SubJeff on 2/8/2014 at 22:36
It wasn't really that grim and dark. Thief is much more grim and dark.
Mr.Duck on 3/8/2014 at 06:20
I think the tone in Thief, plus the music and the fact that 99% of the time was nighttime made it seem the gloomier one. I'd go and say that as premises go Dishonored's was OMFG SO SADDER, but that's just me.
driver on 3/8/2014 at 14:36
Quote Posted by SubJeff
It wasn't really that grim and dark. Thief is much more grim and dark.
Aesthetically maybe not, but the setting was plenty grim. And anyone who tried using the heart on various characters would have had a glimpse of something much darker than most other games on the market. That shit was
bleak, yo.
Tony_Tarantula on 3/8/2014 at 15:25
Thief did not, for the most part, have things like packs of scavenging rats devouring corpses within moments or piles of burning bodies in the streets.
Muzman on 3/8/2014 at 16:14
Yeah, definitely one of the most distressing and nihilistic games I can remember.
Most games are horrific or gross but too dumb to realise so it becomes sort of charming. Or the mechanics are a little too silly and light so you can distract yourself. Zombie stuff mostly falls into this category. So too Bioshocks.
Dishonoured somehow topped all of them, despite trying to be fun all it could in the same sorts of ways as other games. They really outdid themselves with the sheer hopelessness of everything.
SubJeff on 4/8/2014 at 11:29
I thought it had grim serenity to it. Perhaps its my like of old English history and architecture. I tend to like old buildings and areas in the UK. In Hull, for example, there is an old town and a lot of history around the old canals and waterways (mostly filled in now), the old whaling industry (much of which you can learn about in a museum), Wilberforce house and of course a lot of important slave history.
The old canals and docks have been converted into apartments or developments and whatnot but if you know where to go you see a lot of how the city used to be. Similarly in London - the history is there if you choose to find it. I've seen a lot of old maps and drawings of the old Hull and I guess Dunwall kind of reminded me of it. It helps that some of the names of people and places are similar.
Tony_Tarantula on 4/8/2014 at 15:31
Good observation, and it suggests that they really did their homework with the level design and architecture. That also plays into why the mood is so depressing. It isn't just that things are shitty, it's obvious that the city used to be thriving and well run only recently.
nicked on 3/5/2016 at 17:53
Shameless fan service it may be, but good choice. :D
