Dark Cloud Hints V (PS2)

Dark Cloud is a video game developed by Level 5 Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. Created exclusively for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was released in December 2000. The title is classed as an action and role playing game, played from a third person perspective.

Over 400 years ago, as a war between the Eastern Continent and the Western Wizard Army raged on, the world was destroyed because a great evil power was unleashed. Now, the power-hungry and fiendish General Flag is getting ready to launch a ritual with the purpose of awakening this evil once more as the Dark Genie.

The peaceful village of Norune is the first victim of the embodiment of evil. Toan, the son of the great hero Ada, is the only one to survive the attack, and the Spirit King tells him that Atla spheres hold all his loved ones. In order to set them free, the boy must learn to wield a glove called the Atlamillia and defeat the dark powers.

Toan will fight his way through randomly generated dungeons and will have to battle against monsters, while getting his hands on the Atla spheres. As the game progresses, other characters will offer their help to Toan, and will join his party. All characters can equip items and they will also get various objects and power ups that can enhance their fighting abilities. The final aim of the game is to get back all the Atla spheres so that you are able to rebuild the village of Norune.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Defeating King's Curse

To kill King's Curse, first get Ungaga to blow away the smoke. Then, get out Ruby and make sure her attribute is Holy and attack him. It should take five to eight times to defeat him.

Defeating Masterutan

Use Goro for the entire time. Select Goro's Battle Ax, keep attacking the big ape, and trap him against the edge of the battlefield. He will eventually die.

Use Toan and your strongest sword. You can also try this with the Wise Owl Sword with damage of 55, which is the maximum. Run towards him -- do not hang back and let him shoot the seeds at you. Get him to swing at you and evade the blow. When he becomes dizzy, run in, charge one blink (so Toan will do his jumping slash) and attack. His weak spot is his head, although it is not targeted when pressing Circle. He has around 500HP.

When fighting Masterutan, he will sometimes bounce away from you and eat some fruit. After he eats this, he will turn and spit seeds at you. Instead of trying to avoid them by running, hold R1 to block his attack. Your character will raise his weapon and block all the shots.

Before you fight him, make sure you have plenty of Repair Powders. When you first go in, use Toan to block the seeds that Masterutan will spit at you. Get close to him and switch to Xiao. Target Masterutan and keep him in target lock. Hit him about three or four times with your slingshot and move out of the way. Keep doing this and he will eventually die/snap out of his trance. You may also choose to move Xiao while hitting him with the slingshot, but this seems to result in a lot of "no effect" hits.

Keep using Toan's special attack. If you do this about six times, he will die. Note: Try to get a Wise Owl Sword +5 attachment and equip it to the Serpent sword to get about a 65 attack.

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