I would say Prey and Dishonored both are their best work. Dishonored for the player movement and Prey for the world gameplay antics and freedom. Both for their amazing level design and player freedom and top shelf art direction. I would put them as equally deserving to continue.
On a side note. Please, if your going to continue PREY (you god damn well should), can you guys change the name to NEURO SHOCK? The Prey name did it no service whatsoever. Not only does it not really fit, but it created bad faith because of the original IP.
The best part is that the name Neuro Shock fits with the narrative of the game, the style of the game, it links it to System Shock and Bio Shock, and it also connects it to the novel Neuromancer. The book about hackers fighting a rogue AI that inspired System Shock's main conflict between the Hacker and Shodan...Seriously. WTF? It was right there...
Anyways, Dishonored and Neuro Shock...Now that's a couple of games worth investing on.
I was hoping for a third game which would take Corvo to a new location, possibly North and it would focus on the Outsider where we'd learn more about him. A game to wrap up both their stories in one last epic adventure.
However they basically rushed the Outsider storyline in the DLC for Dishonored 2 and wrap things up quickly which made no sense, it was a great basis for a third game. I really don't see the point wasting things in DLC, id software did the same thing with the Doom Eternal DLC.
They also said Corvo's story was done which again seems silly to me as the second one really fleshed him out as a character, why waste that. With the Outsider gone, how will anyone get the Outsiders mark for their powers now.
They shouldn’t dismiss what they have learned. I like that they change IPs like underwear. Hopefully a future game will be heavily influenced by dishonored and prey. They need a couple big hitters first though. Deathloop is arguably their worst game of the bunch but it sold the most.
It’s like Hollywood, you have to make that one blockbuster to fund all of the other political garbage nobody want to buy. Except dishonored and prey aren’t garbage, they are great games that nobody bought. Hopefully red fall is a success and we’ll see a return to the prey/dishonored formula even if it’s not a return to those specific IP. They will have enough money for multiple projects. I think stacking your IP is a great idea. It adds more value and it’s a fresh start pallet cleanser. I also think branding recognition is highly overrated when it comes to gaming IP.
dishonoured is simply awesome. takes a while to get used to the type of stealth it uses ie high medium low stealth but ends up being an awesome title love the visuals its unique
I love the dishonoured atmosphere, with the art Deco architecture and unique character design, I just loved being in those worlds and looking around, everything from the bed spreads to furniture to the paintings that were hung on the walls of locations I'd just stare at, great artists worked on those games, the clockwork mansion was a masterpiece of level design, simply amazing. Such a shame we won't see another.
I haven't enjoyed an Arkane game in a very long time. Dishonored, Prey, Deathloop. I just find them so dull. Something about the gameplay and worlds Arkane produce just doesn't gel with me at all. Having seen some of the Redfall videos, it looks like the most generic, uninspired game yet.
All award winning. I find it weird nothing resonated with you. You say you didn't like their games for years, so what did you like? That leaves just Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah. Games I truly enjoy, but will admit shows their early experience and lesser of a budget.
Dark Messiah was the last Arkane game I enjoyed way back on PC. Admittedly my tastes have changed over time. I'm much older now. I'm nowhere near as much into FPS as I was back then.
Dishonored and Prey were both too slow for me for the game paly they provided. Dishonored's aesthetic i found really dull to look at. I actually didn't like Prey's aesthetic either. it just wasn't interesting to look at.
Deathloop I only played a bit of at a friend's place, but I've had absolutely no desire to go back to it. It just kind of felt like a sped up 'grindhouse' Dishonored. It just didn't appeal to me.
I'm by no means saying they make 'bad' games. They are great technically, just something about their visual styles and game play design doesn't interest me.
I am not a huge fan of the Dishonored games myself. I see the worth of the title but would love to see even more IPs come from Arkane. Need to give them a freedom to demonstrate an ability to bring new IPs into the game world. Deathloop and Redfall look to be great additions to their portfolio... only hoping to see even more.
I tried but couldn't get into Prey. Loved Deathloop so decided to try Dishonoured. It's an amazing achievement in level design. I think whatever the team do next (in the single player space) will be just as amazing.
I'd take a Dishonoured or Deathloop sequel for sure!
But they will. It takes less creative energy to do MP live services.
I would say Prey and Dishonored both are their best work. Dishonored for the player movement and Prey for the world gameplay antics and freedom. Both for their amazing level design and player freedom and top shelf art direction. I would put them as equally deserving to continue.
On a side note. Please, if your going to continue PREY (you god damn well should), can you guys change the name to NEURO SHOCK? The Prey name did it no service whatsoever. Not only does it not really fit, but it created bad faith because of the original IP.
The best part is that the name Neuro Shock fits with the narrative of the game, the style of the game, it links it to System Shock and Bio Shock, and it also connects it to the novel Neuromancer. The book about hackers fighting a rogue AI that inspired System Shock's main conflict between the Hacker and Shodan...Seriously. WTF? It was right there...
Anyways, Dishonored and Neuro Shock...Now that's a couple of games worth investing on.
I love Dishonored
I was hoping for a third game which would take Corvo to a new location, possibly North and it would focus on the Outsider where we'd learn more about him. A game to wrap up both their stories in one last epic adventure.
However they basically rushed the Outsider storyline in the DLC for Dishonored 2 and wrap things up quickly which made no sense, it was a great basis for a third game. I really don't see the point wasting things in DLC, id software did the same thing with the Doom Eternal DLC.
They also said Corvo's story was done which again seems silly to me as the second one really fleshed him out as a character, why waste that. With the Outsider gone, how will anyone get the Outsiders mark for their powers now.
They shouldn’t dismiss what they have learned. I like that they change IPs like underwear. Hopefully a future game will be heavily influenced by dishonored and prey. They need a couple big hitters first though. Deathloop is arguably their worst game of the bunch but it sold the most.
It’s like Hollywood, you have to make that one blockbuster to fund all of the other political garbage nobody want to buy. Except dishonored and prey aren’t garbage, they are great games that nobody bought. Hopefully red fall is a success and we’ll see a return to the prey/dishonored formula even if it’s not a return to those specific IP. They will have enough money for multiple projects. I think stacking your IP is a great idea. It adds more value and it’s a fresh start pallet cleanser. I also think branding recognition is highly overrated when it comes to gaming IP.
dishonoured is simply awesome. takes a while to get used to the type of stealth it uses ie high medium low stealth but ends up being an awesome title love the visuals its unique