I'm rating the game 2.5/5 but I don't hate it.
Dark Cloud is a charming gaming that strikes a niche I really enjoy. It's one part dungeon crawling and one part town sim with puzzle elements. It is fun to develop weapons, fulfill requests for villagers, and roam the dungeons. The problem is that is all the of the gameplay, that loop over and over again. I finished the 5th dungeon/town in about 30 hours and I knew there was at minimum 10 more hours of this game. I really did enjoy it but by the end of the first dungeon you've experienced everything Dark Cloud has to offer.
I hope to return one day and finish it.
Dark Cloud is a charming gaming that strikes a niche I really enjoy. It's one part dungeon crawling and one part town sim with puzzle elements. It is fun to develop weapons, fulfill requests for villagers, and roam the dungeons. The problem is that is all the of the gameplay, that loop over and over again. I finished the 5th dungeon/town in about 30 hours and I knew there was at minimum 10 more hours of this game. I really did enjoy it but by the end of the first dungeon you've experienced everything Dark Cloud has to offer.
I hope to return one day and finish it.
really cozy ps2 game. it's pretty dated, and still had a lot of ps1 action game dna, but it's definitely worth a shot if you're patient with older game design. the dungeons are random so they're kinda bland and the gameplay is nothing special. but as a whole this game is comfy and fairly engaging. it's pretty cheap so i was able to play this on real hardware. a really sweet early 2000's town building/dungeon crawler. tons of charm.
really good dungeon crawler and city builder kind of game highly recommend to anyone and everyone. downsides towards late game starts to drag a bit and you in order to get the good weapons rewards for me at least you got to look up a guide
It's definitely a good game but it has major flaws, it's incredibly clunky and the dungeon crawling kinda feels like it stunts progress, making the game harder and longer than it should be. The weapons and thirst mechanic can be added to that too, honestly.
Really wish this game got a remastered version with less booboo tier controls but that'll prolly not happen. I'll definitely pick this game up again at some point tho it's just some mechanics that annoy me a bit.
Really wish this game got a remastered version with less booboo tier controls but that'll prolly not happen. I'll definitely pick this game up again at some point tho it's just some mechanics that annoy me a bit.
Lots of very fun ideas but it hasn't aged the best. Merges city customization with RPG elements and dungeon crawling.
Dark Cloud is too much grind, combat is too fiddly and repetitive, and the last third of the building projects offer no creative leeway. Still, scouring a dungeon to retrieve shops and NPCs to add to a village remains undeniably satisfying