Buy Darkstone

Before you buy Darkstone, be aware that this game is over decade old. The graphics, is, well, not pretty. The gameplay is pretty fun, though, and if you are into Diablo-esque RPGs you may want to give it a try.

To those who are worried if Darkstone will run on their modern systems, it works perfectly on my Windows 7 without any readily apparent bugs or visual glitches. Though naturally, I can’t vouch it will work for everyone, but steps to make this game work on modern systems were obviously taken (my old CD version stopped working ages ago).

Game Currently does not work with AMD Drivers 13.1+

Ways Around this Graphical Errors:

Putting " - sortbyz " in the steam launch options fixes most of the errors. Clipping still exsists, but is minimal and still playable.

Things to be aware of:

- Games does not support large resolutions. looks like 600x800 max.
- There IS MULTIPLAYER. its local Co-op.
- No controller support.

I used to play this game all the time when I was younger. Seeing it here on steam actually made me excited since I hadn't played in FOREVER. Today is my second day with it and I'm already feeling the nostalgia, heh.
Anyway, you play as 1 or 2 of 8 possible characters from 4 basic classes off to fight a necromancer (supposedly) who can change into a dragon, but you must acquire 7 crystals in order to make a powerful orb to help stop him first. This is where I find I love the game the most. Each crystal has around 3 or 4 possible quests randomly picked for it, so that's between 20-30 different combinations of quests you could have. Dungeons are randomly generated, so are monsters, loot, yadda yadda yadda, been there before. Yes, graphics are seriously outdated, but graphics don't make a game bad or good necessarily unless they're so abysmal you can't tell what you're looking at. The only problem I notice so far is that occasionally during dialogue, it tends to skip a little, but you can always check the "Previous Dialogue" tab to see what someone had said if you're playing without the subtitles.
All in all, this is a favorite of mine from childhood, one I recommend to people who like simpler RPGs that simply puts you as a hero out to fight an evil dragon/wizard/thing :P Doesn't need to be any more complex than THAT!

I played the hell out of this game growing up when I wasn't playing Diablo or Diablo II. It was one of the few games me and my friends would play together and I loved it. Once I saw it on steam (and it was so cheap) I had to take a trip on the nostalgia train and play it again. Only problem is, my graphics card and the game do not mesh well together...missing textures abound. The trees that act as a border around the maps are just black shadow squares, my character's face is missing and NPCs are invisible unless they are in town (sometimes) I went down to the first level of the dungeon and discovered my character as well as all the enemies and doors and items that dropped were invisible save for their shadows.

I still recommend this game if you like dungeon crawlers, I loved it back then and I still do now...I just have to fix this graphical issue so I can enjoy the game to the fullest.

Edit: When I wrote the review I hadn't googled the -sortbyz fix (and wasn't aware of where to put it) but after google and Norpal commenting on it, the game runs much much better. Now I can enjoy the game again.

Darkstone is possibly the first Diablo-clone in the world, and boy howdy did it do a good job at it.
While the core idea and features like Town Por.... sorry, Magic Door are shamelessly mooched from Diablo, Darkstone also added a great deal of its own innovations in the mix.

The UI is snappy and functional (once you work out the few little obscurities) and character control is quite responsive, not floaty or laggy. The graphics are dated, but in a sort of endearing way, and have aged rather gracefully thanks to the cartoony style. In contrast to Diablo's grimdark oppressiveness the overall atmosphere in Darkstone is much more light-hearted and carefree, incredibly campy storyline (which the game never forces down your throat) and all.

In summary, Darkstone is an old hidden gem of a game that's still fun and fluently playable to this day, 15 years later. A great little ARPG for when you just want to bash some goblins and take their shiny things without having to worry about... well, much of anything, really.

Darkstone the Game that Set in action RPG's for Console and PC Gaming

Opinion: 9.5 out of 10
.5 off for a few bugs but considering that this game was made for PS and Windows 98 thats saying alot

WOOOOHOOO!!!!! I love old school RPG. Great fun and the price was pretty sweet. I will be wasting a weekend on this one.

Had this game on PS1, glorious. Now on PC, glorious. Graphics don't matter. U didn't Grow up with Halo: Reach graphics. U grew up with triangular attempts and circular patterns.

Decent Diablo clone, in which you can create 2 characters and alternate play between them (the AI will whichever character you are not controlling.
Use the following launch options for windowed mode: -32bit -windowed

AMAZING GAME!

Was one of the first i played on playstation 1!

Really fun and rewarding, HOURS of fun with friends :D

One of the best rpgs of all time

I recommend this game if you have played it before. I played this with my brother when I was a kid and I really loved it back in the day. The only problem is that all characters outside of town are invisible. I can turn on shadows to see them but it still makes it a hassle. Also all the loot is invisible too. Anyone know how to fix? please add/msg me.

I Literaly grew up with this one :D wouldnt recommend it to amateurs or to gaphic lover gamer. Its just classic.

Remember this game from when I was extremely young and so many quotes from it cause I played it like 100 times back then and it's still the exact same game, finished it in about 6 hours on multiplayer with my brother ( got it to work over hamachi really easily ), and gonna play it on hard mode again later since the story changes every time you play, think there was like 5 alternate stories - can't remember since it's been ages.

A few audio glitches I think cause it wasn't meant to run on anything other than Windows 98 or Steam somehow messed it up idk, but the only noticeable ones were from when you pay gold to hear the song in Town, it sort of glitched abit.. but if you really wanna hear that song just youtube it, everything else worked fine and multiplayer was really smooth.

to begin with this is not the exact game from the first ps1 version. There are several major differences. The first main point is the new enimies. The second is that there are at least two dungeons in the same land. The game has good graphics and plays fairly well. I overall have enjoyed it so far. The gameplay is enjoyable.Now the drawbacks. The problem with larger resolution screens needs to be addressed. The lack of a layout and or configuration is appalling. The changes to the merchants for the most part are acceptable. The inability to sell reliques is rather terrible. The inability to stack potions and food is rather terrible as well. The lycanthrope skill has been removed to my knowledge so far, as it may be for better or worse. The fog of war in black is terrible as is the ability for casters to hit doors, walls, the floor and miss entirely the enemy target. I give this a 6 out of 10.

THIS GAME IS THE ♥♥♥♥ING ♥♥♥♥.

Played it 14 hours straight.

A Diablo clone done right.

Unfortunately I can't get this game to run. I have applied the fixes that have been suggested and at one time did have it running in the top left hand corner of my screen in a small square. Upon exiting I have not managed to get it to run again since.

Ga,es really need to be tested before being placed on Steam and it needs to be made clear if these will not work on newer systems. In future I will stick to getting old games on GOG.com as they have a money back policy if a game doesnt work.

This game doesn't quite hold up as a hack-and-slash, but it has nice roguelike mechanics that make it worth a least one playthrough