MidnightCowboy
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It's a very good game.
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Whatever happened to Dishonored 2?
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Started playing it on PS4 in late January this year, but it ended up getting sidelined when I started playing Rise of The Tomb Raider instead. Now with Horizon, Nier: Automata, Mass Effect Andromeda & Persona 5, I'm afraid Dishonored 2 is on indefinite/possibly permanent hold.
I was liking what I played of the game so far, although I wasn't that great at the stealth, so I was really thankful for the quicksave option.
I was liking what I played of the game so far, although I wasn't that great at the stealth, so I was really thankful for the quicksave option.
I really enjoyed Dishonored and the Daud DLC, and even played the latter this summer in anticipation of the sequel, but it released around a bunch of high profile shooters(Battlefield/Titanfall) I was busy with. The PC performance was basically the death knell in terms of me ignoring it for a decent sale.
It's such a god damn shame too, because it seemed like that type of game was on a huge upswing between Deus Ex/Dishonored/Prey, but all these publishers just keep consistently fucking up these releases.
It's such a god damn shame too, because it seemed like that type of game was on a huge upswing between Deus Ex/Dishonored/Prey, but all these publishers just keep consistently fucking up these releases.
DesmondGreer
Neo Member
It's worth playing through it once, but the overall feeling it left me with wasn't enough to bring me back for anymore than that.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Stuttering on PC killed it for me.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
It was the same criticism Mankind Divided got, too similar to the preceding game, as if there was anything else coming out these days similar to either Dishonored or Deus Ex. Even though I'm not a super big fan of Dishonored 2, I'd still take another dishonored over most games on the market.
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Deleted member 325805
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It had performance issues on PC so I skipped it.
Unfortunately, I have to agree.
Performance shouldn't matter so much, but especially for an immersive sim like Dishonored 2, the constant stuttering just kills the experience for me.
I really tried, but I just can't do it.
Anything less than a steady 60 FPS just kills my interest in a game - even if it's not a conscious decision.
Hopefully It's not too late, and the partnership between Bethesda and AMD to help optimize their games will include Dishonored 2.
If not, I guess I just have to wait until PC hardware gets fast enough to brute force it.
SmackAttack
Member
This right here.
It's an excellent game with great, and I mean great, level design. Top notch stuff. My first playthrough was a non-lethal, not being spotted, no powers, absolute stealth run and it was glorious.
Currently going through a fully lethal run as Corvo gathering all collectibles and achievements.
If you're being serious, yes. Announced at E3 2015 and it came out October last year.
Brerlappin
Member
Performance issues on PC ruined it for me. And what I did play, I honestly thought was pretty meh. Got to clockwork mansion, fucking HATED it and combined with the constant stuttering I said fuck it and uninstalled it
JamesJoyce1882
Member
My GOTY 2016, currently about to finish my second play through.
First went non-lethal with Emily, and now super-lethal but undetected with Corvo.
The art and the world building is absolutely fantastic, second to none. And the maps are incredible as well.
It is one of the greatest tragedies in recent gaming history that this critically acclaimed masterpiece was not more successful commercially.
Edit: P.S. Ran perfectly smooth at 4K on day 1 on an overclocked 1080. But every other GPU had some sort of problems apparently.
First went non-lethal with Emily, and now super-lethal but undetected with Corvo.
The art and the world building is absolutely fantastic, second to none. And the maps are incredible as well.
It is one of the greatest tragedies in recent gaming history that this critically acclaimed masterpiece was not more successful commercially.
Edit: P.S. Ran perfectly smooth at 4K on day 1 on an overclocked 1080. But every other GPU had some sort of problems apparently.
It's a CPU/engine related issue, not a GPU problem.
Digital Foundry had issues with the game dropping frames at 1080p on their Titan XP, so your GTX 1080 definitely isn't running the game flawlessly at 4K.
Rexatality
Member
Pay no mind to xviper, he hated Dishonored 2 and thought it as a more shameful clone of the first game
JamesJoyce1882
Member
No, but I seem to be insensitive enough that I never noticed any stutter, game ran at 40ish fps at all times which was more than enough for a sneaking-around type of game.
I just want to reiterate: people ignoring this because of perceived technical problems are missing out on a masterpiece. It runs absolutely fine on modern high-end hardware.
great game, have 40 hours in it as corvo messing around and getting achievements. still have to play through as emily. the original plan was to wait for them to release a couple more performance updates...but two months later...stuttering on PC still unfixed
. radio silence from arkane since the jan 18 update, so looks like they are satisfied with the way the PC version runs, although I (and many others) are not. i'll make some time for an emily playthrough eventually
i guess you can say the PC version got the sales it deserved if you are a stickler for performance. it's a real shame they felt like it was acceptable to release the game the way it is. i got it for $20 from a really early sale which i'm sure has to sting for the creators to have your premium product drop in price so quickly
. radio silence from arkane since the jan 18 update, so looks like they are satisfied with the way the PC version runs, although I (and many others) are not. i'll make some time for an emily playthrough eventually
i guess you can say the PC version got the sales it deserved if you are a stickler for performance. it's a real shame they felt like it was acceptable to release the game the way it is. i got it for $20 from a really early sale which i'm sure has to sting for the creators to have your premium product drop in price so quickly
You not caring about performance is not the same thing as running "perfectly smooth".
"Perfectly smooth" would be a game that never drops below 60 FPS, not one which drops frames and stutters on nearly any spec of PC.
That's fine if it doesn't bother you - and it's still much better than the console version - but it's not "perfectly smooth".
Now the original Dishonored; that's a game which runs perfectly smoothly on just about anything - even when it was new.
I wouldn't say that.
I wish the game did better because immersive sims are rare, and the original Dishonored was successful.
Shipping in the state that it did must have hurt though - especially since the performance issues have still not been fixed.
That's why I still hope that they plan on further optimizing the game as part of that deal AMD have with Bethesda.
Playing right now for the first time full stealth and no kill.
Even on Normal difficulty is nearly impossible because enemies see you in no more than 1s, even at good distance... :\
So I had to go for easy to play it like this... that is the only complain right now, everything else is really good.
I'll take revenge on the second run, killing everything on my eyesight.
First game was better calibrated for playing in stealth even at greater difficulty for what I remember (I platinumed it).
Even on Normal difficulty is nearly impossible because enemies see you in no more than 1s, even at good distance... :\
So I had to go for easy to play it like this... that is the only complain right now, everything else is really good.
I'll take revenge on the second run, killing everything on my eyesight.
First game was better calibrated for playing in stealth even at greater difficulty for what I remember (I platinumed it).
Screaming Meat
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I dunno. It's very possible. My first run was like that but on Hard. I had a whale of a time once I had got used to the guards' detection distance.
No it does not. AMD GPUs are especially borked here 🙀
graywolf323
Member
I was doing pretty well on my ghost run until mission 4 where I didn't even know I had been spotted until the mission summary claimed I had raised one alarm :|
JamesJoyce1882
Member
The thing though is that aside from Doom, every GPU-intensive run at 40-50 fps at 4K on a 1080. So Dishonored runs as can be expected of a game of that caliber in my point of view. It severely underperforms on older GPUs though.
General Lee
Member
I still haven't played through the first game. It's seemingly a game I'd enjoy, coming from the vein of Looking Glass games, but I don't particularly like the cartoony aesthetic. It just never felt like Thief games some people compared it to. The second game seems to have had some technical issues too. I do feel bad about not supporting games like these though, all I see these days is immersive single player games dying in favor of third person open world stuff or just online multiplayer.
I constantly check statistics during levels and do multiple saves...
Anyway don't get me wrong, I know I'm trying to play it the hardest way, and I'm really enjoying it. I just think it's maybe too unforgiven from that point of view in this case... but that's not a big problem, playing like a ghost is so satisfying!
LightOfTruth
Member
This is the game that made me understand that I dont like first person stealth games. I wanted to like this and Deus Ex so much.
KainXVIII
Member
That's why i will not buy it, until very high discount.
Don't know what it is about it but it just felt very bland to me. I really tried to get into it. I got it along with the Pro as a showcase for Pro support but after 3-4 hours it's still not clicked. I absolutely loved the first, but enemy placements and stealth spaces feel frustrating rather than fun compared to the first to me.