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Dark Cloud
03-28-15 09:51 AM
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Dark Cloud Review
Dark cloud, Sony's answer to the Legend of Zelda was released for the PlayStation 2 in late 2000, it is created by level 5 who later made great games such as dragon quest 8 and the professor Layton series. The game centres around a mute protagonist Toan. After his village is destroyed by a dark genie, he is sent on a quest to rebuild it and many other locations by the Fairy King.
Story
The plot of the game is rather simple, but it is still effective, there is not much plot development but a few major characters have interesting back stories that you will learn of over the course of the game that add more depth to the world. All of the characters you can add to the towns and villages you rebuild are all unique and have personalities and meaning (despite some being bland cliché characters).
Gameplay
Dark Cloud is very unique compared to other RPGs of this era as it incorporates two major play styles, the first is dungeon crawling. Throughout your adventure you will have to venture into a number of dungeons from caves to shipwrecks and even the moon. Each one of these dungeons have randomly generated floors so it will be different each time you play, although the randomly generated floors are quite basic, making most floors consist of hallways and a few rooms, it makes the game feel very unique and give it a slight rouge like feel. The weapon system is also very different to most RPGs, instead of leveling up a character, the weapons are the main focus, you can gain experience for a weapon which allows it to be turned into even better weapons over time by applying various buffs and elemental statuses to them. The weapons also have WHP points which go down the more you attack enemies with your weapon. These are similar to HP for your weapons and must be restored using repair powder, if a weapon losing all its WHP, it breaks, resulting in a lot of frustration so you always have to keep track of it,
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