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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Atari
  • Release Date: Sep 14, 2004
  • Also On: PC
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Metascore
71 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: In Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, the player directs a party of three characters ? Fighter, Sorcerer and Rogue. The player controls one party member at a time -- switching between them on the fly -- while the other party members are controlled by the engine?s sophisticated artificial intelligence. For example, when the player controls the Fighter, the Sorcerer and Rogue will continue to engage in combat, cast spells and assist the player in defeating all challengers. In many situations, the characters will be able to divide and conquer difficult objectives ? while the Fighter holds back a horde of Yuan-Ti snakemen with brute force, the Sorcerer supports him with devastating ranged magic while the rogue sneaks above and behind them for a coup de grace. The player participates seamlessly in each critical moment as they are cinematically switched from one perspective to another. This real-time, on-the-fly character switching design allows Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone to challenge players with innovative and compelling encounters. In true D&D fashion, each of the characters excels at a certain type of gameplay. The Fighter thrives in melee combat, the Sorcerer is excellent at ranged and magical combat and the Rogue excels at jumping, sneaking and disarming traps. Players will be continually tasked with choosing the best character for each challenge as well as using each character?s gameplay specialty to maximum effect. [Atari]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. PSX Nation
    90
    With a load of unlockables, an involving story, and more action than any similar game before it, Demon Stone is the premier action/rpg title to own.
  2. Xequted
    74
    An addictive action RPG that just falls short of the mark due to sheer difficulty, linear game play and the lack of multiplayer options.
  3. IGN
    73
    Gets rather repetitive, and can often be frustrating because of the poor decision making of your AI colleagues...Yet strangely, Demon Stone can still be disturbingly addictive in its own quirky way.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. SiewWaiT.
    8
    This game is cool and I love its gameplay. It's like an improved LOTR game. Moreover, u can switch between characters. The storyline is intriguing and it leaves u wonder what will happen next. If u love LOTR (the ones done by EA games), then this is a good buy.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JLongden
    6
    With good graphics, excellent voice acting, and fun, yet repetitive, gameplay you'd expect this to be a half-decent game. Unfortunately, the crappy camera control (or lack thereof) is the deal killer, and makes the game more frustrating than fun. That said, I did only pay 10 bucks for it, and that makes it somewhat forgivable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ZachH.
    4
    While I'll agree that the camera angles are nice, and the story line is interesting, I really don't like this game. The missions are repetitive, the battle system is shallow, and for the first half of the game, you can get away with mostly jamming on the X button, occasionally doing a Super when it gets too crowded, or holding down L1 so you can mash on X more, only for distant enemies. The second half kicks up a bit, but the crappy team AI will leave you to die in the corner by a large group of enemies. Don't buy this game unless you are either a big fan (I mean huge) of the Forgotten Realms series or a masochist.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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