Dishonored

Overview

Dishonored is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is set in Dunwall, a fictional industrial city hit by a plague. You play Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles, who is framed for her murder and forced to become an assassin. The Loyalists, a resistance group, and the Outsider, a being who gives Corvo magical powers, help him.

It is played in first person and lets you tackle missions through stealth, combat or a mix of both. Exploring a level opens new paths to your target, and it is possible to finish every mission without killing anyone. A chaos system tracks violence and changes the world and the story, without judging you for it. Powers and gadgets can be combined for new effects.

Between missions you return to a hub, the Hound Pits pub, to get briefings and spend loot on upgrades. There are four difficulty levels, and you can save at any time except in combat.

The game spent two and a half years in production. Before Dunwall, which is modelled on late nineteenth-century London and Edinburgh, it was set in medieval Japan and seventeenth-century London. When testers found unexpected ways to combine powers, the designers reworked levels to allow them instead of blocking them. Daniel Licht composed the score. Raphaël Colantonio and Harvey Smith were the creative directors.

It was released on PlayStation 3, Windows and Xbox 360 on 9 October 2012 in North America and France, 11 October in Australia and 12 October in the rest of Europe. It went to manufacturing on 28 September 2012. A Game of the Year Edition with all the released DLC followed in October 2013, and a Definitive Edition for PS4 and Xbox One in August 2015.

Voice work includes Susan Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Carrie Fisher, Michael Madsen, John Slattery, Lena Headey and Chloë Grace Moretz.

Reviews were positive and focused on the individual missions, the freedom in completing them and the art direction. Metacritic gives 89 for PS3, 88 for Xbox 360 and 91 for PC. It won Best Action-Adventure Game at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards and the 2013 BAFTA for Best Game. In North America it was the fourth best-selling game of October 2012 with 460,200 physical units.

Official trailer

Dishonored - Launch Trailer, Bethesda Softworks. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Dishonored Gameplay (PS3 HD), GameZine. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Action-adventure, Stealth

Developer

Arkane Studios

Publisher

Bethesda Softworks

Series

Dishonored

Engine

Unreal Engine 3

Composers

Daniel Licht

Designers

Viktor Antonov

Writers

Harvey Smith, Austin Grossman, Terri Brosius

Directors

Raphaël Colantonio, Harvey Smith

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Disc IDs

The serial printed on the disc and the case. It tells you which region a copy is from.

Trophies

Trophies81

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

13

Bronze

64

Total

81

Points

1920

Platinum time

25 hours

Difficulty

5 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

2

Playthroughs for 100%

2

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Game of the Year Edition

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

Three packs of 10 trophies each, all still sold.

Missable trophies

17

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

The Definitive Edition on PS4 has its own list.

Players with the platinum

5.78%

Missable trophies

• Art Dealer
• Clean Hands
• Dunwall in Chaos
• Gentleman Caller
• Ghost
• Just Dark Enough
• Long Live the Empress
• Merchant of Disorder
• Mostly Flesh and Steel
• Occultist
• Poetic Justice
• Regicide
• Shadow
• Street Conspiracy
• Surgical
• This is Mine
• Versatile

Grind

• Thief
• Collectibles: runes, bone charms and paintings

Glitches and fixes

• No glitched trophies; autosaves can be unreliable, so save by hand.

• Blades and Dark Corners You have mastered the City of Dunwall and unlocked all Trophies Platinum 5.78% of players
• Thief You pickpocketed items worth a total of 200 coins Bronze 34.22% of players
• Versatile You killed characters with each weapon and offensive gadget Bronze 7.92% of players
• Ghost You completed all missions after the prologue, alerting or killing no one but key targets Silver 7.12% of players
• Shadow You completed all missions after the prologue without alerting anyone Silver 7.62% of players
• Mostly Flesh and Steel You finished the game without purchasing any supernatural powers or enhancements, besides Blink Silver 7.59% of players
• Wall of Sparks You killed an enemy with the Wall of Light Bronze 40.69% of players
• Rogue You assassinated 10 unaware enemies Bronze 58.81% of players
• Specter After escaping prison, you completed a mission, not alerting anyone and killing less than 5 people Bronze 18.01% of players
• Faceless After escaping Coldridge Prison, you completed a mission without alerting anyone Bronze 22.86% of players
• Manipulator You made others kill 5 of their own allies Bronze 30.77% of players
• Razor Rain You killed 5 characters with Drop Assassination Bronze 17.77% of players
• Surgical You played from the first mission through Kaldwin's Bridge killing fewer than 10 characters Silver 12.91% of players
• Clean Hands You completed the game without killing anyone Gold 8% of players
• Harm's Way You caused 5 unintentional suicides Bronze 6.59% of players
• Inhabitant You stayed in possession of others for most of a 3 minute period Bronze 8.75% of players
• Hornets' Nest You killed 4 enemies in less than 1 second using the crossbow Bronze 7.7% of players
• Speed of Darkness You traveled 30 meters in less than 1 second Bronze 21.79% of players
• Tempest You killed 6 enemies in less than 1 second Bronze 8.76% of players
• Merchant of Disorder You acquired 15 equipment upgrades Bronze 25.8% of players
• Art Dealer You collected all the Sokolov paintings Silver 8.12% of players
• Occultist You collected 10 bone charms Bronze 43.33% of players
• The Escapist After Coldridge Prison, you eluded 5 pursuers at once without killing them or leaving the map Bronze 39.6% of players
• Cleaner You fought 5 enemies at once and none of them survived Bronze 54.3% of players
• Dishonored You escaped Coldridge Prison Bronze 86.59% of players
• Excommunication You eliminated High Overseer Campbell Bronze 67.58% of players
• Child Care You located Lady Emily Kaldwin, heir to the throne Bronze 55.79% of players
• Capturing Genius and Madness You abducted Anton Sokolov, Royal Physician Bronze 48.62% of players
• Regicide You assassinated the Lord Regent, Hiram Burrows Bronze 30.19% of players
• Political Suicide You brought about the Lord Regent's fall from grace by broadcasting his crimes Bronze 31.51% of players
• This is Mine You recovered your belongings Bronze 40.24% of players
• Resolution You completed the game Gold 37.02% of players
• Dunwall in Chaos You completed the game in high chaos Bronze 28.94% of players
• Just Dark Enough You completed the game in low chaos Bronze 17.69% of players
• Vanished You escaped prison and navigated the sewers undetected Bronze 16.25% of players
• Gentleman Caller You completed all the Granny Rags side missions Bronze 12.95% of players
• Street Conspiracy You completed all the Slackjaw side missions Bronze 18.49% of players
• The Art of the Steal You got the Art Dealer's safe combination for Slackjaw, but robbed the safe first Bronze 16.87% of players
• An Unfortunate Accident You killed Morgan Pendleton with steam Bronze 17.64% of players
• Well Mannered You completed the Boyle Estate mission without spoiling the party Bronze 25.5% of players
• King of the World You reached the top of Kaldwin's Bridge Bronze 18.34% of players
• Bodyguard You protected Callista's uncle, Captain Geoff Curnow Bronze 51.94% of players
• Mercy is the Mark You spared Daud's life Bronze 27.1% of players
• Lights Out You deactivated at least 5 security systems on Kingsparrow Island Bronze 11.21% of players
• Long Live the Empress You saved Empress Emily Kaldwin Bronze 35.98% of players
• Poetic Justice You neutralized all key targets using indirect means Gold 13.8% of players
• Food Chain You assassinated an assassin Bronze 39.96% of players
• Alive Without Breath You took possession of a fish Bronze 29.58% of players
• Creepy Crawly You used a rat tunnel Bronze 38.91% of players
• Back Home You grabbed a live grenade and threw it back, killing an attacker Bronze 7.54% of players
• Big Boy You killed a tallboy using only your sword Bronze 19.31% of players
• Mrs. Pilsen's Remorse You found Emily's doll hidden in each of the 10 challenges Silver 6.79% of players
• Void Star You completed all Normal and Expert challenges with a 3-Stars rating Silver 2.93% of players
• By My Hand Alone You made it to Wave 13 in Back Alley Brawl killing all combatants personally Bronze 2.87% of players
• Assassin Vs. Machine You completed Train Runner before the train arrives at the station Bronze 6.9% of players
• Rare Collector You found all of the collectable figurines in Burglar on Expert Bronze 5.36% of players
• Long Way Down You performed a drop assassination of at least 150 meters in the Kill Cascade challenge Bronze 7.67% of players
• Headhunter You completed Assassin's Run with 100% accuracy using only head shots Bronze 3.68% of players
• Daredevil In Bonfires, you performed all the special combination jumps in 1 round Bronze 2.95% of players
• Natural Talent You finished Mystery Foe without using any active supernatural powers Bronze 8.81% of players
• Time Management You finished Chain Kill or Bend Time Massacre without failing any wave, including bonuses Bronze 3.88% of players
• Just Business You got the information you needed from the Rothwild Slaughterhouse Bronze 22.57% of players
• Missing Pieces You obtained Delilah Copperspoon's identity from Thalia Timsh Bronze 19.5% of players
• Well Connected You purchased all of the Favors in The Knife of Dunwall Bronze 13.06% of players
• No Regrets You completed The Knife of Dunwall in High Chaos Silver 15.09% of players
• Redemptive Path You completed The Knife of Dunwall in Low Chaos Silver 10.94% of players
• Whisper Ways You completed The Knife of Dunwall without alerting anyone Silver 7.08% of players
• Cleaner Hands You completed The Knife of Dunwall without killing anyone Bronze 7.32% of players
• Rats and Ashes You caused a death using an arc mine and a rat Bronze 7.01% of players
• Message from the Empress You performed a drop assassination from atop the Empress statue in The Knife of Dunwall Bronze 7.76% of players
• Stone Cold Heart You spoke with the statue of Delilah in Timsh's estate Bronze 18% of players
• Parting Shot You delivered (or attempted) the killing blow on Corvo Bronze 19.27% of players
• Breakout You broke Lizzy Stride out of Coldridge Prison Bronze 18.85% of players
• Gangs of Dunwall You restored the Undine to working condition Bronze 17.09% of players
• Deal Maker You purchased at least 8 favors in The Brigmore Witches Bronze 10.69% of players
• All Come to Ruin You completed The Brigmore Witches in High Chaos Silver 11.39% of players
• Changed Ways You completed The Brigmore Witches in Low Chaos Silver 10.39% of players
• Silence is Golden You completed The Brigmore Witches without alerting anyone Bronze 5.74% of players
• Cleanest Hands You completed The Brigmore Witches without killing anyone Bronze 6.68% of players
• Enough Coin to Disappear You survived The Brigmore Witches in low chaos with 10,000 coins Silver 4.03% of players
• Wall of Flesh You used an enemy lifted with Pull as a shield Bronze 6.73% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 6.7 GB

Update patch01.04

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

Three paid packs followed launch, and each has its own ten trophies. The Knife of Dunwall and The Brigmore Witches follow the assassin Daud. The Game of the Year Edition includes all of them.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
Dunwall City Trials	2012-12-11	Ten challenge maps: waves of enemies, time trials and drop assassinations.	US$2.99	Yes
The Knife of Dunwall	2013-04-16	A story campaign in which you play Daud, with his own powers and gadgets and a Master Assassin difficulty level.	US$4.99	Yes
The Brigmore Witches	2013-08-13	The second Daud campaign, about stopping a ritual that threatens Emily Kaldwin.	US$4.99	Yes
Void Walker's Arsenal	2013-05-14		US$1.99	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

The game has no online features.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale	Reviews
Metacritic	PS3	89	100	35
Metacritic	Xbox 360	88	100	56
Metacritic	PC	91	100	29

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	9.2	10
GameSpot	9	10
Eurogamer	8	10
Game Informer	8.75	10
Giant Bomb	4	5
Computer and Video Games	9.5	10
The Escapist	5	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Creative director	Raphaël Colantonio
Creative director	Harvey Smith
Visual design director	Viktor Antonov
Art director	Sébastien Mitton
Composer	Daniel Licht
Writer	Harvey Smith
Writer	Austin Grossman
Writer	Terri Brosius

Cast

Character	Actor
Empress Jessamine Kaldwin	April Stewart
Admiral Farley Havelock	John Slattery
Piero Joplin	Brad Dourif
Callista Curnow	Lena Headey
Emily Kaldwin	Chloë Grace Moretz
Granny Rags	Susan Sarandon
Daud	Michael Madsen
Slackjaw	Al Rodrigo
The Outsider	Billy Lush
Lord Regent Hiram Burrows	Kristoffer Tabori
Anton Sokolov	Roger Jackson

Notes for collectors

• The trophy list has 81 trophies and 1,920 points, with the base game at 51 trophies and each of the three DLC packs adding ten. The platinum is called Blades and Dark Corners.
• The game can be finished without killing anyone, including the bosses and mission targets, and there is a trophy for it called Clean Hands.
• Pre-order extras included a 72-card Dishonored tarot deck, a USB whale-oil lamp and a smartphone decal, as well as in-game power packs.
• The Game of the Year Edition has its own disc IDs: BLES01924 and BLES01925 in Europe and BLJM61114 in Japan.
• Sony's server lists patch 01.04 for the North American disc and for two of the three European discs. The third European ID, BLES01714, tops out at 01.03.
• A free iOS spin-off, Dishonored: Rat Assassin, came out on 30 August 2012.
• Corvo never speaks, a choice the designers made so players could project themselves onto him.

Credits

Publisher

Bethesda Softworks

Developer

Arkane Studios

Director

Raphaël Colantonio, Harvey Smith

Released

2012-10-09

Age rating

ESRB M

Disc ID

BLUS30501

Region

US

Time to beat

about 12 hours