Styx: Shards of Darkness 2017
Developed by Cyanide Studio
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Embark upon a stealthy adventure with new enemies, new environments, and a plethora of new mechanics aimed at refining the abilities and movement of Styx; grappling around corners, climbing ropes, and using his trusty knife as a zip-wire. Shards of Darkness aims to offer unparalleled freedom of movement, along with refined stealth and assassination mechanics, expanding and improving on the strengths of Styx: Master of Shadows Following the fall of Akenash tower, an extraordinary matter has forced Styx out of hiding to infiltrate Körangar, the city of the Dark Elves. Supposedly impregnable, a diplomatic summit offers Styx a chance at slipping in unnoticed, as he learns that the event is nothing but a mere façade… Moreover, the Elves have joined forces with the Dwarves, and the only thing both races have in common is a mutual hatred of the Goblins…
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Earnest, plot-driven, cool and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Developer
- Cyanide Studio
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
- Released
- March 14, 2017
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
IGDB rating 7.2/10 from 53 ratings.
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