Stoneshard

I really enjoy Stone Shard. It's overflowing with potential and it has a bright future and I'm really hoping that the developers take the notes from the people posting reviews here and on Steam since there seems to be a lot of shared sentiment. I can't talk positives until the negatives are addressed. The current save system is this game's Achilles' heel. Instead of feeling like a true adventure where you can be prepared for the road ahead, it ends up feeling like bashing your head against a wall and hoping the brute force will yield results. It mostly ends in death and lost progress. My suggestion is do what Kingdom Come Deliverance does and have a consumeable that you can use as a save system. Ideally I would also like the ability to setup a campsite out in the wilderness. The current save system cannot be in the final product, it's a bad idea. You've made a hard game, but it's punishing, don't do that. The save system is worsened by a small invetory space and how many items you must bring with you if you ever venture beyond the villages. Food and healing items should stack or give me a backpack that allows for your adventuring items to stack. I'm spending more time going back and forth to the village rather than actually exploring and adventuring. Plus, anytime I do it's a huge risk that often doesn't pay off. Lastly, the save system really sucks due to combat restrictions. The devs say the combat is turn-based tactical well part of being tactical isn't just using the right abilities, it's also knowing when to retreat. Every time I'm in combat I have to kill what I'm fighting, they can chase me between loading areas, they can keep pace with me, there is no option to run, so every battle is All or Nothing. Better not die. A better save system is a must. I'd like the other stuff to be improved as well. They do that they've got a great game on their hands. I really get excited at everything else in the game but the core is flawed. Please fix it Ink Stain.

I dont know what the comment below is talking about... The latest update on Steam is 0.9.2.13... The latest update on GOG is 0.9.2.13... So they're either lying or haven't done their research... Do better! It's unfair on the devs... Peace.

That's all this game means when it says it's hard. It just wastes your time. Go out of town for 5 min. fill inventory. Head back to town and spend 15 just making sure you can actually leave and not die. It's a cool game, for sure. But making everything just take forever is not a replacement for "difficulty". The game is not hard, just super annoying and, like, nit picky.

I had a lot of fun with this game. But it doesn't have to much content. The development is very slow. I don't recommend to buy this now, it takes forever for very simple small updates. Probably not finished ever. Maybe worth it later.... I bought it on Steam about 1.5 Years ago.

This game seemed to have everything I wanted, cool retro feel, adventure in a sandbox world, interesting story.....Then I got past the tutorial and found....garbage. The game has been in early access forever, the updates have made the game conssitently worse with every one of them, and since the first edition barely any content has been added. The game play loop now consists of praying to the RNG gods that you don't get one shot by a wolf on your way to the dungeon, once at the dungeon praying that you don't get killed by some random creature that you killed 15 of their buddies but this one somehow dodges everything and criticals every hit. Then, there is the lack of the character creator they promised years ago, the fact that if you play as a mage you are punished for using magic, and the constant crashes and file corruption. Give this game a pass and go and support other small devs that actually listen to the players, any constructive critism is met with derision and excuses. Shame, this could have been a great game, as it is, it is a hot mess.