For instance, the stealth skill named persistence reduces the amount of amber required in order for Styx to not only be invisible but also increasing the duration of invisibility by improving his concentration, while the kill skill titled predation allows Styx to kill an enemy walking past a wardrobe or chest that Styx is hiding in before taking the place of Styx within the wardrobe or chest. Styx’s abilities can be significantly upgraded via the skills tree as each skill set contains eight skills comprising of stealth, kill, alchemy, cloning and perception in which they must be individually unlocked as the player cannot randomly choose one of the later skills to enhance.

There are other simple abilities that helps Styx remain unseen such as looking through the key hole of a door before lock picking and opening it to see if there are any enemies on the other side of the door, while the bodies of enemies you have killed have to be hidden out of sight by dragging them into wardrobes, chests or thrown off a ledge into water to not risk alerting an enemy of Styx’s presence.

However, along the path of Styx’s journey through a prologue and nine chapters he discovers other strange occurrences such as a shape shifter in possession of a powerful sceptre.Īs Styx is an assassin the player has to be careful with his movement by being as stealthy as possible as there are intricate touches as moving slowly and crouching produces less noise, while keeping to the shadows by extinguishing any torches to reduce the amount of light in the room, crawling through vents and taking cover behind walls and within objects such as barrels, wardrobes and chests to remain unseen, therefore enabling Styx to sneak past enemies and also without having to kill anyone in order to gain ground on his objectives. The story revolves around Styx being given a mission by an unlikely ally to find the reason why Dwarves and Dark Elves have formed an alliance.

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