The Twisted World of Dishonored | A Lengthy Retrospective

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Is there anything more captivating than someone who doesn't play by the rules?

In an industry full of copycat clones, live service nihilism and predatory monetisation - it's more important than ever to celebrate those who try to make something special - and today we're going to do just that.

This is the story of Arkane and Dishonored - a studio forged out of ambitious disappointment and a truly excellent game that broke all the rules of conventional development.

It'll take us into the depth of the void, before the wild Outsider and onto the streets of Dunwall - all in quest to clear the name of Corvo Attano - the man who killed an Empress.

It's part critique, part retrospective, part review and part history lesson - obviously full of spoilers and obviously full of my opinions

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Source and Bibliography - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yZK-xScm-iRGTOugyXn8ePKqHI6DADQdQ_TURneulDM/edit?usp=sharing

=== Chapters === 00:00:00 – The Outsiders (The Introduction) 00:02:22 – Dreams and Nightmares (The History) 00:16:03 – Crafting a World (The Development) 00:30:23 – Death in the Tower (The Premise) 00:37:46 – The Gift of the Void (The Gameplay) 00:53:25 – Shadows and Sunsets (The Complexity) 01:02:50 – Dinner in Dunwall (The Party) 01:13:11 – Empire, Church and Whale Hunting (The Worldbuilding) 01:29:15 – The Turn of the Tide (The Twist) 01:39:14 – A Flood of Consequence (The Endings) 01:57:21 – A Brief Interlude (The Reception) 02:01:39 – Sympathy is a Knife (The First DLC) 02:18:18 – The Painter and the Assassin (The Second DLC) 02:37:56 – The Insiders (The Conclusion)

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