• Malix@sopuli.xyz
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    10 hours ago

    While I do like the first 2 Styx games (the 3rd one is out soon-ish? if not now?), they are quite the “quicksave/quickload trial and error patience games” and quite deep in the eurojank spectrum. The climbing in the first one is pretty jank, and in both games the character breaks 4th wall deadpool-style pretty often, enemies are dumb as bricks but will absolutely murder you once alerted enough.

    But on the upside, it’s one of those rare stealth games where murder is not penalized at all.

    That said, the games are great!

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        7 hours ago

        (video games, slang) Video games from Europe (especially Eastern Europe) with ambitious concepts but lacking in execution and sometimes exhibiting unintended glitches.

        as per Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eurojank)

        I was under the assumption the Styx -devs were german, but apparently the studio is French. Either way. I also don’t recall any specific glitches, but the first game has a bit stiff climbing mechanics where you can (and will) do some unintended jumps to void etc.

        Basically “AA game” instead if “AAA big budget game”