For those who don't know, Styx is a AA stealth game where you play as a goblin assassin (the titular Styx). It spawned as a spin off of another fantasy game (Of orcs and men) where you played as both the goblin and an orc warrior, which was unfortunately a bit too janky for my tastes.

The focus on stealth of the following installments really benefitted the series, imo. While they still carry a bit of janky-ness (as many AA titles do), they are nevertheless a lot of fun! The story in the first one was very good as well. I still haven't finished the second one, so I can't comment much on it.

The first two games are also currently discounted on Steam and GoG ($2 for the first one and $3 for the second), and I think they are very much worth that much.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, thanks. I bought them!

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I loved the first game, bought the second one on release, and havent launched it by this day. Should really catch up

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

I'll have to let my wife know. She loved those games.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everybody adores styx, you always love lots if everyone seeks launch reveals.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Wh...what?

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

I JUST started replaying Styx -games, can't wait for this one!

[–] LlamaByte@lemmings.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Got one of these games for free awhile back. Are they worth a play?

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

if you enjoy stealth games, sure!

The main idea is that Styx is smaller than humans, so direct combat is never an option. Stealth takedowns, traps and such are the tools here. The enemies are delightfully stupid: sure, once you've been spotted they give you a chase and smack you about, but they also go back to their patrols if you manage to escape and hide for a bit. The usual "huh, must have been the wind" thing.

Gameplay can be a bit quicksave/quickload if that's how you want to play it. Levels are generally huge, but end up somewhat being obstacle courses with few routes which zigzag around the direct path through them.

The games are a bit "eurojank", sure, but imo, very enjoyable. But I am the kind of gamer who takes hours per level just so they can knock out EVERYBODY in the level, without raising alarms, just because that's fun to me, so I might be a bit biased. :P

All in all, since you already got them, give them a whirl? The first levels tell you pretty fast if you like the gameplay or not.

[–] Qbic@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

I have both the first two games on Steam and have never played them. Should really get around to doing that.

[–] Odo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Whoa. I had given up on ever getting a third Styx. Great news. I just hope they learned the lesson from the second game not to shove in a bunch of irreverent meta-humor that just didn't fit.