Dishonored 2 can be played entirely without powers

Dishonored was known for the many brutal ways you could eliminate enemies with your powers, but in Dishonored 2 you can choose to ignore these altogether.
Co-creative director of Arkane Studios Harvey Smith and Bethesda’s Vice President Pete Hines both announced this yesterday.
Smith took to Twitter to say “you can literally say no to the Outsider: ‘I’ve had enough of your gifts'”
Hines used an IGN live stream of the game to say “you can play the entire game with no powers whatsoever”
The levels have been designed with this in mind, so you can still complete the game if you choose this approach.