Killing Things in Dishonored Looks Fun

My anticipation for Dishonored continues to rise. E3 gave us a good amount of hands-on time with the game and ensured us that Arkane has created a true sandbox experience set within the confines of a "linear" level format. Bethesda's latest video shows off some of the creative ways to combine your abilities and pull off some truly remarkable kills.

Some of the abilities shown here have been shown several times before but it is the way in which they are combined with other abilities that show off the flexibility of the combat. The beauty of Dishonored is that the fun doesn't ever stop at summoning a swarm of rats to attack and devour your foes. Players can actually possess one of the rats and then proceed to evade detection or lure foes into any other deadly scenario that one might come up with. This is a game where hours will be spent finding different avenues to success. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the core gameplay of hunt and kill is just so damn fun either.

Dishonored hits store shelves on October 9, 2012.