History VideoGame / DarkChronicle

** Unlike in Dark Cloud, broken weapons don't disappear. They simply become nigh-useless until repaired. This was a ''huge'' source of relief from folks who'd had weapons break after spending hours and hours leveling them up.

** And finally, no matter how much you're messing with the present, Monica is never in any danger of accidentally erasing herself from the timeline.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Food and water are used to restore health, and naturally, NobodyPoops. Giving Max and Monica their favourite food increases their HP and some stats.

* InexplicableTreasureChests: Your favourite food will somehow appear within these treasure chests as you continue rebuilding the world.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Potato pie for Max and witch parfait for Monica, which act as {{Heart Container}}s in the game, though only the former is actually mentioned in-story. Pau's favourite food is carrots, and the Firbits are said to be crazy about "grape juice". King Mardan likes Poison Apples (as do the rest of his species). An early cutscene shows that Flotsam likes roasted chestnuts.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The Dark Element represents hate, resentment and evil.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Potato pie for Max and witch parfait for Monica, though only the former is actually mentioned in-story. Pau's favourite food is carrots, and the Firbits are said to be crazy about "grape juice". King Mardan likes Poison Apples (as do the rest of his species). An early cutscene shows that Flotsam likes roasted chestnuts.

* HitAndRunTactics: A viable tactic. Be careful, though; every time an enemy is hit, no matter how weakly, it takes a point off it's rage meter. When it's raged, it temporarily becomes stronger.

* InterfaceSpoiler: In just about every dungeon after the first, there is an obvious branching path that is sealed off. By the time you make finish Gundora volcano, you've not yet gotten an item that unlocks them. So obviously, when Chapter 6 has no dungeon of itself, guess what you're going to do!

''Dark Chronicle'' (known as Dark Cloud 2 in North America) is the sequel to ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' developed by Creator/{{Level 5}} and released on 2003.

** [[spoiler: Yay! The day is saved! But Monica and Max's mom, whom he's been pining for the entire game, won't come stay in his time period, and time travel becomes illegal in their future.

* BadassPrincess: Monica Raybrandt is an expert of the sword and magic, and doesn't hesitate to travel and fight through time to avenge her father and save the future.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Yay! The day is saved! But Monica and Max's mom, whom he's been pining for the entire game, won't come stay in his time period, and time travel becomes illegal in their future.]]
** [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding: However, Monica procures a starglass which sends the holder to where- and whenever their most important thing is, and gets dumped right in Max's lap, to her delight.]]
*** And after the bonus dungeon, the epilogue shows [[spoiler: everyone in Palm Brinks working together to restore the train-lines and colonize the region.]]

** According to various walkthroughs, though, a maxed out Steve is supposedly superior to a maxed out Monica or Max (who have significantly higher damage output), and he's the first choice for speed-running through the game, start to finish. Though that probably has more to do with his upgradeable speed and maneuverability and the fact that he can attack while moving.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Monica.

* TimeyWimeyBall: When you stop to think about it, the way time travel works in this game makes no goddamned sense.

* TheSlowPath: This is part of the process of rebuilding the world.
** Also, weapons-building. Unless you a) Medal Grind, or b), get the expensive Name-Changing Ticket, know the ''exact'' punctuation of your desired weapon, and use it, then you've got a GameBreaker early on. If not... [[GuideDangIt get a guide]].
* TomboyPrincess: Monica.

* LostForever: Several dozen photographs [[GuideDangIt can be missed]] (often because they involve stopping for a photo op during boss battles), and several Fruits of Eden can be rendered inaccessible by a glitch. Also, due to the existence of the BonusDungeon, any Medals, treasures, and prizes from the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon will go away when it becomes inaccessible, along with any uncollected treasures from the future areas.

* [[ViewersAreGoldfish Players are Goldfish]]: Every single cutscene in the future of ''Chronicle'' has both parts of the conversation included. This is especially bad since the game has voice acting.

* UpdatedRerelease: Downplayed in regards to the [=PS4=] version. While it's technically just an emulated PS2 game, it does feature upscaled graphics and PSN trophies.

On January 2015, the game was re-released on the PS4, complete with trophies and upscaled graphics.

* UpdatedRerelease: Downplayed in regards to the PS4 version. While it's technically just an emulated PS2 game, it does feature upscaled graphics and PSN trophies.

* AngstWhatAngst: What's that? You say an evil overlord has been manipulating history, and you want me to move away from the last remaining bastion of civilization and live out the rest of my life in a tiny settlement? Sure thing! Just do this IrrelevantSidequest for me while I pack my stuff!

Despite any rumors which may still be floating around, a third game is not in development. However, the Georama system made a comeback in WhiteKnightChronicles I and II, making the games something of a SpiritualSuccessor to the Dark Cloud series.

Despite any rumors which may still be floating around, a third game is not in development.

** He's also a bigger target and has no way to block damage. In a game where you aren't meant to tank ''anything'', this makes him very costly to use.

* ContrivedCoincidence: There's always some kind of obstacle keeping the train from leaving a station until the player has finished the storyline in that area (at which point the obstacle just happens to get cleared out). This is even true in places like Veniccio Coast and Balance Valley, both of which are places that the main characters specifically intended to go to, and thus have no reason to leave until the job is done anyway.

* TurnsRed: Every monster besides bosses has a "rage meter" above their HP consisting of a number of red circles. Every time they get hit (or take several hits if you're using a machine gun), they lose a circle. If all the circles are gone, the flash red and hit two or three times as hard. Unfortunately, this makes trying to level weaker weapons ''very'' difficult unless you backtrack.
* UnderGroundMonkey: While the game boasts plenty of different monsters, they each get about four or five different varieties.

* OddlySmallOrganization: The Palm Brink's police force.