Speaking of games I’ve finished a short time ago, here’s another one: Dishonored… And while Heart of the Swarm was a game that game me untold joy, this one was one of the major disappointments for some time now…
First the good part: the damn game looks like a painting in motion, which is totally awesome and it has a fascinating environment… It has an awesome “teleport” mechanic, but that’s basically it!
The game has excelent combat systems, but then it punishes the player for using them, since you can only get the “good ending” if you keep the body count low… I understand this is a stealth game, but in that case they should have made stealth much more fun than it is (like in Deus Ex or Thief)… no, the stealth mechanics are totally boring on this one, because you can think you’re fully hidden but be seen… they should have added some sort of “hidden” HUD element, because it’s hard being sure of being totally hidden in a first person game…
Then we get to the worst part of the game: the storyline… without spoiling it, the story is bloody stupid… the evil plan is moronic, the counter-plan is also moronic, and there’s no dishonored involved in any way, since basically everyone knows you are being framed for the murder of the empress… So, what I felt playing this game was zero empathy with the main character, which might have been so very cool… and what’s up with making a character super cool, if you never can see it?! And it wouldn’t be bad to add some expressions to the other characters of the game too… I know that blows budgets, but that might have been a better investment than spending any money in character design for the main character… 
Bottom line, Dishonored is one of those games I’d be pissed to have paid 60€ for, but since I picked it up one month ago, I got it for 20€, which isn’t that much, even if the game feels a bit underwhelming…
On another note, this weekend I’m probably participating on the Ludum Dare’s 48-hour competition… let’s see if this time I actually finish something, since the last few attempts where kind of pathetic on my part… 