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Stone of Balance

Description
The Stone of Balance has been broken and only one man can put it back together. Come play an epic DMOD, and see how hard, yet entertaining Dinking can be.

*Best download of december 2000*

*Best D-Mod of 2000*

This D-Mod contains mature content, and may not be suitable for younger players.
Released:May 20th, 2024
File Size:34.02 MB
Downloads:2
Release Notes:A fair few fixes.tweaks thanks to Robj's help and his play through.
Saved games now directly included thanks to Drone1400's Martridge program

Fixed the Drunk's table so it doesn't respond to being hit if the Drunk is not there
Can no longer talk to Oracle through the wall
Replaced 'loose' with the correct word 'lose' in Queen's dialogue
Reduce dialogue repetition with sleep bomb maker
Tweaked the putting out fires to big maze to work smoother in Land 2
Tweaked script regarding placing of stepping stones to island in Land 2
Fixed Bowman's dialog so he doesn't talk about the Guard's Dilemma if already answered in Land 3
Fixed mud script and amulet scripts so they don't interfere with cut scenes and end battle in Land 3
Fixed getting the red stone/jewel twice in end battle in Land 3
Fixed the big cactus fertilising so it works properly
Tweaked Bonca farmer so he always reacts to mud usage
Fixed Goblin Camp guard so he doesn't react twice to raw steak if already eating jerky
Fixed using Skulls in Story 3
Fixed first ring script so text doesn't appear over next screen
Tweaked rings' sound on teleport
Adjust Armourer's anvil appearing to be the brown one, and not hidden behind walls
Armourer's fight continues if you leave without killing him
Grave skulls stay if you don't pick them up
Bowman on plateau can now sell a pick if you don't have one
Fixed pisspot cut sequence of going onto different (prison) screen in Land 4
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June 7th, 2002
v2.14b
Score : 9.8 exceptional
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Graphics: I have to be honest and say the graphics in this d-mod were the best I've seen. The quicksand took me totally by surprise. The gold graphics in Story 5 were very good. The color was overlayed perfectly. The graphics in Story 6 really blew me away. I liked the three armed trees that looked like they were lifting weights, the bouncing boobs that attacked, the blue feathers, the leaches who attacks with their tongues, and the blue/green/red crystals to name a few. SCORE: 10.0

Story: The story was well thought out. This adventure has several quests and in some of the quests are mini games that you have to play to proceed. These games aren't impossible, but some do have a twist. SCORE: 10.0

Gameplay: The gameplay in this adventure is very tedious. Not in a way that the player would want to give up though. But I encountered some unpleasant moments where I thought I would give up. Finding the entrance to see the soothsayer in Story 4 was a little difficult. Darn near impossible to be truthful. After posting on the board and finding the location, I still had trouble finding it. But I did find it and the game went on. (The two trees looked like one tree and that threw me off.) Another bad moment I had was trying to fight the end boss without the three immunity potions. I used the flamebow and beat him and the game froze. I tried again with the same results. After reloading to a previous save, I got the potions and the game played smoothly. ( I didn't know about the potions until I read the walkthrough.) And I've yet to find Multiblast in Story 5. But I'm not being critical of the game here. It seems to me that the harder the game is the more determined a player is to beat it. At least thats the way I am. SCORE: 9.5 (only because the game froze at the end)

Midi's: My dad don't want speakers attached to his computer. Go figure.
SCORE: N/A (sorry Simon. I bet the midi's are good.)

Overall:

Likes: I really enjoyed playing this game. I laughed, I cursed, I pulled my hair out, I had a great time. Thanks Simon. I highly recommend this game to anyone who wants to play a good game. I was glued to this game for hours on end and didn't want to quit when I had to.

Dislikes: The only major thing I disliked about this game is that you can only get the Secret Bow Lore and the three immunity potions at precise times in Story 6. ( I got the Secret Bow Lore in Story 5. It took a while but I got it.) But as soon as I killed the three red scorpions I went straight for the milk. As I'm sure most players will. Hmmmm....come to think of it, Simon must have concluded the same result. Thats why he added it at that precise moment. Good thinking Simon. I'll now have to turn my dislike to a gameplay bonus. Now, is there anything I didn't like about the game. Uh, lets see, wait a minute, I'm thinking............. Oh, yes. There is one
thing I don't like about this game. Dink gets laid more than I do!
OVERALL SCORE: 9.8
TopicPostsPosterLast Post
Let's Play Stone of Balance Redux *Ep. 6*16RobjMay 20th 2024, 02:57 PM
Read me5BoobiesApril 30th 2018, 11:58 AM
Dink HD Beta 1.73 Dmod : Stone of balance Report1liquid141September 18th 2017, 05:57 AM
SOB Help Needed!!!6twitchieApril 9th 2017, 11:35 PM
Fire pits3delicreepDecember 22nd 2015, 12:14 PM
Story 3 - need to gather skulls - no pick, cant go back.12perkyguyDecember 9th 2015, 02:02 AM
Stone balance: Dessert of thirst3HotPussieJuly 3rd 2015, 07:11 PM
The girl wont give me the wine9ThePunisherMay 25th 2015, 09:21 AM
sob midas1gracyalien12November 17th 2014, 08:00 PM
Story 4: Can't find second bag of red stones3toal193November 17th 2014, 07:54 PM
Stuck on story 4, cannot make any further progress4davorNovember 14th 2014, 01:59 PM
green mushrooms problem11BluedyAugust 31st 2014, 02:50 PM
Stone of Balance Forest of Wickedness4jenythSeptember 16th 2013, 11:37 AM
getting the invisibility thing1alchemi1956August 23rd 2013, 02:35 PM
Story 4: Yellow snapper trout?11toal193August 23rd 2013, 02:28 PM
Applying to Church of Righteousness2Jonas0075August 23rd 2013, 02:05 PM
Bowman's partners grave7RossVanDerHAugust 22nd 2013, 01:01 PM
do you need the hammer of truth after story one is completed?4RossVanDerHAugust 22nd 2013, 12:52 PM
Story 5: Can't speak to King MIdas after Curse is lifted2Dinkerton23February 7th 2013, 01:57 AM
Stone of Balance3JuanBOctober 7th 2012, 07:03 PM
How do i get gold2ThePunisherSeptember 18th 2011, 02:05 AM
How do i get herb boots in the land of reverence3ThePunisherSeptember 17th 2011, 02:05 AM
How do i buy potions off mary3ThePunisherSeptember 16th 2011, 02:41 PM
I have the whiskey the priest wont give the the key2ThePunisherSeptember 15th 2011, 10:28 PM
AMulet in Story 33RossVanDerHAugust 28th 2011, 02:10 PM