Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall: PS3 DLC Review

Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall: PS3 DLC Review

Released by Bethesda
Platform: PS3

Dishonored was one of the best games of last year.

As you took control of Corvo, who lives in the district of Dunwall, and is a disgraced former royal bodyguard, who's accused of the murder of the Empress and banged up in jail, there was plenty to explore in the world around you - and plenty of missions with a supernatural twist.

In this DLC pack, you play Daud, the person responsible for the murder of the Empress and who is now seeking redemption. But given a mission by the mysterious Outsider, Daud sets out to work out what's going on.

Mixing stealth and moving around the walls of Dunwall, Daud has three missions to carry out in this DLC, and given he has some of the same supernatural powers as Corvo, you can pretty much guess what to expect as the game plays out. Skulking about a slaughterhouse sees you needing to effect some kind of strategy to ensure survival and make sure that you don't fall foul of the groups of baddies around.

It's a DLC that impresses on the visual front, as well as some of the game touches. Daud has the ability to summon an assassin to fight alongside him, and additional powers for said assassin to do his thing. It's a cool touch which makes some of the fighting a bit easier to handle.

While it'll never reach the highs of Dishonored, The Knife Of Dunwall is a welcome distraction and one which serves to reinforce why the game was so well done in the first place.

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