'I know we struggled a bit… with how we can show Corvo behind a mask that looks badass, but at the same time, we have Emily. 'It was important to show that we have two main characters because this is one of the main features of the game,' Arkane art director Sebastien Mitton told us. To me it is important that the guy behind the mask has to come out.' 'The mask was a good tool for the marketing, but to me the mask was just an accessory.
How do you show that it's Emily and not Corvo (and vice versa) when their faces are hidden? Promotional art for the first Dishonored usually focused on Corvo's mask, but this visual theme raised a problem for Arkane: it didn't communicate the fact that Dishonored 2 features two different playable characters. Dishonored 2 introduces two playable protagonists, and even though you spend the whole game looking out of their eyes, you should never have any doubt as to which one is the hero.
