The Stone of Madness introduces its most violent character [EXCLUSIVE]

Game Rant can share an exclusive video introduction for Leonora Guzman The Stone of Madness. His brief character vignette highlights him as the most overtly violent member of the upcoming game's roster.

Originally announced in August 2020, The Stone of Madness is a strategic heist game from Sevilla, Spain-based studio The Game Kitchen. It tasks players with controlling a group of five prisoners trying to escape from an 18th-century Spanish monastery. It is scheduled for release on January 28, 2025 for PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Meanwhile, Steam users have been able to use its demo since mid-October 2024.

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Ahead of the game's debut, publisher Tripwire Interactive shared a short character vignette dedicated to one The Stone of Madnessof playable characters, Leonora Guzmán, which Game Rant can now exclusively reveal. The minute-long video portrays Leonora as the most openly violent member of her group, who does not shy away from brutal acts and is capable of both stunning and killing guards using a variety of means.

Leonora's Stone of Madness isn't all about brute force

Although she has no qualms about bashing someone in the head with a wooden plank or shooting them in the back, Leonora isn't all about brute force. She also has a unique ability to pick locks, which she learned from her father, who was a watchmaker. She is therefore able to pave the way for other members of her group, who will be able to return the favor with their own unique abilities.

Leonora's character vignettes depict her as strong and agile, where she is able to scale ivy-covered walls and climb vertical surfaces using a rope hook, another of her unique traits. During the night segments of the game's day-night cycle, she can play her violin to bribe guards and restore the party's composure—a critical resource that players need to manage if they don't want their characters to succumb to violent outbursts. Insanity, or other mental problems, A dark dungeon– Style.

The Stone of Madness: Leonora Guzmán Overview

Another parallel in between A dark dungeon and The Stone of Madness It's that both include unique phobias in gameplay. But while the former generated them randomly for each party member, the upcoming tactical stealth game has default phobias for each character. In Leonora's case, what she fears is fire, and consequently loses her sanity when she approaches an open flame.

From the studio brought to you to condemn The series comes The Stone of Madness: A real-time strategic stealth game set in an 18th century Spanish monastery. Located in the Pyrenees, this time-worn Jesuit monastery is home to a madhouse and a curious prison. Five prisoners – suffering from brutal punishment, madness and despair – pool their skills and resources to face their phobias, stop the madness, discover the secrets of the monastery, and find a way to escape.

Escaping such a well-guarded monastery is no easy task, but Agnes, Leonora, Eduardo, Amelia and Alfredo are determined to see it through. Alternate control of all five characters and use their unique upgradeable skills to cast spells, assassinate targets, distract enemies, stun evil spirits, explore hard-to-reach areas and more.

Strategy

Real time strategy

issued

January 28, 2025

developer(s)

Play kitchen

Engine

unity

ESRB

Mature 17+ // Violence, blood, sexual content, nudity

Steam Deck compatibility

unknown

X|S Optimized

yes

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