greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
I don't know a thing about this game. This might be my first blind purchase in a while.
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First Dishonored Video Review (CVG)
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Spider_Jerusalem
Member
As I thought. Someone forgot to flip the privacy switch when loading the video.
fluffydelusions
Member
You could just wait till tomorrow for the embargo (like me)
fightclubdoll
Neo Member
I have no doubt whatsoever that Dishonored will be phenomenal.
The "weaknesses" cited: abundant NPCs, time required to learn the ropes... neither of those occur to me as drawbacks. They're fairly trivial concerns if not subjective. The highlighted positives, however, are very encouraging.
That is a great review, really. (But I never really had any doubts.) ;-)
Kudos to Arkane!
The "weaknesses" cited: abundant NPCs, time required to learn the ropes... neither of those occur to me as drawbacks. They're fairly trivial concerns if not subjective. The highlighted positives, however, are very encouraging.
That is a great review, really. (But I never really had any doubts.) ;-)
Kudos to Arkane!
fluffydelusions
Member
But someone just pointed out that cvg gave RE6 an 8...
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Not far off what I'd give RE6, warts and all.
bigboss370
Member
this is great...but i also can't help feel that since its an early review, of course its going to be a high score.
I'm pretty sure this was simply a case of them prepping for publication and accidentally leaving the video as public.
7 or 8 is much more accurate towards the quality of the game, no where near the 4 or 5 that some places gave it, but I digress.
Really hope that the environment/character design artist went all out with Dishonored. I really enjoyed City 17 and the enemies within design, and the first time I knew the same artist would be involved (along with seeing concepts of the tallboys), i've tried to keep the game on my radar.
Same reviewer?
If that was the case then the video wouldn't of gone back to private.
If I were a conspiracy theorist I would say they deliberately set it to public at first to inspire HYPE
I'm not though.
That would make sense if they were hyping their review up.
How so? They can't make it seem like they intended to break their embargo. I don't believe it was intentional, but if it was they certainly wouldn't announce it. Don't be silly.
JohnnySasaki86
Member
why how long is the game supposed to be?
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
It clearly didn't hurt the stellar score much, but I could see that as something that could color other reviews and impressions. And there was the Dishonored thread here about how people got lost without hints.
Dyni Crippler
Member
4-5 hours, according to a stream.
Really?
Dyni Crippler
Member
Yes. More details in the OT.
Long story short: guy played on easy, rushing through and killing everyone, dying a lot. 4-5 hours to complete the game.
phantomspiker
Member
The person played it on easy and rushed through it. However, no one has even seen this stream.
So stealth on normal will be over 10 hours (not including side quests)
Dyni Crippler
Member
Presumably.
Should also be noted that other people who played the game the same way called bull on the stream, saying it took them about 7 hours.
4-5 on easy? Damn....I expected this game to be way longer.
I almost always play on Normal first..so I guess that will be around 7hours or so. Kind of disappointed
ps: just saw an article on n4g saying some finished the game in less than 4 hours :S
edit: then again I take a LONG time to play games than most. I spend a good chunk of my time looking at environments, paintings etc etc in a game. I enjoy it. So I guess this game will be of good enough length to me. But even so..for a single player only game, I hope it will last well over 10 hours.
I almost always play on Normal first..so I guess that will be around 7hours or so. Kind of disappointed
ps: just saw an article on n4g saying some finished the game in less than 4 hours :S
edit: then again I take a LONG time to play games than most. I spend a good chunk of my time looking at environments, paintings etc etc in a game. I enjoy it. So I guess this game will be of good enough length to me. But even so..for a single player only game, I hope it will last well over 10 hours.
theDeeDubs
Member
A speed run or mouthbreathing your way through on easy should never be considered a bulletpoint for how long a game is. Bringing up this 4 hour thing like it is some kind of negative stat for this game is getting kind of ridiculous. A normal playthrough should be 10+ hours for anyone else.
phantomspiker
Member
I bet they got that 4 hour estimate from neogaf.
Dyni Crippler
Member
It is reason enough to worry, though, at least for me. I just hope the game will take at least 12 hours on the first run on stealth.
I wouldn't discount the 4-5 hour playtime, the developers have stated many times that each area and each task can be completed in multiple ways, I'm guessing they made a really short focused game with an insane amount of player variety.
theDeeDubs
Member
I agree to an extent, but people misconstrue this to "OH NOES, 4 hour game for $60."
Baconsammy
Banned
Both of those drawbacks are definitely real drawbacks to me. But they're offset by everything else, so no big deal. I'm interested in the game, but not at full price. Will definitely be watching reviews and then following the OT. Might make for a good game during next summer's inevitable lull.
you can beat mario 64 with 120 stars in under 2 hours. I don't think anyone says mario 64 is a short game.
If you run through a game basically invincible it shortens the game - a lot. If you don't have to interact with the systems in dishonored it will most likely be very short - as that is the meat of the game.
It's also a consequence of the game not being linear. you don't go from point a to b.
theDeeDubs
Member
Exactly the game I was thinking about in regards to this issue. Hell, for me the real stat is how long to platinum a game. I'm on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. If I just beat my games on easy and did a "one and done" with it, I wouldn't have a backlog
.Do we believe 4chan or Bethesda's community manager?
nickbreckon said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42920884&postcount=1250
I don't really think that a stealth playthrough will double the time it takes to beat the game, in one of the dev walkthroughs they got through an entire level in 12 minutes and they stopped a lot to chat about the game and sorta did things slowly to demonstrate certain features, and the walkthrough they did was all stealth and no murdering.
The length will probably not be an issue because of what you can do differently in a new playthrough, will that sacrifice be worth it? We'll all find out very soon.
It really isn't. The number of games that can't be speedrun in under four hours is pretty small.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
A guy gets the game early and has a stream up. Wouldn't his motivation be to get through the game as quickly as possible for people watching? Also wouldn't he want to beat the game fully before it comes out so he can be ahead of the pack?
cleveridea
Member
want.
fluffydelusions
Member
What's the reason for being ahead of the pack in an SP only game though?
the devs know exactly how to play the level and what works where though. Also: we don't know how many levels there are. 15-20 min for a mission doesn't sound particularly short.
i wasn't arguing stealth makes the game a lot longer. I was arguing playing the game on a higher difficulty does - because you actually have to pay attention to what you do.