Software:Black Stone: Magic & Steel

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Black Stone: Magic & Steel
Black Stone Magic & Steel.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s)XPEC Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Tony Wang
Producer(s)
  • Tony Wang
  • Shingo Kuwana
  • Yoshiteru Sato
Designer(s)Charley Hsu
Programmer(s)LaPhonso Lee
Artist(s)McCoy Chen
Writer(s)
  • Kayin Chang
  • Tony Wang
  • Eric Ryder
Composer(s)
  • Toru Kobayashi
  • Eric Ryder
Platform(s)Xbox
Release
  • NA: March 13, 2003[1]
  • EU: March 21, 2003
  • JP: May 22, 2003
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Black Stone: Magic & Steel, known in Japan as Ex-Chaser (エクスチェイサー, Ekusu-Cheisā), is a role-playing video game developed by XPEC Entertainment and published by Xicat Interactive for the Xbox. The theme song is "be with you" by Chihiro Yonekura.

Gameplay

In a quest to stop Xylon, the player can choose one of the five character classes.[2] Through 26 levels, all enemies including scorpions, goblins, or bugs, can be dealt with by a melee combat, ranged weapons, and magical attacks.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic44/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Famitsu23/40[5]
Game Informer3/10[6]
GamesMaster66%[7]
GameSpot2.1/10[8]
GameZone7.2/10[2]
IGN5.2/10[9]
OXM (UK)7/10[10]
OXM (US)5.6/10[11]
TeamXbox5/10[12]
X-Play2/5 stars[3]

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "'BlackStone: Magic and Steel' (Xbox) Ships To Stores" (in en). March 13, 2003. http://worthplaying.com/article/2003/3/13/news/8807-blackstone-magic-and-steel-xbox-ships-to-stores/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lafferty, Michael (October 2, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic & Steel - XB - Review". Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080205145723/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21068.htm. Retrieved May 9, 2020. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hudak, Chris (March 3, 2003). "'Black Stone: Magic & Steel' (Xbox) Review". TechTV. Archived from the original on March 15, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030315103145/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3418733,00.html. Retrieved May 9, 2020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Black Stone: Magic & Steel for Xbox Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/black-stone-magic-and-steel/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox. Retrieved May 9, 2020. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "エクスチェイサー [Xbox"] (in Japanese). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=10034&redirect=no. Retrieved May 9, 2020. 
  6. ↑ "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Game Informer (GameStop) (118): 104. February 2003. 
  7. ↑ "Review: Black Stone: Magic & Steel". GamesMaster (Future plc). 2003. 
  8. ↑ Gallant, Matthew (April 3, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic and Steel Review". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/black-stone-magic-and-steel-review/1900-6024585/. Retrieved December 26, 2018. 
  9. ↑ Goldstein, Hilary (March 27, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic & Steel Review". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/27/black-stone-magic-steel-review. Retrieved May 9, 2020. 
  10. ↑ "Review: Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Official Xbox Magazine UK (Future plc). 2003. 
  11. ↑ "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Official Xbox Magazine (Imagine Media): 92. January 2003. 
  12. ↑ Bush, Eric (March 14, 2003). "Blackstone: Magic and Steel [sic Review (Xbox)"]. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510021012/http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/453/Blackstone-Magic-and-Steel/p1. Retrieved May 10, 2020. 

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