Edge: It's often hard to draw a line between being captivated by an RPG and just plain being made a captive of one. They are games which reel out all manner of demands for progress, some petulant, some repetitive and some ludicrously illogical. Yet even by the standards of this tradition, Dark Chronicle's opening acts dropped an unusually hefty ransom note into the lap of the player, for while most RPGs ask you to save the world, Dark Chronicle asks you to rebuild it, brick by brick, century by century, random dungeon by random dungeon. It is an onerous task, but the candy-coated world you forge is as atypical as it is a typical, a mixture of norms and fresh ambitions – some sparkling and some monotone – but an intricate mixture nonetheless.
The PlayStation 2 was the golden age of Japanese RPGs. Many great titles were released during that time, but some excellent games did not get the attention
Super short list, but of course Dark Cloud 2 and Rogue Galaxy would make this list.
They did release both of those games on PS4 though. Two of the very few games I was happy to "buy" digitally, and with trophies.
In Dark Cloud 2, it seems very easy to die to enemies. Enemies are just too hard to kill, and do way too much damage. There is one thing that can help you survive longer: Potato Pies, Witch Parfait, and Eden Fruits.
These items are scattered around Palm Brinks as well as the future world at different points of the game. As you adventure forward and change the future, new small chests, called “Miracle Chests”, will spawn in the future world.
You can buy this on PS4 or PS5 (PS4 version) or download on PSNow . Its a classic that people still play a lot so it’s relevant .
Show some respect to one of the best action RPG‘s ever made it’s timeless. And with all the crap that’s out today it deserves to be mentioned
Dark Cloud 2 is literally my favourite game of all time. I owned the PS4 release day one. Owned the PS2 copy from 2 days after release and still got it. Doesn't change the fact this article is the weirdest timing ever, especially since those upgrades you'll run into basically no matter what and when you do, thing blinks like crazy telling you to use it immediately lol. They got a million guides for the game and not like it's a new rerelease. God tier game but pointless article, even if I clicked because it mentioned the greatest game of all time lol
Exactly what Teflon02 said. I'm not shtting on Dark Cloud 2, it's part of my childhood.
Daav Valentaten from NoobFeed lists down the top 5 impressive game sequels that aren't commonly thought of.
Drakengard 3 was a game that desperately needed to be on PS4 it had one of the worst frame rates I'd ever seen on PS3 (and that's saying something). If the Nier Replicant remaster is financially successful I hope we see a remaster/remake for Drakengard 1 and 3.
