Worth: $15.00
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Cast:
Rosario Dawson, Michael Madsen, Robin Lord Taylor
Intro:
While Death of the Outsider never quite attains the genius level of its bigger siblings, it’s a solid, undeniably satisfying adventure...
Of all the many things Dishonored 2 did right, and that list is long and impressive, it didn’t quite give enough narrative time to one of its more interesting side characters, Billie Lurk (Rosario Dawson). Happily Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is here to redress that balance and run a victory lap, reminding us how damn good this series really is.
Death of the Outsider begins right after Dishonored 2’s ending. The players who opted to kill Billie Lurk at the end of that game may be slightly confused, but those people are monsters and we shall talk of them no more. Anyway, long story short: Billie has been tasked with finding the Outsider – the living God/man who controls the Void from which all supernatural power flows – and end his eternal life. To do this Billie will need to use her own powers – transporting herself vast distances, mimicking the faces of others and astral traveling into new areas to mark enemies and secrets. In other words it’s Dishonored business as usual and that’s a good thing, for the most part.
Over Death of the Outsider’s 7-10 hour runtime you’ll sneak around banks, museums and cultist’s lairs, either going full on stab-happy or silent but deadly. This time around killing folks doesn’t change the ending, which means cathartic murder goes unpunished, but the lack of a “good ending” for low chaos runs is a little disappointing. Another minor letdown is that you can’t upgrade your powers in any meaningful way. Yes, you can find bone charms that buff certain characteristics, but it’s a poor substitute for genuine stat building. One addition that really works, however, are the contracts you can take from the black market. These add multiple smaller goals (including killing a mime!) and really gives you a reason to explore every nook and cranny of these large, detailed maps.
While Death of the Outsider never quite attains the genius level of its bigger siblings, it’s a solid, undeniably satisfying adventure with some cool characters and world building and an ending that manages to stick the landing. It’s not a perfect ta ta for now to Dishonored but is sure to give fans something to chew on until Dishonored 3 creeps out of the shadows.
