Dishonored made its mark being original , but with downloadable content, originality is harder to pull off: developers often don't have the resources to build the number of new features you'd see in a full-fledged release.

+ Meaty three-stage adventure with improved stealth-violence balance; + Tells a quality-over-quantity story that isn't too cliffhanger-y

- Missions aren't quite as imaginative as Dishonored's best; powers aren't as punchy, ?

Dishonored is a welcome surprise in the weary world of the first-person shooter. A fully formed and actually quite interesting setting, a strong narrative, and innovative, if familiar, gameplay. Like BioShock before it, it breathes life into its genre while simultaneously challenging its boundaries.

Fun; challenging gameplay; Storyline congruent with your gameplay decisions; Richly detailed setting saturated with background info; Sweet mask

Load times a bit long; Silent protagonist (c'mon devs - lazy; No map

Dishonored got its hooks into me the moment it was revealed last year thanks to its unique art style and instantly mesmerizing game world, and even after around 30 hours of teleporting, stabbing, shooting, climbing, and rat summoning, those hooks are still firmly in place, even if they aren't buried...

Gorgeous; mesmerizing; authoritarian-gothic world; Blink ability = genius; A replay-lover's dream

Relatively straightforward story with an anticlimactic ending; Quirky gameplay hiccups; Inconsistent AI

The city of Dunwall isn't exactly a happy place. A plague of rats sweeps the city streets, killing everyone in their path or infecting them with a hideous disease which makes them bleed from the eyes before going barking mental.

The final mission in high chaos adds much-needed narrative tension

The penultimate mission seems to drag on forever

Anyone who has even seen a trailer for Dishonored is already familiar with the assassin Daud. Having murdered Empress Kaldwin, abducted her daughter and left Corvo Attano to take the blame for his crimes, Daud is not a good man. So the idea of taking control of him is actually a bit repulsive.

Keeps all of the core Dishonored gameplay; adds a few new twists to the formula; interesting storyline

Story definitely feels like part one of something greater; intensely difficulty spike can throw off some gamers; a bit on the short side

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+ World is a playground; + Supernatural powers; + Controls are smooth; + Interesting world

Corvo never fleshed out; Engine woes and glitches

The Knife of Dunwall places you in the silent shroud of master assassin Daud, who played a crucial role in the events of Dishonored . Tasked with assassinations and uncovering information about the mysterious Delilah, Daud is bolstered by his fellow shadowy assassins.

As a worthy companion story to Dishonored , The Knife of Dunwall is a terrific example of high-quality DLC that intelligently improves upon the core material while retaining what made it great in the first place.

Dishonored was the darling of the Electronic Entertainment Expo when is was announced last year, and lucky for fans who were eagerly anticipated its release, Dishonored stands up well to the lofty expectations gamers had for the title.

The gameplay of Dishonored was always ripe for replayability but it wasn't always packaged for it. Dunwall City Trials finally presents the gameplay in such a way that it satisfies the quench to replay it and compete to be the best. For $5, if you want more Dishonored, it's hard to say no.