Black Stone: Magic & Steel

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.

Black Stone: Magic & Steel
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 19, 2003
  • EU: March 21, 2003
  • JP: May 22, 2003
Genre(s)Role-playing video game 
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

In a quest to stop Xylon, the player can choose one of the five character classes.[1] Through 26 levels, all enemies including scorpions, goblins, or bugs, can be dealt with by a melee combat, ranged weapons, and magical attacks.[2]

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.[4]

References
  1. Lafferty, Michael (October 2, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic & Steel - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. Hudak, Chris (March 3, 2003). "'Black Stone: Magic & Steel' (Xbox) Review". X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on March 15, 2003. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. "Black Stone: Magic & Steel for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. "エクスチェイサー [Xbox]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  5. "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Game Informer. No. 118. GameStop. February 2003. p. 104.
  6. "Review: Black Stone: Magic & Steel". GamesMaster. Future plc. 2003.
  7. Gallant, Matthew (April 3, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic and Steel Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  8. Goldstein, Hilary (March 27, 2003). "Black Stone: Magic & Steel Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  9. "Review: Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Official Xbox Magazine UK. Future plc. 2003.
  10. "Black Stone: Magic & Steel". Official Xbox Magazine. Imagine Media. January 2003. p. 92.
  11. 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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