User blog comment:The.Outsider/Sequel/@comment-71.58.249.113-20140101143730

I personally would love to see a sequel, buy there are a few limmitations that the first game unfortunately set that would have to be kept in mind when moving forward.

- Staying in the same time period as the first game: There is a limit to the number of people blessed/cursed with the outsider's mark: eight. The outsider flat-out told us this in the KoD dlc. Knowing that the first game and its subsequent dlc already elimated four, (Daud, Corvo, Granny, and Delilah) sequels set in the same time period would have to be careful not to upset this. As well as remembering not to go too high, it would also pay to know where all of these people are before anyhing more is made. "Stranding" a single marked character by eating up three in a sequel would be a poor move, as it would effectively prevent this last character from meeting some of the most interesting characters, the other marked ones. Basically, just saying to think ahead.

- Moving back in time: This is somewhat trivial, but one could argue that we are limited by what we learned in the first game. Although this could be broken, it would seem strange if a major, major event took place in the past without being mentioned anywhere in the current world. All I'm saying is that a "first plague" or major revolution, anything along those lines, might want to be avoided if it is not mentioned in a note/book/conversation/etc.

- Moving forward in time: Limitations are set on which characters can be discussed/followed. A large part of the first game was the split endings and influence you had in the city, and saying that one of the endings is not cannon would kind of discredit that whole system. I would recommend that anything involving Corvo, Daud, Samuel, Emily, or even Dunwall for a short time after the first game should be avoided, as it would conflict with the choices and endings the players experienced in the first game.

Not trying to sound like the "sequel police" or anything, I'm just listing things that, in my eyes, would conflict with the first game in a negative way. Just food for thought.