![]() ![]() ![]() Without a shortage of dragons or dungeons for them to inhabit, this sprawling landscape has managed to preserve its place, as one of the most beloved settings in the genre. The setting captivated a group of gaming participants, but extended its scope to eat films, video games and more. The Forgotten Realms have reigned in a pop culture style for decades. A large portion of franchises success can be explained by its rich and varied environments and lore that provide a stimulating backdrop to the adventures explored in both players and storytellers. My advice? Go on and buy it if it's cheap, but don't shell out too much for a barely-better-then-mediocre game.ģ.Among the game makers, the name Dungeons is the biggest in the industry. Captain Picard's dramatic level introductions were in an over-the-top Shakespearian stage growl, which (yeah, I'm a dork!) I found got me excited to start the new zone. But, best of all, Patrick Stewart and Michael Clark Duncan provide exc ellent voice acting and narrative for the game. There are also plenty of skills and items to accumulate during the course of your adventures. On the positive side, it's a pretty game, and the terrain and ai don't interfere with gameplay, which so many hack & slashers suffer from. Primarily a hack & slash, it's not overly original in its combat system, and it getsold switching from one character to the next every time the game forces you into a situation where only one character's skill will solve the problem (you basically control three characters at a time, except during special fights, like when you control Drizzt). Read full reviewĪlthough the game is fun to play, Demon Stone is one of those constrictive-feeling linear RPGs that assume everything and allow no decision-making. ![]() I'd suggest this game for any fan of the series & any fan of fantasy adventure games. Other than that, it was great to see the pages of my favorite books come to life. It makes gameplay, particularly with the wizard at points in which only he can get you through certain parts of the adventure using ranged attacks, quite frustrating. I liked the fact that the character play was true to the series, though one thing that drove me crazy was the knock-down affect.when a mob hits you, your character is knocked down for an exceedingly long period of time for a single hi t. Of course, my favorite being Drizzt in the books, I was excited to see that you get to play as him and fight alongside him at different points in the game. I'm a long-time gamer & I tend to gravitate toward one kind of character, but there were a several in this game I was happy to play. The game play is simple enough - though you should read through the manual to make sure you get little tidbits like the call for help from the other characters, etc. I got this game because I'm a big fan of the Forgotten Realms book series. Stormfront's previous work with the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons license yielded a series of home computer games in the early 1990s, as well as 2001's Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. EA Games' well received The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, based on the Peter Jackson film, was also designed by the studio. While Stormfront's collaboration with AD&D license holder Wizards of the Coast helps ensure that Demon Stone's rules system is accurate to the pen & paper standards, the focus of this game is squarely on the action.ĭemon Stone is not the developer's first hack-and-slash console RPG. Most of the statistical arithmetic that drives the combat system is applied behind the scenes. Demon Stone is designed to call on the diverse abilities of each of these three characters, so using the right hero for the right job is an important part of play.Ĭharacters gain experience and new abilities as they progress through the adventure, but Demon Stone players won't spend as much time number-crunching as they might in other AD&D games. These characters represent the fundamental AD&D archetypes: the burly fighter, who can take at least as much punishment as he dishes out the agile rogue, who can pick locks and sneak about for surprise attacks and the resourceful sorcerer, who specializes in a variety of ranged combat spells. The player directly controls one of the three characters and can switch between them at nearly any time. Now the noble characters are honor-bound to make amends, and banish the demons from Faerun once more. By accidentally meddling in an age-old feud between two powerful, demonic hordes, the player's characters have allowed both abysmal armies into our plane of existence. Players guide three distinct heroes through the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons lands known as the Forgotten Realms, to correct a mistake and perhaps save the world in the process. ![]()
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