Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches Review (Xbox 360)
Barrie packs up his sneaking gear and re-treads the rooftops of the Dishonored.
Finishing the story of Daud, Dishonored’s very own master assassin, The Brigmore Witches continues on from the previous DLC, The Knife of Dunwall to round out an excellent journey which runs parallel to Dishonored’s main story. I’ll try not to drop too many spoilers but due to the nature of this DLC it is a bit hard not to let a few things slip. You first meet Daud in the opening scenes of Dishonored as he sets up the premise for Corvo, the empresses bodyguard, and the main story. And while the main game has you as Corvo, both The Knife of Dunwall and The Brigmore Witches has you playing as the assassin, Daud, in a story that runs nicely along side that of Corvo’s.
The gameplay will come naturally to those who have played through the main Dishonored and previous DLC, and lets face it, The Brigmore Witches isn’t going to be played first is it? The locations will look and feel familiar but with both gangs and witches to contend with, you will at least have some different targets to deal with. Many of the weapons and skills available to Corvo are also available to Daud but as an assassin you have a more chaotic armoury. In saying that though, you can still go down a non-lethal path if you want, a strange choice for an assassin. I personally went full chaos, actively hunting down any surviving opposition and disposing of them in a brutal manor. But hey, that’s just me…
Like The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches gives you access to Favors or as we know them Favours, an option to buy help at the beginning of each mission. These vary widely from a door left unlocked or access to a guards uniform through to caches of goodies left and vital spots. Not only can these Favors help but also point you in a direction you may have easily overlooked without it. Charms and runes are quite plentiful and with the ability to carry Daud’s skills across from The Knife of Dunwall you quickly feel like the Master Assassin you should be. Although the Witches at Brigmore Manor aren’t going to go down easily…
The Brigmore Witches clocks in at around 5 hours, so isn’t huge but it is a great completion to the Daud storyline and leaves you feeling like you at least know both sides of the Dishonored story. And with many of the outcomes tied into choices made when you were Corvo, you may just find yourself returning to Dishonored to alter Daud’s fate…
I love that the DLC for Dishonored allowed me to play from the other side. Maybe more games could do this. If you liked Dishonored then you owe it to yourself to play all the DLC through to the finale of The Brigmore Witches. A highly recommended few hours of sneak and stab.
