NowGamer - Harvey Smith feels more and more like a less celebrated Ken Levine. Both have worked on classic videogame series, the instalments of which lurk in the mechanically complex past of the PC’s classic FPS heritage.
While Smith and Levine both worked on System Shock, that series was the one the Irrational founder chose to reboot for a more accessible console legacy.
Smith, on the other hand, seems to have chosen his work on Thief as an entry point. Perhaps he feels like more authentically replicating the involved, stealth-based style and unforgiving, gothic mood that characterised that series, rather than pandering to traditional FPS tropes in the way that allowed BioShock to really make its name on console.
It’s a shame, really, that so few games have “borrowed” Dishonored’s Blink – in the right hands, such a power could be game-changing.
There was a small game called Aragami that “borrowed” the blink, that was a good game.
Unfortunately I heard the sequel wasn’t good so I stayed away from trying it out.
The sequel changed some of the mechanics from the first game but it was still a very polished and enjoyable experience. You should definitely give it a shot sometime. The game's currently on sale on Steam
Okay thanks for the heads up, will look out for it being on sale one day.
I really did like the first and played it back to back as soon as I finished the first play through.
Dishonored's engaging lore, creative levels, and timeless gameplay are well worth revisiting for fans of the immersive sim and stealth genre.
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