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Greg recently bought the new game Dishonored and is letting me play it, and I'm loving it. It plays like a cross between Bioshock and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, in an industrial steampunk setting (not unlike the era of Fable III). It also has very strong feminist and anti-conservative themes:
- the situation of the Empress and Lady Emily, her daughter;
- the obvious parallels to conservative Christianity and patriarchy;
- the plague that sweeps the city (which also seems to be a metaphor, though it could be for any number of things and at this point I haven't discerned which);
- and the Abby of the Everyman and its Overseers (a faith that rebels against a "god" that doesn't care, and labels everything from freedom of speech to a woman reading a book "heresy").
And speaking of gods, the Outsider is the most of the most intriguing gods I've ever seen in a game. He seems to be completely True Neutral. To quote TVTropes:
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If you want a game which lets you get creative with your playstyle, is set in the deep world of industrial steampunk, and has a new and interesting take on a classic story of redemption, you may enjoy Dishonored.
- the situation of the Empress and Lady Emily, her daughter;
- the obvious parallels to conservative Christianity and patriarchy;
- the plague that sweeps the city (which also seems to be a metaphor, though it could be for any number of things and at this point I haven't discerned which);
- and the Abby of the Everyman and its Overseers (a faith that rebels against a "god" that doesn't care, and labels everything from freedom of speech to a woman reading a book "heresy").
And speaking of gods, the Outsider is the most of the most intriguing gods I've ever seen in a game. He seems to be completely True Neutral. To quote TVTropes:
Blue and Orange Morality: Though the religious Abby of the Everyman preaches that the Outsider is the greatest of the evil otherworldly forces in the cosmos, he seems to be largely contrary to this. The criteria for him appearing before a person and giving them powers seems to largely be whether they interest him or not, suggesting he acts solely based on his own amusement and whims rather then any real dark designs.
The Outsider: "[The royal physician and head scientist] is desperate to contact me. He thinks he can force me to appear before him using the right combination of runes and the alignment of the stars, when all he really needs to do is be a bit more interesting."
The Outsider: "[The royal physician and head scientist] is desperate to contact me. He thinks he can force me to appear before him using the right combination of runes and the alignment of the stars, when all he really needs to do is be a bit more interesting."
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If you want a game which lets you get creative with your playstyle, is set in the deep world of industrial steampunk, and has a new and interesting take on a classic story of redemption, you may enjoy Dishonored.
ETA: I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ALL. IN THE GAME WORLD, YOU CAN FIND BOOKS. AMONG THESE BOOKS THERE IS HOMOEROTIC SLASH FICTION OF THEIR HISTORICAL FIGURES. M/M AND F/F, WITH THE LATTER REFERENCING THE FORMER. I FUCKING SHIT YOU NOT. 8D
