Publisher: Namco
Developer: Cattle Call
# of Players: 1 offline, 8 online
Category: Role-Playing
Release Dates
N Amer - 06/14/2005
News
Arc The Lad: End of Darkness Arrives on Store Shelves
eal-Time Action RPG Featuring Online Adventures Now Available
"Arc The Lad(R): End of Darkness(TM)" Mini-game and Contest
Contest challenges players to match combinations of 25 of the game’s playable characters within a given amount of time.
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness Goes Gold
Celebrated Role-Playing Series Returns with Real-Time Combat, Online Gameplay
Namco Releases New "Arc The Lad: End of Darkness" Screenshots
Featuring an all-new real-time combat system, an expansive selection of playable characters and online gameplay for up to eight player
Namco Announces Arc the Lad®: End of Darkness
Arc the Lad®: End of Darkness Due Out This May Exclusively For PlayStation®2
Description
Arc the Lad®: End of Darkness takes place five years after, yet in the same world as Arc the Lad®: Twilight of the Spirits. Players take the role of Edda, a young man whose youth is marked by a “boring island life”. His serenity is shattered, however, when he meets Kirika, a rude young woman, on the beach. Shortly after, Edda tries to help a hunter capture vicious criminals, but the latter gets killed. Edda notices Kirika standing nearby, and his suspicions begin to grow about the mysterious young woman. Edda who has awakened as a full-fledged exorcist becomes a hunter himself, and realizing a sense of responsibility to save the weakened world, he sets out on a remarkable journey that will ultimately pit civilization against nature.
The first real-time action-style battle system in the Arc the Lad® series, Arc the Lad®: End of Darkness delivers remarkable battle intensity as players perform real-time combat combos, equip items and cast magic. The series that has been highly successful in Japan returns to the US with an improved upgrade and guild system, all the while a deep storyline unfolds that brings the return of 24 favorite characters in the series, each with his or her own unique weaponry and skills.
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ESRB Rating
GameZone's Review/Preview
7.9
GZ Rating
| Gameplay | 7.9 |
| Graphics | 8 |
| Sound | 8 |
| Difficulty | Easy/Med |
| Concept | 7.5 |
| Multiplayer | 7 |
| Overall | 7.9 |
Reviewer: Louis Bedigian
Review Date: 06/14/2005
A mission-based journey for up to four players.
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GZ Preview:
Michael Lafferty - 05/05/2005
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness presents a hodge-podge of ideas in a text-heavy PS2 title
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