Arc the Lad: End of Darkness box art

See more on IGDB

Arc the Lad: End of Darkness

Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Arc the Lad: End of Darkness

Jul 14, 2005

Main game

3.00 average rating based on 17 ratings

5
3
4
2
3
6
2
4
1
2
SCE takes the Arc the Lad series away from its roots and into an Online-playable action-adventure game. Players become a hunter who must travel the world and take on jobs, usually revolving around taking out enemies in real time using magic and special abilities. Collect cards from battle and events and equip them to gain new skills, all the while following an RPG-like storyline. You view the action from overhead, with a camera zooming in and out depending on the intensity of the action and occasionally switching to other angles for dramatic effect. You attack enemies in real time, tapping … More
SCE takes the Arc the Lad series away from its roots and into an Online-playable action-adventure game. Players become a hunter who must travel the world and take on jobs, usually revolving around taking out enemies in real time using magic and special abilities. Collect cards from battle and events and equip them to gain new skills, all the while following an RPG-like storyline. You view the action from overhead, with a camera zooming in and out depending on the intensity of the action and occasionally switching to other angles for dramatic effect. You attack enemies in real time, tapping X once for a simple attack and repeatedly for a combo. You can also guard against attack, dash at an enemy, and press a button to run about the play field faster. The game places heavy emphasis on magic use, with the magic meter recovering automatically and quickly following each spell. Less
Developers
Cattle Call
Publishers
Namco, Sony Computer Entertainment
Series
Arc the Lad
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action
Release Dates
Jul 14, 2005 (Worldwide)
PlayStation 2
Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold
User Stats
106
In Collection
21
Wish Listed
0
Playing
60
Backlogged
How Long Is Arc the Lad: End of Darkness?
No playthrough data yet
Chovus
Chovus updated their status Jul 22, 2020
Chovus updated their status Jul 22, 2020

Beat on loan from my coworker immediately after beating Twilight of Spirits. It was nice to revisit the same world and see how the characters from ToS are doing. I don't remember details about how I played and what special abilities/magic I used. I do recall melee fighting a lot and finding the combat clunky. I don't know what annoyed me more; the game making the character fall down every time he ran into a wall (because why would I ever not go full speed?) or the X axis camera controls being reversed with no option to change it. I also remember swearing profoundly (and possibly punching that hole in my wall) over the god damn escort quests. Braindead retards that run towards the enemies to get one shotted by ranged attacks. Thanks game, I really enjoyed all that resetting and loading. And then the stupid crafting system for more reset scumming. The rest of the game was reasonably fun though.

I still have my save file but no game to check stats and gear. 6.5/10.

0