On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:41:28 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
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dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 11/21/2023 9:25 AM, Ant wrote:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/styx_shards_of_darkness
Oooookay. What about it?
It's free!
That should be enough.
But if it's not, here's my thoughts.
Actually, I'm not sure if I've played this one. I know I've played
SOME of the games in the Orcs and Men franchise... but was it this
one? I can't remember. All the games in that franchise seem to come
together into a sort of blur. Styx is a fantasy-esque stealth game -
the eponymous hero is a goblin, not much for combat but pretty good at
being sneaky - but beyond that the games always felt sort of generic.
I'm not sure these games would qualify as Indie titles - they're not
from the big-name AAA publishers, but neither are the developers a
bunch of guys in a garage; they're more of the shrinking group of
mid-sized developers. Still, the game feels Indie in its general lack
of polish. They really need somebody to evaluate if all the ideas
they're pumping out fit well together, if the story and setting are
interesting and cohesive. There's talent at Cyanide Studios, but their
products could use somebody with a strong, coherent vision of what the
game should be. Right now it seems all sort of a tumble.
But if all you want is to be a wise-cracking goblin sneaking about and backstabbing people, this isn't a terrible game for that. It's just
that it could be so much more.
Also, it's free (did I mention that?) and it makes The Number
increment by one.
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