To be honest, I don't really have much to say about Death of the Outsider other than that it's just alright, but it's definitely my least favorite out of the three Dishonored games. There were a lot of pros and cons to this game.
First, playing as Billie Lurk was a cool surprise. We only knew her in the first Dishonored's DLC so it was interesting to play as Daud's former protege. It was also nice seeing Daud return even though it was pretty brief. Billie's new powers from the Outsider were honestly pretty cool. She has her own teleportation power with a unique twist like all the other characters, an ability that allows you to disconnect from Billie's view and scout the area to mark for enemies or items, and a power that allows you to steal enemy's faces to bypass restricted areas. There was also the addition of auto-regenerating mana which made gameplay a lot faster. Also, Billie's new sword was great even though we only get it half way through. However, even though these new powers were cool, something important was taken away and that's runes. You no longer search for runes to buy or upgrade your powers, that's literally all you get. Even though those powers are cool, you get no other ones. Instead, a lot of the customization revolves around bone charms. Bone charms can be useful, but the issues is that most of them are randomized and are simply just perks. There's not enough variety with the gameplay to warrant me replaying this.
However, there is a NG+ that allows you to use Corvo and Emily's powers from Dishonored 2, but honestly I'd rather just play Dishonored 2 if that's the case. The level design in Death of the Outsider is, of course, fantastic as expected by Arkane. Each of them feel very well handcrafted. Each level also gives you contracts for multiple new objectives that will give you a ton of money for upgrading gear and buying equipment.
I'm also confused as to why they got rid of the chaos system. It didn't bother me too much since I could go around killing everyone without any consequence, but it was still a baffling choice since it's kind of part of Dishonored's identity.
Now the story for Death of the Outsider is alright. Looking back at it, I honestly think Dishonored 2's story is better than I gave it credit for and Death of the Outsider's story is alright, but it could have been better if it were longer. It's only 5 missions and it's way too short. Even The Knife of Dunwall and Brigmore Witches was longer and those were DLC. Death of the Outsider should have been DLC and not a standalone game being sold for 40 dollars. I got this on sale and while I do recommend this game if you're a Dishonored fan, get it on sale. Overall, decent game, but you're not missing much.
5/10
First, playing as Billie Lurk was a cool surprise. We only knew her in the first Dishonored's DLC so it was interesting to play as Daud's former protege. It was also nice seeing Daud return even though it was pretty brief. Billie's new powers from the Outsider were honestly pretty cool. She has her own teleportation power with a unique twist like all the other characters, an ability that allows you to disconnect from Billie's view and scout the area to mark for enemies or items, and a power that allows you to steal enemy's faces to bypass restricted areas. There was also the addition of auto-regenerating mana which made gameplay a lot faster. Also, Billie's new sword was great even though we only get it half way through. However, even though these new powers were cool, something important was taken away and that's runes. You no longer search for runes to buy or upgrade your powers, that's literally all you get. Even though those powers are cool, you get no other ones. Instead, a lot of the customization revolves around bone charms. Bone charms can be useful, but the issues is that most of them are randomized and are simply just perks. There's not enough variety with the gameplay to warrant me replaying this.
However, there is a NG+ that allows you to use Corvo and Emily's powers from Dishonored 2, but honestly I'd rather just play Dishonored 2 if that's the case. The level design in Death of the Outsider is, of course, fantastic as expected by Arkane. Each of them feel very well handcrafted. Each level also gives you contracts for multiple new objectives that will give you a ton of money for upgrading gear and buying equipment.
I'm also confused as to why they got rid of the chaos system. It didn't bother me too much since I could go around killing everyone without any consequence, but it was still a baffling choice since it's kind of part of Dishonored's identity.
Now the story for Death of the Outsider is alright. Looking back at it, I honestly think Dishonored 2's story is better than I gave it credit for and Death of the Outsider's story is alright, but it could have been better if it were longer. It's only 5 missions and it's way too short. Even The Knife of Dunwall and Brigmore Witches was longer and those were DLC. Death of the Outsider should have been DLC and not a standalone game being sold for 40 dollars. I got this on sale and while I do recommend this game if you're a Dishonored fan, get it on sale. Overall, decent game, but you're not missing much.
5/10