| okr said:
This game will make profit and - my predition - will get a sequel in 2014 at the latest. I just checked some websites (i.e. not only English speaking, but also German sites couldn't wait to post their reviews as soon as the embargo ended, as GER sites tend to still be a bit more PC-centric their ratings are a tad lower) and realized that Dishonored is one of those rare and strange cases where all western reviewers and quite a few gamers couldn't wait to get their hands on it as if there was a secret pact (I'm not judging, just observing). Which means the (imo by a few reviewers suddenly and retrospectively overrated) developer Arkane Studios did something very right. I'm just not sure what exactly it is. In the past neither the cyberpunk setting nor the reportedly Thief-like gameplay garantueed as much attention and success as this game will get. It may also have to do with the fact that some reviewers romanticize co-designer Harvey Smith (ex-Origin Systems, ex-Ion Storm) into a industry legend just because he was part of the System Shock/Deus Ex/Thief 3 development teams. Anyway, with review round-ups already popping up everywhere, with 24 reviews already posted on gamerankings, it is clear that a new franchise was born today. It could be a big one. |
Then again they have been working on the game (on and off as they did work for hire stuff to keep the lights on) for almost 6 years now, Arkane is a small studio and the next game will probably be targeting next gen consoles at this point. A sequel may make it in time for holiday 2014 but I think sometime in 2015 is more likely TBH, that would still be less than the 4 years it took them to go from Arx Fatalis to Dark Messiah.
High ratings and internet hype doesn't really mean much if the general gaming public don't latch onto it anyway.
Also the setting is steampunk(ish) not cyberpunk, cyberpunk is generally about computers, the internet and cyborgs etc.
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