Styx: Master of Shadows is a pure stealth game that is worth playing. However, I did not like the re-use of the maps.

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🔲 My grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
☑️ Normal
☑️ Hard
🔲 A challenge to be reckoned
🔲 In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP games)


🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Normal
☑️ Very Good (2014 release)
🔲 An original artistic direction
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece


🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Basic element of the contractual requirements
🔲 It's there for people who want it
☑️ Well written
🔲 Leading to more in-depth researches/thoughts
🔲 A model to get inspired by


🔲 0 (No story)
☑️ Short
☑️ Average
🔲 Long
🔲 To infinity and beyond


🔲 Just filling noises/No music
🔲 Trivial and uneventful
☑️ Good and/or fitting the game's artistic dispositions
🔲 Memorable
🔲 Transcending whispers of a forgotten world


🔲 I would rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
☑️ Repetitive and/or uninspired
☑️ A good moment
🔲 Sticking out of the pack
🔲 You will remember it long after


🔲 A one-time experience
☑️ For achievements
🔲 If you wait a few months/years (or with mods)
🔲 Definitely
🔲 Infinitely replayable (or almost)


☑️ Never heard of
🔲 Minor bugs
🔲 Can get annoying
🔲 Impacts the player's experience badly
🔲 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs


🔲 You can run it on a microwave
☑️ Low
🔲 Average
🔲 High
🔲 NASA computer


🔲 Free
🔲 Underpriced
☑️ Perfect Price
🔲 Could be cheaper
🔲 Overpriced
🔲 Complete waste of money


🔲 No
🔲 If you have nothing else to play
☑️ Wait for sale
☑️ Yes


🔲 It's a completely different game
🔲 This game is a scam
🔲 It's missing many features they announced
☑️ Looks very similar to the steam page (Steam screenshots are cinematic ones.)
🔲 Better than expected and/or announced
🔲 Masterpiece, no patch or feature has to be added.


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Thank you for taking the time to read and think about this review.

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Styx is a stealth/assassination game set in the Of Orcs and Men (2012) universe. It is a prequel. While it has some mechanics that may have been interesting for its time, many people claim that it is a rather shallow game even for its time (and I am one of them).

Conclusion: I think a game that received mixed reviews even in its time would be much more bland today. I only played for 2 hours.

Who would I recommend: I think it will be an ideal game for those who like short/simple gameplay loops that are not too complicated and where your mission is always clear. It will also be ideal for those who want to watch something while playing.

Who I don't recommend: Or play Metal Gear Solid: Phoantom Pain, which came out about a year later (or finish it for the thirtieth time), what are you doing here?

Embarrassing to have this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in my library.
Played it years ago, only to be disgusted at the clunky movement of this 'master of shadows' who has all the agility of an arthritic bulldog. A decade later, played it again, only to be reminded of how terrible this 'game' is.
It's listed as a stealth game, but it's really a platformer, with combat as a penalty for being inattentive.
Should you get too close to a guard, then you are suddenly locked into combat, something you as a 3ft goblin with tiny arms are at a distinct disadvantage. In fact, you'll find you'll not be able to even land a blow on your opponent, but they will cut you down in two strokes.
But this is a stealth game, right ? No, ♥♥♥♥ no. Once you're in combat, you have no ability to break combat, such as roll away, throw blinding dust, or any other mechanism that EVERY OTHER EFFING STEALTH GAME HAS.

Instead, you'll die. And die. And die. And die. And die.
Even if you were not wanting to attack the guard, once you're in proximity of an alerted guard, you're locked into a fight. Also, the other guards can have a free chop at you, whilst you're in this locked combat, so thankfully it's over soon.

Now I get that this is a penalty of being careless, but in some circumstances, it's completely unavoidable, and does nothing to add to the overall experience except lengthen the play time. But not in an enjoyable fashion.

It also breaks good design, as this game should encourage you to be explorative throughout the level, without excessive penalty. Instead, any curiousity is quickly chopped off you, and you just end up wanting to finish the damn mission and be done with it.

There are many excellent stralth games out, including the venerable Splinter Cell. This game does not even come close to that calibre, and I'm already looking for forward to deleting this crap from my library.
Now *that* will be satisfying.