Styx: Blades of Greed Reviews
Styx: Blades of Greed offers a literal classic stealth adventure, with expanded level design and gameplay mechanics, yet it struggles significantly in its story, mission structure, and both main and secondary characters.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Styx: Blades of Greed is a sequel that mostly delivers the same stealth gameplay as its predecessors, with all the good and the bad you might expect from that.
Styx: Blades of Greed isn't quite as well cut out as a fine piece of quartz, but it's easily the best stealth game in years - and so utterly compelling you'll be desperate to get back to it when you have to do boring un-murdery things like, I dunno, going to the shops, or feeding the cat.
Nine years in the making, Cyanide has expanded Styx's scope in all the right ways without sacrificing its steadfast focus on stealth.
Styx: Blades of Greed is filled with so many ways to sneak through areas that you really do feel like you're crafting your approach to each thieving challenge
If you've played the originals in the series, then you'll have an excellent time. If you're new to the genre as a whole, you'll still find yourself having a lot of fun with the gameplay. With the mix of classic game design and some new age evolution, Styx is back and better than ever before.
Ultimately, Styx: Blades of Greed is the kind of game that plays all of its cards and exhausts its best ideas in the opening hours, only to get bogged down in chronic repetition, dragging itself, unchanged, all the way to the end credits. Its inspired level design and the clever use of the lighting system act as a saving grace, but it's genuinely hard to turn a blind eye to the structural flaws of the enemy AI and a generally underwhelming level of difficulty.
Review in Italian | Read full review
layers looking for power fantasy stealth or action-heavy combat will probably bounce off quickly. The game expects patience and attention, and it does not bend much to meet players halfway. For stealth fans, that is a strength. For everyone else, it might be a barrier.
Generally speaking, Styx: Blades of Greed’s move to a more open world is a good choice and plays to the title character’s strengths. Intricate level design and challenging stealth are matched by Styx’s new and returning toys. Apart from some technical misfires and my personal gripes with a few mechanics, Styx: Blades of Greed is not quite an open-armed introduction to the loveable green guy, but it should absolutely please fans of the series.
Styx: Blades of Greed is yet another budget title from the French developers at Cyanide Studio. Their games traditionally suffer from rough gameplay polish, a bunch of bugs, awkward animations, and odd design choices - yet they still carry a certain charm and that so‑called "soul".
Review in Russian | Read full review
Styx is a little goblin fella. He likes to sneak around with his dagger primed, ready to open the jugular of anyone who gets in his way. He's gre...
Although I don't consider the time spent playing Styx: Blades of Greed to be wasted, the game left me somewhat unsatisfied. Veterans of the genre will appreciate the excellent level design, but will be disappointed by the poor AI and lack of challenge, while newcomers may feel confused by numerous references to older games. Fortunately, Styx the goblin himself has lost none of his charm.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Inventive, satisfying, and occasionally clunky, Styx: Blades of Greed scratches that stealthing itch better than most.
Styx: Blades of Greed has its quirks, yes, but it's all presented so well that the experience comes together in ways that make you feel like a blade in the dark that can pull off even the most complex infiltrations without your enemies being able to catch you. All you need to do is brave out the initial batch of missions that are rather stingy with upgrades. It takes a while for this one to truly show off its improvements but when it does, it's an absolute treat.
Styx: Blades of Greed delivers smart stealth design and expanded levels that reward patience, but rough edges and limited accessibility hold it back from greatness.
Styx: Blades of Greed isn't a bad game. Within its evident limitations, it has several strengths that could convince many players to give it a chance. However, the game's ambitions clearly clash with an execution that doesn't always live up to its ideas or intended goals, ultimately offering players a watered-down and somewhat messy experience.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A solid seqiuel that brings Styx to PS5 in style
Styx, the Master of Stealth, is back, and in his latest adventure he has more freedom than ever as he hunts down valuable Quartz. The openness of the levels is perhaps the highlight of Styx: Blades of Greed, though the new tools and skills available to Styx are also welcome. It's just a shame there are no maps to help with your navigation, and the combat remains something that will frustrate.
Styx: Blades of Greed inherits both the good and the bad from the series, but I assure you that the good has been enhanced. It's a very respectable stealth game that fans of the genre will quickly fall in love with.
Review in Spanish | Read full review