Dishonored - Preview @ VG247

There's a preview-slash-interview on Dishonored at VG247, with a lengthy discussion about the setting, gameplay and rats. Here's a snip:

Point of interest: According to Colantonio, our demo mission could have been accomplished via roughly five completely different means – that Arkane currently knows of, anyway. On top of that, our vengeance-thirsty assassin’s quarry – a crooked lawyer with gallons of blood indirectly on his hands – could have escaped from his clutches, but a Game Over screen wouldn’t have brick-walled further progress. Again, life goes on. You give chase and hope for the best. After all, this is a world in which you can rescue a woman from her would-be murderers, only to watch her rush straight into a pack of rats equivalent to one Hungry Hungry Hippo. For sensitive audiences, we’re replacing what actually ensues with a “Nom, nom, nom” sound effect, but you probably get the idea. It’s all dynamic, too. That bit of morbid hilarity’s not pre-scripted at all.

Obviously, Dishonored’s brimming with potential paths to success (or temporary failure and then probably hilarious success), but where to start? Well, conveniently, you’re magic. And magic, as it turns out, opens a few doors. For instance, our demonstrator chose to sneak. After using the blink ability to teleport right past some guards, he possessed a rat and infiltrated the lawyer’s mansion through a hole in the wall. Then he emerged from the rat in human form – not a single hair out of place or lost in some weird possession dimension – and tippy toed onward.