The Stone of Madness

I like the art style and have controller support, but I don't really like the lack of manual saves or checkpoint cos I have the memory of a gold fish so it makes it frustrating if I make the wrong move or pick the wrong team for the day. Still I did enjoy the game but I would recommend it if it's on sale.

An incredibly plotted and designed game bogged down by bugginess. It didn't bother me for the most part, but I was unable to complete one of the campaigns because of it.

I won this game in a giveaway, so I didn't pay for it myself. Honestly, I can't think of a single aspect I didn't enjoy! Admittedly, I have a weak spot for real-time tactical stealth games, but there have been some absolute bangers in the genre (Commandos, Shadow Tactics and other Mimimi games). This one stands out primarily by the setting and consequently, its vibe. The gameplay is what one would expect. You have 5 characters, each with different abilities and weaknesses. I love how the environment (and the NPCs) reacts to your actions in so many ways, as you’d see in an immersive sim! And there's so much to explore if you try to open every door, access every ledge, loot every crate, ... It can get quite challenging in some parts, but it's challenging in the best possible meaning of the word. It really makes you think and plan (and improvise if things go wrong). The story itself was a bit generic, but the characters are really unique and memorable (both the player characters and some NPCs). The art style is beautiful, both the cinematics and the environments. I'm a bit sad seeing so many negative reviews for such an awesome game. I must have been lucky in that I didn't encou…

Amazing game! Two different campaigns. Puzzle to combact ratio is kind of 50/50, I feel, so it's not too puzzle based and not too much combact either, feels well balanced.

I played only the second campaign and I enjoyed it, but after 18 h (of the 20-ish it took to finish it) a major bug happened right when I was completing the level, and I worried I had to throw away the entire save file. Luckily, I only had to replay the last 20 minutes. The art is very distinctive, but it is often difficult to tell the items from the background, and that is a problem during chases. Also, the characters are well characterized but a bit unbalanced in terms of gameplay, with Agnes and Amelia often playing minor roles. The writing is interesting, even if the timeline of the events narrated in the second campaign left me a bit puzzled. Also, NPCs do not recognize which character they are interacting with, so they might be talking to you while referring to you in third person, which is weird. Overall I liked it, and I will be playing campaign one too, despite the numerous negative comments about it. Also, I would be happy to help localizing the game in Italian. UPDATE: I played the first campaign as well. The storyline is less interesting (a lot of going around collecting items) but the teamwork is more balanced. Agnes and Amelia feel a lot more useful. I didn't ex…

El juego en sí está bastante bien, la ambientación y los personajes la verdad que es otro muy buen trabajo por parte de The Game Kitchen. Eso sí, durante mi partida me encontré con algunos bugs que llegaron a ser bastante molestos. En un par de ocasiones tuve que reiniciar el juego porque no podía seguir progresando porque uno de los personajes entró en un bucle infinito donde un guardia le pillaba y le atizaba todo el rato (xD). Aun con esos problemas técnicos, la experiencia me ha parecido positiva y creo que merece la pena jugarlo. Si los desarrolladores siguen puliendo esos fallos con futuras actualizaciones, puede convertirse en un título todavía mejor.