Dark Cloud 2 is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, it was released in December 2002. The title is classed as an action and role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective.
While Dark Cloud 2 is set in the same universe as the previous game in the series, it has another premise, and features totally new characters. The main element in the story is Max, a young inventor from Palm Brinks. He is thrown in the middle of a plot which involves a power-hungry Emperor who wants to destroy the past so that he can control the future, a Sun Stone that has immense magical force, a bunch of killing clowns, a giant robot called Halloween and, last but not least, a princess who arrives from the future.
At certain key points in the game, the player can take control of Monica to solve situations that are too difficult for Max to handle. The switches between characters provide variations, which enhance the experience of the game.
One of the most interesting elements is that characters themselves do not level up. The weapons that they wield are the ones getting experience from kills and gaining new abilities. Because of this mechanism, the game makes players more interested in the weapons they are using, and forces them to pay attention to their durability.
GLITCHES
Walk on fire
When you get a level increaser and a pot torch or some other type of Georama like the Clay Pot or Luna Stone Light, you can fall off the level increaser and on the pot or pot torch and walk on it. You can walk on fire on the pot torch.
Incorrect enemy placement
When you see "Dark Cloud 2" on the title screen, wait until the "A new adventure" sequence starts. After that, you will see a scene showing the enemies in the game. These enemies are not in the correct dungeon. You will see Shadows and Himarras from Chapters 1 and 2 in Chapter 3's Starlight canyon. You will also see Vanguards, which were in the underground channel. You will see dragons in Ocean's Roar cave, which only appear in the dungeon before. In the Zelmite Mine scene, you will see a Wind, Fire, and Thunder Drake with Ore Robbers and Fairy Helpers, which are not all supposed to be on the same floors. It also shows the end of Chapter 1 with you beating on the circus ringmaster with what looks like an Oldsmobile, which you never get to drive.