I've played both games through twice. And after playing Prey I am becoming an Arkane fan boy. It's one of the very best Studios making great, polished games and I'll buy the new Dishonored, not only because I want to play it, but because I think it will help Arkane to continue to make games like these, however small my contribution may be.
That said, Billie Lurk doesn't hook me and I'd be fine just playing as Corvo in every new game.
Dishonored 2 is a lot of fun to play if you don't play it seriously. For example, getting up on a roof top and throwing bottles at guards walking along, knocking them out; using far reach to collect them all in a place they can't get out of; getting two factions to fight one another (in the Royal Conservatory mission, get all the guards to follow you into the Conservatory, then watch the fun!)
[quote]Dishonored 2 is a lot of fun to play if you don't play it seriously. For example, getting up on a roof top and throwing bottles at guards walking along, knocking them out; using far reach to collect them all in a place they can't get out of; getting two factions to fight one another (in the Royal Conservatory mission, get all the guards to follow you into the Conservatory, then watch the fun!)
You've hit on one of the strengths of games like Dishonored, and that's the freedom the player has to do things anyway he or she sees fit. Personally I play in a polar opposite way, I try to ghost everything. If guards are alerted then I've messed up. This sort of stealth gameplay is what I 'grew up' on, if you can consider I was still growing up in my mid-20s. The Thief series appealed to me on this level and I look to play every game that is remotely similar.
Anyway, there is a lot of sh!t on the gaming market and Arkane, for me, is currently standing out from that crowd.