As was the case with Master of Shadows, ‘combat’ is best avoided consisting as it does of an imprecise parry move which will give you a second chance to finish off your foe. Shards of Darkness is a pure stealth game, where staying out of sight-using distraction, deception and insta-kill takedowns-is essential to your survival. As far as Styx is concerned, however, his motivation is his insatiable greed for those magical elements that fuel his special powers-that and his liberty. The wider story unfolds piecemeal, draped as it is over reliable themes such as improbable alliances, mistrust, betrayal and revenge. Whereas Styx’s dependence on liquid amber provided the impetus in 2014’s Master of Shadows, predictably this time out he develops a serious quartz habit too. Some dark, mystical quality in the latter provides weapons within the elven arsenal with insuperable power. The game’s nine multi-sectored missions are set mainly in and around the vertiginous dark elven city of Korrangar, where high priestess Lyssril plots a path to invincibility through the harvesting of amber and the acquisition of pure quartz.
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