I'm trying to figure out what genre or style of game this is.

1. Is this game like DA, ME, Witcher, VTMB, Kotor, Skyrim, GOT in any way?

2. I'm also curious what the developers favorite RPGs are.

3. Was dishonored designed to offer a mentally stimulating, thought provoking story or was this game created to woah the player with cool stealth kill animations?

Thanks!

Luzarius
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Well it is not a RPG first of all.

1. Its similar in that its a game.

2. Google it? I duno.

3. I don't think any developer honestly thinks they make a game JUST to be flashy. I also dont believe every member of the development team is 100% happy with the game overall, but life is all about compremize. I do believe every developer takes pride in their work and believed they are making a good game.

it is nowhere near any of them at all. It is more aligned to Thief, Deus Ex, Dark Messiah or any first person game with a stealth element.
You should check out some of the gameplay videos to get a grip around the game and how it plays out.

The developers reeeeally loved Thief, Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis and such games, that's why Dishonored reminds us of those games ^^
They also however had everything from Bioshock to STALKER in mind, when they created the game

To the last question, I'll go ahead and say it's a mix between the two. Dishonored tries to give the player a world with alot of depth and a strong story to be told,
but also to give off a great gameplay, a gameplay where you just need more, you simply can't have enough.
And honestly that is what makes a great game for me, A strong story, hopefully provocative in the way that I HAVE to make a decision or have to have an opinion,
plus a smooth and strong gameplay with some great features or animations where you just feel the rush as you shoot someone or drive a blade through a man's chest.

well that's my two cents, hope it helped

Dishonored is like a cross between The Witcher 2 and Mario Brothers, except you can play it so the turtles don't see you.

The game that im exited to hear it's alot alike is Deus Ex, I absolutely loved that game and id have to say it'll (will hopefully) be the most like that. Of course though I really hope it will have a bunch of content that when I think of Dishonored I'll think, "Yea, that is one of the only game's I played that had so and so...etc."