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Game Review: Disgaea DS
16 years ago
One of the other things I'm going to start doing is reviewing video games. Generally there is an initial review, followed by a hindsight review some time later.
Disgaea DS is one of the latest ports of Disgaea, which originally came out for the PS2. It featured a charming and witty cast of demons, angels and humans, and often gave you the "bad guy" view on things. One of the big jokes in it is that you are not trying to stop an overlord from enslaving people, but you are in fact working your way back up to being said overlord.
Now, Disgaea DS, beyond some non-core changes, is exactly the same as Disgaea. One of the most notable changes is the loss of voice during most of the cut scenes. It is however in the the chapter cut scenes, and at least in the beginning of the game. Then there is a prinny that appears on the top screen saying things behind the main characters back. A few other new features include a music shop, wi-fi, touch screen control, the catalog and the new overhead map.
Graphically, it is very old school. Each character and attack is nothing more than a sprite on the screen. No fancy bit shaded bloom 3d renders ultimately making have a more happy feeling without being overly childish.
Sound wise, the scenes that do have voice acting, its clear and believable. The music continues to add to the happy feeling and still not be childish. I do not know however if they have kept the Tsunami Bomb song in the game. It does however get a little meh when you have several of the same job types in play and each are attacking in a row. (Only so many times you can listen them them crackle their evil laughter in rapid succession)
Overall, I'd say Disgaea was a perfect game. You could spend very little time and just burn through it no problem, or you could go heavy into it getting more and more powerful and destroy even more foes. Hopefully Disgaea DS is similar, as it seems to be so far.
I'd say if you have a DS get the the DS version over the PS2 version, especially if you have friends with DS's. But of course there is something special about both of them.
Disgaea DS is one of the latest ports of Disgaea, which originally came out for the PS2. It featured a charming and witty cast of demons, angels and humans, and often gave you the "bad guy" view on things. One of the big jokes in it is that you are not trying to stop an overlord from enslaving people, but you are in fact working your way back up to being said overlord.
Now, Disgaea DS, beyond some non-core changes, is exactly the same as Disgaea. One of the most notable changes is the loss of voice during most of the cut scenes. It is however in the the chapter cut scenes, and at least in the beginning of the game. Then there is a prinny that appears on the top screen saying things behind the main characters back. A few other new features include a music shop, wi-fi, touch screen control, the catalog and the new overhead map.
Graphically, it is very old school. Each character and attack is nothing more than a sprite on the screen. No fancy bit shaded bloom 3d renders ultimately making have a more happy feeling without being overly childish.
Sound wise, the scenes that do have voice acting, its clear and believable. The music continues to add to the happy feeling and still not be childish. I do not know however if they have kept the Tsunami Bomb song in the game. It does however get a little meh when you have several of the same job types in play and each are attacking in a row. (Only so many times you can listen them them crackle their evil laughter in rapid succession)
Overall, I'd say Disgaea was a perfect game. You could spend very little time and just burn through it no problem, or you could go heavy into it getting more and more powerful and destroy even more foes. Hopefully Disgaea DS is similar, as it seems to be so far.
I'd say if you have a DS get the the DS version over the PS2 version, especially if you have friends with DS's. But of course there is something special about both of them.
it wasn't their choice, they didn't have the rights, and that band disbanded, so there was no one to talk to about getting it again.
that game a laugh fest too.
Etna's extra story after you beat it the first though is insanely hard for people who didn't grind. I didn't, and I've been stuck on the last part of a while.
it just takes too long in item world for me to stay interested without the witty banter.