What happened to Corvo's mask?

[Steven Chilton]

Dishonored 1
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dishonoredvideogame/images/4/4a/Corvo%27smaskrender.png/revision/latest?cb=20121120051320
Dishonored 2
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/dishonoredvideogame/images/3/33/Mask_Trailer_Still_D2.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20150615162210
I guess it could be a different mask but it still has some of the same old features.
I like the new mask better

[e.bkapalka]

I'm sure it has been upgraded over the many years between games

[Kain]

Don't know, maybe that's his windows 10 mask.

[noir]

Originally posted by Kain:

Don't know, maybe that's his windows 10 mask.

Lol

[moondog]

Don't remember what he did at the ending of dishonored 1?
He threw it away, because he thought he wouldn't need it anymore after putting Emily on the throne

[Mr. Whiskers]

I just wish they would have gotten rid of the over-steampunking on it, like the meaningless brass added pieces and the 3 maginfying lenses on one eye and the random wires cover up the other eye.

[PsychoDino]

Originally posted by Jack:

Dishonored 1
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dishonoredvideogame/images/4/4a/Corvo%27smaskrender.png/revision/latest?cb=20121120051320
Dishonored 2
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/dishonoredvideogame/images/3/33/Mask_Trailer_Still_D2.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20150615162210
I guess it could be a different mask but it still has some of the same old features.
I like the new mask better

I would assume it will be in D2

[e.bkapalka]

Originally posted by Mr. Whiskers:

I just wish they would have gotten rid of the over-steampunking on it, like the meaningless brass added pieces and the 3 maginfying lenses on one eye and the random wires cover up the other eye.

The magnifying lenses aren't just for aesthetic. And I bet the artists could explain some of the other parts too as being more than that

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by e.bkapalka:

The magnifying lenses aren't just for aesthetic

Those magnifying lenses are definitely aesthetic. He has no vision in the eye that's magnified. In earlier images he just has one magnifying lense that moves to zoom at different levels and that version made way more sense.

[Kain]

I love Steampunk, so I'm glad your opinion holds no power over the game.

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by Kain:

I love Steampunk, so I'm glad your opinion holds no power over the game.

I didn't say I didn't like steampunk. I said I don't like how overdone it is in this instance to the point of absurdity. Corvo can barely see out of one eye and can't see at all out of the other and there's so many hangy-offy-bits that are just getting in the way. Steampunk has things serving a purpose. If there's no purpose and it's actively getting in the way it just doesn't make sense. Especially for an assassin. He needs good visibility but the combination of his lenses obstructing his view and his mask and hood cutting off his peripheral vision he has basically no vision on anything. For all it's faults, Watch Dogs did the assassin identity hiding great. Simple mask that covers the bottom half of the face only when necessary and is pulled down most of the time and a hat covering from being spotted from above while still maintaining good visibility for the wearer. Emily's mask is also much better than Corvo's in that regard, though Corvo's is at least more aesthetically pleasing in D2, if still nonfunctional.

As a side question, why are you so confrontational?

[Kain]

We don't know the mechanics inside the mask and how those lenses are switched, all that you say is bogus.Also the metal crap is on the sides of the eyes sockets. Finaly, the game is about assassins that can use magic, so screw that.

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by Kain:

We don't know the mechanics inside the mask and how those lenses are switched, all that you say is bogus.

Just look at the lenses. It doesn't matter how they work, the point at the centre of his eye is covered by metal where the lenses meet so he can't really see out of any of them. Instead he's just getting at best a bit of peripheral vision at a few angles each with varying levels of magnification which, if anything, is only making it harder to see. On the other eye he's got wires covering parts of his vision cutting it off even more. If you look at the earlier artwork, including some of the more iconic images such as the two-hands-cross-with-sword-and-symbol picture that's most often associated with the game you'll notice that right eye is much different and only has one zooming lense in the middle of the eye. This actually works. It cuts off peripheral vision, sure, but it has a purpose: greater magnification. You'll also notice that a lot of cosplayers who make the mask use this design as well because the other one you legitimately can't see out of.

Originally posted by Kain:

Also the metal crap is on the sides of the eyes sockets.

Yes, off to the side, and beneath, and above, and combining with his hood and the metal wires that run over the eyes to ruin what little peripheral vision he had left.

Originally posted by Kain:

Finaly, the game is about assassins that can use magic, so screw that.

And he can magically zoom in without his mask on. So if it all doesn't matter anyways bcuz magic asasinz lolz, why have it at all?

[e.bkapalka]

While the artists might not have gone into that much detail into the mechanics of how the mask works, there are types of expanding lenses or fiber optic (which I'm sure they didn't have) solutions that could center and enlarge what's being seen out of one of those lenses in a very compact package. Or maybe it's half an inch above / below / left / right of his eye so it actually does properly align and none of that other complicated stuff is necessary.

As for the brass bits, maybe they're fasteners, keeping some internal mask part in place.

And finally assassins have to be scary. Real ones don't but a common video game stigma is assassins that instill fear in their victims with a particular look. That's what I'd bet the majority of it is about

[Kain]

Originally posted by Mr. Whiskers:

Originally posted by Kain:

We don't know the mechanics inside the mask and how those lenses are switched, all that you say is bogus.

Just look at the lenses. It doesn't matter how they work, the point at the centre of his eye is covered by metal where the lenses meet so he can't really see out of any of them. Instead he's just getting at best a bit of peripheral vision at a few angles each with varying levels of magnification which, if anything, is only making it harder to see. On the other eye he's got wires covering parts of his vision cutting it off even more. If you look at the earlier artwork, including some of the more iconic images such as the two-hands-cross-with-sword-and-symbol picture that's most often associated with the game you'll notice that right eye is much different and only has one zooming lense in the middle of the eye. This actually works. It cuts off peripheral vision, sure, but it has a purpose: greater magnification. You'll also notice that a lot of cosplayers who make the mask use this design as well because the other one you legitimately can't see out of.

Originally posted by Kain:

Also the metal crap is on the sides of the eyes sockets.

Yes, off to the side, and beneath, and above, and combining with his hood and the metal wires that run over the eyes to ruin what little peripheral vision he had left.

Originally posted by Kain:

Finaly, the game is about assassins that can use magic, so screw that.

And he can magically zoom in without his mask on. So if it all doesn't matter anyways bcuz magic asasinz lolz, why have it at all?

To be fair, that's a problem with all masks and helmets, you sacrifice sight, for protection, also, yes, the fact that there is 'magic' involved is relevant, since Corvo could use a potato bag to hide his identity, but the mask and the heart were made by the scientist while influenced by the Outsider.

Also, what's the matter with that?

" matter anyways bcuz magic asasinz lolz,"

Did you momentarily lost your ability to type?

[Mr. Whiskers]

Originally posted by Kain:

To be fair, that's a problem with all masks and helmets,

Yes, but it doesn't need to be as much of a problem, as seen in the references to Aiden from Watch Dogs and Emily from D2.

Originally posted by Kain:

also, yes, the fact that there is 'magic' involved is relevant,

I never said it wasn't.

Originally posted by Kain:

since Corvo could use a potato bag to hide his identity, but the mask and the heart were made by the scientist while influenced by the Outsider.

Also, what's the matter with that?

The problem is that it doesn't counter anything I said. If the mask is irrelevant because he can just use magic anyways to cover all its design flaws why bother with such an overdone mask at all?

Originally posted by Kain:

" matter anyways bcuz magic asasinz lolz,"

Did you momentarily lost your ability to type?

Well that's an ironic reply.