Darkstone

ReleasedJul 31, 1999

PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation

About

Darkstone is an action role-playing game with a medieval fantasy setting, played solo or in multiplayer and often compared to Diablo. Players choose from paired character types such as warrior or Amazon, wizard or sorceress, assassin or thief, and monk or priestess, then travel across four increasingly difficult lands to complete quests, fight monsters, and explore dungeons. Gameplay centers on improving character stats and gear, learning spells from spellbooks, and picking up skills like lockpicking and trap disarming, while a central village serves as a hub for trading, banking, and restocking supplies. Randomly selected quests and shifting dungeon layouts vary each playthrough.

Developer: Delphine Software
Publisher: Gathering of Developers, Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Themes: Action, Fantasy
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Age ratings: CLASSIND 16, USK 12, ESRB T
IGDB rating: 68 / 100 (22 ratings)
Also known as: Darkstone.exe