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.
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| Developer(s) | XPEC Entertainment |
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| Director(s) | Tony Wang |
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| Designer(s) | Charley Hsu |
| Programmer(s) | LaPhonso Lee |
| Artist(s) | McCoy Chen |
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| Platform(s) | Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay
editIn 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
edit| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | 44/100[4] |
| Publication | Score |
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| 4Players | 63%[5] |
| Famitsu | 23/40[6] |
| Game Informer | 3/10[7] |
| GamesMaster | 66%[8] |
| GameSpot | 2.1/10[9] |
| GameZone | 7.2/10[2] |
| IGN | 5.2/10[10] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 5.6/10[11] |
| TeamXbox | 5/10[12] |
| X-Play |   [3] |
The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Official Xbox Magazine gave it a mixed review while it was still in development.[11] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.[6]
References
edit- ^ Rainier (March 13, 2003). "'BlackStone: Magic and Steel' (Xbox) Ships To Stores". Worthplaying. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Lafferty, Michael (October 2, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic & Steel - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ a b Hudak, Chris (March 3, 2003). "'Black Stone: Magic & Steel' (Xbox) Review". Extended Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on March 15, 2003. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ Bischoff, Jens (April 26, 2003). "Test: Black Stone: Magic & Steel". 4Players (in German). 4Players GmbH. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "エクスチェイサー [Xbox]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Game Informer. No. 118. GameStop. February 2003. p. 104.
- ^ "Review: Black Stone: Magic & Steel". GamesMaster. Future Publishing. 2003.
- ^ Gallant, Matthew (April 3, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic and Steel Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ Goldstein, Hilary (March 27, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic & Steel Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. January 2003. p. 92.
- ^ Bush, Eric (March 14, 2003). "Blackstone: Magic and Steel [sic] Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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