Older characters have advantages in skills but disadvantages in health. You can be young or old, bearing in mind that age is not just a matter of aesthetics here. You can be a soldier or a criminal, an occultist or a materialistic investigator like my own. You start the game choosing or customizing a character. Maybe more so, because I played as the Investigator Ruth Atherton. The story is set in a time like 1920s-1930s and stands as a twisted tribute to film noirs. You can find all sorts of weird objects at the local antique shop. You are merely trying to find your way out of this plane, save your own self, which in itself is a very sad thing. You are not trying to save the world: “That battle is already lost”, to quote the game’s Steam page directly. In fact, you spend most of your time wandering Arkham solving mysteries, not knowing what to do next, unless you find a clue that points you in the right direction, that is, inescapably, more madness and despair. The game is a turn-based tactical RPG with very strong survival and horror adventure elements. You are not trying to save the world: “That battle is already lost”
I assure you, I am not being particularly dramatic. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones takes you exactly where it promises in the title: A VERY dark land literally torn apart from New England it once was part of, thrown into a plane of madness and despair, as it is now ruled by the Old Ones.
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