I always knew you could do either in Dishonored, it's just I was following the suggestions the game makes for doing things stealthily. I'm going to play it again sometime and brazenly run-and-gun it. haha.
Funny, I've only heard such high praise recently about God Hand. No one seemed to care much about God Hand for most of the time it's been out. I always thought it was just a quirky favorite of my friend and me that probably few others enjoyed or even noticed. The "greatest of all time" words I hear now sound funny to me. But, I guess that can happen where a game is mostly ignored at first and then is recognized later on. Either that or I just never paid attention to the reception in the press and elsewhere back in '09.
I will say this, God Hand will stress your button fingers. So much so that my friend feels he can't play it anymore. I think it's possible to execute the moves gently, but it's hard to not mash and lean into it when you are fighting.


