Dishonored 2: Endings (SPOILERS)

[Fabulous Jewfro]

So what are everyone's thoughts on the endings? I played through once with Corvo on high chaos over a year ago when this game came out, and recently I played a low Chaos Emily playthrough.

I'm of the opinion currently that playing through as Emily is much better, and much different. The story for Corvo feels somewhat half-♥♥♥♥♥ in comparision. The high chaos ending had little to say, too, although I enjoyed knowing that Emily ruled with an iron fist. I feel like even with Emily's playthrough, the ending video didn't say a whole lot, other than that she was a just ruler, with Dad at her side.

With dishonored 1, I felt like the ending was much better detailed, I like how what happened in the game with Corvo greatly effected Emily, and her outlook on ruling. I would've liked to see some more of that in this game. I think it really made you think a bit about how power corrupts, and how the violence inherent in people can ripple across the generations.

[ChilLyWilLy]

I haven't played High Chaos or even Corvos story yet but the game is so dang fun. My Emily play through was Low Chaos with all non lethal choices.

I think the ending was OK... Wish they followed up on every single person that you effected, especially Paulo and Overseer. Maybe they escaped somehow, did they get worked to death, what happened!? I did a lot of work to get those guys in the boxes and "poof", no follow up.

[Ivlichnov]

I think the game tells the tale of Emily, and how she learned to be an effective Empress. But you can also play as Corvo if you want.

The story might have been more interesting, if it had focus on just Emily as a playable character. I think the game also might have suffered from having to switch to the idtech 5 game engine partway through development.

For me the boldest ending of the series was the high chaos ending to the Witches of Brigmore, and Dishonored 2’s ending was a bit short and didn’t match up to the Witches ending.

[Zekiran]

They have had pretty weak endings overall, honestly, in terms of "what happens when you complete the game". Usually a bit anticlimactic.

That said, I really do love Corvo's version though Emily's is both fun and canon. Having him look at his old home, either low or high chaos... the things he says in high chaos are just... disturbing sometimes, and don't get me started about how much it hurt when he had to watch the Heart crumble and listen to jessamine's sad statement... oh my god she was so disappointed in him....

[Traveler]

If there's a third game (I so hope) I wonder what the cannon ending will be.

[Zekiran]

They're invariably low-chaos, usually sparing main targets (which often enough is nastier than if you just kill them).