To conclude, Demon Stone is a fairly good game although not in any way spectacular. On the other hand, the flood of the last year's military shooters also wasn't very spectacular - well, at least not in the good sense of the word, so we shouldn't discard this title just for that. The feeling I got while playing this game was that something was missing - I guess all the elements were there, they just didn't seem to work right. I loved the game's graphics but hated the camera angles and the occasional clipping issues. The characters looked promising, but instead they turned out to be one-dimensional and without character. I certainly do not mind some good hack'n'slash action, but I do mind the obvious lack of more advanced RPG elements. The character development system left me unsatisfied and with a feeling there was a lot more room for progress. The lack of a proper inventory is not a real downside, but the lack of a more detailed character development system certainly is. Then again, although the story develops in a satisfying manner (and is narrated beautifully by Patrick Stewart), it is something I have heard at least thousands of millions of times. The combat is simple and not very diverse, but nevertheless it seems to work out for most part, although it could have used more diversity. The game is also rather short, which is both good and bad; it's bad because… well, because *I* say it's bad; and good, because you'll get sick of that linear hack-and-slash action.

I guess that the fans of the Forgotten Realms will find more appeal in Demon Stone than I did. I do not wish to indicate that Demon Stone is a bad game for anyone except Forgotten Realms fans, but it is simply not good enough. Being short and with no multiplayer it can offer you a several hours' fun, and that is not an entirely bad way to spend your time. You will get some solid, exciting action and the wish to find some dark corners and become invisible, which may result in slicing your postman's throat or performing a jumping attack on your house plant. And just how bad is that? (Rd. - It depends, is it an EVIL house plant?)