Cela faisait quelques temps que nous avions pas entendu parler du développeur franco-américain Arkane Studios. Et pourtant, cette entreprise a donné naissance à des productions remarquables sur PC : de Arx Fatalix à Dark Messiah, il était à chaque fois question de concepts innovants et finement...

Excellente réalisation artistique; Gameplay très bien pens; Level design intelligent; Les pouvoirs de Corvo; Bonne rejouabilit

Graphiquement perfectible; IA peu loquace

After several months locked in the bowels of Dunwall, a once-great city turned into a shrieking, squeaking nightmare of rats and plague sufferers, something visits Corvo Attano. Corvo has been accused of the murder of the Empress, a most heinous crime, all the worse considering his past occupancy as...

Amusing and empowering interplay between powers; Moment-to-moment play choices; An eclectic world

Disappointing story; Stealth can become tedious; Minor visual bugs

Editor's Note 4/19/13: Scroll down for GamesRadar's review of Dishonored's DLC update, The Knife of Dunwall. Historically, new IPs with unique worlds don't pop up as frequently when it's several years into a console cycle.

Openness of the level structure; Freedom to be creative with the combat; Unique lore and characters suck you into the world

Abilities wheel and onscreen pop-ups take you out of the action; Steep difficulty at the start can be discouraging; Stealth option gets trumped by action gameplay

Daud. If you've beaten Dishonored , the very name drips with foreboding. This leader of assassins and fellow favorite of the Outsider proved to be one of Corvo's most formidable foes, and in The Knife of Dunwall downloadable content, you step into his sneaky, stabby boots.

Great tweak to the blink ability; New areas are rich with secrets and goodies; Daud is gruffly appealing; Lethal and nonlethal play styles are both very rewarding

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Superb: A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage to what is a supreme title.

Ultimately, Knife of Dunwall is best captured by that early visit with the Outsider. Familiar, dark, exciting, and safe. It might sound blasphemous, but December's challenge DLC, Dunwall City Trials , i\wass actually more refreshing than this, if only because it dispensed with any notion of story,...

The Knife of Dunwall grabs hold of one of Dishonored's more provocative threads and handles it with impressive respect and grace. In a perfect world this would lead countless one-off stories indulging in Dishonored's intricate universe, but as a single piece of content its best viewed as a glimpse...

Life is full of choices, but virtually all of the decisions we make every day are depressingly inconsequential. Shall I have tea or coffee with breakfast? Shall I wear grey or black socks today?

Wading deep into the wetworks as a contract killer isn't the most noble of callings, but when dirty deeds need doing, there's little room for principle. Improvisation and a touch of the supernatural are Dishonored's trumps against seemingly impenetrable targets and impossible scenarios.

It's rare to see something put the "punk" in "steampunk" as thoroughly as Dishonored does. Forget romanticism … the game's fictional Empire of the Isles feels like it's dangling over a cliff. Its high art and technological wonders both stem from the same delusional madman.

It takes a Thief: The Dark Project Take the benchmark stealth gameplay from the Thief series; add the two-pronged weapon/power combo from atmospheric shooter BioShock; shake in a dash of Hitman's silent assassination; and set it in 19th century Eastern Europe by way of Nicola Tesla.