Will there be DLC for this game? And I'm thinking about new missions DLC, new people to assassinate or whatever.

Most certainly not. The targets and missions are tied in with the story. There is no way to make new DLC for it in that sense. I am also pretty certain the lead designer mentioned it's a complete product so all for of DLC will be just bone charms and things like that. And why are you asking for DLC when the game hasn't even come out yet anyway?

They left the possibility open in an old podcast I think, but it's best to view it as self-contained. There could be look-backs though such as what happened with Corvo's mission before the game begins. It's not necessary but it's an option.

I believe they can do that but giving it context is a bad thing in this case unless they can give it context and somehow derail it from the main story.

For example, let's say the give us a new mission and the mission briefing for it is "guy's bad because A,B or C but necessarily because he is a conspirator or helped screw you over", that's great and they maybe should do that but like I've mentioned time and again it isn't necessary. The reason why I don't think this will happen is because the company would like to work on other projects and because they encourage replayability. And like I've mentioned before, the game hasn't come out yet to claim that it needs or doesn't need things like this but I will always lean to "doesn't need" for obvious reasons.

I'd prefer the game to be a complete self-contained story. A game which needs DLC to conclude a story isn't good form. Besides, I'm sure the game will have enough replay value so that it'll not need DLC.

I agree with you since said hypotethical mission isn't in the game. I want to elaborate, but I'd like to have that article on hand where they talked about the two actual missions that were considered and put aside or outright abandoned for various reasons since this hypothesizing just stirs the pot. That was where I saw a point of entry being possible though.

Edit: Doubled.

So you feel a life after the end of the game for him is not possible?
You know, there could be perhaps a even deeper conspiracy?

Or perhaps he just after this would seek to do justice out in the world? Perhaps there is a good story to be told, a smaller one of course in the future?

That would just be a cop out. They need to finish his story in this game. This trilogy and continuation BS needs to stop. And you were asking for bonus missions for gameplay reasons not story reasons. Although I think both are not acceptable. The fact that this game is one of the few that doesn't need DLC is because you can spend millions of hours on it due to the large amount of possibilities and options to the way you approach everything within the game. And this falls back to the argument I made about great games in that great games will always stand on their own and no amount of DLC or w/e will change the experience you can get from replaying the game.

And basically the answer to all your questions could be answered in the game as it is now. Well if it's good they should be answered at least. Even if he lives in the end he will abolish the conspiracy does delivering justice to the world and rapping up all loose ends in one game. And I believe that's how they will go about it.

No matter how I read it, it sounds like I'm calling decisions into question that I don't have any facsimile of the full picture about and can't possibly have since the game isn't out! That's not what I meant to do.

Edit: http://gamersnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/speaking-dishonored-with-harvey-smith/

It's a good article. Doesn't have what I was referring to but it does address DLC.

Q: What future do you see with Dishonored? Whether it be DLC, expansions or a sequel?

Harvey: We are utterly consumed right now by finishing the current game that comes out October 9th, which means we only have 2 more months. Not only do we not talk about that yet, we just don’t know yet. All hands on deck making sure Dishonored is as good as it can be.

If you prepurchase the game you have a DLC. I have DLC ARCANE ASSASIN PACK with my reserve.

He is asking for bonus missions.

Aaah, ok.

That's really good to hear. Another issue that the DLC might have is that in the game Corvo doesn't have an incentive to kill someone just because "he's bad". In the game you can CHOOSE go on your own selfish path of vengeance or help people. So you have to give a good enough incentive that would satisfy both cases. Also, you have to bring every aspect of the game into the DLC. The poetic justice way of disposing your target and so on.

The best case the view this is "The Missing Link" DLC for DX:HR. If it's not that then don't bother making DLC at all.

Only reason I never completed TML for HR is I don't have a consistent Internet connection. You can't access it off-line, which kills me since I enjoy that game a lot. It worked as DLC because there was a place it could be slid into the main narrative while not disrupting what came before and what goes after.

I only wish I had that article on hand earlier.

That's the point. If Dishonored is going to have DLC then it better learn from "The Missing Link".

Ugh... dlc...

My feelings exactly. Gaming has been plagued with forced multiplayers, sequels and DLC. I hope Dishonored is like Singularity in that regard. Just come out and be forgotten by the major playerbase. Of course I wish that Dishonored is a good game and has a fanbase but I don't wish to hear of this DLC and other such nonsenses here thank you.

tell me though, when do you think TML was made? was it made along with the game just to be withheld in order to sell and generate more money, or was it made after the game shipped? I ask because to me, one of the biggest potential pitfalls of DLC is that game content is withheld in order to sell 2 or 3 weeks after release.

It wasn't withheld it was more like put aside due to the time strain like a lot of other things. But I still think the Tong mission was a bad movie to make DLC only. As far as I am concerned a game should be a standalone product with nothing cut from it.

This is why video games are the biggest earner in entertainment these days. Nobody pays ￡40 day one for a movie a CD or whatever, let alone that people would literally pay the same again for extra content (see Battlefield Premium). In my mind I see the head honchos of publishers like EA, Activision etc in a dark room plotting the downfall of our wallets in a manner similar to the intro to Deus Ex. (obligatory video below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxi7JRJrod4

Also, if they must have DLC, do not take an example from companies like EA. Like with BF3 and how anyone who didn't pre-order it like a good little devoted fan had to pay ￡10 for it. My point is, they revealed that DLC was coming before the game was even released.

The game wasn't even that good anyway.

It's hard to cite a company that does it properly, but I guess the best example for me would be Tale Worlds and their M&B Warband expansions: adding in new features and settings, taking the game to unexplored areas. Although their games are still badly balanced.

Ah, Singularity! That game was so unique and memorable, but just felt like it was missing something. I'm not sure what, but that game will stick in my mind forever (when someone mentions it).

Hey that's my article thanks by the way and during my interview with Harvey I think they really just want to see how this game goes first. Obviously he couldn't tell me anything about future products of Arkane, but I'm sure that they want to. They really love this game and I did too. When I played it at QuakeCon at the press demo area the menu screen did a Downloadable Content button. Meaning it'll have some form of DLC for sure, whether it be story related or just the reserve packs is yet to be seen.