Quick Look: Styx: Master of Shadows

Brad's book of stealth eh. Jason is the rapidly becoming the best at looking quickly.

Sneak on Sneak off

Domo-arigato Mr. Bradbato.

I guess I'll watch this quick look since I have too much time on my hands.

I saw this on the psn store and thought it looked quasi interesting, let's see if I was right....

I thought this came out months ago. It's already on sale this weekend.

YES! MORE JASON.... err how do you say his last name, haha!

From what I've played of it, this is a great little game. It has some graphical bugs and it's definitely not the prettiest game around, but I'm having an absolute blast with it.

Reminds me of Dishonored, actually. The really open levels that offer dozens of ways to go about an objective, the atmosphere and even the heavy emphasis on stealth over combat are what I loved about Dishonored, and this game does all of these things VERY well.

Besides, it's only 30 bucks. I'm really happy with my purchase, especially considering I had no idea this game existed before yesterday.

Rad! Another Jason quick look!

I thought Drew's holiday would leave us with less content but it just means more Jason! Awesome.

The only Styx I care about, is the 2009 Styx reunion tour with REO Speedwagon and .38 Special.

I think between Arkham Asylum and Splinter Cell Conviction (Though I think most games like this are taking more of the conviction style of stealth) introduced the player as a stealthy predator.

Which makes me wonder, where is that Predator license being used these days?

MORE JASON, GET YOU SOME

Cyanide studio and Of Orc's and Men does not make for a compelling sounding pedigree on one hand.

On the other Styx was probably the single best part about that game, well his and the other Orc's dialogue with each other anway.

This is one quicklook I am super interested to watch to actually see what the game mechanics are like. To see if this was worth paying attention to at some sale.

Cyanide also made those two Game of Thrones games.

Wish I liked stealth games, but I just don't. Playing as a goblin seems cool though.

Yet another depressing reminder that the stealth genre pinnacled with Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Ah, the good ol days.

Even if it's not very good, I think it's kinda cool that we have another action adventure-ish game with the main character's name as the title. There's a weird charm to that and I feel like those kinda games dropped of the face off the earth when last gen started.

MORE JASON CONTENT GIVE IT TO ME PUT IT IN ME MOUF

um, i mean thanks for the ql guys.

Brad's Big Book of Stealth™ has just redefined ABC!

Always be crouching.

Ground Zeroes handled picking locks the same way, just watch Snake do the animation and have to wait.

Also, the Skyrim lockpicking minigame was exactly the same as Fallout 3's.

I really like stealth games, but I don't think I want to play this game.

Jason sounds like Dave and Rorie combined.

Yeah, as soon as Jason got to the open areas this game became very interesting to me. Seems worth the price.

Damn Jason's in all the quick looks now, huh? Good for him; he seems like a cool dude!.

Also, I totally agree with this. I thought I was crazy at first, but I'm glad someone else noticed.

This seems all right-ish. I was definitely not a fan of their Game of Thrones RPG.

"You no take candle!"

come sail away COME SAIL AWAY

shit wait fuck

Seems cool. Jason is good people.

Whether I play this for myself or not, I'm just happy it exists. More survival horror! More hardcore stealth games!

Love Jason being on more stuff lately.

We need photoshop of "Thievius Bradccoonus".

i´m interested in this game, i like stealth games and this seems a good way to scratch that itch, and i´ve read that it plays well with M&KB so i´m in for this

Has anyone got a photo of Brad's Big Book of Stealth™? It would make it easier for me when searching for one. I already have Jeff's Big Book of Shooting™ and wanna complete my collection.

From the people that brought us Of Orcs and Men you say. Now that game, made for one hell of a quick look.

Brad: We should ask Dan Ryckert, the office authority on cool guys..

Dan (from a distance): He seems like kind of a dick

Quite literally every time I read the title of this game I get this song stuck in my head:

@humanity: That was Dan in the control booth! He's been filling in when I have to be out on the mic.

This looks... kinda good!? Surprising since that last Orcs game was a hot mess.

I'm glad we're seeing (hearing) more of Jason.

My only hope is that he eventually gets a spot on the Bombcast.

That makes a lot more sense I thought Dan is always just skulking around or something. Like I found it odd he would be just sitting in the back of a Quick Look not mic'd up. Thanks Jason and also good job on the Quick Look, nice to see you on more content.

Those candle heads look real silly

@unastrike Got to keep an eye on those video levels:

Brad's Big Book of Stealth v2... I can't find it on Amazon at all. Must be sold out.

You might just have sold me on this game. I have no time right now, but I feel like I will end up buying this next week or so. I love me some stealth games.

@00: The default brightness settings were exceptionally dark. I gave it a couple ticks and it looked a'ight in the section I was in. Guess it clipped in others. Sorry about that.

You might just have sold me on this game. I have no time right now, but I feel like I will end up buying this next week or so. I love me some stealth games.

Jason is such a pro. Happy to hear him in the driver's seat more often!

Playstation Plus members get 10% off right now. It's 20% off at Steam at the moment as well.

I picked it up for my PS4, I am a sucker for mid-tier games. I love their ambition and enthusiasm.

So amber is the color of your energy?

Looks pretty good.