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October 6

Watch Styx: Shards of Darkness Gameplay!

The highly anticipated Styx: Shards of Darkness will finally arrive in Q1 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Patrick Pligersdorffer, CEO at Cyanide Studio, explains:

With this new episode of Styx we updated our engine from Unreal 3 to Unreal 4. This update has brought so much to the Styx series, from graphical enhancements to new gameplay mechanics and features. The engine transition has required some time for our team to adapt to. We’re dedicated to providing the best stealth experience possible for players, so in agreement with our publisher Focus, we are delaying the game until the first quarter of 2017.

Developed with Unreal 4, Styx: Shards of Darkness, creeps into an ambitious new sequel with a host of new features! Today, we are unveiling the very first gameplay video of Styx: Shards of Darkness, where you can watch our goblin hero sneak, climb, swing, and kill through the Port of Korangar on a mission offered by his latest shadowy client. This is the perfect opportunity to discover some of the new features and gameplay mechanics added to Styx’s latest adventure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZKlcNI9FU

In search for the Ambassador’s magical scepter stolen by a shape-shifting elf, Styx must infiltrate a diplomatic summit through clever use of the environment and new crafting abilities. A new feature, crafting, enables Styx to use more abilities, such as throwing a cocoon large distances enabling him to teleport into a newly hatched clone of himself.

The series' lauded verticality returns, with many choices of routes and tactics to take throughout the level. Stick to the shadows on the ground, avoiding patrols, or turn to the walls and ceilings to sneak past or attack from above. Kill, or subvert; the choice is yours - just don't be seen!

The leveling system returns expanded and enhanced. Using the magical power of Amber, Styx is able to turn himself invisible for a short period of time, and if you choose to upgrade this skill, it can even turn victims invisible while you go in for kills. By levelling up the assassination tree, Styx gets access to improved aerial kills, as well as the ability to kill an enemy from a barrel or box and stuff the body inside in a single, swift, move.

Styx's second adventure builds upon the foundations laid Akenash, with more fluid movement and climbing abilities, a richer story told with cinematics including an enhanced bestiary, and side-missions to complete for the sneakiest of goblins.

Styx: Shards of Darkness comes out early 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!

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September 6

Watch Styx: Shards of Darkness E3 Trailer!

Styx: Shards of Darkness, the sequel to Master of Shadows, comes to consoles and PC.

Styx creeps back in a new adventure packed with bigger production, a load of new features and a new engine: Unreal Engine 4. Our E3 Trailer unveils more about the quest that awaits our green-skinned goblin in Styx: Shards of Darkness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4M-n6l4dI
While Styx is in business in Thoben, the City of Thieves, he makes an unexpected deal with a mysterious human officer Helledryn. As Styx, you must steal the ambassador’s scepter, a very coveted object, which other, more nefarious, parties are interested in.

Of course, the reward shall be worth the risk, in return the officer promises you great quantity of a resource you are desperately looking for: magical amber, the source of Styx power.

Sneak your way to your objective, evading dwarves, elves, and all manner of races, hunting down the scepter. Creatively utilize all of Styx’s tools: assassination, amber powers, talents and skills, equipment, and crafting!

Each race excels at a different thing. The Dark Elves, for instance, have experts at goblin hunting while the Dwarves have a supernatural sense of smell, enabling them to track you down (even when invisible!). Learn their strengths and weaknesses if you want to survive long enough to snatch the scepter.

There are further exciting features to be revealed just around the corner!

Infiltrate your way to victory in Styx: Shards of Darkness for consoles and PC.

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Reviews

“Styx Master of Shadows is one of the best titles the infiltration genre has to offer.”
9/10 – HardcoreGamer

“Styx is a success thanks to its extremely varied level design offering multiple ways to play and thus a great replayability. The game also offers a rich atmosphere and allows you to control a hero that does not follow nowadays stereotypes.”
8/10 – Jeuxvideo.cοm

“In a lot of ways Styx is a hardcore stealth fan’s ideal game.”
7,2/10 – MMORPG

About This Game

Styx: Master of 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

System Requirements

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OS: WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.4 GHZ
Memory: 3072 MB RAM
Graphics: 1024 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE AMD RADEON HD 5850/NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR HIGHER
Storage: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE
Additional Notes: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION

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ninjaholic

373 products in account

18 reviews

Posted: September 10

Styx: Master of Shadows is a proper sneak-em-up.

You play an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of a goblin who can't remember ♥♥♥♥, who sucks at fighting but excels at sneaking around. It offers very little that's new to the sneak-em-up genre, but the narrative is good, the story is great and well-written and the game itself is instantly enjoyable.

If you like games like Tenchu, Metal Gear Solid, Thief, Hitman, Assassin's Creed, The Chronicles of Riddick, Dishonored and Splinter Cell you will enjoy this as it's a fresh story on an old but gold system.

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Mega Nob

255 products in account

9 reviews

Posted: September 18

I was really happy to find this game on steam because I do feel that with exception of the Thief series there are very few fantasy stealth oriented games, something I think really needs doing more (sure allot of RPG's will have a stealth option but I often find them dull or easy to exploit).

In Styx stealth really is your best option because open combat is deliberately fiddly, with you locked in a slow, clumsy fight with a single enemy requiring precision button presses while likely being cut down by everyone else who heard you. Thankfully stealth in this game works pretty well with plenty of alternate routes that take advantage of the verticality of the setting, allowing for a nice mix of slow methodical sneaking and swift acrobatics, and complemented by a nice array of spells and tools that can make for some great moments where you can slip out of normally hopeless situations.

Story-wise its also pretty good, while the initial concept of Goblin thief going into steal something seems rather dull the lore of the world around it all its pretty interesting, with some nicely funny guard dialogue at times, and in fact there is a rather wonderful twist near the end which really gives Styx allot more character and made me grin for its cleverness, nicely explaining a few lingering niggles I had about the plot as a whole.

(On a side note it seems that this game has something of a sequel in “Of Orcs and Men” Which is also on steam, at least I think it is since the world looks similar and the goblin in the trailer is referred to as Rakash, which seems to be Styx's surname, and looks and sounds like him, Gonna need to buy it and find out when I have the money)

Coreus Altmeier

142 products in account

16 reviews

Posted: September 11

Styx is hardcore stealth at its finest. It will not hold your hand (save for the tutorial) and is brutal on higher difficulties. The game also has some issues with platforming that you need to get a hang of in order to enjoy the game to the fullest. If you overcome them, you'll be rewarded with a game that features excellent level design, rewarding stealth mechanics and a story that's pretty good as well.

While other stealth games like Hitman lets you choose which path you can take, lethal or non-lethal, Styx is all about not being seen. Most enemies are way bigger than you and ten times as powerful. While you can encounter them in one-on-one combat, you'll need to do some parry timing and even then that's not a sure fire out of the situation. Additional mobs may come in, and soon half the level might be after you. Considering these levels are ENOURMOUS, that's quite a buttload of enemies you don't want after your tail.

As stated earlier the game features masterfully designed levels. There are never only one way to do things, and each level have optional imposed challenges for you to complete. Like get all tokens, beat it in a set time, set off no alarms and don't be seen. If you're up for a machocistic challenge, try getting all of the challenges in one go.

In between levels you're back at your hide-out where skillpoints can be distributed. You cannot change them outside this place, so choose carefully. It also serves as a gallery of what challenges you've completed so far, and a jarring reminder of those you forgot or didn't do.

The PC version of Styx: Master of Shadows also seems a tad better than the PS4 version, as the plattforming seem a bit more forgiving. Also, save and load times are way, waaay better.

Bottom line is that this is a must-play for stealth fans. It is butt hard, but for the most part rewards players who do their homework. It's also a good time to brush up on your sneaky skills, as the next game in the series is around the corner.

Score: 9/10 - Fantastic!

Tragoron

100 products in account

20 reviews

Posted: September 27

This is the most fun I've had in a stealth game ever. The zones are difficult but rewarding to figure out, the tools they give you are fun to use, and the story keeps you interested till the end.

Liam

110 products in account

12 reviews

Posted: September 19

I wouldn't say its worth 30 dollars but I got it on sale for 7 so id say wait.

mok_kw

82 products in account

Posted: September 12

Great level design. A golbin as the protagonist is very extraordinary.

Vinthrax

419 products in account

4 reviews

This game is one of the better stealth games I have playe in my life, but I can also say, that it most defintely is not for everyone.
First off, it's all about stealth, not combat. When the enemies spot you, you screwed up. Depending on the difficulty, you still have a chance to fight back, or escape, but that's not where the game shines.
If you want a game like Assassin's Creed, where the protagonist has a fighting chance even against several opponents, you'll want to move on.
But if you want a game that rewards stealth, offers a real challenge on the higher difficulties, then this is most likely the game for you

The Sonderval

115 products in account

11 reviews

Posted: September 15

Really enjoying this game so far. The stealth aspects are great, the fighting parts let it down with being more of QTE. Voice acting and lip synching isn't the best, however the main characters VO is great.

If you're a fan of doing ghost runs in dishonored, this game is for you.

Ulan

133 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: September 24

A stealth game and a good one. What i really like is the catching atmosphere and the vast indoor levels. I came across this game by accident, and I think it deserves more attention. I really like stealth games but I have a hard time finding them. This game is worth the price.

Mike Sia

70 products in account

Posted: September 20

at first i found it hard to play and kept dying. after awhile I was able to adjust to the controls and the game play, what to interact where to go etc. the game so far is fun!! no glitches as of now. :)

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Posted: October 9

This game is good but not great. Like other games, it suffers from a case of its mechanics working counter-intuitively to the player's expectations. You will inevitably get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ off with this title at times because its AI detection is simply bizarre. At times when you do not expect to be witnessed by enemy AI, you will be witnessed anyway. In situations where you should not be seen, you will be seen anyway. The most important mechanic was abysmally handled, and whoever oversaw this project should be ashamed of his or her self for such an oversight.

Would I recommend this game? Yes, I would. But I would also precaution that it is sure to make you extremely angry at points if you are trying your hardest to enjoy the game. It may take numerous failures before you truly understand the bizarre nature of the game's mechanics and come to terms with the fact that they are borderline illogical.

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Rough around the edges but a fantastic stealth game with a great story and about the best protagonist in gaming next to Gearlt of Riva

Posted: October 8

I cannot recommend this game based entirely on controls. Maybe there was something I didn't understand here, but I spent more time dealing with the terrible jump controls and insane AI more than progressing through the game. The little I got of the story I really liked, which makes this so hard to stop playing. Unfortunately I can only fall to my death because the PC didn't grab a ledge or -arbitrary climbing wall thing- before I have to move on. I'm still interested enough to check out the sequel eventually, but not enough to play through this one.

Posted: October 7

I dunno I enjoy playing the sneaky stealth games, (Dishonored, Shadow of Mordor, Deus Ex:HR) - finding ways around, picking off straggers one by one - you do this here, but I found Styx more frustrating than enjoyable :-\

The controls are absolutely clunky, awkward, and just overal terrible. The AI is braindead and broken. Ex: I was hiding behind cover and one of the guards upgraded to X-ray vision and saw exactly where I was... Also, they glitch the hell out. This game was ruined for me. Totally not what I was expecting according to the overall review on Steam. How is no one talking about this? This lame excuse of a stealth game is not worth $29.99! Save your money and get something like Aragami or Dishonored or why not both? You get more valueble content for that same price.

And yes yes, I only have 60 minutes of gameplay, that's because for two reason:
1. The game was just literally so bad I had no further interest on playing it.
2. I had to keep it at low play-time to oblige Steam' s refund policy.

... such character from such game had a baby with such other character from such other game ...

Without resorting to the use of clichés, Styx is, at first glance, a clever combination of elements from other stealth and action-adventure games. As you play it, you can clearly see where the inspiration for it was drawn.

It puts together the atmosphere from the old Thief, the gameplay from the old Tomb Raider and the world and look from Dishonored in such a brilliant way that not for a moment the expression "rip-off" will ever come to mind, especially as not only the story itself was very well written, but also the narrative was delivered with mastery.

The gameplay couldn't be easier: very few commands, no combo nonsense, no button mashing (none that I came across, that is). The combat can be a bit annoying with the parry/attack combination, but the game's called "Master of Shadows" for a reason: the objective is to stick to the shadows and avoid direct combat. This is what some people don't seem to get.

The devs also done a brilliant job on the level design, with large maps and plenty of cleverly thought paths, as well as quite challenging AI (Goblin mode, of course), which will make you second guess your every move, and keep on failing until you get it right.

It's also got the usual skill tree on which you can unlock skills by distributing XP points you earn each completed chapter, plus relic collecting, side missions and extra objectives that will give you extra XP if done. You can also save your progress manually (F5/F9 and menu), as opposed to the check-point only save system commonly found in games these days.

The only negative I can think of is that there is no way of knocking enemies unconscious: either kill them or sneak past them, and believe me: if you opt for the latter, you're in for a world of pain and frustration. But going on a no-kills, 100% stealth playthrough is perfectly doable, and feels very rewarding when you finally complete each chapter.

This is one of the best games I have ever played in 25 years, and deserves a 9/10 score.

Posted: October 6

pretty fun game

Posted: October 2

It has its flaws, particularly on the platforming side, but if you're a a fan of stealth games, there is a ton of fun to be had. The level design is emaculate and though challenging, the feeling of acomplishment upon evading a room littered with guards without a single one seeing you is wholely rewarding.

Posted: September 29

True stealth game, for people who deeply love stealth. Its my favourite genre and I enjoy planning and challanging ways of overcoming things undetectd. You can assassinate people and use a variety of items to help you. If you get caught the combat is intentionally difficult to dissuade you from getting caught, so other reviews complaining about it clearly don't understand the game's premise and its pure stealth routes.

Other than that it has a great story, especially if you played "Of Orcs and Men" it will have added value.

The characters are fantastically written and have great personality which makes them likeable.

The environments are gigantic and have so many routes and hidden passages throughout that they are a marvel to play through.

A great game and definitely one I'd recommend for those that love the sneak.

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