10 Powerful Video Game Abilities Only Evil Players Unlocked

10. Dishonored

At its core, Dishonored is about player choice. The game’s main draw is deciding whether protagonist Corvo archives his goals through murderous means or simply sneaks his way to success.

In case you’ve never played it, the game takes place in the city of Dunwell which is currently suffering one hell of a plague. Infected rats feast on the dead and are turning people into violent monsters called Weepers. The good ending of the game is the one that sees you putting an end to the plague and, by extension, this means not giving more food to the rats by killing (you know, that already egregious sin) and instead using nonlethal methods.

As you play through Dishonoured you’re free to customise your Corvo however you like but there is at least one ability that you’re really only going to get if you’ve decided to throw deuces to Dunwell and want to watch it burn.

Devouring Swarm is an appropriately icky name as the ability summons a legion of plague-infected rats to distract, gnaw on and kill your opponents. There’s no subtlety nor any real sneakiness in this one. Becoming the pied piper of the plague is straight-up viscous and will contribute to you eventually getting the bad ending.

But, on the other hand, it’s really cool… in that disgusting sort of way.