Talk:Clockwork Mansion/@comment-7230171-20160930060223/@comment-16533050-20161001002117

Honestly, the fact that it does NOT seem to conform to the presentation of Dishonored 1 is my biggest grievance. The place works too well.

Taken at just face value of what the mission offers, it is, as its essence, a giant deathtrap that the inventor also lives in. I can see that.

However, what I cannot see and thus wrap my brain around is how exactly does that work? If at anytime, anyone can walk right in without any warning and start flipping switches, how is this place safe to inhabit, let alone to be a place that he gathers potential buyers?

Also, EVERY aspect of this thing functions flawlessly (or at least what we saw of it).

The reason Star Wars worked so much when it first came out was to show that sci-fi could be dirty, the Millennium Falcon could break down, and more down to earth. Things were still awesome and beyond the laws of real-world logic, but they conformed nicely within its universe.

This same 'down to earth'-ness was very prevalent in D1. Rooms were full of junk on occasion, there were always guards complaining about the Oil being used up in the Walls of Light when the canisters were removed, there were broken or disused arc pylons and such, like everywhere. The game had a pattern and a real-life feel to it you could immerse yourself in.

Now take this mansion. Nothing seems to go wrong. The gears move fluidly, walls and floors move effortlessly, and everything fits perfectly into place. Every. Time. Really? Even the guards, officers, and whatnot shot their allies in back on occasion.

The way the deathtrap mansion of Elizabeth Dawes Sterling when she was trying to kill Daredevil (reference Daredevil issue #208, July, 1984 if you don't know who that is) seems to be something more fitting with how the place should be presented.

Also, Jindosh's non-lethal elimination seems very antithetical to how it should be and actually a letdown.

And finally, your last point does not fill me with confidence as to the strength of your rebuttals. ;)