In truth, there’s not a lot here that you wouldn’t have come across in, say, 2004 with Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow or Thief: Deadly Shadows, but the fundamental hide, sneak and stealth-kill gameplay hasn’t lost its appeal.
There’s a fine line between being old-school and being dated, but Shards of Darkness manages to stay on the right side of it, just. It’s a game of sneaking, watching movements and staying out of sight, with a nice sideline in assassination, arranging ‘accidents’ and deploying lethal traps. Your cheerfully mean and murderous goblin antihero has to steal something and/or escape from somewhere, navigating each level’s challenges and obstacles, hiding from patrolling guards and slaughtering anyone you can’t avoid in a range of nasty ways. Like 2014’s Master of Shadows, Shards of Darkness is an old-fashioned stealth game in the mould of Thief, Splinter Cell and Hitman. The goblin thief won’t ever be one of gaming’s A-Listers – in action movie terms, he’s more of a John Cena than a Jason Statham – but he’s steadily developing a fanbase and a franchise that might just have some legs. Wildoran - powerful and armor wearing dwarfs.Available on Xbox One, PS4, PC (version tested)Īnd so Styx returns for a second outing.Dark Elves - bloodthirsty and fanatic elves without amber.Shards of Darkness features a number of different races and factions that you'll encounter throughout your journey. Enemies will adapt according to your style of play. You'll control Styx once again as you use abilities like invisibility and the ability to find hidden foes. Gameplay for Shards of Darkness will continue the stealth based style of gameplay introduced in the original game, Master of Shadows. Supposedly impregnable, a diplomatic summit offers Styx a chance at slipping in unnoticed, as he learns that the event is nothing but a mere façade… Moreover, the Elves have joined forces with the Dwarves, and the only thing both races have in common is a mutual hatred of the Goblins… Gameplay Developer Cyanide details the story as follows:įollowing the fall of Akenash tower, an extraordinary matter has forced Styx out of hiding to infiltrate Körangar, the city of the Dark Elves. Shards of Darkness sees the return of Styx in the world of Körangar, a city filled with dark elves.
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