Murder Is an Ugly Business in New Styx: Shards of Darkness Images
David Gelmini
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Yeah, I know they’re only screenshots and there’s no new footage to speak of, but damn, Styx: Shards of Darkness is looking gorgeous. They say that murder is an ugly business, but if it really looks this good, then sign me up!
The sequel to Styx: Master of Shadows, which itself was a spinoff of the RPG Orcs and Men, Shards of Darkness, which was announced in October, sees the titular goblin assassin returning to doing what he does best: sneaking around in the shadows and stabbing people in the back. But don’t judge him; after all, it’s his job. Even goblins need to eat.
Publisher Focus Home Interactive is quickly developing a reputation for more edgy titles than other major publishers would be willing to touch (their other upcoming releases including The Technomancer and Vampyr), instead of churning out a new Call of Duty or Assassin’s Creed game every year, and you should love them for that.
Expect to see more of Styx: Shards of Darkness at E3 next month.
Synopsis:
Styx: Shards of Darkness, the sequel to Cyanide Studios’ stealth cult-classic Master of Shadows, comes to consoles and PC in 2016. Styx creeps back in a new adventure packed with bigger production, tons of new features, and a new engine: Unreal Engine 4. Today’s new images reveal a few of the many dangers your green anti-hero will have to face during his journey.
One of the hostile factions you will meet in the huge underground city of Korrangar is composed of the Dark Elves. Dark Elves were previously Elves who had to live without any amber for multiple generations. Slowly, they have been turning into fanatic and bloodthirsty creatures. They became masters in Quartz fabrication, a new, much more dangerous source of power. They are also experts at goblin hunting, and the Exterminator Dark Elf is proof of that. He has honed his skills to perfection and is able to flush out pesky creatures hiding in dark corners and hard-to-reach places with toxic bombs.
If there’s an even more dangerous place than Korrangar, it would be Wildoran, the city of goblin hunters. Wildoran inhabitants are stout people wearing heavy armor – the powerful Dwarves. Styx is unable to breach their impenetrable defense so you must innovate and adapt to disable or avoid them. Every dwarf also has a supernatural sense of smell and is able to slowly track Styx as he moves from cover to cover.
This is only a small example of the many enemy types Styx will face in his journey. Each faction has many unique classes of enemies and will require you to creatively utilize all of Styx’s tools to overcome them: assassination, amber powers, talents and skills, equipment, etc. But that’s not all! Deep in the most dangerous of areas lie greater foes and obstacles that are epic in size and scale – monstrous beings that overshadow anything Styx has ever seen!
Infiltrate your way with Styx: Shards of Darkness, available in 2016 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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