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Disgaea DS (2008)

Nippon Ichi Software

Port of Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness

Nintendo DS

3.43 from 72 ratings

198 members have it in their collection · 9 playing now · 58 backlogged · 49 wish listed

Players will initially take on the role of Overlord Laharl, a young demon prince who has just woken from a two-year long nap and finds out that his father, who was the king, has passed away. In order to regain his rightful title as King of the Netherworld, Laharl sets off on a demonic adventure, but must do so with … Read more
Players will initially take on the role of Overlord Laharl, a young demon prince who has just woken from a two-year long nap and finds out that his father, who was the king, has passed away. In order to regain his rightful title as King of the Netherworld, Laharl sets off on a demonic adventure, but must do so with a back stabbing servant, love stupid angel, and a few disgruntled penguins who are looking for trouble. Read less
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Details

Developers
Nippon Ichi Software
Publishers
NIS America, Nippon Ichi Software
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Franchises
Disgaea
Series
Disgaea

Release dates

  • Jun 26, 2008 (Japan) Nintendo DS
  • Sep 23, 2008 (North_America) Nintendo DS
  • Apr 02, 2009 (Australia) Nintendo DS
  • Apr 03, 2009 (Europe) Nintendo DS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
9
4 stars
23
3 stars
32
2 stars
6
1 star
2
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Witt997

Review Witt997 3/5 · Jan 1, 2022

Disgaea sul DS

ho giocato la versione PC, che a quanto mi risulta è uguale alle versioni PS2+PSP, ma senza gli sprites in HD di Switch e PS4, sostituibili con una mod. Trama esilarante che non si prende molto sul serio, gameplay sopra le righe che vi farà divertire, grafica 2d che ha visto tempi migliori. Musiche ottime. Consigliatissimo, concluso in 8-9 ore …

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ho giocato la versione PC, che a quanto mi risulta è uguale alle versioni PS2+PSP, ma senza gli sprites in HD di Switch e PS4, sostituibili con una mod. Trama esilarante che non si prende molto sul serio, gameplay sopra le righe che vi farà divertire, grafica 2d che ha visto tempi migliori. Musiche ottime. Consigliatissimo, concluso in 8-9 ore Voto: 8.5/10

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Chovus

Status Chovus Jun 29, 2020

Played on loan from my coworker using her DS. I beat the main story and most of Etna mode. I did not like this game much and stopped playing before beating Etna mode. I had Laharl using bows and Etna using spears. I used mostly the story characters. I only remember 1 generic character; a cleric I made at the …

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Played on loan from my coworker using her DS. I beat the main story and most of Etna mode. I did not like this game much and stopped playing before beating Etna mode. I had Laharl using bows and Etna using spears. I used mostly the story characters. I only remember 1 generic character; a cleric I made at the beginning who was actually quite powerful. I believe I also had a couple other low level clerics that I brought along sometimes to be heal bots.

The core gameplay is quite good; I do love tactical RPGs and Final Fantasy Tactics is one of my all time favorite games, but this game goes way overboard with tedious grinding. The sheer extent that you can go to for powering up equipment in the item world and dealing with reincarnation and parents; it is exhausting. I did manage to get Laharl and Etna (at least, maybe others) some support magic and my cleric got some offensive magic. The difficulty of the story missions ramped up very quickly, so grinding and powering up was mandatory. I tried to do a little as possible to just barely scrape by the missions and got sick of it all before I finished Etna mode.

On top of the tedious gameplay, the story, characters and setting are too silly to take seriously. I know that is a big part of the game but it did not make me invested in playing. I had a hard time liking or caring about any of the characters or what was going on. To me the game seems like a boring slog that is tedious for the sake of being tedious. I give it 6/10.

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