Stygian is a neat setup and style, even if it leans too far into horror for my own tastes. The execution maybe isn't all there and I'm told that the game ends with no conclusion because they ran out of money and just stopped making more, so only go into if if you're really intrigued by the concept and you catch it on sale for $4.

奇怪的游戏，bug不少，但是氛围很对味

When I play this game, I can already smell the sweet aroma of cigars and whiskey, hear the crackling sound of jazz records, and sense the background wail of humans, beasts, and all the unnatural creatures that now live in Arkham. Stygian is a game like no other. The artwork is beautifully hand-drawn, the background music is fitting for the Great Depression/Roaring Twenties period, and the storylines are a worthy representation of the legacy of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert W. Chambers, and many others that contributed to the mythos.

Though the game is not perfect. At times, the combat is buggy and unbalanced, the gameplay is cumbersome, with examples such as no fast travel within the major locations or the ability of selling quest items, and the storylines are mostly linear rather than branching or emerging. Clearly, it is a stepping stone to other potential adaptations within the universe that Cultic Games devised, but due to publishing rights and contractual agreements, it never got the chance to do it right. It's a damn shame.