Over the past week we've extensively covered Dishonored 2's technical issues, and on some PCs, regardless of graphics settings, many of us continue to experience the inconsistent framerates, audio stuttering, and mouse jittering we did at launch. These problems have been widely reported by players whose hardware is near the recommended spec. For this reason, we cannot recommend buying Dishonored 2 right now.
However, when Dishonored 2 is running smoothly, it is excellent. In the eyes of everyone on our team that's played it, it's one of the best games of the year. Knowing that a patch is imminent, and having now tested a beta version of that patch ourselves with encouraging results, we're uncomfortable with scoring Dishonored 2 as it currently exists in the knowledge that these technical issues are likely to be resolved shortly.