this is mechanics again, a beautifully designed world with nothing but some rough sketches for the backstory. I always felt that Dishonored world needed to be opened more, explained in the games. Instead of this we're just jumping from one beautiful design to the next one, without any actual explanation of what the hell is even happening here.
In other words, their whole world building with Dishonored exist only to support the gameplay mechanics and because of this they easily forget previously introduced parts of the world lore and even easier add new ones to justify some new power they wanted to create. This hurts the world, makes it artificial in players eyes and simply because of this some players may avoid the sequels - the motivation to learn about the world, the characters simply isn't there in Dishonored series. It almost feels like you're playing some puzzle game sometimes, without any story or characters.