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Forums - Gaming - Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2) is one of the worst JRPG's I have ever played

ZenfoldorVGI on 26 February 2008
ArtofAngels said:

Sorry, but where was this game made? Japan.

What Genre is it? RPG

Is it designed in the Japanese anime style? Yes

Any side-quest dungeons? Yes

Any other things in it that are usually found in JRPG's? Yes, fishing.

If it's not a JRPG then what the hell is it?

Since when were there rules that could alter the JRPG ingredients away from being called a JRPG, it’s a JRPG one way or another, it’s just not a typical one.


And thank you for the informative input Konnichiwa.


I decided to stfu earlier, because this is your topic and I realized I acted like I did because of me being pissed at everyone gangraping a cool Level 5 game, one of my favs. So that was my bad. Anyway, I did write this, which addresses the JRPG aspect:

 

...because JRPG doesn't just mean "any role playing game from Japan." JRPG is a term used to classify a genre of game that is heavily story and character driven, with battle sequences, character building, and boss fights as the main theme of the story.

As you well know, DC isn't story driven, nor does it tread the ground of familiar RPG's, as its much more similar to Zelda than Final Fantasy. The random dungeon crawling aspects of the game, along with the town building, and action oriented nature of the crafting systems make this a genre game much more about exploration than the standard RPG fair, and its the story in all its cartoonish glory, really takes a backseat to the rest of the game.

I assume you went in expecting a JRPG though, since you classified it as such, and when the story wasn't compelling enough to drive you on(because you have to do a ton of actual work to even advance to the small meaningless story scenes, you were finished with the game.

Let me suggest a much better JRPG, but a much worse adventure game, which is Tales of the Abyss.

 

What I believe is, if you go in expecting a JRPG, and you find out the story sucks(doesn't really suck, just isn't much of a story to being with) then your certainly going to be dissapointed. I still believe that this game IS NOT in the JRPG genre, and I think its probably better classified as an adventure game, and more resembles a classic WRPG, to be honest. 



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

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konnichiwa on 26 February 2008
ArtofAngels said:




And thank you for the informative input Konnichiwa.


 You are welcome :).


Ps:  Action Adventure.






ArtofAngels on 26 February 2008

I do see your connection between JRPG's are very story driven, because that is one thing this game lacked, severely, you're kind of making me want to pick it up and play it again, I was so angry with spheda that I turned it off without saving.
I do love collecting AP and upgrading my weapons, that's my favourite aspect of the game, and the perverted side of me wants to collect enough medals to obtain Monica's Tiger Bikini outfit, I don't enjoy chasing NPC's with no names though, to save time I use gamefaqs to counter that flaw.