![]() Within this nicely established Dungeons & Dragons scenario, Demon Stone proceeds to hurl seemingly insurmountable numbers of foes at your party of three. His familiarity with the subject matter is apparent, because he employs a great many characters and locales that those familiar with the Forgotten Realms universe will recognize. ![]() Salvatore, who has authored a vast number of novels based on the D&D world of Forgotten Realms. The game uses nice, quick cutscenes to keep the story moving, and it usually manages to do so without disrupting the flow of the action too much.ĭ&D aficionados will be especially interested to know that Demon Stone was scripted by R.A. The story is pretty archetypal, though the inclusion of two antagonists who are also at each other's throat is a nice one, and overall, the story's delivered quite well. Consequently, they embark on a quest to re-imprison Ygorl and Sereka. Each is there with his or her own agenda, though upon entering the secret chamber that houses the Demon Stone and accidentally freeing the evil antagonists, the three find that their fates are intertwined. Now jump to the present, where three individual adventurers-Rannek the fighter, Illius the sorcerer, and Zhai the rogue-find themselves allied on a battlefield rife with orcs. The story begins years ago, when Slaad Lord Ygorl and the Githyanki General Sereka, the malevolent leaders of two powerful, destructive armies that have been fighting over the right to pillage the world of Faerûn, find themselves imprisoned in a mystical Demon Stone by a clever wizard named Blackstaff. Having already brought Tolkien to the game-playing masses, Stormfront has given D&D the action treatment.Ī party of heroic characters that goes out on grand quests is the very bedrock of the Dungeons & Dragons experience-and, really, of all its high-fantasy ilk-and Demon Stone delivers this staple on multiple levels. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is a small evolutionary step above what Stormfront did with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and players who appreciate that brand of brute-force, hack-and-slash gameplay should find in it a great-looking and enjoyable, if somewhat familiar, experience. A couple of years ago, Northern California-based developer Stormfront Studios established an accessible, enjoyable formula for melding the high-fantasy feel with visceral action in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and now it brings the same to the Dungeons & Dragons world. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and the Dungeons & Dragons universes-the former of which stays grounded thanks to a Victorian travelogue-level of mundane detail, and the latter of which benefits from a voluminous world and detailed mythos. 8 1/2 out of 10.Within the dominion of high fantasy, there are two staples upon which you can always rely. Good thing the original Xbox only came with wired controllers.can't throw them too far, and the first time through was hard enough! :D Highly recommended. As for actual replay value, I'm going to go confirm that right now, on a higher difficulty setting. But it's a nice one to revisit, just like re- reading the books. I think in this game, the writing works better than, say, talent trees would. The characters are already written, and written well. As for limited character customization, I didn't mind. Zhai reminds me a lot of Bloodrayne, which I don't mind one bit. It was great to be able to command three separate characters outside a turn-based game. (Maybe I shouldn't 's hard to compete with the middle!) I definitely got a sense of a bond being forged between these three unexpected allies. I wish I could say the end fight was the best, but, while it's good, it's not THE best. The fight sequences may be repetitive at times, but there are also some encounters that literally made my jaw drop. ![]() It's a hack-and-slash, light on combos, but it feels like a lot more. Even with 12-year-old graphics, this game stands the test of time, at least for me. ![]() The voice actors.OMG the voice actors.!!! Patrick Stewart is amazing as always, and the others are not to be missed. Like the other reviews say, the atmosphere, characters, music, cut scenes and story are great. I just finished this game, having picked it up almost 12 years after its release.
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