Dark Cloud : Prima's Official Strategy Guide

 (7 customer reviews)

Dark Cloud is a very random game, with its dungens, when you get people and their houses, items, weapons, ect, which makes making a guide about it very hard. But with what could have been put in the guide to make it at least worth a purchase, Prima didn't put hardly any worth while info in. In fact, one of these reasons is probably why you bought/want to buy this strat guide. You probably expected...1.) Detailed maps of where to put peoples homes, and their requirements to make them happy (probably your primary reason for getting/wanting to get this)2.) Enemy and bosses weaknesses, and how to dispatch them in a format that is clear and not confusing as heck3.) A detailed layout of what each weapons strengths are when you get them, and/or a layout of each requirement for the weapons to be able to build them up4.) A list of what each items price is, what shops have what items, and where to find themWell if you expected any of those, then you're sadly mistaken. Prima...Read more

shows you exactly why. One big replay point for Dark Cloud (DC) is the RANDOMNESS of the dungeons. Apparently the group that wrote this book didn't realize this. Several limited zone floors that are listed as concrete numbers are in fact variable game by game, and a great deal of item info is flat-out wrong. Several pieces of info are repeated over and over, with the exact same text and caption. Example: They explain what a pool of water does for EACH AND EVERY DUNGEON! They easily could have condensed this guide into a three page fold-out in a magazine and wouldn't have lost a word of information.I rate strategy guide by percentage of information you wouldn't get from an Internet FAQ. I give the DC Primagames guide a 2% - for the pictures.

The book was a bit better than described. My 10-yr-old son loved it! An old game, but he likes playing it.