Disclamer I dont remember the begain of the game very well, it was 7 months ago when I started this game. Sorry if I am wrong with anything, let me know and I will change it.
Almost two years after the first Dark Cloud Level 5 releast Dark cloud 2. When I found this out after playing through the first game I had my douts that they improved the game in any way, boy was I wrong. They have fixed every that (I can think of) was problem of Dark cloud, fix and inproved it in two. One of the big problems in the first game was weapons breaking and losing them, weapons still break but you do not lose them when you do. So that weapon that you been using for the whole game if it broke in one it was gone forever and you would break the game in half but in two after a weapon break at stay. You dont lose it, you dont even lose any stats or EXP that the weapon has. Now I know what your saying "well if your weapon is about to break fix it" well to do that you need repair powder. In one you need to hopefully find everything you need, food, other weapons, and repair powder. If you could not find any repair powder before your weapon broke your screwed. In 2 you can buy repair powder in shops, you can buy almost everything in a shop and money is not hard to come by. One other problem they fix was in the game you have to rebuild the towns, in one everything had to be a the right place. I found myself looking at walkthoughs that the maps people made to get through these parts. In two for most of the game you can place anything anywhere in the town and it will counts, I say most times because there are a few spots where a house need this near it and one part of the game has you build a place with everything in the right place but they give you photos of what it should look like making it easy. Now that I talk about what they fixed let get to the rest.
Story
You play as Max (Maximillian) a kid that lives with his father and your mother left some time ago. The town is under lockdown and has been since Max's mom has left due to the dangers of the outside world. One day some men are looking for the gem that Max wears around his neck. He runs off to the sewers, the town is opened and Max leave is search of his mother. Soon after you meet Monica who is from the future and need to fix the past to save her future. That is the mean story. With each new chapter you do to a new town to restore and a new short story starts. The short stories give a reason besides saving the future to restore the town. For exmaple a little kid is sick and no medison from curent time can help him but there something in the future that can. So basicly it a problem and the only way to solve it is to rebuild the town and go in to the future.
Game play
Game play is very much the same from 1. Max has a robot his can ride on (Ridepod) called Steve. The robot can be upgraded with different weapons, body and feet. Monica can tranform in to monsters, I didnt use this at all and only tranform in to a plant monster but I believe she can tranform in to others. With rebuilding towns there is a list of what the town needs. Finding people and getting them to live in the restored town I found it hard and a headache.
Graphs & sound
The game looks more coloriful and briter than 1. Few of the monsters that were in 1 look the same and the new monsters looks great and detailed. I'm glad that voice acting has been added to this game. One didnt have much talking in it and was all text to tell the story. The voice acting is great and matches every person. Max and Monica sound like real kids not adults trying to sound like kids. Also the translation is good, I didnt see any Engrish in the game.
Overall
This is a great RPG and I wish that the Dark cloud franchise comes back. I want to try Rogue Galaxy and White Knight Chronicles, both from Level 5. If you love RPG or just getting in to them Dark cloud 2 is a great game to pick up. The game is easy for new comers to RPG's, there may be a few spots where you may get lost but the internet can help you with that.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Games I beat in 2010: 2009 or older
Before I get to those games I beat that didnt come out 2010 I forgot about one.
BioShock 2
I forgot this came out 2010. The story is ok but weird at the end. Multiplayer is good but laggy for me.
Now here are the games I beat in 2010 that didnt come out last year.
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
People say this is better than 1 but I didnt enjoy it. Most of the time I was lost and confused with the story. Will play though the game again hope that helps.
Real Heroes: Firefighter
This game surprised me its not that bad. The game also surprised me by having a boss at the end of the game. Graphs are ok but the fire looks bland, you can see it in squared off. There is no story your just a rookie, there is some small chat during missions and going to the fire.
Fable
I played mostly the mean missions and beating it in less then 10 hours. I enjoyed the story and the game looks great.
Shadow Complex
Great game, love everything about it. Only hate that my game glitched I think, I cant find the last key card or what ever to unlock the boots.
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Rock, paper, scissor the game. If this is the bad Alex the kid game then why is it on the sega collection? It is not very good, hated that there is a boos you have to beat him at rock, paper, scissor. Really?
Final Fantasy X
I started playing this almost 3 years ago and was playing off and on. I would get stuck at a boss and stop playing for a few months. I did enjoy the story, only hate Waka.
Rogue Warrior
Rock and roll mother fucker rock and roll. This game is the worst, the game trys to make this guy look all rogue and tough but it makes him annoying.
Borderlands
My choose for 2010 2009 game of the year. After I beat it the first time I thought I was going to put it on the shelf for a month or two and come back to it but few days later I was playing it again. Dr. Ned zobie island and secret armory are great DLC add ons but Underdome is long and usless really and claptrap's new robot revolution just has too much collecting in it and all the items to collect and random. I was hoping to face the boss at the end of the game again in that DLC, you see and cut out of it and that just let my hope up.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Never seen the movie and after playing this I dont want to. The graphs are ok but the sound with the mean guy voice would not shut up.
Prototype
Not as good as inFamous, the story was mahh. It is more fun running around in that world then inFamous because of what you can do.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
I love Victor Sullivan. He has that Bruce Campbell fell to him which I love. I love the story and would go to see this if it was a movie.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
They nailed the game play but the story and voice acting is the worst. Dont kid down the games please.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
I loved everything, the story was great starting with present time then flashing back. The game has less Sullivan and I hope three has way more of him.
Braid
Found this game boring and after 10 mins looked up a video guide just so I could beat it
Assassin's Creed II
I wish I got to finish this the time it came out and my game save and 360 didnt get messed up. They improved everything that was wrong with one, I am so happy that you can swim in the game now and alot less collecting.
Little Red Hood
I was very bored when I played this. What the angry video game nerd says is true the game is so random.
Demon's Souls
What makes this game hard is not the AI enemies but the people who invade. The last level I could not make it up the last stairs so I join others so I can be alive again and have people to join my game so they can pass and kill the dragon so I can get up the stairs. Every minute I or the person I joined would get invade. If you play this play it offline, unhook the internet to the PS3.
Devil May Cry 2
I thought this game was not that bad then I played disk two. Its all the same your just playing the game as Lucia thats all. Disk two is a waste of time
Fable II
Feels like a remake of the 1st game. Online co op sucks your stuck in a the same screen like in a local co op game. I still had fun playing this.
Max Payne
I found the game hard at first due to the fact that its been some time since I played a shooter on the PS2. The story is great and I like the way they do cut scenes. The graphs could have been better for the people, everyone looks blocky.
Comix Zone
This game is hard, I cant even beat the 1st level. I use a cheat to beat this game just like everyone else has and if you beat it without cheats you are a video game god.
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
This game is way to easy, its so easy to beat bosses, earn extra lifes and the level are some what easy. There are a few where you will die a few times but by then you will have lifes to spare.
Altered Beast
The sega version is hard few lifes, at best I would make it to the 2nd level. I beat the arcade version on the Sega collection for the 360, unlimited continues.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
I didnt care for the story, didnt care for the story in one as well. I like the online co op thats in the game.
Far Cry 2
All the missions in the game start to feel the same and the game is a bit to big takes to long to get from one point the the other just by driving. I hate that you need to get and take pills, at the start of the game if you dont go get the pills you can rome around for hours and you wont need any pills. Also hate the weapons breaking over time. Multiplayer is fun but takes way to long to level up and up lock new weapons.
Dead Space
I really liked this game, even that I saw most of this on a stream the game still scared me. I did find the game easy but the parts where you have to shoot meters I hate that part so much. I dont like the controlls, I am always missing them and I hate that if they go off screen they still hit you. I hope two doesnt have that part, cant wait to play that.
Kingdom Hearts
I kinda wished I played this when I was younger, I would have enjoyed it more. I need to get my hands on KH2 now.
Here is a list of games I started but didnt finish in 2010
Dark Could 2- got to a point in the game where I dont know what to do, the game doesnt give me any clues of what to do and even two guides I looked up say two diffirent things to do and both didnt work.
Final Fantasy X-2 - Opening my god
Fallout: New Vegas- taking my time with it, started after getting guide book and waiting for all the DLC to come out before finishing it.
Metal Gear Solid- I am at Metal Gear, I'm finding it hard to beat it
Ninja Gaiden 2 (360)- at the last boss and damn hard.
There are more but with them I just really didnt like them or just forgot about them.
BioShock 2
I forgot this came out 2010. The story is ok but weird at the end. Multiplayer is good but laggy for me.
Now here are the games I beat in 2010 that didnt come out last year.
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
People say this is better than 1 but I didnt enjoy it. Most of the time I was lost and confused with the story. Will play though the game again hope that helps.
Real Heroes: Firefighter
This game surprised me its not that bad. The game also surprised me by having a boss at the end of the game. Graphs are ok but the fire looks bland, you can see it in squared off. There is no story your just a rookie, there is some small chat during missions and going to the fire.
Fable
I played mostly the mean missions and beating it in less then 10 hours. I enjoyed the story and the game looks great.
Shadow Complex
Great game, love everything about it. Only hate that my game glitched I think, I cant find the last key card or what ever to unlock the boots.
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Rock, paper, scissor the game. If this is the bad Alex the kid game then why is it on the sega collection? It is not very good, hated that there is a boos you have to beat him at rock, paper, scissor. Really?
Final Fantasy X
I started playing this almost 3 years ago and was playing off and on. I would get stuck at a boss and stop playing for a few months. I did enjoy the story, only hate Waka.
Rogue Warrior
Rock and roll mother fucker rock and roll. This game is the worst, the game trys to make this guy look all rogue and tough but it makes him annoying.
Borderlands
My choose for 2010 2009 game of the year. After I beat it the first time I thought I was going to put it on the shelf for a month or two and come back to it but few days later I was playing it again. Dr. Ned zobie island and secret armory are great DLC add ons but Underdome is long and usless really and claptrap's new robot revolution just has too much collecting in it and all the items to collect and random. I was hoping to face the boss at the end of the game again in that DLC, you see and cut out of it and that just let my hope up.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Never seen the movie and after playing this I dont want to. The graphs are ok but the sound with the mean guy voice would not shut up.
Prototype
Not as good as inFamous, the story was mahh. It is more fun running around in that world then inFamous because of what you can do.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
I love Victor Sullivan. He has that Bruce Campbell fell to him which I love. I love the story and would go to see this if it was a movie.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
They nailed the game play but the story and voice acting is the worst. Dont kid down the games please.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
I loved everything, the story was great starting with present time then flashing back. The game has less Sullivan and I hope three has way more of him.
Braid
Found this game boring and after 10 mins looked up a video guide just so I could beat it
Assassin's Creed II
I wish I got to finish this the time it came out and my game save and 360 didnt get messed up. They improved everything that was wrong with one, I am so happy that you can swim in the game now and alot less collecting.
Little Red Hood
I was very bored when I played this. What the angry video game nerd says is true the game is so random.
Demon's Souls
What makes this game hard is not the AI enemies but the people who invade. The last level I could not make it up the last stairs so I join others so I can be alive again and have people to join my game so they can pass and kill the dragon so I can get up the stairs. Every minute I or the person I joined would get invade. If you play this play it offline, unhook the internet to the PS3.
Devil May Cry 2
I thought this game was not that bad then I played disk two. Its all the same your just playing the game as Lucia thats all. Disk two is a waste of time
Fable II
Feels like a remake of the 1st game. Online co op sucks your stuck in a the same screen like in a local co op game. I still had fun playing this.
Max Payne
I found the game hard at first due to the fact that its been some time since I played a shooter on the PS2. The story is great and I like the way they do cut scenes. The graphs could have been better for the people, everyone looks blocky.
Comix Zone
This game is hard, I cant even beat the 1st level. I use a cheat to beat this game just like everyone else has and if you beat it without cheats you are a video game god.
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
This game is way to easy, its so easy to beat bosses, earn extra lifes and the level are some what easy. There are a few where you will die a few times but by then you will have lifes to spare.
Altered Beast
The sega version is hard few lifes, at best I would make it to the 2nd level. I beat the arcade version on the Sega collection for the 360, unlimited continues.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
I didnt care for the story, didnt care for the story in one as well. I like the online co op thats in the game.
Far Cry 2
All the missions in the game start to feel the same and the game is a bit to big takes to long to get from one point the the other just by driving. I hate that you need to get and take pills, at the start of the game if you dont go get the pills you can rome around for hours and you wont need any pills. Also hate the weapons breaking over time. Multiplayer is fun but takes way to long to level up and up lock new weapons.
Dead Space
I really liked this game, even that I saw most of this on a stream the game still scared me. I did find the game easy but the parts where you have to shoot meters I hate that part so much. I dont like the controlls, I am always missing them and I hate that if they go off screen they still hit you. I hope two doesnt have that part, cant wait to play that.
Kingdom Hearts
I kinda wished I played this when I was younger, I would have enjoyed it more. I need to get my hands on KH2 now.
Here is a list of games I started but didnt finish in 2010
Dark Could 2- got to a point in the game where I dont know what to do, the game doesnt give me any clues of what to do and even two guides I looked up say two diffirent things to do and both didnt work.
Final Fantasy X-2 - Opening my god
Fallout: New Vegas- taking my time with it, started after getting guide book and waiting for all the DLC to come out before finishing it.
Metal Gear Solid- I am at Metal Gear, I'm finding it hard to beat it
Ninja Gaiden 2 (360)- at the last boss and damn hard.
There are more but with them I just really didnt like them or just forgot about them.
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