Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
1C Entertainment
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: September 26, 2019
Single-player

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is a

Lovecraftian
setting.

Gameplay

In the 1920s,

fantasy races.[2]

Players must manage their characters' emotional and mental stability. Sanity is measured like

humanitarian can recover sanity by acting according to their principles and helping others. Angst, which builds up over time due to stressful situations, applies various penalties to characters and changes dialogue options.[1][2] Running out of sanity ends the game.[1]

Combat is

hex grid.[2] Characters suffering from low sanity or angst-related penalties can perform worse in combat, and engaging in combat can raise characters' angst levels. Fighting some creatures can also cause sanity loss.[1] Combats do not have to be fought to the death; players are allowed to exit combat once they have weakened the other side significantly, though they give up some loot.[2]

Development

Developer Cultic Games modeled the gameplay after their favorite

1C Entertainment released the game for Windows, macOS, and Linux on September 26, 2019.[4]

Reception

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones received positive reviews on Metacritic.[5] RPGamer praised the game's writing, role-playing potential, and complexity, but they criticized the combat, having to manage multiple health scores, and the ending, which they said "feels incredibly rushed".[1] Rock Paper Shotgun praised the game's focus on role-playing and its depiction of Lovecraftian horror.[6] Bloody Disgusting called the combat a poorly-explained chore, but they recommended it to fans of atmospheric and slow-paced role-playing games.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tekaia, Pascal (2019-12-28). "Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones Review". RPGamer. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Watson, Eric (2019-02-09). "Cthulhu goes post-apocalyptic in Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  3. ^ Kleffmann, Marcel (2016-06-27). "Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones - Von Lovecraft inspiriertes Rollenspiel bei Kickstarter finanziert". 4Players (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  4. ^ Fuller, Alex (2019-08-01). "Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones Releasing in September". RPGamer. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  5. ^ "Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones (PC)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  6. ^ Vega, Sin (2019-10-07). "Stygian: Reign Of The Old Ones is about coping with terrible reality". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  7. ^ Black, J. (2019-09-29). "[Review] Turn-Based RPG Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is Full of Repetitive Cosmic Horror". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
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