It's a turn-based affair, where you and anyone you come across who wants to join your party (usually because you're paying them) face off against any mobsters, monsters, or madmen who get in your way. While there's a lot of interesting roleplaying to do, the combat is a bit lackluster. It's surprisingly deep, and I was shocked at how much these choices came into play as I went through the game. I ended up with a Materialistic Performer named Klippy McGooseberry, who was a Movie Actor who specialized in Speechcraft and Subterfuge, meaning I was good at talking my way out of trouble, and into more money (cigarettes) as well. Everything you choose affects how you roleplay as your character, as well as the abilities you possess, and the interactions you'll have within the story. You get to choose your gender, age, Archetype (essentially your class, like an Academic or Criminal), pre-nightmare occupation, belief system (like being rational or religious), and then you pump points into something that resembles Fallout's S.P.E.C.I.A.L system, as well as some skill points.
RELATED: Dead By Daylight Switch Review: A Port That's Very Much Alive That means when it comes to creating your character, it grants you a pretty large canvas to paint with. Stygian: Reign Of The Old Ones is a CRPG, and it's aiming to give players a Call Of Cthulu-type of role-playing experience. In Stygian, it feels like every location is going to contain something new and disgusting, and that's what a Lovecraftian game should be aiming for. Games like The Sinking City feel dreary and sad, but I never genuinely felt like my sanity was on the line. I've played few games that seem to revel in the nastiness of their world as much as Stygian, which is kind of nice because usually, these games don't truly capture how terrible it would be to live in a Lovecraft novel. If you want a happy-go-lucky gaming experience, you're not going to find it here. At this point, you literally have nothing better to do, so you set out to track him down, and hopefully find some kind of solution to this rather uncomfortable situation.
Your character, who still kind of has their wits about them, has encountered a person known as The Dismal Man, who told them to come find him once everything turned to crap. The sun never rises, there are monsters and lunatics everywhere, the mob has taken over control, the only currency is cigarettes, and the few people who are unlucky enough to still be alive are either under the thumb of a boss called Wax Face or hooked on drugs or booze. Stygian starts with the city of Arkham essentially being sucked into hell, or purgatory, or some kind of nightmare dimension.
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