Goblin Stone review: Darkest Dungeon but wholesome

There is always something fun and interesting about stories that subvert conventional tropes and expectations. In fantasy stories, adventurers may be rough around the edges, but always have a heart of gold and help out the weak, while goblins are stupid and cruel creatures, too weak to be a real threat to anyone other than the innocent civilians on whom they prey. Goblin Slayer turned that up to eleven and had you cheering the protagonist on as he ruthlessly exterminated entire tribes. Goblin Stone plays into that with the opening of the game letting you play as a group of adventurers exploring a dungeon and slapping around some goblins. Only when the narrator – voiced by the soothing James Smilie – decides he’d rather check out what the fleeing goblins are up to do we stray away from the usual path of fantasy storytelling. Hunted to near-extinction by adventurers and predators, the goblins need to rebuild their home and it’s up to the player to assist them with this task. Developed by Orc Chop Games, this i