The Dark Stone from Mebara
Jerseyware Gaming · 2015 · Indie, RPG, Adventure, Lovecraftian
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About The Dark Stone from Mebara
Lead a detective agency through 1920s Massachusetts investigating an otherworldly black stone while battling cosmic horrors, cultists, and creeping madness in this original Lovecraftian RPG. Explore atmospheric towns, engage in strategic turn-based combat with spell-casting, and uncover the dark truth behind the mysterious artifact threatening your sanity.
Take on the roles of Arthur Pendleton owner of the Pendleton Detective Agency and his two employees – Detective Aloysius Monroe and Professor Webley.
The team has come in to possession of an eerie black rock with strange properties. As they try to discover the stones cosmic origins, they find themselves battling against madness, vicious cultists, and unspeakable horrors!
Will they discover the truth behind…THE DARK STONE FROM MEBARA?
Key Features
- An original adventure based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
- Explore fully realised towns, buildings and more.
- Battle challenging foes & cast powerful spells in a classic ATB system
- High quality period visuals
- Custom spell learning and detailed level-up displays.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
⠀7 found this helpful
The Dark Stone from Mebara is somewhat unique as it has a Lovecraftian feel to this RPG game. You basically play as a detective who finds a rock, then there's a cult that constantly goes after you. The plot is decent, but the turned-based battle and gameplay is where it falls short. Some of the artworks and even character profile style clashes (i.e Webley looks like the photo of a real person was used, while our MC looks like a 3D character designed). It's also hard spotting objects that can be interacted, with the 16-bit graphics and I feel there could be an easier way to indicate when we can click an object, such as it being highlighted when we're near it. Another issue with the graphics is there's a map where it's so dark, and where what looks like walk-able passageways are not. It's obscure as heck. Also healing items doesn't appear to be a thing, so you're mostly relying on the enemies dropping items in combat otherwise you're effed. I remember one point in the game where I spent almost 30 minutes grinding just to defeat a boss. The combat itself is by no means easy, nor fair for new players of the RPG turned-based fights. So beware. Despite the plot and music being decent, I…4 found this helpful
I feel like I'm too old for this game2 found this helpful
https://youtu.be/Djs8kRucy7Y Without a clear balance for narrative pacing or combat, players will often find themselves lost in a lurch.
The Dark Stone from Mebara is an intriguing adventure game with captivating storytelling and immersive visuals. The puzzles are challenging and well-designed, keeping you engaged throughout. A must-play for fans of mystery and fantasy genres.
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