The Dark Stone from Mebara

Fun short game. The fights were challenging, much tougher than I expected, and the storyline was neat with lots of great homages to Lovecraft's works. Your main character is a detective, that should give you a (ha) clue of what to expect; examine everything. The difficulty of finding everything may put some off, but if you're stuck, it's probably because you haven't examined everything or haven't from the right side. Pay attention, there are little details that may be easy to miss; it doesn't just hand you the answers.

UPDATE: One of the major areas I was originally uncertain about (whether combat ever gets any easier) has been answered - it does, for the most part. It's still challenging, and harder than average, but the almost-unwinnable situation I described from the opening combat sequence of the game has thankfully not been repeated yet. Doesn't mean I haven't had to retry fights, but they were merely hard and not unfair. So if that's something that's keeping you on the fence, I wanted to pop in and add this update to what I'd originally written. As an avid fan of Lovecraft and Lovecraft-inspired games, I was immediately attracted to the idea of an old-school RPG set in a Lovecraftian environment. We've had adventure games, "shooters" (or at least, first-person games) and strategy games based on the works of the gentleman from Providence, but no straight-up RPGs that I can recall. The Dark Stone from Mebara therefore seemed to fill some void in the gaming world. I've not played a great d...

One question .. What did these guys THINK, when they thought about how difficult this game should have been????? OK .. First creature battle, you get your ASS KICKED! .. OK, is there ANY oher smart and alternative options in battle?.. NO! OK .. So i killed the damned creature, is there anyway of reviving your health (Sleep, Heal whatever) .. NO! .. Only means are drinking water and eating breed and apples (which restores absolute minumum health). OK .. I guess that my health, sanity exc .. Will be at maximum when i level up then? .. NO!!!! OK ... Well... I probely will recive some equipment from the cultists i kill, like breed and apples? ... NO! .. You only get holy water, which revives your sanity! OK ... I guess that, getting levels up will improve your combat abilities quite a lot .. NOT REALY! .. You still getting your ass kicked! ehhhhh .... ehhhh ... ehhhh ... What the hell?!! Well, that´s just for starters .. The story sucks, graphic sucks (not even has a nice retro, b...

At the moment can't even get past library...is it just me?

Pretty good game if you like a good Lovecraftian story. Themes of hidden knowledge and madness. Some detectives from the thirties get involved in a case with a mysterious black stone... Pros- Good story and charachters. You're forced to use imagination due to graphics. JRPG style battles can be fun. There are some cons. Not very polished. Bugs and poor graphics. Must save often (manually). Looking for items there are few hints (eg just try every bookcase in the room for the book). Okay so not an awesome game but if you like the theme, worth it. Otherwise not outstanding and a little expensive for what you get (maybe five or six hours long).

the game is windowed mode only, if you want to take a screenshot it will reset the game. won't recommend it

Well worth playing for a really good Lovecraft atmosphere, don't worry too much about the negative reviews. It's short, and very much limited by it's RPG maker style. However, if you like the old turn-based RPGs, you'll find the combat and item hunting familiar. Unless you can't stand the old school aesthetic, just put in the short amount of time required and look forward to really well written lovecraftian tale.

Terrible, terrible game. It is horrendously imbalanced. Every random encounter is a life-or-death situation because all your characters are always very low on health. There's nowhere to heal and virtually no items to use to heal yourself with. I bought this game despite some of the bad reviews because it was only $0.80. Don't make the same mistake I did. Take that $0.80 and swallow it. You'll get a lot more enjoyment out of passing coins the following day than you will by playing this game.

6/10

very good game !!