This game is excellent in it's own right and a wonderful sequel to Dishonored. If you loved the gameplay, story, characters, and world of the first game, then you want this as well. It's gorgeous, the gameplay is still excellent, the "approach your objectives however you want to" aspects are still in full effect, the voice acting is outstanding, and the story has some really neat things going on.

Granted, this game is also a performance beast. My machine just meets the approximate equivalent to the minimum recommended specs (I'm on a 2.8GHz core i7 MSi gaming laptop with 24GB RAM and 8GB GTX880M graphics), and there's pretty much nothing I can do to get stable 45+FPS without turning the resolution WAY down. On the other hand, on my machine there is little or no impact for most settings anywhere between low and high, so I can have things looking decently pretty at my *just barely playable* (for me) framerates (which means typically 35-45FPS at 1600x900, with occasional tanking into the 20s). However, that is playable enough, and I am loving the game. I'm sure I would love it even more if I had the machine to handle it.

Many are reporting major performance problems on higher end machines, and so there are a lot of negative reviews. I don't know if my own performance reflects that or reflects my aging graphics card and machine. Hopefully the issues will get fixed (and hey, maybe any optimizations that get patched in will also help my performance). Because if you can play this game with few or no problems, it truly is an excellent game, especially if you really liked the first game.

So, yes, I highly recommend it. Though, if you have your doubts about the performance issues, then maybe wait and see if they get fixed before you buy. :)

This game is excellent in it's own right and a wonderful sequel to Dishonored. If you loved the gameplay, story, characters, and world of the first game, then you want this as well. It's gorgeous, the gameplay is still excellent, the "approach your objectives however you want to" aspects are still in full effect, the voice acting is outstanding, and the story has some really neat things going on. Granted, this game is also a performance beast. My machine just meets the approximate equivalent to the minimum recommended specs (I'm on a 2.8GHz core i7 MSi gaming laptop with 24GB RAM and 8GB GTX880M graphics), and there's pretty much nothing I can do to get stable 45+FPS without turning the resolution WAY down. On the other hand, on my machine there is little or no impact for most settings anywhere between low and high, so I can have things looking decently pretty at my *just barely playable* (for me) framerates (which means typically 35-45FPS at 1600x900, with occasional tanking into the 20s). However, that is playable enough, and I am loving the game. I'm sure I would love it even more if I had the machine to handle it. Many are reporting major performance problems on higher end machines, and so there are a lot of negative reviews. I don't know if my own performance reflects that or reflects my aging graphics card and machine. Hopefully the issues will get fixed (and hey, maybe any optimizations that get patched in will also help my performance). Because if you can play this game with few or no problems, it truly is an excellent game, especially if you really liked the first game. So, yes, I highly recommend it. Though, if you have your doubts about the performance issues, then maybe wait and see if they get fixed before you buy. :)