Play Darkstone with a 1999 mindset and you'll pretty much enjoy it.
Before Dungeon Siege, game developers had already made a fluid camera movement out of a hack'n'slash game which is featured in Darkstone. Yup, the 3D graphics looks sucky from today's standpoint, kind of like Final Fantasy VII's blocky models, but they're still recognizable. Luckily, the highlight of this game does not lie in its graphics, but rather the pure strength of a good gameplay mechanics. The motivation of doing quests for gold is pretty straightforward and effective because there's so much good treasures like spells and elixirs to buy and also you need gold for training your skills (like the Might and Magic series). Furthermore, dungeon hacking only proves to be a winning formula if everybody seems to like using it. If you love Diablo and Dungeon Siege, and don't mind dated production values, check this out if you can get it at the bargain counter.
However, one major gripe is that since it only gives a 640x480 pixelated resolution, most of the fine text is illegible especially statistics, but it should just be a slight annoyance. Amazingly, it has a pop song written for this game that sounds Billboard worthy 10 years ago, check it out by giving some coins to the street performer, Audren, in Town.
KingLim