I just received this game as a gift. I'm really enjoying it. It has an undeniably fascinating city as a backdrop and an engaging plot that one wants to follow through to the end. The graphics are nowhere near Skyrim-level, despite this being a Bethesda production, but the action and character development are enough to supplement that deficiency.
In terms of plot, you play as a man named Corvo, the former chief bodyguard to an empress of a plague-infected, steampunk-esque, retro-London island empire. You are framed for her murder, and the subsequent kidnapping of the heiress, but are offered an opportunity to escape from prison and seek revenge on the conspirators, all while becoming friends with an entirely new set of conspirators. Your choices of stealth versus brute force determine the outcome of the game, of which there are several.
So buy it, jerks.
Next week, Assassin's Creed III.
So are you saying you were playing a game, then decided to play another one?
Is there another way you could phrase this?