ready for their next assignment. Reception Arc the Lad: End of Darkness was met with generally mixed reviews due to flaws in its storyline and combat system. Reviewers remarked about the weaker conflict than was in the previous game and how the storyline alters or otherwise discards significant plotlines from its predecessor. They also complained how the combat system was convoluted and had a bad control scheme, and the battle animations were long and unresponsive. Metacritic gave it a score 59 out of 100. References External links SCEJ Instruction 2004 video games Action role-playing video games Arc the Lad PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 2-only games Video game sequels Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Masahiro Andoh Sony Interactive Entertainment games Multiplayer and single-player video games Cooperative video games Namco games Cattle Call (company) games