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Here's a Little Taste of Dishonored's Backstory

Flammable whale goop + Orwellian police state = profit?

Sep. 25 2012

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Dishonored

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Edited By KceeAce

If you guys want to see some guy stumble through this game check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI_9u1KWwhA, dislike, like, all is fine.

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@Korolev said:

I wouldn't say that progress ever comes at too high a price. Progress is necessary since the present is imperfect. Without progress, what would be left? For the human species to wallow in its own shit until it faces inevitable extinction. Progress is the only hope for humanity - to change things from how they are now to what they should be. Without progress, there is no hope, or reason, for our species to exist.

What if the price for a to hasty "progress" is our own extinction, still ok?

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I wouldn't say that progress ever comes at too high a price. Progress is necessary since the present is imperfect. Without progress, what would be left? For the human species to wallow in its own shit until it faces inevitable extinction. Progress is the only hope for humanity - to change things from how they are now to what they should be. Without progress, there is no hope, or reason, for our species to exist.

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it blew my mind

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Edited By avantegardener

Lovely animation.

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I'm pretty sure that was Chloe Grace Moretz narrating. I'm pretty sure.

Yep, turns out I'm right and I'm great. I still think it's a weird choice though - for some reason it's kinda difficult to understand her. Not the individual words and pronunciation, but the context of it all. Like, you know, the reason for narration.

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@NicksCorner: +1 for not being a dick on the internet

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She sounds like the girl in that GZA Liquid Swords song "people say his brain was infected by devils".

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Dude lives in Dystopian era city. Dude creates energy. Dude sells energy. Dude gets rich. Dude kills self. Sokolov bad. Roseburrow good. Roseburrow dead.

Summary.

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All I can say is.........this looks great!

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I'm digging the whole ambiance of Dishonored. I don't know how I'm going to find time to play all these amazing games, but this definitely looks like one I want to try.

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That was cool, really liked that little glimpse into the backstory.. I'm glad it wasn't anothere Developer Diary or gameplay video, I keep watching everything they put out, kinda ruining part of the game for myself.. Still can't wait!

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So stoked for this. Just hope they don't botch the PC version.

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Edited By SasquatchRuby

I have reservations. Reservations!!!

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Edited By cannonballbam

I really enjoyed the art style, I hope it is the vehicle for driving story in game.

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Looks cool :)

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Cool trailer, I was enjoying it until the part about suicide.

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MEMES ARE HILARIOUS ALEX, PLEASE KEEP USING THEM IN YOUR VIDEO CAPTIONS

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Edited By porr

I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT,I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT.

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Edited By iodizedjoe

Hey Giantbomb fans I have no filter/perspective/talent for my job and I said "flammable whale goop" which is goofy and hilarious, then I added to that "Orwellian" -- smart reference kids yeah I read books -- completeting an ironic mathematical formula because that's an hip internet thing right oh my god you guys my subheadings are genius I'm Alex please say I'm funny and clever and love me and talk about me please. Why aren't you talking about me. This video is about me, ME!, not the actual video game.

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Again, excellent choice of art style like the game itself.

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Edited By RGPsyop

Dishonored Credits:

Director: Jon Saunders

Lead Technical Director: Borja Pena

Executive Producer: Lucia Grillo

Producer: Ryan Mack

Assistant Producer: Delaney O'Brien

Designers:

Jon Saunders

Sam Ballardini

Storyboard Artist:

Robin Nishio

Illustration / Animation:

Jon Saunders

Borja Pena

Sam Ballardini

Marika Cowen

Blake Patrick

Angelica Alzona

Lizzie Akana

Stephanie Davidson

Stephanie Russell

3D Modeling:

Sue Jang

Dave Chen

Oliver Castle

Bryan Eck

Rigging:

Zed Bennit

3D Animators:

Ryan Moran

David Barosin

Michael Shin

Compositing:

Borja Pena

Helen Park

Jason Conradt

Danny Kamhaji

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Edited By uomoartificiale

As it turns out, she's the girl from the Kick-Ass movie: Chloe Grace Mortez. And now that I think of it, I also had issues understanding what she was saying in that film... ;)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-25-short-and-arty-dishonored-videos-set-story-star-kick-ass-girl

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I'm usually not a fan of the motion comicy stuff but this looked absolutely excellent.

Sorry Xcom you're gonna have to wait

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@Mongoose: maybe it was just the EQ of my speakers, I don't know, but all the "r" and "s" completely melted in her speech. Very difficult to discern what she was saying, more than once I noticed that I gave up listening to her. No big deal, I just rewinded a couple of times and I enjoyed the trailers once more. I find just odd that she didn't sound as a trained actress (but I suppose she clearly is). I wonder if that girl is somehow related to the story they are telling. Why a girl has to narrate his story? My point being: I can't wait to find out! ;)

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Ouch. Poor Roseburrow.

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Cool stuff, really interested in seeing how this finally turns out.

Also, the next Mass Effect should have you harvest resources from Space Whales instead of remote planets. Think about it. Think about it. Fucking yeah.

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@uomoartificiale: I didn't hear any speech impediment...

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this is just so unique and cool-looking

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Edited By bybeach

I don't know if this guy discovered something, or later tech was advanced, and if He was a 'good; guy who radically changed his tack in life and later regretted it. Something like all that...

I am looking forward to Dishonored. The 'art' puts me a bit off, but not because it is bad..just the oppossite. Something tells me that can be a nasty world to have an existance in, communicates that graphically pretty well.

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even if this is only marketing, the style is superb. Already preordered two weeks ago.

It was really difficult making sense of the female voice in this video though. Maybe there's some story-related reason of why an underage girl with a speech impairment is doing the voice-over.

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Wait... What?

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Blood for whale oil.

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this looks better by the minute... I can't wait.

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Hokey narration, but well-animated.

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Balls. Disc, get yo ass in my machine.

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Giant bomb wants me to have sex in the showerrrrrrrrr

Edit: I'm loving this games marketing, its subtle and effective.

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Goddamn. My hype levels are reaching critical mass.

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Nice casting for the voiceover.

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Damn this comes out soon. Too many games!

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2 weeks! Can't wait! Alos: loving the art style of the game, even more the art style of this video though

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I don't really understand it, but I can't wait for Dishonored. Arkane is a really great studio, Dark Messiah is a fantastic game on PC. I doubt that this game will do well, but I sure as hell hope so.

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You guys already have me, not you're just cruelly teasing!

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@NicksCorner said:

Saw this at 0 comments but wanted to give somebody else a shot at the quest, grats ^^

Aren't you the good samaritan =)

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Saw this at 0 comments but wanted to give somebody else a shot at the quest, grats ^^

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Edited By morningstar

Cant wait. Arkane is gonna rock it on this one.