‘Dishonored’ explores minor character
By CHRIS CAMPBELL | Howard Scripps News Service
“Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches”
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Genre: Action
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
ESRB Rating: M, for Mature
Grade: 4.5 stars (out of 5)
Just a brief word about the latest — and final — downloadable content (DLC) pack for 2012’s fantastic “Dishonored” game. Whereas most DLC focuses on additional adventures of a main character, the folks at Bethesda have treated gamers instead to the life and experiences of a rarely seen character from the main quest.
Initially you may think nothing of Daud, the man whom Corvo (SPOILER, but come on, it’s been almost a year now) dispatches at the end of the main quest. Daud seemed uninteresting then, but the two DLCs that explore his life show a deeply conflicted man with extraordinary abilities. You aren’t required to have played the first Daud-centric episode, “Knife of Dunwall,” but that helps flesh out the story; plus, you get to carry over your upgrades.
The exercise takes you more into the supernatural realms of the “Dishonored” universe. Nothing about the gameplay will strike you as particularly fresh compared to all the previous content from the game, but those who have wisely immersed themselves in the fascinating dystopia of Dunwall will relish getting to experience — through Daud’s eyes this time — the events leading up to the fateful meeting between Daud and Corvo.
Today’s gaming world pretty much guarantees that the “Dishonored” sequel machine will start revving up, but if the initial game and its stellar DLCs were all that we’d ever see of Dunwall, no gamer could claim to be disappointed by the journey.
