This game was a shock to me. I got it for free from a friend who had never played it and didn't want it because, he said, "it looks lame." It's not lame; it's actually pretty great.

The whole premise of the game is the standard fantasy fare. You need to save a small town from being taken over by an evil wizard who can, you later find out, turn into a dragon. (Yeah, I guess it does sound a little lame.) You fight your way through a ton of dungeons, you upgrade your weapons and armor as you would in any other Diablo-type game, and you have to solve puzzles in a very Zelda-like way.

What makes the game so fun is that it'll take you a very short time to get used to the interface, so you feel like an expert the whole time. That's not to say it's dumbed down or oversimplified: it's just not overly complex like some fantasy games tend to be. The story is compelling and the music is really great: seriously, give the woman by the tree some gold so she'll sing the Darkstone song and it'll be in your head for a month.

Overall, if you like this sort of game and don't feel like you need to be over-powered by graphics and gore, this is a great choice.

I haven't played this game since it first came out, but I remember it well. I regret ever losing this game I had so much fun playing it. Easy to get used too, not a very complicated inventory system. In the middle of the village the story takes place in is a man and woman. If you give them gold they play the theme song for the game, after you beat the game the music video for this song is unlocked. Overall a good game. Would recomend to anyone. Keep in mind yeah the graphics aren't exactly Halo2 or Half Life 2, it came out in 2001. But if you want a cheap RPG that is easy to get used too and isn't loaded done with cut scenes go with this one.