Dark Cloud

"...the simple truth of the matter is that Dark Cloud is pretty much the best third-person RPG available on the PS2 today."

"Here's the gist: you play Toran, a boy whose floating island home...has been taken by an evil demon...The people of his land...have been transformed and imprisoned in a dungeon"

"Zelda did it for the N64, the Final Fantasy series did it for PSone and now Dark Cloud looks set to provide PS2 gamers with an RPG that will set the standard for other developers to aspire to."

"one can only imagine what a masterpiece this game could have been had the designers been as adroit as the game's hero in constructing a more consistent, coherent product where the action was as interesting as the world building."

"Despite its obviously derivative mechanics and gameplay, Dark Cloud offers a solid, fun experience and at least tries something interesting with its village building system. Though far from the "Zelda-killer" half-wit journalists have dubbed it, it certainly gives the other PS2 RPG games released thus far a good punch on the arm."