The folks who made Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2: Electric Boogaloo and Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King have released their latest – and last – PS2 masterpiece. Developer Level-5′s Rogue Galaxy is being billed as the last great PS2 RPG, and it lives up to that billing.

While the game isn’t a next-gen, open world masterpiece like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, that allowed you to do everything from becoming a vampire to taking up a job doing presentation folder printing, Rogue Galaxy does its best to offer a game that pushes the boundaries of previous-gen gaming.

The graphics and soundwork are solid, the game is over 100 hours long, and the writing is witty and light-hearted without losing an element of heart. Anyone who has owned the PS2 and loved it for its wealth of RPGs need to get this one. It’s a great capper to a great run on a great platform.

I just hope PS3 will do as well. Level-5 is working on their first PS3 title, White Knight Story, though… so the signs are promising!