![]() ![]() It also helps that the dungeons and castles in Styx Master Of Shadows are rather elaborate. Styx Master Of Shadows also lets you pick locks without having to play some stupid lock picking minigame. Styx also can use amber to create a mini clone of himself, one who can distract enemies or explore areas you cannot, while his Amber Vision is like Styx’s take on Detective Vision in the Batman: Arkham games. For starters, he’s a bit more nimble than Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher or Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid, in that his climbing is more akin to what you can do in Assassin’s Creed or inFAMOUS. Styx can even pick people’s pockets like the guy in Thief, and can slip under a table the same way Amanda Ripley does in Alien: Isolation.īut Styx Master Of Shadows also expands upon the usual stealth action tenets. ![]() He can creep up behind someone, kill them silently, and then hide their bodies in closets or chests he can also hide himself in those closets and chests, as well as in pots and drain pipes he can peer through keyholes to make sure the coast is clear and he can extinguish lights, both by hand or by tossing sand (though unlike when Cell’s Sam Fisher shoots out a light bulb, here the torches can be relit by conscientious guards). Not surprisingly, Styx can do many of the same moves as his counterparts in Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. You’ve gotta sneak your way in all quiet-like. But since you’re just a little guy, you can’t just walk into the place all guns…er knives a blazin’. But none have gone as far a field as Styx Master Of Shadows (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC), a fantasy-flavored third-person stealth action game that has you playing as a real creep.Ī prequel of sorts to 2012’s Of Orcs And Men (though you don’t need to have played that game, or even heard of it, to enjoy this), Styx Master Of Shadows casts you as a goblin on a quest to steal the heart from the all-powerful World Tree. ![]() ![]() While stealth action games usually have you playing as a sneaky spy, the genre has recently expanded its career choices to include a space mechanic ( Alien: Isolation) and a homicide detective ( The Evil Within). ![]()
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