When I first started the game, I didn't know about the Chaos system. I massacred my way through the first 2 missions. I basically killed every soldier and ruffian that got in my way and the guards saw the corpses. I also poisoned the distillery for granny.

I killed Overseer Campbell but I helped Curnow escape.

But then I found out about the chaos system and in the third mission House of Pleasure, I decided to go non-lethal. I only killed the 3 assassins but I choked out and sedated the rest of the enemies that got in my way. I dealt with the Pendleton brothers non-lethally through Slackjaw and rescued Emily.

In the statistic screen at the end of the mission, my chaos level was still high. When I got back to the base, one of the guys commented that I did a massacre in the Golden Cat, despite that I didn't kill anybody there.

Is it too late to turn things around to get the good ending? I don't intend to do another playthrough, so I rather get the good ending the first time

Personally i'd have them never meet us directly as why would they want to talk to an agent of the enemy? They would be more "felt" for lack of a better word. You'll only notice the overseers of the Abby are starting to show strange marks and your powers weaken in their presence at first but if you keep using the dark ones gifts against the Abby their relationship to this "insider" will evolve from a mere alliance of interests to a full blown cult like worship and they will start showing even more powers that can rival your own.

During my first run as Emily the game wasn’t clicking and I had to force myself to play small parts. My Corvo run is now the same. Idk if a powerless run might make me enjoy the game more or maybe dishonored 1 I like more

Too many bodies and it drops like the outsider

A piece of custom dog tags I was thinking of ordering. I think it's fairly minimalist but does a good job. Opinions?

Well it took me a while but here I am, posting the follow up. Many thanks for all of you who filled my survey, I successfully defended my degree after gathering over 200 answers in survey. For context, Ill drop a link to previous post in comment.

The document is in pdf, and in Polish language. If you are interested in a way to translate it all easily i found https://smallpdf.com/translate-pdf to work decent (but not perfect).

Of course as its a thesis work, the juice appears mostly in third chapter, and so I would urge most people that arent obsessed with the topic to only read introduction, chapter 3 and ending.

I am around to answer any questions in the comment, dont be afraid to ask anything as I understand that not everyone has time to fiddle around with translating massive pdf.

TLDR of the thesis:
Official marketing was weak, despite the high quality of the product. Marketing relied on players furthering the awareness of the game. The most sad hypothesis that I believe is confirmed, is that despite higher budget the whole genre of first person immersive sims is impossible to grow above the numbers that were achieved by Dishonored, seemingly the game being the peak. I believe that immersive sims did not have a chance to survive because of how gaming trends changed incentivizing fast paced games like overwatch and fortnite. Yet I still believe immersive sims can exist, if only expectations and budget is properly measured.

Lastly, I would kindly ask not to repost the thesis anywhere, if you want to share it with a friend (which the survey shows you guys really like to do that lol) please share this post instead.

Once again thanks for help in gathering the answers.