Stonekeep

Le jeu

Stonekeep is a classic first-person dungeon-crawling RPG released by Interplay in 1995, famous for blending pre-rendered 3D environments, digitized actors, and live-action cinematic cutscenes at a time when such production value was rare. You play as Drake, the lone survivor of the destruction of the fortress Stonekeep, who embarks on a quest guided by the goddess Thera to free imprisoned deities and defeat the evil god Khull-Khuum. Unlike many RPGs of its era, the game featured real-time combat on a grid-based system, an innovative rune-based magick system where players combined symbols to create spells, and a strong narrative atmosphere. While development was notoriously long and costly, Stonekeep remains a nostalgic favorite for many players thanks to its ambitious design, unique mechanics, and the immersive sense of exploration it brought to mid-’90s PC gaming. DOS