Styx: Master of Shadows
SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT BUT WELL-EXECUTED AND TRUE STEALTH GAME
There are three things you need to know about this game.
1. It’s chock full of potty-mouthedness, including from the main character.
2. It is NOT a game you want to play if you like being the alpha badass.
3. It ranks up there with the original Thief games and others (skip down if this is all you care about).
I’ll address these and more in sequence in this review. It’s a long one, but maybe worth the read.
First off, as regards #1 above, if you’re too young, or if you, your parents, or your professed god do not approve of you being exposed to cussing and other adult humor, skip this game, cuz it’s not for prudes. That said, it’s all just words, put-downs, and sarcasm–only a little more advanced than the stuff that your average first-grader might hear daily on the playground or in the back of the school bus. I didn’t see any nudity or erotic content, so you won’t have to worry about that. Nobody was particularly racist, gay-bashing, etc., although masculine status does get insulted in a few spots. There was at least one subtle joke about masturbating–again, nothing that kids don’t know about already. Guards pee, and you can see the stream from any angle, but the source organ is never rendered; in fact, pants never come down, although associated movements do occur. I’d give it a PG-13 if it were a movie.
– Real player with 138.0 hrs in game
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Caveat: the recommendation is intended for existing fans of the stealth genre. If you’re not familiar with espionage/infiltration gameplay, you’re unlikely to gain an appreciation for it in “Styx.” Though the story is decent, that plot progression is gated behind some maddeningly patience-trying stealth sequences, especially at the end.
Hope you’re looking for a challenge, because “Styx”, like DMX, is gonna give it to ya. Some of this difficulty is deliberate (enemies such as Knights and Elves, difficulty selections such as ‘Goblin’, mission insignias, etc). Sadly, some of it is a consequence of mixed design goals and sloppy controls/interface. What’s more frustrating than getting caught because, instead of dropping off the ledge to slip past a patrol, you instead slid across that same ledge and climbed up onto the next platform? Rather than the clever use of environmental interaction that worked in the same situation earlier, the same commands now send you on a completely unanticipated course, like some kind of slapstick scene in a comedy show. And in full view of the two Knights and elite crossbowman who had nothing better to do than hang out on the same balcony. All. Fucking. Night. The answer my friends is nothing. Nothing is more frustrating than that.
– Real player with 74.6 hrs in game
Styx: Shards of Darkness
Ah, yes. Styx. You know, I’ve never actually finished the original. Got about halfway, then lost interest. So this game already did better in that regard, since I’ve not only gotten all achievements but actually enjoyed it enough to keep playing after. So what can you, a potential buyer expect?
Let’s get the obvious things out of the way first. It’s a stealth game. Not a stealth-action game like Dishonored. Pure stealth, which means that you’re not meant to fight fair. The combat system is very basic as a result, and on the highest two difficulties it’s outright disabled. If you get caught, you either flee or turn invisible.
– Real player with 106.3 hrs in game
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After almost 75 hours of play, it’d be hard for me to say I didn’t get my money’s worth, but while I had a blast (most of the time) playing Styx: Shards of Darkness, I think it was frequently in spite of the game rather than because of it.
Shards of Darkness is a stealth-focused, third-person action game with some great, sprawling maps that often had many paths to your objectives. The main character, a chatty, 4th-wall-breaking goblin named Styx, has a ton of unlockable skills and tools up his sleeve that offer a lot of replayability, despite most of those maps being reused two or three times. The game is at its best when it drops you into a level with all your tricks and leaves you to yourself to find your way. Unfortunately, it also suffers from some hyper-annoying bugs and poor design that will account for the vast majority of your deaths and reloads.
– Real player with 77.7 hrs in game
RISING BONEvR
The game focuses on physical interaction with the world, and how dynamic everything in it. Most of the tasks can be solved in different ways. E.g: to pass the closed door, you can find a key, or destroy the padlock, or break the window nearby, or find the underpass
Each circle of hell is a level where you need to climb as high as possible at any cost. Haron will take you to next level. If desired, you can find funny or creepy secrets, part of story, or collectible items
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The Frog Prince
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Meet a mix of fascinating parkour and classic platformer in a medieval setting.
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Jump over the heads of diverse enemies.
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Run on the walls, slide under the closing doors.
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Solve puzzles, discover traps.
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Use your sticky tongue to overcome obstacles at breakneck speed.
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Visit each of the unique areas to beat the boss.
Go on an exciting adventure as the cursed prince - the frog prince. Break the evil spell and save your beloved from the slimy sorcerer.
The evil invader is very strong, and it will not be easy to defeat it. But you have a unique weapon at your disposal - a long sticky tongue. It will allow you to easily deal with hordes of enemies that got in your way. Activate mechanisms, move objects, open hidden passages, jump over wide ditches, climb inaccessible ledges, and generally have fun.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Imagine you are on a nice trip over the sea… and suddenly you are attacked by male sexual slaves with one really hot chick leading them all… and suddenly you remembered you are hunted by guardian of the timeline called Dahaka - just big black kind of demonic dude with tentacles/Venom. Few moments later… you are a lonely loner on a lonely adventure.. alone (I STAND ALOOOONE starts playing). But not really because another hot chick is telling you what to do. You start to do all on her command because of her nice pair of ti..green eyes. So yeah you like a real gentleman in a family start to do all necessary #&@{ while she is just standing there around waiting for you. But enough of this How I met your mother tragedy origin.
– Real player with 20.0 hrs in game
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within was a good experience? This game' story was great - it is conected to the first game Sands of Time but is not nessesary to play it first to have a gameplay experience - just story would make more sense? - I guess.
Why I wrote “a good experience” with question mark was because many times I put this game on hold. Sometimes it was too confusing - got lost many times. The game is sort of open world which isn’t really nessesary. Running backwards and not knowing where I had to go was a total waste of time (the map was just a picture where was a prince icon that changed location after moving a while and red cross as a mission but which way I had to move - no idea). It wouldn’t had changed a thing unless found a health upgrade secrets. Sometimes the game got too difficult. I was playing on the hardest difficutly - hoping for better game experience - I love challenges. After experiencing the difficulties I do not recommend it. It can ruin the game feel - too hard to kill the enemies. I am not sure how it is on easier difficulty but I assume it will be much more enjoyable experience. I still managed to finish the game on the hardest difficulty. But yeah - if you do play I strongly recommend to play it on easy or medium.
– Real player with 19.8 hrs in game
Shadow Ninja: Apocalypse
Tags: Casual - Runner
Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library
TLDR: This is a QTE platform runner. Feels broken. Major design issues. Outcompeted by better QTE games or better runners.
Feels like a flash game. The game is zoomed out and should allow for good visibility. The Xbox360 pad is somehow not correctly implemented. Getting through menus and controlling anything felt really janky. Jumping felt imprecise. Pushing the appropriately colored faceplate buttons to dispatch foes as you meet them did not recognize inputs.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
Go to Store (Featured), Click on Games, Narrow by Feature (Steam Trading Cards), Relevance (Lowest Price).
Then skip to Page 9 or 10, until you find the .50 - $1.00 games.
Add them to your Wishlist, games that are a dollar can go on sale and you may be able to purchase for cheap!
A game at .50 may give you that value back in trading cards.
Search and Install “Idle Master” which will run your games even without the game being installed.
I may or may not ever play this game, but some games I have installed and messed around with on a rainy day!
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Runic Relay: The Trials
Game is really early on in development, but it’s looking and feeling really good already. If you like time trial type games, you should definitely give this game a go. Levels start out more basic with just moving and jumping, but as the levels progress you unlock special powers that give you abilities that can be used to complete objectives and levels faster.
In the later levels you can have multiple abilities (spells in the game) equipped at the same time and different combinations give you an additional ability which is really neat. Another cool idea is that once you complete a level using the recommended spells, you’re free to change them to whatever you want and see if you can find a way to complete the level even faster. It’s free to try, so if any of this sounded interesting I’d recommend at least trying out the first few stages to see what you think.
– Real player with 32.9 hrs in game
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– Real player with 17.0 hrs in game
Slidungeon
If you want to test your endurance, ability to calculate and wait for the right moment, then this game is for you! Sometimes you want to give up, but knowing that just a little bit is left, you try again and again, again and again, and at the end, having achieved the result, you exhale with relief and feeling that the danger is behind, but in fact, your adventure is just beginning
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Tempus Bound
FEATURES:
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Uncover this short dark tale as you progress through this twisted journey.
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Meet some fellow hybrid local types along the way who provide inside secrets.
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Unlock the timed aspect and use your parkour-platformer skills to race through the world.
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Compete with your friends (and everyone else) on the leaderboards.
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Earn items and trinkets with which to decorate your home.
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Darksiders and its sequel remain some of my favorite games from the previous generation. The first game was clearly and deliberately derivative of some of the best titles in history, Zelda and God of War chief among them. The dungeon crawling and puzzles were top notch, as was the sense of progression and the combat, while simple, was visceral and satisfying in a way that Zelda’s never was. As important, however, was the story which was filled with engaging characters and a lore that was much more interesting than something based on Biblical mythology (not an uncommon road to tread) had any right to be. War, Samael, Vulgrim, Ulthane and Uriel were all extremely memorable characters.
– Real player with 120.2 hrs in game
Darksiders 2 is an improvement over the first game and holds its own even in 2018.
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The sequel’s story actually runs parallel to Darksiders 1. You are introduced to Horseman Death as he tries to free his brother War by resurrecting the kingdom of Man. To do this, the horseman ventures to different lands and realities while taking on a host of mobs and platforming activities.
PLOT
Since it runs parallel to the first game, you still have the same scenario. You have the war between Heaven and Hell, the Nephilim born of the union between Angels and Demons and the Kingdom of Man. The final war was triggered inadvertently and War was framed for it. In this game, Death looks for a way to save his brother.
– Real player with 59.6 hrs in game