Man , you nailed it . The thing for me is that D 1 took time to present the characters before shit went downhill . Corvo wasn ' t supposed to be framed first hand . He got early and was in the wrong place at the wrong time . When you assassinated or spared the conspirators throughout the chapters they meant something . You were dismantling them one by one . Also , the secondary characters were kinda more likeable too . I miss Samuel and Piero a lot . I miss little tid bits like Piero stalking Callista . Hell , even the loyalists betrayal led you meet Daud ! In D 2 you have only glimpses of who is aiding Delilah and the Duke . You also have Sokolov driving the skiff and taking you to the missions . It doesn ' t make any sense . It ' s like Einstein being a chariot guy or something . After you are thrown in Karnaca you basically eliminate each target as the missions goes by only to see what they did AFTER a while in the Crack In The Slab mission . I think Stilton ' s house should ' ve been one of the first missions whilst Clockwork Mansion one of the last . You can ' t build a character like Jindosh and eliminate him entirely after like 5 hours of play average . Oh and also don ' t even get me started in changing both Billie Lurk swagger and the Outsider eerie voices for far less appealing voice actors . D 2 mechanically and graphically for those lucky to not be affected aspects are a clear evolution but for those like me who the prefer narrativelore intertwined with the gameplay experience over the aforementioned issues , reviewing and comparing D 2 to D 1 leaves me into permanent bummer mode . But that just me .