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Styx: Blades of Greed managed to impress with its stealth gameplay despite my attempts to do the opposite


Hands-on with the third game in the Styx series.

So, I (along with the very patient developers who'd had to witness me falling off more than one ledge, casually setting myself on fire as I tried to hide behind a brazier, and getting stabbed in the gut after I decided to walk out into the open with some very misplaced confidence in my own abilities) made the brave decision to turn back from The Wall, and instead head to the mines, where I could learn the Blades of Greed ropes. | Image credit: Nacon Here, I soon learned about staying in the dark, peering through doors, stepping on carpets to soften the sound of my footsteps, throwing sand to extinguish torches from afar, sliding so I could position myself to get that perfect, silent assassination in, and generally using the environment to my advantage. Here, I was able to try out some of Styx's equipment, including his grapple hook, which I used to make a speedy exit after for some reason thinking it was a good idea to pop out from an underground tunnel-like system right at the feet of a very heavily armed guard.

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