Anonymous
11/2/2025, 11:02:33 AM
No.724773732
>>724758045
This "sequel" is trash and doesn't even compare to the original game. Even the story and atmosphere in Dark Cloud is far superior. Just for some perspective, in the first 30 minutes, you're treated to a cutscene where you watch a half naked woman jiggle her body to some good music as this group summon an evil genie. The genie revives, eats one of the main people involved and proceeds to destroy your entire town DBZ style (along with most of the world). He almost succeeds (including killing you), but the Fairy King steps in and saves everyone. You then learn of the Atlamillia and some other lore before proceeding into the dungeon with only a simple dagger at your side to begin your journey.
Compare that to Dark Chronicle...er..."Dark Cloud 2" (even the name is all over the place) as you customise Max with the little options you have. Then it switches to another character called Monica who you don't know anything about either and she's being chased by soldiers. You get put into a fight without knowing the controls which ends quickly, then you switch back to Max again where you learn he wants to...attend a circus. But wait! In one of the most boring introductions I've ever played, you first have to get your ticket back after it's stolen by a random ghost girl who magically disappears after you find her, then you can enter the fair. You now see some circus tricks which is maybe the only first amusing thing you see, then watch the second only interesting thing that happens with the mayor and the leader of the circus before it devolves into cartoony stuff with Max being chased by clowns and evading them in absurd ways. It ends with him, a little kid in front of a crowd beating them all to death with his wrench.
Do you see what I'm getting at now? The first game had so much soul that the sequel is like a joke in comparison. That's not even getting into the gameplay and how they dumbed so many things down or just filled it with all this gimmicky trash.
This "sequel" is trash and doesn't even compare to the original game. Even the story and atmosphere in Dark Cloud is far superior. Just for some perspective, in the first 30 minutes, you're treated to a cutscene where you watch a half naked woman jiggle her body to some good music as this group summon an evil genie. The genie revives, eats one of the main people involved and proceeds to destroy your entire town DBZ style (along with most of the world). He almost succeeds (including killing you), but the Fairy King steps in and saves everyone. You then learn of the Atlamillia and some other lore before proceeding into the dungeon with only a simple dagger at your side to begin your journey.
Compare that to Dark Chronicle...er..."Dark Cloud 2" (even the name is all over the place) as you customise Max with the little options you have. Then it switches to another character called Monica who you don't know anything about either and she's being chased by soldiers. You get put into a fight without knowing the controls which ends quickly, then you switch back to Max again where you learn he wants to...attend a circus. But wait! In one of the most boring introductions I've ever played, you first have to get your ticket back after it's stolen by a random ghost girl who magically disappears after you find her, then you can enter the fair. You now see some circus tricks which is maybe the only first amusing thing you see, then watch the second only interesting thing that happens with the mayor and the leader of the circus before it devolves into cartoony stuff with Max being chased by clowns and evading them in absurd ways. It ends with him, a little kid in front of a crowd beating them all to death with his wrench.
Do you see what I'm getting at now? The first game had so much soul that the sequel is like a joke in comparison. That's not even getting into the gameplay and how they dumbed so many things down or just filled it with all this gimmicky trash.