Dishonored: Operation Layarteb
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I'm pretty sure everyone saw the betrayal coming as soon as you joined them and realized the game had too many people vying for leadership of your party and it only reaffirmed it once you find out
You were just the worker from day one, succeeding in impossible shit until they didn't need you anymore.
Also, from the heavy Bioshock-esque feeling I was getting, I had a feeling my first partnership would turn sour.
Pendleton is willing to let you off his brothers. I'm upset dude couldn't do something about them on his own. And then he sends you to go after Shaw
You were just the worker from day one, succeeding in impossible shit until they didn't need you anymore.
Also, from the heavy Bioshock-esque feeling I was getting, I had a feeling my first partnership would turn sour.
I was expecting a betrayal. I wasn't expecting them all to be in on it.
Actually, that isn't quite true. I wasn't expecting a betrayal. I was, however, expecting a twist - I knew we weren't at the end yet, and I knew there was still the Empress' Assassin to take care of. I was expecting an attack on the house, or something like that.
Anyway, put me down as one of those legitimately surprised - or at least, someone who only cottoned on after I'd drunk the drink and experienced a few of those weird blurring moments...
Actually, that isn't quite true. I wasn't expecting a betrayal. I was, however, expecting a twist - I knew we weren't at the end yet, and I knew there was still the Empress' Assassin to take care of. I was expecting an attack on the house, or something like that.
Anyway, put me down as one of those legitimately surprised - or at least, someone who only cottoned on after I'd drunk the drink and experienced a few of those weird blurring moments...
That's not what I'm saying at all. The most obvious signs of imminent betrayal come from exposition outside the narrative. It's completely possible to overlook them. And the rather lackluster characterization means that the subtlety among your 'allies' isn't particularly well done, so you either know immediately that, somewhere down the line, you're screwed, or you immediately disregard the possibility because it's too obvious.Denamic said:
That's what I'm saying.
Whenever a game character says stuff like "I'm the only one you can trust," and try to make everyone else I meet seem like they're going to stab me in the back, they're the people I know are going are going to betray me.
**Spoileresh Warning* The games that come to mind for me in that regard are BioShock and Dead Space.**
**Spoileresh Warning* The games that come to mind for me in that regard are BioShock and Dead Space.**
That gribbler encounter was pretty stupid. In most cases, April Ryan comes across as pretty intelligent. But in that whole scene, it's so obvious what's going on. It really would have been a lot more believable if the "old woman" wasn't constantly giving it away with her mistakes.
Except that before that mission even starts they taunt you with the bait that Daud, the man who killed the Empress, is next. It made sense that he would be last because, as an assassin himself, he should be the most difficult target to kill, and they could afford to leave him for last because he's of little political significance.SonOfMethuselah said:
Anyway, I wasn't terribly surprised that Pendleton turned on me, or perhaps more accurately, could be turned against me, and I was a bit wary of Havelock, but I was surprised that all three of the primary Loyalist conspirators turned on me. I figured one of the of them would turn on me at some point, but not all three. In retrospect, I'm not sure how much sense that makes, but that's what I was feeling at the time.
I was actually kind of hurt that overseer Martin was in on it. Maybe it's just because he seemed like the smartest and most down-to-earth of the bunch, or maybe it's because he won me over with his wit when I freed him from those stocks. And it was his idea to get me out of prison in the first place.
*scares for an uncomfortably long time at the awesome shirt before snapping back*Smilomaniac said:
I have to agree with the message below the comic, as well as the comic itself. It was painfully obvious to me that they where going to try and kill Corvo, and I was like "Sigh, well, I guess I HAVE to drink up. Le sigh". It was a sad low point in the games otherwise brilliant story/world/immersion.
It's for all the treachery.Namechangeday said:And I never knew bars carried poison. I'll have to remember that for next time
Eventually, they realised why everybody was bringing their own drinks for seemingly no reason, so now every bar has a stock of poison for when patrons' lackeys 'outlive their usefulness'.
OT: I just imagine that Samuel told Corvo of the plan (or rather, confirmed it) on the way back to the Hound Pits, and Corvo drank the half-dose of poison, knowing it wouldn't kill him, to trick the Loyalists.
Samuel's explanation after Corvo collapsed was just him hallucinating the conversation the two of them had on the boat.
That doesn't make the way the scene is done any better, but it makes Corvo drinking the poison more believable.
DVS BSTrD said:
He's also described as an "agent" and characters do refer to his exploits outside of Dunwall. Plus, look at the dude's skill set.
The twist was spoiled to me when I was still busy with the first real non prison break level before that I didn?t think any of the loyalists were particularly evil not exactly trustworthy but it?s a grey and black morality kind of story I only just finished the second level and beside the heart pointing out there all amoral asshole I haven?t picked up any big betrayal hints.
I haven't played Deus Ex:Human Revolution in while, if you're referring to Adam Jensen. Which part of the game is that from?Somebloke said: