Should I get this?

**** that. There's a lot of people here who will bash the game and people who like it for free. Why make the job easier by making an interested person feel like crap:

TC, how often do you replay games? One of the assets and deficits simultaneously can be a relatively quick turnaround. 5 hours is not representative of a play-through that had any consideration behind it. If you know exactly where to go, skip scenes and just kill followed by exiting...yeah it might be possible. Real time you can expect is anywhere from 12-24 hours. The value comes with playing through with different approaches. You should know upfront there is no New Game Plus feature. I'm making an outline for people to follow to simulate one, but it's by no means a perfect replacement.

Have you watched any gameplay videos for this? The Debut Trailer is a good indication of how it works mechanically but the game will not look anything like that (it should be self-evident, but one topic had a lot of mileage with the claim that it was false advertising even though there's a wealth of material out there to get the true gauge of the game). The graphics have been very polarizing. Textures aren't the best, but the overall aesthetic is very appealing imo. The occasional animation can be stiff too, but mostly everything fits to my view. While the graphics are up in the air for some, the gameplay is great. You may hear some people laud some mechanics as revolutionary. This is a small hyperbole. Blink---the signature power, creates "fast stealth". It cuts out the stigma of having to be slow by offering great mobility and the first level is gifted to you for free. I haven't upgraded it yet since I'm playing non-lethal, stealth with no upgrades at all on Normal.

I'm going all over the place at the moment. It'd be easier for you to ask questions and I'll try to answer them. If you're not averse to spoilers, Total Biscuit has a run-down that is thorough and should leave little questions as to whether this game is for you. It's 43 minutes though. If that's too much, type in Dishonored Bethesda Softworks in YouTube. Their channel should pop up or one of their official videos.

If anyone has unbiased videos to share that would help I'd imagine. In a separate topic, IGN apparently had a good video to judge by.

That's all I can think to say for now except for one thing: I've seen a lot of negative topics for this game today, most just treating this like an unofficial sequel to Viva Piñata to be whacked. Others have real points and they've stuck in my head at the moment. The positives though---a set of powers that all blend together in a symbiotic, systemic way, multiple path-ways to your objectives when you get Blink (the beginning is intentionally bottle-necked), expansive level design, a great story that, admittedly, you absorb through interacting with the world (the main story is kind of like a ribbon keeping everything together---the present is beneath the ribbon)---it's a game that returns in spades what you put into it.

Sorry I guess I found my rhythm heh. It's not a game you slide into easily. I would love to say buy this now, but if you can rent it first that might be best as you said your interests are general. I think it's demanding unless you gimp it intentionally. Hope this helped.

There are no difficulty based achievements, so if you wanted to (which I don't know why anyone would do this short of caring more about the number than getting an experience out of doing it with a little challenge) you could just sweep them up on Easy. There are a couple that make it so you'll need discrete play-throughs to get them though. The list is a good one in that it's spread across the board to encourage different style exploration. Some of the achievements are contingent on having certain powers, not upgrading anything, upgrading a bunch of things...each one has an opposite basically so you can depend on a couple times through.

I'm taking my time partly by choice and partly because I can't play when I'd like (such as now... -_-). Anyway, I'm sorry it took me a little to get back to you. I haven't been checking through as much as I thought I would, but if you have any in-depth stuff to ask you can PM me. As long as this pops up to the top every once in awhile, I can answer here too.