Dark Cloud [ iPad ]

Released in 2000, was the debut title for Level-5 , the studio that later created Dragon Quest VIII and Professor Layton . It is famous for blending disparate genres into a cohesive loop. Core Gameplay Loop

: Instead of the character leveling up, your weapons gain experience and can be "absorbed" into new blades to carry over stats. Story & Legacy Dark Cloud

: Players explore procedurally generated floors to find "Atla"—spheres containing fragments of the world. Released in 2000, was the debut title for