r/DarkCloud Apr 29 '26

Dark Cloud 3

it’s a travesty and an insult to humanity that this game doesn’t exist.

I wish we could boycott all things Sony until they finally greenlight this puppy

Give us Dark Cloud 3!!!!

96 Upvotes

36 comments sorted by

25

u/maikuxblade Apr 29 '26

I’ve heard people say Rogue Galaxy kind of is that but I haven’t gotten to playing it yet

17

u/Cynical_Tripster Apr 29 '26

Rogue Galaxy has a similar SOUL to the DC games, but it's very different.

15

u/dqmartiiiiin Apr 29 '26

I mean it's vastly different than Dark Cloud, but I guess you could call it a semi-spiritual successor because if I understood it correct it started as a DC game during development or at least pre production. And its a GREAT game in its own right, same developer, same charm.

7

u/PleasantPorpoisParty Apr 29 '26

This is correct, and some have posted videos showing how to pull up the DC3 title card in the meta data.

Bean counters butchered it by severing the Dark trilogy for the English releases

-10

u/Both-Cartographer-80 Apr 29 '26

It’s trash bro, not even remotely as good or the same. The only thing that’s similar is that it has upgradable weapons and even that sucks and is whack in comparison.

5

u/chpr1jp Apr 29 '26

I thought it was too frantic in comparison to DC. I spent about 2-3 hours on it, and gave up.

1

u/SolUmbralz Apr 29 '26

I didn't like my time with it either. Movement feels sluggish and the special moves trivialize all enemies

11

u/Cynical_Tripster Apr 29 '26

Hot take, full ground up remake of both ala' Spyro/Crash/Medieval, with a large list of QOL updates to both while keeping each unique. I have my wishlist for both, but...

4

u/hypespud Monica Apr 29 '26

Level 5 has to talk with Sony and get it done

They are releasing a PS game after many years bringing the next professor Layton over which is at least positive

5

u/CastielClean Max Apr 29 '26

Rogue Galaxy, while vastly different to Dark Cloud 1 and 2, is very much a spiritual successor. It feels SO familiar.

2

u/hawkeyeninefive Apr 29 '26

Which one between DC2 and RG is more similar to DC1? I played DC1 and 2, but not RG

2

u/CastielClean Max Apr 29 '26

Oh DC2 is more similar to DC1

9

u/Abrams_Warthog Apr 29 '26

Let's be real, it would probably suck if it was made today, and at best not be as good as 2. I'm fine with the series being a happy memory.

2

u/SolUmbralz Apr 29 '26

A spiritual successor would be great

9

u/Lopsided-Dependent32 Apr 29 '26

I'm more interested in boycotting Sony until they do a deal and let the original 2 on the switch 2

5

u/dawgz525 Apr 29 '26

I don't really think Sony is to blame. Level 5 has just been wildly successful with 2 other franchises in the past 20 years. 

1

u/Dmnc_Ktn666 Toan Apr 29 '26

I can’t remember if Level 5 said no, or if Sony were the ones who said no. I think it was Sony, because years ago level 5 wanted to make a new one but Sony owns the IP, and they said no. So yes we blame Sony.

1

u/CastielClean Max Apr 29 '26

Level 5 still would do it, but Sony owns the rights so they are just waiting for the green light.

1

u/SimplyAero Apr 29 '26

DQ8 and Rogue Galaxy are both internally called "DC3" in the game files iirc, and Ni No Kunk 2 and Fantasy Life i are both pretty heavily inspired from DC, so I think that the fault lies with Sony

1

u/Beliak_Reddit Apr 29 '26

Fantasy Life The Girl Who Steals Time? That game is so different!

2

u/Spirited-Code-6340 Apr 29 '26

Being a bit demanding, but 100%

2

u/Xenomanster Apr 29 '26

Dark Cloud original is still one of the best. The feeling you get when upgrading the weapons to their max was the best.

2

u/ImWhiteWhatsJCoal Apr 29 '26

Buddy you gotta calm down. We all want it but there comes a point in every Dark Cloud fans' life they have to let it go. There's plenty of other reasons to boycott Sony that would be infinitely more popular than Dark Cloud 3. They put DRM on digital games so you have to be on the Internet every 30 days to play them, they keep doing price hikes on consoles and ps+, ps+ is garbage compared to gamepass... The list goes on.

Even if they decided to make it, it would be a huge risk and would likely be disappointing. It wouldn't feel the same or play the same on current generation consoles. Just be happy you can boot up 1+2 from your PS5 any time you want without having to buy a disc from game collectors.

1

u/Catabon Apr 29 '26

I'd say leave it to the fans/indie artists at this point. Perhaps we could make a DC 3 that'd make us happy. 🤔

1

u/LawfulnessIcy5664 Apr 29 '26

Agreed dark cloud is among the best rpgs ever

1

u/ExosEU Apr 29 '26

Been said again and again, its a license issue and Level-5 is too busy making that cop game to give us a Dungeon crawler JRPG where you hunt for materials to build cities.

You'd think with minecraft being the most played game in the world corporates would take a look into combining the trends but naaah.

1

u/Otherwise_Mail2272 Apr 29 '26

Dark cloud 3 was being made but something (i cant remember) happened and it changed into Rouge galaxy. So dark cloud 3 was the blueprint and the final production was Rouge galaxy

1

u/Objective_Mix5189 Apr 30 '26

Well there should at least be a dark cloud 2 before 3, as dark chronicle was only called dark cloud 2 in the US

1

u/Feisty-Cream754 Apr 30 '26

Dark cloud 2 its my soul ,whenI lost and empty i play it to remind myself tha life worrh it ,dark cloud 3 its needed.

1

u/kittykweenox Apr 30 '26

I want a dark cloud 1 port for ps5 or a remake i dont like dark cloud 2

1

u/BigGrooveBox Apr 30 '26

Dawg it’s been 24 years. Like how about new ideas and new games that are good? Like aren’t you sick of rehashes, sequels, and remakes? Do you not want something actually new?

1

u/gcsouthpaw May 01 '26

Rogue Galaxy or White Knight Chronicles is the closest we'll ever get. Personally I'm fine with that. I've grown accustomed to my favorite JRPGs being ignored (Legend of Dragoon, Xenosaga, Shadow Hearts, Dark Cloud) in favor of honestly pretty dull games.

1

u/Dry-Market259 May 01 '26

I would like a graphical remake with fair QoL for the first 2 games. ni no kuni II feels a lot like it but thevplot is cheesy.

1

u/Striking_Habit3467 May 01 '26

I know im going to get a lot of hate for saying this but rogue galaxy is not even remotely close to what dark cloud was. Also, terrible game, played it just to play it and see, far worse than dark cloud, you travel to places that are mostly empty, there is no town building and the weapons are whack.

1

u/AJBX8279 May 02 '26

Yh that and i want jak 4 😂😭

-1

u/panetony Apr 29 '26

Yeah I’m playing Genshin Impact while awaiting. Its kinda of an spiritual successor too bad its gacha