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Bad, bad game, I cried for hours

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game had a few cool features. I liked the fact that you didn't have to remember how to get to different locations, you simply had to visit it once and it was added to a list of destinations for you to pick from. The other cool feature was that it was a game...other than that, it felt like "Get item, kill monsters, go to next level, get items, return with items, kill monsters" The plot (as far as I got, as much as I tried to force myself to continue onward eventually even my self-loathing has a peak) was weak, the NPC's dialogue was horrid...I'm old school in that I actually care about plot in an RPG call me bizzare...if you want a good RPG, go get Might and Magic, or wait for Diablo 2. (though I always did like the M&M's better)

Why don't you have a 0 star rating? This game rates it.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 31, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Here in Australia we pay big money for games. This one cost us $89, and it was barely worth $1. (It was a local impulse buy). Its as buggy as they come. It crashes between "cities" nearly every time. It only allows ONE person to have ONE save game. The interface is cludgy and despite its 3D the graphics are really sad.

We are RPG game lovers from way back but this one was a big disappointment. The fact that its a diablo clone was actually a plus for us as we really enjoyed that game. Its just sad that instead of improving on diablo they went the other way.

The font they use is too intricate and too small to read and I still dont know what half the buttons are as I cant make out the text!

In RPG's I like to roll my own character. Here they do it for you and take away half the fun of the game for you.

I am sad to say that there is nothing good to say about this game except that the box is pretty. Pretty enough to suck you into buying it and regretting it.

Sure Its A Diablo Clone, But I'll Take Darkstone Any Day

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Many people are caught up in that fact that darkstone blatantly lifts many gameplay features from Diablo. However they faile to notice one fact, darkstone is better. Better gamplay, better charecters, better plot, much better graphics, more variety, and the list goes on and on. Kudos to Gathering Of Developers, with games like Darkstone and Age of Wonders now out we can be assured that quality fantasy games will still be around for quite some time.

Better than Diablo for kids.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It's interesting to note, now that Diablo II has come out, how many of the improvements Darkstone incorporated into the Diablo play model are now found in Diablo II. Darkstone has a "previously visited locations" menu that allows you to reduce the tedium of having to navigate a lot of area you've cleaned out already; Diablo II has "waypoints". Darkstone had extra skills which you could customize classes with, as does Diablo II. Darkstone had a populated wilderness area, as does Diablo II.

Darkstone gives you two characters, one of which will contribute to battles when you're controlling the other, it can be a fun game for a younger child (who wouldn't be able to play Diablo). Even if he can't click fast enough to kill the monsters, he'll have backup. Also, the shops use pictures of items, which means a child who can't read or is just learning can still play, if he knows his numbers. The game generally seems less spooky and bloody.

With all due respect to T. Byrl, the voice acting is a bit strained, though not the worst we've heard.

The quests pile up a lot more quickly than in Diablo, as well. It's difficult to get through the first two villages without being accosted by half-a-dozen villagers needing tasks performed. That keeps things moving along.

Overall, the game seems a =lot= easier than Diablo. Spells cost less, gold is more plentiful, magical items easier to come by, resurrection spells allow one surviving character to bring bacak one that just died, etc. etc. etc. And you have to worry less about moving in combat rather than attacking, as would happen in Diablo quite a bit.

But the combat's a bit mushy relative to Diablo--a little too automatic feeling, perhaps, which is the only thing that keeps me from giving it the five stars. I killed the first "boss", losing one of my own characters, before I knew what happened. But then I could just resurrect him.

Overall, a worthwhile contribution to the genre.

Terrible game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: September 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've played a lot of games in the past few years, and Dark Stone has to be one of the most boring games in the world. When it was new it did have it's halfway decent (although a little too cartoonish) graphics. But now that the game is a few years old, it cannot even claim that.

A bad attempt at a slightly more complicated Diablo, this game just doesn't cut it.

Variation on a theme...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Look, Darkstone is to Diablo what Hexen was to Doom. Or what Warcraft is to Command and Conquer. They share a lot of the same commands, and a good bit of the gameplay is the same. So if you're going to sit there and fault one game for following in the design footsteps of another, we're going to be here all day.

I recently purchased Darkstone for just twenty bucks. Twenty bucks! Too often I've spent twice as much and didn't receive half as much fun as Darkstone deliveres.

It boils down to this: If you already own Diablo and it satifies your need for hack and slash adventure, then by all means save your money. But if you're looking for a variation on a theme (and I think the 3D effects add a good bit to the gameplay), and you're looking for a new quality game at a budget price, then Darkstone is a great choice.

Very nice game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm not a big fan of the Diablo/D&D typr game but this game is really neat. The one big advantage of this game over Diablo is the ability to control 2 characters in one game. Very high replay value also makes this game a winner. Pick up a copy if you can; I've seen it rather inexpensive at local retail store. For the price, you can't go wrong.

A pretty good game, clearly worth this price.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It has some flaws, you will have to run around a bit between play areas, but it plays well enough. The price is right, and it is worth the time you will spend on it. The learning curve is small, and there are music sound tracks buried deep in the CD if you look for them (a neat extra). It has been around a couple of years and there is nothing new (though you do have a "partner" you can exploint during battle), but it is a good change of sceenary. I liked it enough to want to finish it; I think you will too.

Great, Fun & Playable Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was a shock to me. I got it for free from a friend who had never played it and didn't want it because, he said, "it looks lame." It's not lame; it's actually pretty great.

The whole premise of the game is the standard fantasy fare. You need to save a small town from being taken over by an evil wizard who can, you later find out, turn into a dragon. (Yeah, I guess it does sound a little lame.) You fight your way through a ton of dungeons, you upgrade your weapons and armor as you would in any other Diablo-type game, and you have to solve puzzles in a very Zelda-like way.

What makes the game so fun is that it'll take you a very short time to get used to the interface, so you feel like an expert the whole time. That's not to say it's dumbed down or oversimplified: it's just not overly complex like some fantasy games tend to be. The story is compelling and the music is really great: seriously, give the woman by the tree some gold so she'll sing the Darkstone song and it'll be in your head for a month.

Overall, if you like this sort of game and don't feel like you need to be over-powered by graphics and gore, this is a great choice.

Why bother?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have the same opinion about this game as I do the Hellfireexpansion for Diablo: If you are going to release an updated versionor expansion to something, it needs to be an improvement. This game isa Diablo clone with a few 3D tricks thrown in to make it shiny and new. There is nothing here that is worth wasting the price of entry. If you have Diablo already, dont bother with this. If you bought this and havent played Diablo, dont buy Diablo...

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