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Styx: Master of Shadows
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Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
Deep inside the vertiginous and multi-layered forsaken Tower of Akenash, where Humans and Elves protect the World-Tree, source of the Amber – a powerful and magical golden sap – is hidden Styx’ chance to understand his true origin... and to make a fortune at the same time.
Prowl through the huge, miles-high Tower of Akenash, completing various missions (assassination, information recovery, etc.) and avoiding detection. Progress in the shadows, assassinate your targets in close combat, or orchestrate «accidents». RPG mechanics let you unlock new powerful skills, impressive special moves, and an optimized equipment. Amber will grant you spectacular powers such as invisibility, «amber vision», and the ability to clone yourself. Explore the levels to discover every bit of information about your past, and steal prized treasures to acquire equipment upgrades. Embrace the shadows!
Mission areas featuring truly organic player path-finding A strong focus on hardcore stealth and infiltration: progress through the shadows with a sense of verticality, and explore to find hidden treasures Upgrade your skills along six unique skill-trees to improve your stealth, assassination, and technique. Distract, solve, smother and prowl with your clone An intricate story full of twists and revelations
Deep inside the vertiginous and multi-layered forsaken Tower of Akenash, where Humans and Elves protect the World-Tree, source of the Amber – a powerful and magical golden sap – is hidden Styx’ chance to understand his true origin... and to make a fortune at the same time.
Prowl through the huge, miles-high Tower of Akenash, completing various missions (assassination, information recovery, etc.) and avoiding detection. Progress in the shadows, assassinate your targets in close combat, or orchestrate «accidents». RPG mechanics let you unlock new powerful skills, impressive special moves, and an optimized equipment. Amber will grant you spectacular powers such as invisibility, «amber vision», and the ability to clone yourself. Explore the levels to discover every bit of information about your past, and steal prized treasures to acquire equipment upgrades. Embrace the shadows!
Mission areas featuring truly organic player path-finding A strong focus on hardcore stealth and infiltration: progress through the shadows with a sense of verticality, and explore to find hidden treasures Upgrade your skills along six unique skill-trees to improve your stealth, assassination, and technique. Distract, solve, smother and prowl with your clone An intricate story full of twists and revelations
©2020 Developed by Cyanide Studio and published by Nacon. All rights reserved.
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17 hMain
22.5 h Main + Sides
42 h Completionist
23 h All Styles
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78/100
Admirably open levels that reward exploration means there's high replay value if you're prepared to overlook the back-tracking.
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7.2/10
Styx gets its hardcore stealth right, but its controls and platform elements fall short.
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4/5 stars
This isn't a game that takes itself overly seriously and it knows it. It's a good budget stealth game that actually takes the stealth part seriously.
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Posted on: July 26, 2023
userouno
Verified ownerGames: 24 Reviews: 4
fun but flawed
I've never been much of a stealth fan but I managed to enoy this game. My only gripes are the sometimes busted guard AI and the boring old "humans bad" cliche (seriously, fantasy needs to stop that crap).
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Posted on: September 29, 2023
DeCKard49
Verified ownerGames: 235 Reviews: 8
Good ideas bad implementation
The start really good and after you unlock some skills it gets even better,but, unfortunately its very repetitious, the ai is psych,the second half of the game is slog and lot bugs like: guard hearing muffeld kills,seeing you in the dark,being alert by a body tha you hid,etc, plaque this game making a very frustrating stealth game that you have to reload often.
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Posted on: February 25, 2024
dukeofearle
Verified ownerGames: 165 Reviews: 11
Does not hold up to the test of time
I loved this game when it first came out. I played it endlessly on my PS. However, the controls are clunky on PC, and everything just feels sluggish and awkward. Still decent, and worth some nostalgia. But don't forget to take off the rose-colored glasses first.
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Posted on: February 5, 2024
Jim_Shiddy
Verified ownerGames: 86 Reviews: 15
Worth a Lot More Than $1.99
It's a simple, run of the mill stealth game. Not a lot sucks in it and it has little to no jank. It's not a 5 star game but it loses a star because it just didn't have enough variety in moving about or killing something. Worth a lot more than what I paid for it.
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