Very good game. I will begin by addressing the performance issues, however. And this review is coming from someone who idolizes the first game, Dishonored.

My specs: Zotac GTX 980 Ti Amp! Edition, 8GB DDR3, running on a 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM HDD, and an i5-4460. The game at first suffered low performance, sometimes reaching 25 FPS. In the past week, though, I have not noticed significant framerate drops, even when I increased the graphical quality in the menu. Performance issues have been fixed for me, and I can usually hit 60 FPS.

The game is definitely not a disappointment. The main issues noted with Dishonored- a simple and easy stealth system, a lack of nonlethal options, and awful dialogue- have been fixed. The characters have more connections than in the previous game, and I found myself very saddened near the end of the game in a particular scene. The stealth system has been made more difficult; you can no longer safely lean around a corner and remain unseen. This is especially noticeable when you play without any supernatural powers- it's very challenging to stay undetected. The nonlethal style has been made easier to accommodate this, though, and you can execute a drop-assassination style knockout as well as choking enemies in combat. So the low chaos side has been well-developed and improved in many ways. The two characters have distinct comments, very different kill animations, and very different powers. With the new skill-tree-type system for powers, runes are more abundant but it is still not possibly to fully upgrade every power. There are many new choices for a playthrough of this type.
In general, if you liked Dishonored, you will enjoy Dishonored 2. Every bad point of the first game has been changed now to be made much more entertaining, and it has suffered very little simplification.

Very good game. I will begin by addressing the performance issues, however. And this review is coming from someone who idolizes the first game, Dishonored. My specs: Zotac GTX 980 Ti Amp! Edition, 8GB DDR3, running on a 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM HDD, and an i5-4460. The game at first suffered low performance, sometimes reaching 25 FPS. In the past week, though, I have not noticed significant framerate drops, even when I increased the graphical quality in the menu. Performance issues have been fixed for me, and I can usually hit 60 FPS. The game is definitely not a disappointment. The main issues noted with Dishonored- a simple and easy stealth system, a lack of nonlethal options, and awful dialogue- have been fixed. The characters have more connections than in the previous game, and I found myself very saddened near the end of the game in a particular scene. The stealth system has been made more difficult; you can no longer safely lean around a corner and remain unseen. This is especially noticeable when you play without any supernatural powers- it's very challenging to stay undetected. The nonlethal style has been made easier to accommodate this, though, and you can execute a drop-assassination style knockout as well as choking enemies in combat. So the low chaos side has been well-developed and improved in many ways. The two characters have distinct comments, very different kill animations, and very different powers. With the new skill-tree-type system for powers, runes are more abundant but it is still not possibly to fully upgrade every power. There are many new choices for a playthrough of this type. In general, if you liked Dishonored, you will enjoy Dishonored 2. Every bad point of the first game has been changed now to be made much more entertaining, and it has suffered very little simplification.