Posted on: December 4, 2021
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6 / 10. An imperfect clone
I remember playing Darkstone back in the day and at that time it was quite a hit. 3D environments, classic ARPG interactions, random dungeons, etc. It was quite a sight to see. Playing this after 22 years really changes you perpesctive and you quicky realize thet the nostalgia googles were made on the wrong prescription. Playing this game nowadays feels like playing a very bad Diablo: Hellfire clone. Darkstone copies so many of Diablo's features and limitations that it feels like a total conversion mod rather than an original game. At the same time it adds aditional weird limitations and ballancing issues that make the game worse in many ways. I found a mage walkthrough to be very daunting and paved with a lot of backtracking to town to recharge mana and sell all the items just to move a bit forward. Vendors rarely change their stock. Rarely can you buy something worthwile. Equippment requirements are rather high and hard to fufill during an entire playthrough (I didn't reach 155 MAG, by the time I finished the game). Hunger and aging are additional annoyances that don't add anything to the game. And the list goes on. Also the difficulty is rather pumped up with spells targeting your next cursor movement position. The overall feel is ok. It's a decent ARPG but milage may vary based on what class do you choose and how are you playing the game. That being said, the GoG version solves a lot of the original problems associated with the game like unreadable text, glitches, sound issues (dialogue still skipps every now and then) and so on. It's a good version to try if you're willing to go back to a time where ARPG's wernt that streamlined.
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