
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
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Company: Cultic Games
Release Date: Sep 26 2019
Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
"Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones" is a supernatural horror roleplaying video game which takes place in the strange worlds of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Stygian will draw the player into a bleak journey from a ruined Arkham to the very depths of the Abyss.The gameplay experience promises a mix of rich role-playing and turn based tactical combat in an authentic illustrative 2D graphical style.In Stygian you'll be able to create your character from scratch with a robust selection of archetypal backgrounds with different origin stories attributes skills traits and lastly belief systems which determine how your character replenishes lost sanity also presenting unique dialog choices.The narrative of the game is strongly connected to the works of H. P. Lovecraft. In your quest you'll use the haunted violin of Erich Zann to lure a fiendish deity and convince the poor wretched protagonist of "The Outsider" to join your party among many others.The heavy burden of fighting a desperate battle with forces beyond recognition will haunt you to the end of the game. Physical combat will be scarce and difficult spellcasting will have deep and dangerous consequences sanity loss will leave its marks on characters as mental illnesses and sometimes the best solution will be running away from the terrors that lurk in the night.Stygian embraces the original themes of pulp and weird fiction incorporating them into the computer roleplaying genre promising a fresh (or putrid from another perspective) breath of air for roleplaying fans.