No doubt Arkane has changed sinceDishonored, what with studio heads leaving and theMicrosoft acquisition.

People come and go as time marches on, it’s just the way of things.

And I acknowledge the stories that emerged in Bloomberg’sinvestigationaboutRedfall’s development.

A hunched man appears in shards of glass, surrounded by plush ballroom scenery in Dishonored 2

I just find it a bit irksome whenever anyone says, “Well, what did you expect?

Not to mention, a complete disregard for the talented people in those studios who work really damn hard.

Not to mention an all-timer of a stealth level that is A Crack In The Slab?

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At the press of a button, it transports you from crumbled carcass to spotless suites and back again.

Of course there’s the whole cause and effect thing, too.

Amaris Stilton sits hunched on a piano stool in Dishonored 2

A stately home interior, showing a guard in shards of glass from another timeline in Dishonored 2