A fairly decent story follows Styx through nine missions over roughly 15 hours as he buddies up with a group that's nominally committed to the eradication of his race and quickly leads down deeper rabbit holes. None of the characters are particularly awful, but Styx himself is so wonderfully far ahead of them in terms of characterization, voice acting, animation, and humor that just listening to the audio feels a bit like listening to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 viewing of a straight-faced film. He's a weirdly appealing foil to all the dour folks around him, all of whom are trying to swindle each other for control of the precious amber so much of this world – including stealth abilities – runs on. In cutscenes and in fourth-wall breaking remarks he comes off as the only person who's really getting the joke, kind of like a small green Deadpool. Spend experience points in assassination, infiltration, magic, to learn new skills and improve abilities.“Some folks will hate him and his foul-mouthed Family Guy-caliber quips, but I love him.
Assassinate or sneak past enemies – Humans, Elves and Dwarfs – but also much more fearsome, colossal creatures, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in your goblin assassin’s arsenal. Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Hired for a critical mission, explore and master huge open environments as Styx, alone or in coop with a friend. Once you have had some hands on time with Styx: Shards of Darkness for free on Xbox One come back here and let us know what you think of the game. You’d be crazy to miss out on the free love. Of course, you’ll need to get that download moving fairly swiftly though and even though it may seem an age until the end of January when that £15.74 price tag will kick back into action once more, we’d urge you to head over to the Xbox Store right now and get your free download moving.