Review jademonkey 4/5 · Jan 24, 2023
My brother gave me Stone Story RPG as a Christmas gift. Once again, he found a game on my wishlist that I'd entirely forgotten about. Once again, it's a genre that I wasn't currently really thinking about playing -- this time an idler. And, once again, I've been having a lot of fun with it.
The presentation in Stone Story …
My brother gave me Stone Story RPG as a Christmas gift. Once again, he found a game on my wishlist that I'd entirely forgotten about. Once again, it's a genre that I wasn't currently really thinking about playing -- this time an idler. And, once again, I've been having a lot of fun with it.
The presentation in Stone Story RPG is very unique and awesome. I've never seen such fluid, entirely ASCII animation before. I especially love the whip wielding enemies in the mines. So cool. The soundtrack is great and has a good balance of being ambient and mysterious with being catchy at times. The story is fairly minimal, but works very well with the visual and audio presentation to evoke an air of mystery I wasn't expecting from the genre.
The game is very well paced such that each new feature you get feels like it's opening up the possibilities you need at that time. You get weapon crafting off the bat, but slowly add on potions, enchanting, etc. This culminates in an entire scripting language, allowing for an insane degree of automation. I had a great time sitting down and figuring out how to use the limited logic available to automate some of the stages with more complex interactions.
Overall, between the presentation and straight up having scripting available, I've had a great time with Stone Story RPG. I finished the main story and got the credits, but there's a ton of post game content that I can see myself continuing to chip away at.