Demon Stone On PS2
Some information about Stormfront Studios’ Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, their third-person action RPG bound for PS2. GamePro.com gets hands-on on it for a little review:
One part D&D (saving throws, familiar spells and bestiary), one part button-mashing action (X button is your friend), Demon Stone adds another twist to the action adventure genre–switching between characters. At any time in the game, players can switch between the three characters: Rannek, a frontline-tank fighter, Illius, a sorcerer, and Zhai, a quick-tongued Half-Drow (Drow’s are dark elves, for non-D&D geeks) rogue. Hitting the directional button instantly puts players in the shoes of a different character, enabling you to play to the individual strengths of each character for every level. As the typical bruiser, Rannek specializes in taking on multiple enemies at close range. Zhai with her short swords favors hiding in shadows, backstabbing and slitting opponent’s necks. Illius is the best ranged character, shooting bolts of lightning, magic missiles, and acid arrows. Despite having different strengths, each have the same mechanics–all have three-hit melee combos, ranged attacks, evasion moves, and special attacks–meaning players don’t need to memorize three different control sets.
More details in the article itself. I’m not a total D&D-styled games fan, but this one can be quite interesting to peruse further.
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