tl;dr: I'm still getting occasional frame drops, but Arkane have done a great job of fixing a broken-on-release game, and I'm very impressed with what they've created (now that I can play it)

As promised - My updated review now that the game has been fixed. Still got a bit of a sour taste in my mouth from the terrible release, and I still get MINOR frame drops occasionally, but the game is VERY playable and I am enjoying it very much. Arkane have genuinely made a very worthy sequel to one of my favourite games ever. I'm honestly chuffed that they listened to all the negative reviews and complaints about the game not running as it should, though it should have been tested a little more before it was made available to the public, however I'm no game developer nor do I possess the skills to become one, so my opinion here should be taken lightly.

Overall - Thank-you to Arkane Studios for listening to their customers (and fans) and fixing this fantastic game. You've done a fantastic job with this one, I hope for many more (perhaps with better releases, haha).

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[OLD REVIEW]:
tl;dr: I'm still getting occasional frame drops, but Arkane have done a great job of fixing a broken-on-release game, and I'm very impressed with what they've created (now that I can play it)

As promised - My updated review now that the game has been fixed. Still got a bit of a sour taste in my mouth from the terrible release, and I still get MINOR frame drops occasionally, but the game is VERY playable and I am enjoying it very much. Arkane have genuinely made a very worthy sequel to one of my favourite games ever. I'm honestly chuffed that they listened to all the negative reviews and complaints about the game not running as it should, though it should have been tested a little more before it was made available to the public, however I'm no game developer nor do I possess the skills to become one, so my opinion here should be taken lightly.

Overall - Thank-you to Arkane Studios for listening to their customers (and fans) and fixing this fantastic game. You've done a fantastic job with this one, I hope for many more (perhaps with better releases, haha).


[OLD REVIEW]

So far it comes across as exactly what I was hoping for in a game.
The only problem is that the FPS plummets to below 15 in open areas and in those Dishonored mini-cutscene things where you're kinda hiding in the shadows or on a chandelier while watching/listening to story dialogues.
My specs are:
AMD Radeon R9 390
AMd FX-8350 4.0GHz
16GB RAM
- and I can't even run this game on very low settings.
Apparently there are some optimization updates on the way particularly for AMD users, so I'll update my review in the future. I am still optimistic that Dishonored 2 will be an awesome game (when it's playable).

tl;dr: I'm still getting occasional frame drops, but Arkane have done a great job of fixing a broken-on-release game, and I'm very impressed with what they've created (now that I can play it) As promised - My updated review now that the game has been fixed. Still got a bit of a sour taste in my mouth from the terrible release, and I still get MINOR frame drops occasionally, but the game is VERY playable and I am enjoying it very much. Arkane have genuinely made a very worthy sequel to one of my favourite games ever. I'm honestly chuffed that they listened to all the negative reviews and complaints about the game not running as it should, though it should have been tested a little more before it was made available to the public, however I'm no game developer nor do I possess the skills to become one, so my opinion here should be taken lightly. Overall - Thank-you to Arkane Studios for listening to their customers (and fans) and fixing this fantastic game. You've done a fantastic job with this one, I hope for many more (perhaps with better releases, haha). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [OLD REVIEW]: tl;dr: I'm still getting occasional frame drops, but Arkane have done a great job of fixing a broken-on-release game, and I'm very impressed with what they've created (now that I can play it) As promised - My updated review now that the game has been fixed. Still got a bit of a sour taste in my mouth from the terrible release, and I still get MINOR frame drops occasionally, but the game is VERY playable and I am enjoying it very much. Arkane have genuinely made a very worthy sequel to one of my favourite games ever. I'm honestly chuffed that they listened to all the negative reviews and complaints about the game not running as it should, though it should have been tested a little more before it was made available to the public, however I'm no game developer nor do I possess the skills to become one, so my opinion here should be taken lightly. Overall - Thank-you to Arkane Studios for listening to their customers (and fans) and fixing this fantastic game. You've done a fantastic job with this one, I hope for many more (perhaps with better releases, haha). [OLD REVIEW] So far it comes across as exactly what I was hoping for in a game. The only problem is that the FPS plummets to below 15 in open areas and in those Dishonored mini-cutscene things where you're kinda hiding in the shadows or on a chandelier while watching/listening to story dialogues. My specs are: AMD Radeon R9 390 AMd FX-8350 4.0GHz 16GB RAM - and I can't even run this game on very low settings. Apparently there are some optimization updates on the way particularly for AMD users, so I'll update my review in the future. I am still optimistic that Dishonored 2 will be an awesome game (when it's playable).