I played Dark Cloud when it first came out. I thought it was kinda dumb at first (that stupid cat SHUT UP) but it eventually grew on me. I just hated the fact that I had to switch characters everytime I ran into something that blocked my path. I used the main guy and Osmond, I couldn't be bothered to build up the weapons for everyone.
Dark Cloud 2 was alot of fun while I had it, but I only got maybe halfway through and got rid of it for some reason that I no longer recall.
protip: DC1 is like 5USD used and DC2 around 12-15