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Dark Cloud PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: May 28, 2001
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Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

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  • Summary: Sony's long-awaited first-party title which mixes several existing genres and game ideas, Dark Cloud puts the player into the role of young Toan, who is chosen by a Fairy King to help bring the world back into order after it had destroyed by the recently summoned "Dark Genie" or "Black Demon."

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Games Radar
    100
    A stunning visual banquet, masterfully blending all the necessary ingredients for a cracking fantasy RPG. We're not likely to see many better PS2 titles this year.
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  2. Absolute Playstation
    91
    Crawling through hoards of dungeons in search for more, and more pieces to your missing world never got old for me. I was always driven to go on.
  3. GamePro
    70
    A spotty story and monotonous gameplay keep Dark Cloud from rising to new heights.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 4 out of 28
  1. NaomiM.
    10
    Its great!!! I love rebuilding the villages! I just wish they talked!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. llamayarmybar
    6
    More repetitive than watching the tour de France. Serious collision detection issues, boring enemies, cheap attacks, no ability to buy items until portions of the village have been set down, no interesting characters, no continuity, poor camera, useless item breaking system, tedious town re-building, and many other things. You know that feeling when you've just leveled up that bad-ass sword forever and it suddenly breaks in combat? That is essentially what describes the reaction I have to most of this game. Its bland, the environments are repetitive, the combat is boring and it uses those methods to elongate a game that has essentially no story line. I thought things would change up when I was about half-way though the game- but they stayed exactly the same. Although the one positive thing that happened- they made a sequel that fixed a lot of these problems that I still haven't picked up, but I will. Since what I liked in this game I did actually like a lot- its just disappointing that they made so many mistakes the first time.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. SeanM.
    4
    I was not excited one bit about Dark Cloud. I thought the game looked great from the package and heard great reviews. Sadly, I ended up trading this game because it lacked in the "fun factor." After awhile it got tiring and not as great as it was rated in top magazines. DARK CLOUD gets the McNair thumbs down!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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