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Back to Stone
Game Boy Advance
Released On: Dec 15, 2006
54
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Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
54
0% Positive
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80% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A certain type of person will fall in love with this game; others will hate it completely.
Back to Stone is an honest try at a puzzle/actioner hybrid, but its technical limitations mire it in the past. Sketchy graphics, frustrating controls and an archaic password save system kept the game from being immersive enough. Still, the story and gameplay were solid, and there is definitely room for a sequel.
There is a good amount of material to be seen within this cartridge. Some of it is above average (art style, technical achievement, story), and others are disappointing (sound, mechanics, block-on-grid puzzles). The one truly abysmal flaw is the lack of an internal battery to save the game, which is unacceptable for today's standards, even more so in a portable system.
Back to Stone is a bland, sloppy dungeon crawl in which you'll spend the majority of time pushing stone blocks around.
The idea of changing your foes into blocks and using them to solve puzzles is an interesting, if not unoriginal idea. The painfully simple puzzles, hindered platforming aspects, cruddy combat mechanics, pathetic presentation, and a truly loathsome saving system all combine to make this one of the last great disappointments on the GBA.
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Summary Back to Stone follows the adventure of the unwitting subject of horrible magical experiments. Following the conquest of his world by a race of demons, the hero became a guinea pig for the demons. Now a hybrid, half demon, half human; in exchange he has gained the ability to transform flesh to stone with his hands, making him one of the f...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- Game Boy Advance
Initial Release Date: Dec 15, 2006
Developer:
- Hidden Floor
Publisher: O3 Entertainment
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