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Styx: Shards of Darkness

Styx: Shards of Darkness

Cyanide Studio·Released Mar 14, 2017·Single player

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Genres
RPGAdventure
Critic72/100
Across 4 reviews
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About

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

Reviews

5 reviews
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IGN
Leif Johnson·Mar 15, 2017
Critic78/100
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A challenging stealth adventure with just as much snark as it has sneaking.

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GameSpot
Michael Higham·Mar 14, 2017
Critic60/100
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Many of the pieces that make up Styx feel dated, but they still come together to make a competent stealth-action experience.

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Push Square
Liam Croft·Mar 14, 2017
Critic70/100
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Styx: Shards of Darkness is an enormous improvement over its predecessor. The gameplay has seen a large amount of refinement to the point where it's actually a fun game to play, and Styx himself steals the show with his charismatic performance. It's not without its own set of returning and new defects, but Styx's second adventure is something we can confidently recommend. This is everything the first game should have been.

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Rock Paper Shotgun
Alec Meer·Mar 14, 2017
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Clearly, a lot of money and skill has gone into making Shards Of Darkness, which only makes the fact that you have to battle past this woeful characterisation to get to the strong stealth meat below all the more tragic.

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