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Endless · Feb 23, 2016

New screenshots reveal huge environments of Styx: Shards of Darkness

Styx: Shards of Darkness, the sequel to Cyanide Studios infiltration cult classic Master of Shadows, comes to consoles and PC on Unreal Engine 4 in 2016. Styxs sneaky adventure comes back with new features, new environments, and Unreal Engine 4!

In today's screenshots, we witness Styx prowling through some of the huge environments of the game. From the City of Thieves, built from the wreckages of lost ships, to the great Elven city of Korangar hidden in the mountains, the environments of Styx: Shards of Darkness are enormous and semi-open, with an emphasis on verticality. They allow for a lot of freedom to complete the various missions' objectives. They are fantastic playgrounds for Styx to test his stealth and assassination skills, and try out his new moves such as rope-swinging and zip-lining!

These are just some of the huge open spaces oozing with verticality to explore in Styxs new infiltration adventure! With new ways to traverse the landscape, a deep and original story, as well as huge new features yet to be revealed, Styxs 2016 mission will be his biggest yet!

Styx: Shards of Darkness comes 2016 to PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

Alex Connolly · Feb 23, 2016

Stunning. You're not alone, 47.

Really keen for this one.

Warxard · Feb 23, 2016

Really enjoying my time with Styx 1, so I'm looking forward to this !

UnluckyKate · Feb 23, 2016

Great art on these screens.

darkinstinct · Feb 23, 2016

What is semi-open? You can see it but you can't go there? I just hope they fix the greatest flaw of the first one and get rid of that backtracking. The mechanics were great.

SlipperyFishes · Feb 23, 2016

I just see Nekrogolblikon in those screens.

Gravy Boat · Feb 23, 2016

Please just fix the loading times.

OrbitalBeard · Feb 23, 2016

Looks great. I'm always up for a new stealth game.

Alcoholikaust · Feb 23, 2016

MMMM this pleases me-first one was an underrated gem

edit:sweet

pitchfork · Feb 23, 2016

Reminds me, I still need to d/load 'Master of Shadows' on Xbox GwG

Game looks pretty decent

Intel_89 · Feb 23, 2016

I still haven't played the first one which was offered on PS+, heard good things about it though.

Blackage · Feb 23, 2016

The first one was a really really great stealth game. I think it just went under alot of radars. Add it to your Wish Lists on steam people, it's been on sale quite a few times.

JaseC · Feb 23, 2016

This is probably going to be my GOTY as the potential is there for something special. The original is one of the finest stealth games in years, warts and all.

Kenzodielocke · Feb 23, 2016

darkinstinct said:
What is semi-open? You can see it but you can't go there? I just hope they fix the greatest flaw of the first one and get rid of that backtracking. The mechanics were great.

I am assuming big areas seperated with loading screens.

bede-x · Feb 23, 2016

With how modern versions of Splinter Cell and Thief have turned out, I'm glad Styx is giving stealth another chance. Really looking forward to it.

McGreevious said:
Please just fix the loading times.

I played the PC version and the loading times were pretty short. Console issue?

IbizaPocholo · Feb 23, 2016

Looks nice.

MUnited83 · Feb 23, 2016

bede-x said:
With how modern versions of Splinter Cell and Thief have turned out, I'm glad Styx is giving stealth another chance. Really looking forward to it.

I played the PC version and the loading times were pretty short. Console issue?

Yeah, the PS4 version had HUGE loading times, it was pretty annoying.

Labadal · Feb 23, 2016

PC version for me. I hope the game soesn't fuck up like it did for me. In the last area of the game, before the final boss, it would crash every time I booted the game up. No fix worked.

Kouichi · Feb 23, 2016

It's looking really good. The original game is an unappreciated stealth gem, so I'm glad it did well enough to get a sequel.

Bishop89 · Feb 23, 2016

nice screens

hydrophilic attack · Feb 23, 2016

I'm playing through the first one right now. It's ok, but I really suck, so it's taking me forever to get anywhere.

HassanJamal · Feb 23, 2016

Here's hoping they improved the performance on PS4, not sure how it is on X1, but the frame rate chugging and backgrounds loading as you turn soured the experience of a pretty fun stealth game.

Black Mantis · Feb 23, 2016

Looks great, think I'll download the first on X1 as it's currently free with GwG.

Garrett Hawke · Feb 23, 2016

Heh, saw the screenshots and I was like "Unreal 4" and there it was in the description.

Looks really nice though

wouwie · Feb 23, 2016

This looks promising and interesting.

KenOD · Feb 23, 2016

Beautiful vertical climbing stealth. So happy to see more coming.

-MD- · Feb 23, 2016

I'll definitely be picking this one up at some point, the first one was surprisingly good.

Red Hood · Feb 23, 2016

I still need to try Master of Shadows. It has been on my wishlist since it basically came out, and I really don't know why I haven't bought it yet.

Adnor · Feb 23, 2016

Looks nice!

This reminds me that I should finish the first game one of these days.

MODEYV3 · Feb 23, 2016

Played the original for a couple hours, due to PS Plus around the time I got MGSV... You can understand my impressions on it. Maybe i'll give it another chance one day.

Red Hood · Feb 23, 2016

By the way, when can we expect (if at all) Styx to feature in a bundle? I think that's the reason why I still haven't bought it, but I did almost get it for $7,49 in the recent Steam sales.

Mifec · Feb 23, 2016

The first one was pretty mediocre, lets see if they can do better here.

Alpha Phoenix · Feb 23, 2016

bede-x said:
I played the PC version and the loading times were pretty short. Console issue?

They were definitely annoying in the Xbox version. I do hope that's improved in the new game.

LeeRoyBrown · Feb 23, 2016

"Now a real assassin needs to be sneaky. Make sure you don't fart."

Ugh... Wow this is some 3 year old humour from this awful voice over.

I didn't make it through the tutorial in the first game as it was still going on 40 minutes after the game started. Should I give it another try? Does the protagonist stop talking absolute garbage at some point?

Vital Tundra · Feb 23, 2016

LeeRoyBrown said:
"Now a real assassin needs to be sneaky. Make sure you don't fart."

Ugh... Wow this is some 3 year old humour from this awful voice over.

I didn't make it through the tutorial in the first game as it was still going on 40 minutes after the game started. Should I give it another try? Does the protagonist stop talking absolute garbage at some point?

You should give it another shot on the basis of it being one of the few good stealth games of the last generation.

kevin1025 · Feb 23, 2016

Looks hot! Hoping it turns out great, the first game was good stuff.

GifGafIsTheBestGaf · Feb 23, 2016

JaseC said:
This is probably going to be my GOTY as the potential is there for something special. The original is one of the finest stealth games in years, warts and all.

this, enjoyed the game a lot. hopefully they bring more of a polished product in the sequel or whatever it is

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