Styx himself in the beginning is insufferable, let's not sugarcoat the fact of the matter. Constant references to popular stealth games can be funny, but in this case I feel like it's rather overused and can distract more than break the 4th wall as intended.
Other characters are pretty underdeveloped but make sense, and there are some stand out characters that really make the story pop out.

If you play games for their stories though, don't expect much though, I found it really dissatisfying.


Oh boy. Now this is where I am them most conflicted about my feelings. Gameplay feels fluid when on the ground, but the parkour still is rather rigid and unresponsive. It is not as bad as in Styx Deadly Shadows, but I still, even after 20+ hours didn't get comfortable with it. But other than that, Styx controls awesomely and if you can get a hold of the controls you can start doing some really impressive and wacky stunts.

The AI however, is horrible. This being a stealth game, requires at least a decent AI. In this game it is anything but. I have encountered numerous glitches and bugs that really broke the game and in many cases required a quickload to my previous save. Being stuck in level geometry, in physics objects, not moving until I got close (even after maxing my settings.)

If you can get through the initial barrier of bad AI and bad parkour, this game can be a really fun experience though and anyone who loves stealth, will find something to love about this game.


This is by far the biggest improvement from the last game. The graphics and environment are fabulous and spacious, the world is interconnected and vast, even though most of it is empty space.
It is a lot of fun to explore and experiment with all objects and ways to kill the NPCs, the AI can make this either awesome, infuriating, hilarious or mix of the three.

YES, GIVE YOUR MONEY TO CYNIDE SO THEY MAKE STYX 3!

All jokes aside, this game is very imperfect, and can be super infuriating if you don't get used to the jankyness of it. But inside it is a loveletter to stealth as a genre and a fun one at that.