Best Arkane game? (poll)

[Phediuk]

I'll have to leave off Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot and the iOS game KarmaStar, as there is a 7-option limit.

Anyyay, time to vote: what's the best Arkane game?

I'm going with Prey. Pretty much exactly what I would've wanted from a new System Shock game. One of the most well-realized, cohesive settings in a game to date imo.

 

[R dott B]

Dishonored gets my vote.

 

[Atom Heart Mother]

Prey, recently. Haven't played Deathloop or Dishonored 2 yet (want to play both, been busy!) Prey to me is everything Arkane's wanted to do and executed pretty damn well. I love Dishonored but I do not like its approach to letting you have all these fun abilities and then having the game slap you on the wrist for having fun. The game encourages you to have fun but at the same time the story does not. It's probably my least favorite thing about Dishonored. Let me have fun. Don't try to make me feel bad for using the abilities I was given.

 

[Kemono]

OG Dishonored for me.

That's a game that i could play once a year. Instant classic.

 

[matrix-cat]

Dishonored 2 the GOATest of all time. Levels like the Clockwork Mansion, the Jindosh Lock, the one with the two different time streams that I've forgotten the name of, incredible.

D2 > Prey > D1 > Deathloop in my opinion. Haven't played the rest. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider also goes in there somewhere, it's short but it's great!

 

[Patitoloco]

Hard choice. The Dishonored games and Prey are all in my "incredibly fucking fantastic" tier, so I don't know lol

Voted for Prey, I think it's quite unique.

 

[Androidsleeps]

Please ban the one user who picked Youngblood.

 

[Kill3r7]

Dishonored 2 is probably their best game but my favorite is Dishonored. Playing it for the first time not triggering any alarms or killing anyone was a hell of an experience. Only to then see videos online of people playing it like an action (combat focused) game. It works brilliantly whichever way you choose to play it.

 

[Jamie]

Prey everyday all day.

 

[Poldino]

Dishonored by far

 

[Strings]

Haven't liked any of their games since Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, despite really wanting to :(

 

[jimboton]

Seems more people should play Arx Fatalis.

 

[Unaha-Closp]

Put me in the Dishonored 1 camp. Love that game. Get the desire to replay it about every 6 months.

 

[Deleted member 93841]

Surprised to see so little love for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

It was flawed, but I always wished we could an Elder Scrolls game with Dark Messiah's combat systems. It's some of the best FP non-shooter combat I've ever experienced.

 

[Playboi Carti]

Dishonored wins

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Prey and it isn't even close. Such a brilliant cohesive design with incredible player agency. One of the best games of last gen in my opinion.

 

[Manta_Breh]

I love the dishonored series because the setting is ace ... but gotta give it to Prey because I think it perfectly captured the feel of the immersive sim and the level design/different paths to get to places was sublime. Arkane was firing on all cylinders with this game.


Really bums me out Deathloop was a huge step back from that and Red Fall is even more of that. I just want more single player only, immersive sims from then.

 

[dgrdsv]

Dishonored 2. Was much the same as Dishonored 1 but with better level design and overall art direction.
Whatever came after that was a progressing disappointment for me. Prey was okay, Youngblood was bad, Deathloop was awful.

 

[Bigfellahull]

For me it's a toss up between Dishonored 2 and Prey. Really hard to pick my favourite between the two... but if pressed I think I would go with Prey.

 

[Legacy]

Dishonoured 1, closely followed by Prey

 

[eXistor]

Dishonored 1 and 2 are probably more solid overall, but Prey is my favorite. I like the setting and atmosphere more, but it does drop off pretty hard towards the end.

 

[TheClaw7667]

Prey is their best game in my opinion even though I have more fun replaying the Dishonored games using the godlike powers. The space station is just an impeccably designed environment and the level design allows for some truly unique ways to navigate through it, like the gloo gun and the mimic power, that it must have been maddening for the devs trying to make sure players couldn't just break the game constantly.

 

[eddy]

I don't feel like Youngblood belongs (AFAIK machinegames was lead), and the two Dishonored games are just going to end up splitting the Dishonored fanbase votes over two titles.

 

[Deleted member 25606]

Prey though Dishonored is a close second for me.

 

[Bushido]

Clearly Dishonored 2 for me, followed by Dishonored 1 and Deathloop. Started Prey twice, but both times it completely lost me after the first couple of hours. The combat is plain awful, dull enemy design, and the long and frequent loading times in combination with too much backtracking killed it for me. Really loved the setting and atmosphere, but simply did not enjoy playing it.

 

[AndyVirus]

I was certainly not expecting Prey to have more votes than both Dishonoreds combined.

 

[dedge]

Deathloop so far is the only one I've stuck with and once it got going I really enjoyed my time with it.

 

[Danim]

Prey for me, followed closely by Dishonored and then Dishonored 2.

 

[NeoRaider]

I am sorry but WHO voted Youngblood??
I can't say that i am a fan of a single Arkane game... For some reason they aren't doing anything for me.

 

[Ojli]

Looking at the results, I guess I have to play Prey

 

[Sotha_Sil]

Prey, Dishonored, and Dishonored 2 are all incredible games. I'd rank them in that order. I haven't been able to play Deathloop on Xbox, but hopefully will be able to in a few months.

Death of the Outsider and Mooncrash deserve honorable mentions. Youngblood is more of a MachineGames production than an Arkane one (they mostly helped MG out with level design IIRC).

 

[thevid]

I voted for Prey but would have been happy to vote for either Dishonored.

 

[SickNasty]

There can be only one

 

[AppleMIX]

Prey is the best shock game ever made.

 

[Dust]

Prey, far and above the rest.

 

[Khasim]

Dark Messiah. The multiplayer was one of a kind and I remember having an absolute blast with it. Such a shame that it died, it was ahead of its time.

There can be only one

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Also this, the GOAT

 

[drock5k]

Mooncrash is perfect.

 

[Yossarian]

Dishonored 2 the GOATest of all time. Levels like the Clockwork Mansion, the Jindosh Lock, the one with the two different time streams that I've forgotten the name of, incredible.

D2 > Prey > D1 > Deathloop in my opinion. Haven't played the rest. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider also goes in there somewhere, it's short but it's great!

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Crack in the Slab? Yeah, those two levels aren't just the best Dishonored levels; they're two of my favourite bits of level design ever. Absolutely incredible.

Talos I is a fantastic space too, so I agree with your order (though I've not played Deathloop).

 

[dsk1210]

Clearly Dishonored 2 for me, followed by Dishonored 1 and Deathloop. Started Prey twice, but both times it completely lost me after the first couple of hours. The combat is plain awful, dull enemy design, and the long and frequent loading times in combination with too much backtracking killed it for me. Really loved the setting and atmosphere, but simply did not enjoy playing it.

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This was me regarding Prey until last year, only last year I got into it and I feel in love with it. Maybe try again lol.

 

[Gray]

Ah, that's a tough one. I love Prey but I love Deathloop as well. It's hard to pick between them.

 

[Neuroxia]

Obviously it's gonna be Prey for me.

 

[CHC]

I love the first Dishonored the most I think. It was fresh, full of options, yet stripped back to exactly what it needed with nothing extraneous. And while the second game exceeds it in terms of level design spectacle, the more blank-slate approach of the first game makes it more enjoyable to replay. Though both are incredible, as is Prey.

Deathloop was very unmemorable for me, and unfortunately Redfall looks like an even further departure from what I loved about the studio.

 

[wouldyoukindly]

Prey.

Played it for over 100 hours. Incredible game.

 

[donpureevil]

Please ban the one user who picked Youngblood.

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I am sorry but WHO voted Youngblood??
I can't say that i am a fan of a single Arkane game... For some reason they aren't doing anything for me.

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That would be me.
Youngblood is by no means a great game, but it´s the only Arkane game (if you can actually call it that) i could stand to play more than 2 hours of. Of course my love for the Wolfenstein franchise is the main thing in that kept my intrest in Youngblood.

I tried Dishonored1+2, Prey and Deathloop and wasn´t at all interested in keeping playing them after a short while. The Intro sequence of Prey was really cool, but i just can´t be bothered with the immersive-sim gameplay. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Xater]

Absolutely Prey. It's the System Shock spiritual successor I wanted. Bioshock has nothing on this game. Mooncrash was also excellent.

 

[Yesterzine]

Prey, recently. Haven't played Deathloop or Dishonored 2 yet (want to play both, been busy!) Prey to me is everything Arkane's wanted to do and executed pretty damn well. I love Dishonored but I do not like its approach to letting you have all these fun abilities and then having the game slap you on the wrist for having fun. The game encourages you to have fun but at the same time the story does not. It's probably my least favorite thing about Dishonored. Let me have fun. Don't try to make me feel bad for using the abilities I was given.

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You'll probably get on with Deathloop, it very explicitly wants you to use everything it gives you and the worst punishment is that 3 deaths and you restart your run at the day, which you'll be doing many times to put together a viable completion tactic anyway.

 

[OnanieBomb]

The final third of Prey really sank the game for me so I'll have to go with one of the Dishonored games.

Can't wait for deathloop on game pass!

 

[Necromanti]

I still need to play Dishonored 2, and have heard very good things about it.

Currently, though, Prey wins by a large margin for me. So much so that I don't know if they can ever recapture its brilliance again. I wish I enjoyed their other games to the same degree.

 

[sirap]

Prey, followed closely by Deathloop.

 

[ket]

Y'all picked Prey?! Are u fucking serious rn