DARK CLOUD | KBash Game Reviews

[@DarkCloudCompendium]

The fanbase is more active then ever, I'm.glad bigger channels are spotlighting this gem! 🌟

[@MrSTVR]

I'm assuming it's because the game's 20th anniversary just passed. I actually just decided to replay it a couple days ago because I was finished with Persona 5 Strikers. I don't even have nostalgia for Dark Cloud - I just think it's really cosy.

[@DarkCloudCompendium]

​Hey there@@MrSTVR thanks for joining the Compendium, I hope you enjoy what I put out! Oh for sure, it's crazy how it's been 20 years, time moves too fast! The atmosphere in the first Dark Cloud is second to none, I love the cozy vibes. The game's color pallet of warm earth tones reminds me on an autumn afternoon! Dang, now I want to give the game another playthrough haha! My friends and I are currently working on a Dark Cloud Rom Hack which will add additional content so that should be fun!

[@kyan3022]

Hey, good to see you here hidden.

[@DarkCloudCompendium]

Wow it's @@kyan3022small world haha!

[@kyan3022]

@@DarkCloudCompendium lol 😂 yeah, I just happened to see this video pop up and then saw you'd commented 😂😊

[@tylermichaelbell]

Easily one of my favorite series. It is almost criminal how underrated it is

[@Kimosabes2hot]

I never owned this game or heard of it, but the memories of seeing it on the GameStop shelves is almost painful

[@CosmicSponge2004]

Because they don't sell 5th gen games or because GameStop Sucks

[@shadowwolf1735]

PlayStation store dark cloud 1&2 $20

[@willferrellagain]

@@shadowwolf1735 PSX2 emulator. free download, plug your controller into the computer and hdmi it to a tv

[@videogamerNattie98]

@@willferrellagain Yep and if you have a PS3 controller PCSX2 will beable to natively use it like a regular PS2 controller if you plug it in via USB.

[@willferrellagain]

@@videogamerNattie98 I got PS4 controller for mine, they didn't sell PS3 ones in store anymore

[@doctorfunkybonesesquire8800]

I was hoping someone would cover this and I'm glad its you Kbash

[@superultradeluxe_1927]

Hippocrit has awesome dark cloud videos but they're a few years old and he's a smaller channel

[@moroseloki1912]

Who's Kbash?

[@garreonlefay6703]

Clemps has done this years ago

[@ChaoticGamerJoshArchive]

I loved this game. I know someone doing a full playthrough on his channel

[@Daydarr]

Ive completed both dark clouds more than once, as a kid and recent revisits, and to me they are some of my favorite games. Both have some of the best music ever.

[@danielgordon2907]

I bought an accordion just to learn to play the starting towns theme from 2

[@byoutifulmonster]

I love the OST so much, i sampled it in my shitty music lol

[@meitomiyazaki9848]

Tomohito Nishiura really knows how to make memorable music I swear it’s such a shame they moved on to other projects and abandoned the dark cloud series

[@therevel5327]

I agree bro

[@Cybersixx.]

The guy who made the music for this game also made music for the Professor Layton games if you're interested in more of his work.

[@khed7104]

Accountants and monster hunter players... actually yea sounds about right

[@kisnettpicart7830]

i think this was what led me to monster hunter 10 yrs later

[@grade36oggg53]

I’m an accountant LMAO

[@WolfCyphr]

I like Level-5 RPGs. Here's where they all began.

[@Ramsey276one]

Glad it didn’t stop there! XD

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

I really enjoyed Dark Cloud 1. It was such a fun game. Dark Cloud 2 however had its problems: the golf mini game. I hated that mini game. I had so much trouble with it. If Level-5 ever makes a Dark Cloud 3 I hope they don’t put in that golf mini game. And yes I know it’s not called golf mini game but it was a lot like golf.

[@mxmcedenandcrywolffan7433]

@@mirandagoldstine8548 personally i like 2 better than one. Both are my childhood nd while spheda has its problems i find it fun. Aswell as the fishing and idea systems are both fun and cool

[@colossusslayer1234]

God I loved this game. Still play it today. I was always sad we never got any remasters or a big remake. Such a good title people didn't notice!

[@GreenWolfDen]

Dark Cloud was on a demo disc and could only play for an hour. Finally found the full version a couple years later. Love it.

[@longthanhngo1089]

Same, i still remember repeating that demo so many times...å

[@hakanniee]

@@longthanhngo1089 metoo!!

[@Super_Hambone]

if you like this game, then dark cloud 2 will be a true treat

[@IceQueen975]

THAT GAME IS FUCKING EVIL NO I WILL NOT TAKE SUGGESTIONS *YES* I AM STUCK ON THE RECRUITING BIT omg please make it stooooooooop...

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

@@IceQueen975 all recruits are gotten from the starter town, try to get everyone you can, since every single one is very useful, either for towns or as guest party members

[@_Tizoc_]

I actually prefer the first one

[@sonerkamer2678]

Dark cloud 2 was okay... I guess they went into a different direction. The one thing that I likes most about the first one were the different characters you could get. And somehow they were replaced with robotics in chronicles. The story was fine though

[@undeadinside3571]

@@_Tizoc_ same!

[@thephalanx_]

Oh wow! My friend had this game way back in the day and we thought it was a false memory of ours as none of us remembered the name. Glad to know this game really existed haha

[@HalcyonAeterna]

this has made me so happy like you wouldn't believe, dark cloud is probably my favorite ps2 game of all time, and it's such a shame that people just call it a zelda clone because it's so much more than that

[@radicaldreamer927]

KBash: “There’s no reason to fight every enemy” Also KBash: “After 5 hours of grinding...”

[@DarthKain0]

Killing everything isn't actually enough. You still have to grind the same amount because fishing is basically an alternate path to running the same dungeon floors over and over, with less risk of accidentally breaking your weapons. Anyway, greetings from the future.

[@radicaldreamer927]

@@DarthKain0 I actually just waited until Simba's shop opened, then used the broken dagger glitch to make all the money I needed to buy gems. Not nearly as grindy at that point!

[@Seishuku]

"Monotony as an addiction" - I would appreciate if you didn't just...call me out like that..

[@Denizen36]

That line describes RuneScape perfectly.

[@UncontrollableOne]

Let's see what word Kbash is making me add to my vocab. Oooh “evocative”! Gonna dazzle the boys with this one.

[@feraldeercolony]

I actually bought this in high school specifically because I thought it would be a shitty ripoff. And then... I fell in love. I love this damn game. I bought the second one and I'm gonna play the shit out of it after I re-beat the first. This game is an underrated masterpiece.

[@aleksandrnowak8020]

when I was a kid I bought it cause I thought it was Zelda. and as a kid I thought Zelda was the boy ;)

[@sow2673]

My father introduced me to this game and I had a blast playing it. I recently got a ps2 to play the original game and now I'm currently doing a second playthrough!

[@RamJam3]

My Friend was actually complaining how hard this game was last night, and i was confused about what this game was about, thanks for this video really appreciate it.

[@MrBubblebox]

its not hard so much as the game actively fights playing it. weapon breaking randomized key placement being forced to use characters you probably don't want to. i had fun tho.

[@RamJam3]

It's sounds interesting to play, it seems like the weapon durability mechanic is something id have to get used to and from how the dungeons are layed out it looks be a slower paced game.

[@JLCL01]

@@MrBubblebox I wish I finished it. I got to where you were at that desert town (iirc it looked more like a city with those big walls). I honestly wish BotW had a way to restore weapons like Dark Cloud, or maybe a blacksmith that could make an "unbreakable" sword.

[@logiclunacy606]

@@RamJam3 Well that's the thing, a weapon broke in this game isn't like any other game where you just have to repair it, nope the weapon completely disappears which is incredibly devastating to the point I'd rather load a save state from 2 hours ago than grind out a new weapon.

[@sherrdreamz7232]

@@logiclunacy606 or just use Auto Repair Powder in your instant use menu? Can be a bit expensive but makes using weapons nothing to worry about.

[@adamavery3906]

I actually laughed when he said the bit about the weapons being made of "a stiff chalk" 😂

[@MrSTVR]

Wise Owl Forest is a BANGER

[@Dandamayn]

Back when myspace was a thing I had the sunken ship theme as my page's music.

[@SilverHedgehog1999]

Wise owl forest and departure are the most banging tracks outside of the main theme

[@marcorobinson175]

oh my god I never thought I would hear anyone talk about this game again this makes me so happy

[@Adonteon21]

Still own it to this day, this game was a lot of fun. Not sure where it would get a bad rap.

[@TurbulentEitri]

@Jerry Gallo I find this as the prime reason to invest in endurance upgrades for a weapon early in so that you can save up on the free repair powders that the mayor buries you in until you build the shop. The bone rapier is a good early weapon, but it really needs the extra endurance boost. Once you get those, it'll serve you well. And it should be without a doubt that the auto-repair powder is for those that don't want to forget and accidentally waste progress. A bit of a fail-safe item for those metal enemies that eat up WHP more than others. There's also the broken dagger glitch, but the small grinding sessions in the back levels for valuable gems was fun in its own way IMO. Regardless, it's still there for anyone who wants absolutely no part of any grinding. Nothing is more broken than a broken dagger.

[@EzzzR]

One of the many games I still remember playing as a kid, the nostalgic is real

[@mundial200]

This is one of my favorite games, because I played over hours on the demo that was included on the PS2, only bought it like 4 years ago, then bought both of them in the PS4, the nostalgia is always high af 😅

[@itsjustme6942]

The same shit happened to me. I bought the full game on ps2 after playing the demo for about a year lol. That's how bad I liked the game

[@hairy_cornflake]

I remember playing the demo over and over, I was just in love with the gimmick and charm. Never got to buy it at the time. It's such a fun game and highly underrated for some reason.

[@yatox8]

When you're 12yrs old and play this after coming home from school, its was worth the wait... so damn addictive to just upgrade your weapons, I remember the grind. My favorite is the music in the village and dungeons. A truly classic game! 9/10

[@Francorocco]

dark cloud 2 is one of my favourite ps2 games

[@CreamyClaws]

All I remember is I thought the Baselard was called the Baselord, and there were two items with great names: bomb nuts, and throbbing cherry.

[@ladyloki10035]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Nydarious]

THIS IS NOT FORGOTTEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING A REMAKE OF THIS AND LEGEND OF THE DRAGOON

[@dimitrisharatzas158]

You do of course realise, that we now expect dark chronicle and rogue galaxy out of you, right ? Great one tho, i really expected you to hate this

[@raze667]

Ah Rogue Galaxy, the game where I got distracted like 45% of the way in by beetles and spent like 35 hours raising and battling with them.

[@Iyasenu]

@@raze667 Ah geez, Insectron. Besides that, getting distracted by the factory "puzzles" and feeding a frog weapons trying to fill out the weapon list.

[@raze667]

@@Iyasenu Good. Times.

[@SilverHedgehog1999]

This game was my childhood renting it from our local video store and then buying that same copy when they went out of business. I bought a ps2 just so I could play it again and have been waiting for people to talk about it for years

[@Zerobasssoul]

This now gives hope to a dark cloud 2 video, thx for giving me something else I now have to wait an unknown amount of time fuckin A Kbash

[@cornshot9857]

Literally one of my favorite games the second one, so much charm

[@LivingGuy484]

Something I remember: Tale of Another World / Broken Promise was the first thing I learned on the piano I have the game to thank for my childhood memories, but more so for introducing me to a hobby I've become incredibly fond of Edit: Some other things I remember 1) Ruby is *thick* 2) The poison sucking theme is... suspicious 3) You can glitch yourself some great upgrade material in the first shop. It's an automatic easy mode, but you can miss it 4) That feather and repair powder will probably be 75% of your inventory 5) God, I hate fishing 6) The fortune teller has awakened some repressed memories 😀 7) The main theme has a bossa nova version, it is great, I like it enough to have it in my main playlist (along with some tracks from a great game, Golden Sun)

[@Reacted1991]

The way I played is I invested all my efforts into ruby and toan everyone else I’ll level up their weapons just enough to steal the special trait on their weapons and give it to toan and ruby

[@LunarWingCloud]

I loved Dark Cloud, such an addicting game

[@thecriticalcanadian]

so for anyone curious, you can get auto repair powder and put it in one of the 3 slots, so that way you dont have to worry about a wep breaking.

[@Nahinalau]

Use it on the Lamb Sword for epic hax

[@thecriticalcanadian]

@@Nahinalau Ive actually been replaying it for a bit now and my load out is feather, revival, repair powder. I dont fear anything lol.

[@Nahinalau]

@@thecriticalcanadian theres a pretty neat Idk glitch? or interaction when it procs on the Lamb sword. As a 12 yo I thought I was some pioneer discovering some super secret unlimited wolf sword hax. Its probably common knowledge now with wikis and all but it was cool back in 00s

[@soitoshiXhirkri]

I never got past the first boss as a kid. I’ve been meaning to start over for years. This is just the motivation I needed

[@MasterBlade111]

As a Nintendo fan who got this game and loved it because it reminded me of Zelda, I approve

[@ssnow5516]

When Goro jumps down. Toan has perfect surprised Pikachu face lololol

[@pinokodayo]

Wow so many memories unlocked ! I was a little too young to play this game properly, very cool to see such nostalgic clips

[@cdarklock]

I played this game so much. Dark Cloud had the best fishing minigame ever.

[@themerchantof1175]

I don’t remember where I got it, but it Dark Cloud is one of my top ten favorite PS2 games of all time. I love the combat, the branching weapons, the different characters you can use, and town rebuilding. Also how come no one made a plushie of Dran? LOOK AT HIM, HES SO FLUFFY!

[@mrwishe]

I LOVED this game growing up, obscure, fun, customization/puzzle.... thank you for popping up in my feed, good memories

[@Isolated_Inception]

this is still to this day my favorite game to play, no matter how long i play i cant help but go back for more

[@eddybowser3818]

Bought this gem back in 2001. Just started playing it again last week. This and ratchet and clank I played on a daily basis

[@xavierruiz3675]

What's wild is that you can completely circumnavigate the material grinding with a simple glitch and just basically boost everyone to their top tier weapons in like maybe 10 minutes

[@cameronsmith3047]

The item shop glitch?

[@xavierruiz3675]

@@cameronsmith3047 I was actually referring to the broken dagger glitch

[@cameronsmith3047]

@@xavierruiz3675 thats what I meant....I didn't know the rest of the item shop glitches existed till I looked up speed runs last night lol

[@xavierruiz3675]

@@cameronsmith3047 oh yeah, it's crazy what you can do in that game with a little time and a few glitches.

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

This is one of my all time favorites. A very strange thing happened one time. I was playing through the final dungeon yet again and it suddenly hit me: I hadn't seen a back room dungeon item for it in AGES. So curiosity got me and I checked online. Turns out the English version of the games doesn't have it! But the data *must* be there, and was maybe somehow used by accident, because I knew what the item was and what it using it looked like long before I ever looked it up. Weird.

[@Michael-tt6kv]

Dark cloud is awesome I've never died by poison if you find water you'll be safe until poisoning where's off

[@sebastianschoefl]

Poison wears off? Maybe I‘ce got a different version but poison and curse never wore off for me. I once litterally had to fight around a waterspot so I wouldn‘t die of poison damage

[@Michael-tt6kv]

@@sebastianschoefl :)

[@sebastianschoefl]

@@Michael-tt6kv not trying to call you out. I was genuinly suprised that poison wears of.

[@Michael-tt6kv]

@@sebastianschoefl I understand everything's cool bro have a great day

[@sebastianschoefl]

@@Michael-tt6kv you too bro

[@AbyssalPlague]

As a kid, this was one if my favorite games to play, but I never actually finished it. Nowadays, I'm gonna play through it and Dark Cloud 2 when I'm finished!

[@mushy-land]

when i played this game i rarely bought food and water, i had so much i had to sell some to empty my inventory

[@starscorpia4005]

i never played dark cloud 1...but i sure do have memories of 2, and a lot of them

[@chillhour6155]

I remember playing the demo of the sequel that came with my ps2, it was really different and visually unique for me

[@hatchell18]

You deserve way more subscribers bro. At least a few hundred thousand. Your videos are so good and I love all your videos

[@Ki_Adi_Mundi]

The broken dagger glitch exists _exclusively_ to level up Xiao. *Change my mind*

[@southernfriedmedia3968]

who tf hates Dark Cloud and DC2? I loved these weird ass games

[@Zayindjejfj]

They are literally childhood incarnate for me. Nostalgia to the motherfuckin max.

[@southernfriedmedia3968]

@@Zayindjejfj mine too I love the idea of building a town back from nothing.

[@Kloqdq]

Dark Cloud - a game I've seen a thousand times and knew next to nothing about. Quite an interesting experience by the looks of it. Bless Ungaga.

[@harleydameron6045]

I loved this game growing up and still actively play it when im in the moood to do this day and i dont think ive heard anyone actually talk about it

[@Vaennylla]

Dude, this was my childhood!

[@StrayPitboss]

1: preferred Xiao to Ruby 2: named Ungaga "Eatatjoes". Proud desert warrior and committed new free advertising medium.

[@PowercellZeke]

Absolutely love this game, so much charm and amazing atmosphere. Great video my guy!

[@manatheif]

i live for the end credits just to hear "Cori the lad" and "Hatsune Miku's Crack house."

[@shardar1924]

dude you're so much fun i love your vids please never stop making them

[@PimpaneerThePimp]

I'm so happy someone (other than clemps) is covering this game finally! I used to own this when I was a kid and never got past the first boss fight. I'm actually making my way through the game now as an adult and it's just as fun as it was then.

[@SomberTwilight_]

I absolutely loved this game growing up regardless of how repetitive it is lol

[@mattheweccles199]

Finally! I’m not the only one who know this game exists! I’ve loved this game since it came out!

[@JRileyD]

I got stuck on the big flying lion thing. As a kid I was spend hours trying to kill it with a slingshot.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I didn't get a PS2 until 2005, and I remember,at the time, most older games were dirt cheap, and I got Dark Cloud here for around $6. I ended up absolutely loving the game, it gave me some wonderful memories, and I was super happy when it rereleased for PS4

[@ninalima4150]

u did this game justice, its nowhere near perfect but its such a fun game to play. im so glad someone still remembers it lmfaooo

[@noukhen1]

excuse me, did the youtube algorithm just show me a game I have not seen since my childhood and never remembered the name of? HOLY HELL, am I glad. I always only remembered this game due to the HUD with the thirst gauge and I was never able to find it for some reason, now I know. Thanks a lot KBash

[@EpicBongZilla]

It's not forgotten. I completely remember it. Have it on my soft modded PS2s internal HDD. Both dark cloud and dark cloud 2

[@KichiMiangra]

Dark Cloud and Dark Chronicle are two of the 4 games I have clocked in insane amount of hours into. Dark Cloud I have probably 8 different save files that have their timers maxed out, and had been maxed out long before the halfway point of the game. Dark Chronicle has 5 save files on one memory card and a few on another beacause I get to the end and then just start a new save. I love these games so much. The only games I MIGHT have clocked more time into are World of Warcraft back in my teens, and the first Digimon World game on the PS1, both of which I'm not sure of the actual time I had clocked into them but I know it was about 10 years ago I hit 32 years in digimon which is roughly 384 hours but that was 10 years ago and I've played that file and new files since then so it's probably much MUCH higher than that. Though this is the first time I've made the connection to Dark Cloud, and Monster Hunter. God I live for the grind!

[@Akanio_Vatheros]

11:59 Hell yeah, BIONICLE MODE!! I fekkin' love this game, thanks for reminding me :)

[@marshallbeck9101]

I still have a ps2 and playthrough this and the second every couple years, fantastic games

[@austinlawrence6987]

I love the Dark Cloud series.

[@supersaiyanslayer569]

This is one of my favorite games, I've been watching your videos for a while and I just want to say, you have a wonderful taste in games.

[@moa8659]

I only ever got to play a demo of dark cloud but BOY did I play the SHIT out of that demo

[@zevzero]

Dude! This makes my day. Haven’t watched the video yet but I’m sure it’s great. Saving it for when I get off of work. Wanted to give it a like ASAP!

[@BobBob-pr4eh]

My mom got this game and I love her for it, it then introduced me to dark cloud 2 my most favorite game of all time

[@EmanS117]

I first played this as a Demo that I got with my PS2 when the PS2 first released forever ago. Loved it so much I had to buy the game asap, so many great memories playing this :')

[@PiertProductions]

Played it loved it still have my ps2 in case I want to relive the epic adventures of dark cloud 1 and 2

[@m.m.5448]

*Looks over at my OG Dark Cloud 1&2 copies sitting in my gaming center* We made it boys

[@followertheleader]

Dark cloud series has the most amazing ost.

[@jerongordon]

I got this game for my birthday when it originally released in 2000 when i was 8. I loved every second of it and beat it twice over (easily on the second run after learning the broken dagger glitch and breaking the game) its for sure my top 5 underrated/unknown ps2 games with others like Kinetica the racing game and genji dawn of the samurai

[@HiiYuna]

Dark cloud was the most iconic part of my childhood

[@rawrdino7046]

This was my childhood game I don't remember how i got it but I played it alot I was a dumb kid unable to do anything but make it to the 2nd area. This was the game that started my love for rpgs

[@ParmMannREBORN]

Oh damn, a Level-5 game I've never heard of? Bless Kbash and his good content Hopefully Level-5 don't stop localizing titles

[@frostsoul4199]

i remember playing this game a lot in my childhood. never beat it though. my sister did tell me she had a tough time with the ice witch so when i decided to replay it recently i cheesed the bossfight with bombs.

[@MrWhiskey282]

Since kbash likes to play odd ball roleplaying games, i wonder if he'll ever deliver upon us a last remnant review.

[@yarow122]

That'd be _really_ interesting since I'm maybe 2/3rds through it. Anybody playing _The Last Remnant_ should lookup the TLRPlanner 0.6.7 (hella easier game management overall), Static BR Scaling Mod (less stress and more controllable difficulty), and TLR - Unions & Unique Leaders v0.73 spreadsheet (easier party management).

[@edgarferrer5025]

@@yarow122 I started and stopped that game so many fucking times

[@yarow122]

@@edgarferrer5025 I'm still on break after getting a bit past 2nd disc and updating the spreadsheet. Could definitely jump back in, but busy with everything else now. :| Great game. Would definitely recommend.

[@atomkuehne]

"She's really good at doing no damage and chipping away at enemy health for 10 centuries" This hit so close to home

[@ranoncox5433]

Listen, Kbash, chief, you're gonna blow up one day. I swears it. There's no gaming youtuber more prosaic, more rhythmic in their writing than ye. Hang in there, champ. One day this cruel ol harpie of an algorithm'll do ye the justice ye deserve.

[@DorkyStars]

I owned it, but once we sold off our ps2 games, I forgot the name and have been searching for this since 2014. I found it last night and I'm so happy to be able to read up on it again

[@judethedude33]

ive been waiting AGES for a kbash dark cloud/dark cloud 2 review. since i found your channel ive just been thinking “these are the most kbash reviewable games ive ever played. how in the hell hasn’t he talked about these yet”

[@Walamonga1313]

You forgot the people who never even knew this existed

[@dtk7181]

I actually grew up with this game series when I first played both games on the ps2

[@Soumein]

It wasn't covered, so to those who haven't played it, upgrading weapons requires gems that improve weapons stats, like attack, or efficiency versus certain enemy types (like Rock, Fish or Dragon). The seemingly intended way to get these upgrades is by defeating enemies with consumables (a pebble or a bomb, as I recall). There is a Poison consumable, but doesn't cause enemies to drop their Slayer Gem. My friend told me about a glitch/cheat you can do in the shop that gives you a broken dagger as a gem that maxes out the stats of any weapon, making levelling them up way easier. I even did it, and had a 7th Heaven by the end of the first dungeon, but I don't remember how to do it anymore.

[@Takejiro24]

A classic that has substantial nostalgia for me. Still mad that the Back Room for Dark Heaven's Castle is inaccessible in the US version. This game also has a really good soundtrack with Demon Shaft and Moon Factory among my favorite tracks. Hope we get to see a review of Dark Cloud 2/Chronicle.

[@russfullerton-studer7468]

Really enjoyed the Soul Calibur 2 gc cut at the end. You go glen coco. Been on Dark Cloud for 20 years now, really want a third installment.

[@TheFincher77]

first video I've seen of you kbash. on account of my crippling and undying love for this game. I subscribe!

[@IT-kone]

Here in EU, a demo of the game was included in a demo disc that was included with the system, which was my first contact to the game. Maybe USA had the same thing, augmenting sales?