Styx: Master of Shadows

I enjoyed this game as my first "stealth oriented" game and it was really good. It´s a bit old, but it aged gracefully in my opinion. I enjoyed killing the enemies and having more possibilities to finish the level. The story was interesting, surprising at some points but a bit hard to follow at some times. A highlight that I would like to mention is music. It was really good. And also the world design - it had enough interesting details and the locations (being noble house, or torture chamber) were done with a world building story - telling in mind.

Игра за уродливого потомка шрека и гнома просточка :( а так икра для ёбаных даунов.

Styx executes well on it's core stealth mechanics. This game doesn't show the enemy's view cones and it can be confusing to new players. Once you get the feel for where the enemy AI can see the game becomes incredibly rewarding. I wouldn't say it's deep with the mechanics but it is pretty tight. The last level disrupts an otherwise really good system with enemies who have radial detection - this is by far the game's weakest point mechanically. As far as level design goes things are a little bit rudimentary. It isn't open, there are no strategies at play here and the sandbox is pretty limited. What it feels like are a series of short but interesting puzzles to solve to get past guard patrols. People will say that story is one of the weaker parts of this game. The voice acting falls flat for everybody except the protagonist. I think that the main character's arch is actually quite compelling. The world and setting that's been imagined is tight, well-contained and full of character. It's no grand narrative or deep lore, but for a 10 hour experience it's good enough. I thought the game was pretty well polished. However, on my playthrough I experienced one game breaking bug that required a reload and would often clip on invisible edges. The system of hiding against cover works intermittently at best. I've played a lot more thoroughly then most will so I have probably noticed issues more then a typical playthrough and there is only one point in the game where I found a bug to be frustrating. The game has character and it often goes on special for $5. At this price point they are practically giving it away. I'm excited to pick up the sequel.

✋😌👌

Gran juego, excelentes mecánicas, las cinemáticas del juego me gustaron mucho y lo mejor es como utilizan en especial la mecánica del sigilo, es todo un reto superar el juego.

чуть хуже Shards of Darkness, но в целом нормас

I got this game on a massive sale in preperation for Blades of Greed, but honestly I think it is very worth the full price if you like stealth games (but if you can wait this game has huge sales since it is 10+ years old). The story is fun, solid and well-paced, the mechanics are phenomenal, and they do a great job of slowly introducing stronger enemies to sneak past and/or kill as the game progresses. The map design and enemy placement is nearly perfect, as every time I felt stuck I took a step back and found a different path or a place to gather more resources to solve the issue. And the ability to save anytime made it feel like I could experiment as much as I wanted to. I want to spend a whole section discussing the Clone power, because I struggled to use it initially, but towards the end of the game it felt like what really brings the whole game together. Its ability to get through doors and be a sacrifice is good to start out, but the unlocks and more practice make it really shine. It felt bad at first only having this and invisibility as powers coming from Dishonored, but This game has a bit of jank being from 2014, but other than ledges being annoying and the voicelines not being perfectly synced to the mouth animations, and occasional enemy pathfinding tweaks, it runs very well. The only other potential complaint I could see is reusing the maps, which didn't bother me at all. It makes sense for the story, there are always different objectives taking you to different parts of the maps, and the only time I felt like I was really retreading was the last level. For what this is, 8/10, it made me excited to play Shards of Darkness and Blades of Greed

지금 4장진행중인데 은근 타임머신임 벌써20시간이 흘러갔고 동전 찾는라고 시간 날리고 은신으로 지나가기보다는 몸들을 전부 압살하고 가려니 은근시간을 잡아먹게 됨..