Like the first but better.

Much of Dark Cloud 2 is spent crawling around randomly generated dungeons while searching for the exit key. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? It should if you played the first Dark Cloud because the dungeon crawling aspect of the sequel is almost identical to the previous game. It's so similar that you'll find yourself fighting many of the same enemies and picking up many of the same items in similarly constructed dungeons. Aside from the graphical overhaul and new items, there is very little to differentiate the dungeon aspect of Dark Cloud 2 with its predecessor. You still fight your way through dungeon after dungeon as you search for the key to the next level. If you liked this part of the first game, you'll definitely feel at home here. If you didn't like it then, well, things haven't changed much. The battling can still be a tad repetitious (though less so in the sequel), and it's easy to tire of the repeated dungeon graphics for each major dungeon theme, especially when it consists of ten or more levels.

8/10