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Disgaea 3 is a musical, PG scratches his head
Phoenix Gamma | 1:41 AM on 01.11.2008 11 comments


The opening may ask more questions than answer. Like "what the bloody hell are they singing?", or "can they MAKE an oversexed character loli-er than Etna?", or "how many large anime boobs can you put in a game before it's too much?" But I think the biggest one is "why couldn't the Disgaea anime look this good, goddamnit?!"

I always found the Disgaea games charming. Sadly, this game seems to set itself up to disappoint me:

It's on the PS3.

I never beat either of the Disgaeas. There's grind, and then there's Disgaea.

The protagonist reminds me of the heroes in children's books and movies, where the author or whoever says "I'll give him really big glasses! That way kids with glasses will see that they can be heroes too!" He's just not as cool as Laharl, who seems to be stuck as a cameo again, alongside Etna, which is even more of a sin.

Also, let's not forget it still looks like a PS2 launch title.

But at least it has a cute anime intro :3

I think I'll learn that zombie dance now...



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jeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 02:51
jeep
yeah the disgaea anime did indeed suck
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 03:19
Shin Oni
the anime may suck, but Etna still stays hot no matter the age.

I still love me some Etna. On top of that, I have yet to beat either of the first 2. only cause it takes some damn time to play. I haven't started the 2nd but the first is uh...well i'm still pretty early in and it's just way too much grinding for each single character to keep me in for good right now.
Variable Gear's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 03:22
Variable Gear
If they make that a $9.99 PSN Downloadable and I'd think about it. Otherwise, I'll get the original game when I get a PS3, since I never played a Disgaea game before.
Ravana's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 03:26
Ravana
Ug, I never finished Disgaea. I quit WoW because of grinding, and then came Disgaea. It is indeed the new standard.

The anime was that bad? Sad panda...

Well, I don't have a PS3, so there won't be any urge to pick up D3. My wallet can't handle it.
Tricoden's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 05:31
Tricoden
Huzzah, finally my PS3 will get some actually play.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 06:53
Jonathan Holmes
Zombie Dance = Win
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 08:47
Gen Eric Gui
Disgaea's main story requires almost no griding. It's only the post-game special stuff that does. For instance, you can beat Disgaea 2's main story at around level 60, which you'll reach naturally by playing through the story maps.

Just because the max level is in excess of 350,000 doesn't mean you actually have to reach it. I mean, La Pucelle's highest level boss can be beaten at level 300, and it had the 9999 cap too.

Also: I HAET Etna, Taro is where it's at.
Hitogoroshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 09:29
Hitogoroshi
Gen Eric Gui is right. You can easily get through Disgaea 2 with no grinding.

God I love these games and I can't wait for this.
Phoenix Gamma's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 12:21
Phoenix Gamma
@ Gen Eric and Hitogorshi: Not only have I been playing the story maps, but also the item world on SEVERAL occasions. And the enemies in the next story map are way stronger. IIRC, all of them.

@ Ravana: It's not BAD, persay...it just has some choppy animation, a totally different artist, and the story get flipped around so that it's a whole new beast. I remember Jonathan and Midboss all fighting Laharl within the first two episodes for some reason, maybe even the first.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2008 13:42
Gen Eric Gui
The biggest level jump on a story map I ever recall seeing was mabe to the tune of 2-3 levels up. If any enemy is significantly stronger that you at a given point, it's either because you're supposed to lose the fight or there's some kind of Geo Panel effect you can abuse to defeat them.

Item world is completely optional. You don't NEED to do it, therefore, the grinding required to go through it is not required to the completion of the main game.
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