Arc the Lad: End of Darkness

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Jun 14, 2005
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
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  1. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    40
    Everything is passable--no aspects of the game are missing, nothing's technically wrong. It's just that it doesn't strive above any of the old, established conventions of the genre. It has an average overwrought RPG story line, average graphics, and an average (to poor) combat system that has shifted from turn-based combat to real-time combat.
  2. netjak
    30
    I can't definitively say this is the worst RPG I've ever played. But this does make my Worst 5 of all time.
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User Score
4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 7 out of 13
  1. iKen
    Apr 14, 2020
    8
    Played on PlayStation 2.
    Gameplay: GREAT.
    Story: GOOD.
    Graphic: GOOD.
    Music/Sound: GREAT.
    Dialogue: GOOD.
  2. FreeRPGer
    Oct 3, 2019
    3
    After the 1st four games being great, especially the one before this, Twilight of the Spirits, I've naught to say about this except what wasAfter the 1st four games being great, especially the one before this, Twilight of the Spirits, I've naught to say about this except what was Cattle Call thinking? They bungled this.
    Moreover, some story elements of this either alters or discards significant plot-lines from its predecessors. And the fact that it's no longer a tactical game is one thing, but that it's a horrible attempt at an action game is another. If this series is ever brought back, it's this game's battle system and plot-lines that need to be discarded, as it goes back to its roots.    … Full Review »
  3. [Anonymous]
    Jul 16, 2005
    0
    I don't know what anyone see's in this poorly made game. The graphics are only average at best, the animation for charecters spells I don't know what anyone see's in this poorly made game. The graphics are only average at best, the animation for charecters spells and what not are terrible. And the combat system blows! If this game was for a lower system I'd think more highly of the game.… Full Review »
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