STACK September 2017 Issue 155

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Dishonored's dystopian, clockwork
future set a new benchmark for
sandbox adventure games, with
players given the chance to embody Corvo
Attano (or Emily Kaldwin in the sequel) and
use supernatural abilities to take down those
hoping to overthrow the government.
In Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, you’ll
play as Billie Lurk, whom you’ll recognise from
Dishonored 1’s DLC and – spoiler alert – as
Megan Foster in Dishonored 2. According to
Dinga Bakaba, lead designer (game design)
on Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Billie
was the most popular character for a new
story.
“I think that we liked this character the
most because she’s a recurring character
to the series,” Bakaba told us in a recent
Skype interview. “We introduced her in
the DLC for Dishonored as Billie, and she
came back in Dishonored 2 as Megan,
with a different persona, and I think
she’s well equipped with the themes
of the Dishonored games. She’s a
character who did something wrong,
and now has a heavy conscience
as a result. That was her character
arc in Dishonored 2, but we like
the idea that in this game, DOTO, who she
is is really coming to the surface. She can’t
put her personality aside for much longer,
and now she’s on what we see as more of a
personal quest. We like the character, we like
her themes, and in DOTO we just wanted to
explore another badass character from the
franchise.”
Bakaba outlined three of Billie’s powers;
Death of the
Outsider
...in DOTO we just wanted
to explore another badass
character from the franchise
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If you’re hunting for your next Dishonored fix after finishing
Dishonored 2, you’re in luck.This month Arkane are launching
standalone title Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. Words Alesha Kolbe