Dark Chronicle

Dark Chronicle Description

Considered the PS2 equivalent of Nintendo's Legend of Zelda, Sony's Dark Stone proved to be very successful with owners of Sony's console. Two long years later and its sequel, Dark Chronicle, is ready for human consumption, promising an all new epic tale, enhanced gameplay and new features. In the future, a rebellion forces an evil madman to travel through time to eliminate the origins of a growing threat. In the present, a world is dying and a single town remains. An inventive young man, with the help of a visiting time traveller, must embark on an epic quest to combat the madman's evil plans and save the world. You've heard it all before, right? Maybe, but far-fetched plots are a characteristic of role-playing games that aren't going to go away. That doesn't have to be a bad thing though, and it does set the player up for a lengthy bout of magical battles and story-telling. Firstly, Dark Chronicle has a welcome change in its style, incorporating some easy on the eye cel-shading visuals. It does still carry a Zelda-esque appearance, which is good, and the special effects and graphical touches that come with it are nothing short of gorgeous. There is plenty of variety in Dark Chronicle's magical locales, and using the Georama system, players can rebuild worlds amidst the incessant real-time battles. The battles themselves are reasonably sophisticated, and players are now able to dodge, block and make use of several close and long-range attacks. Players will be armed with a set of upgradeable weapons and armour that will aid them both in the field and in battle, and some come equipped with unique special abilities. Dark Chronicle, like its predecessor, is a balanced game and is one of the largest RPGs on the PS2 platform, offering some 100 hours of gameplay. Super!

Dark Chronicle is the sequel to Dark Cloud, one of the best-selling RPGs on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system.

Engage in over 100 total hours of gameplay filled with monster-riddled dungeons and lands ready to be rebuilt in an epic story of discovery across time.

Fantastic blend of gameplay comprising of RPG, action adventure and landscape sim elements. Create and explore your very own unique gameworld.

Amazing graphics and stunning special effects immerse the player in a vibrant colourful world with a warm fairy-tale like atmosphere.

Tactical gameplay is essential because weaponry can break and ammunition can run out as each monster battle does damage or depletes the weapon selected. Armaments need to be repaired and reloaded by careful item management in order to continue the quest.

Combine weapons and items to create more powerful variations with different capabilities.

Huge number of characters to interact with and powerful enemies to defeat.

Explore a variety of incredibly atmospheric locations from dark, foreboding caves to magical enchanted forests with two different characters, each with multiple attack forms, special abilities and upgradeable weaponry.

Fight off hundreds of monsters with a new battle system including blocking, dodging and close and long-range attacks.

Recreate worlds with more items, more flexibility and in greater detail with an enhanced GEORAMATM feature.

Rebuilding worlds with GEORAMATM becomes more challenging, as players travel through time to rebuild not only the present world, but the future world as well.

Use the new Invention technique to create, repair and upgrade equipment and weaponry that will help in exploration and battle.

Gather hundreds of items ranging from weapons, magic items, treasure, vehicles and GEORAMATM pieces.

Comprehensive tutorials are available for RPG novices as well as tactics for the more advanced players.

Fully customisable robot partner available for combating tougher foes.

Randomly generated dungeons provide a new challenge each time you play.