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Dishonored

Arkane Studios · Released 2012-10-08

Action Adventure

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Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

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Build a custom permadeath config for Dishonored — enforced by the companion, not your honor.

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Difficulty Modes

1 mode · 4 tiers

A ladder of tiers, with the effects that change per tier and the rules that apply to all of them.

Campaign4 tiers

The following tiers cover the campaign mode. There are no known permadeath or hardcore mechanics in Dishonored natively. However, there is a permadeath enforcement patch available here.

Tier
Enemy DamageHow much damage enemy attacks deal to Corvo.
Enemy PerceptionMultiplier applied to the rate at which enemy visual attention toward Corvo accumulates.
Enemy Combat ProfileHow enemies manage combat.
Elixir PotencyHow much health or mana a elixir restores (Sokolov's Health Elixir restores / Piero's Spiritual Remedy).
Health Regen LimitWhether the difficulty limits passive recovery of lost health.
Enemy Combat CapMaximum number of enemies allowed to attack Corvo at once, shown as melee / range caps.

Easy

100%

SlowProfile are based on three variables.Attacks per. Flurry2-3Stamina Recovery4-6sSidestep Delay3-5s

150%

20

1/2

Normal

100%

StandardProfile are based on three variables.Attacks per. Flurry3-4Stamina Recovery2.5-3.5sSidestep Delay2-3s

100%

10

2/3

Hard

130%

StandardProfile are based on three variables.Attacks per. Flurry3-4Stamina Recovery2.5-3.5sSidestep Delay2-3s

100%

10

3/4

Very Hard

160%

StandardProfile are based on three variables.Attacks per. Flurry3-4Stamina Recovery2.5-3.5sSidestep Delay2-3s

75%

10

3/4

Very HardUnlockEasy, Normal, Hard and Very Hard are available when starting a new game.

Basesoftcore

The strongest base-campaign setting, with little margin for detection or combat mistakes.

Tier rulesRules that apply only to a specific difficulty tier and differ from the mode's other tiers.

Nothing specific to this tier.

Tier statsMeasured or numerical values specific to each difficulty tier, such as health, costs, resource availability or other scaling values.

Enemy Damage

Enemy Perception160%

Enemy Combat ProfileStandard

Elixir Potency75%

Health Regen Limit10

Enemy Combat Cap3/4

Awards · ModeRewards unlocked by completing the mode on any eligible difficulty tier.

OptionalAn optional rule or setting that can be enabled or selected independently of the chosen difficulty mode.

Difficulty LockRequires RuleForge Patch. Difficulty is chosen in RuleForge and cannot be changed afterwards.

Elixirs DisabledRequires RuleForge Patch. Sokolov's Health Elixirs and Piero's Spiritual Remedies are permanently held at zero.

Permadeath

Via RuleForge

Companion

Validated

Scoring

Considerable Challenge53

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Quick facts

DeveloperArkane Studios

PublisherBethesda Softworks

Released2012-10-08

Platforms

Languages

Features

ControllerPartial

Always onlineNo

MicrotransactionsNo

Split screenNo

LANNo

VRNo

HDRNo

SubscriptionNo

Requirements

OSWindows Vista
CPU3.0 GHz dual core or better
GPUDirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
DirectXDirectX 9
Storage9 GB

Contact

Websitewww.dishonored.com Supportsupport.bethsoft.com/