Disgaea 4 (and Asagi) hit common sense with massive damage [US Summer 2011!]

cj iwakura · September 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfSEHV8WE8A

The story is about Valbatose, a vampire who is leading a coup d’état in the Netherworld. Disgaea 4 has a huge evolution in graphics and an online mode. Perhaps, and this is total speculation, for a versus mode.

New sprites(finally), and a metric ton of crazy mechanics.

It's not Mao, but I like where this is going.

Xagarath · September 2010

Will probably wind up buying, but it'd be nice if the protagonist looked less like a rehash.

Zetetic Elench · September 2010

Something about the uniform reminds me of the Persona 3 protagonist.

This deeply disturbs me.

NailbunnyPD · September 2010

Hopefully they make use of the hardware this time around. At least give us HD sprites.

Antihippy · September 2010

Prinny outfit girl is kinda cool.

HD sprites though, please.

Marikir · September 2010

The Disgaea games are almost always instant buys for me for the PS2 and PS3 systems.

I just love TBS games and these were always so fun. I look forward to seeing what this new game brings to the table. HD sprites would be cool.

Need more TBS games, developers.

(I swear, if they redid D1 in a PS3 collection like they did God of War and the Ico/SotC collection, they could just have my wallet.)

Mostlyjoe13 · September 2010

Money ready to spend! Look at the Prinny Action girl!

Akilae · September 2010

So we're going vampires and werewolves this time around? Might be interesting...

Transdimensional Whale · September 2010

Now that I have figured out the secret (read: blindingly obvious in hindsight) to grinding after hours of Disgaea 3, I'm looking forward to this.

Ah_Pook · September 2010

neat. i played like 50 hours of D3, so i'll probably pick this one up too. the disgaea formula isnt quite as addictive to me as it used to be, but i still have massive affection for the series. i doubt i'll ever top the 150ish hours i put into D2, or even come close to that ever again.

Morninglord · September 2010

I still haven't finished 3. BecauseI haven't finished 1 or 2. I keep getting lost in item worlds or levelling or or or or and so on until I burn out on the game. I only ever get halfway through the plot.

I need to pinch my gf's psp for a few weeks and finish the main stories of 1 and 2.

TomKROOK · September 2010

Ahh, just in time. I put almost 140 hours into the DS version of D1. I got about half way through D3, but looks like my weekends just cleared themselves up.

Dranyth · September 2010

I finished the *hell* out of Disgaea 1 on PS2 back in the day, I don't remember what my final timer on that game was... 200 hours? More? Something like that.

I've never been able to put the same kind of time into any of NIS' games since. Which is a shame, because I *love* the updated mechanics of Disgaea 2, especially with the Item World and such, but I don't like the cast nearly as much, which I think is a big part of it.

blaze_zero · September 2010

I didn't really get into the deep end of 3 like I did 2.

But I will still probably Day 1 this.

mystic_knight · September 2010

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

I knew it would happen eventually, but still/

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

The Anonymous · September 2010

I'm still bitter about missing 3 because I couldn't afford a day 1 purchase.

mystic_knight · September 2010

The Anonymous wrote: »

I'm still bitter about missing 3 because I couldn't afford a day 1 purchase.

I got my copy for about $17 recently. It's way cheap now.

Pata · September 2010

Morninglord wrote: »

I still haven't finished 3. BecauseI haven't finished 1 or 2. I keep getting lost in item worlds or levelling or or or or and so on until I burn out on the game. I only ever get halfway through the plot.

I need to pinch my gf's psp for a few weeks and finish the main stories of 1 and 2.

This is why I don't do any crazy grinding or item world shenanigans until I beat the plot.

Unco-ordinated · September 2010

NailbunnyPD wrote: »

Hopefully they make use of the hardware this time around. At least give us HD sprites.

They mentioned a year or two back that their next PS3 game would be suited for the hardware quite a bit more than Disgaea 3. I still wouldn't expect it to have super hi-res sprites but I do think it'll look better than Disgaea 3.

Anyway, I skipped Disgaea 2 and 3 (though still bought 2 figuring I'd get around to it... Never did) but I think I'm ready to jump back on the Disgaea train again. Looking forward to it.

Raijin Quickfoot · September 2010

I loved the first one, bought the second one since I'm in it but never got much into it. Keep thinking about buying the third.

cj iwakura · September 2010

2 is the best, IMO. 3 has some of what made 2 great, but not all of it, which is O_o in my book. Too many weird mechanic updates.

The classroom stuff is neat, but having to buy new skills straight up sucks.

Transdimensional Whale · September 2010

I just noticed, the new protagonist is an X-Man.

By the way, Disgaea 3 is my first and I'd like to know whether I keep everything if I go new game+. I want to try for some of the alternate endings, but I don't want to lose the side characters I've accumulated by completing the extra maps.

cj iwakura · September 2010

Yep, just about everything carries over, aside from story additions(at least this was true of 2).

Transdimensional Whale · September 2010

Story additions? So I would have to rerecruit, say, Almaz?

jothki · September 2010

Hopefully I'll be able to play Disgaea 4. I'd love to support NI, but they really aren't meeting me halfway with anything they've made lately besides the Phantom Brave port.

cj iwakura · September 2010

Story updates!

The story is about Valbatose, a vampire who is leading a coup d’état in the Netherworld. Disgaea 4 has a huge evolution in graphics and an online mode. Perhaps, and this is total speciation, for a versus mode.

Transdimensional Whale wrote: »

Story additions? So I would have to rerecruit, say, Almaz?

Yep.

Transdimensional Whale · September 2010

Oh. Well, wouldn't I then have to recruit the extra map characters? Since they all appear after the game is over and I kinda wanted to go through the plot with them all reincarnated at level one.

cj iwakura · September 2010

Not sure, but I think they stick around?

Transdimensional Whale · September 2010

I guess I'll just have to find out then. Thank you, though.

harvest · September 2010

Nice. Hopefully I'll own a PS3 by the time the game gets a US release. Oh, but I suppose I'd have to get Disgaea 3 as well

Ranadiel · September 2010

Cross Edge burned me out on NIS games, though I know it was different than the Disgaea line. I've had a decent break though so maybe I'll pick this one up.

cj iwakura · September 2010

Cross Edge wasn't made by NIS, so I wouldn't blame them too much for that.

Idea Hacktory made that one, I think.

Marikir · September 2010

Disgaea online mode?

Well, huh, I guess I could see that...two or more teams going at it on a field, turn based style...

Hmmm....

Now, I really liked the improvements they made in the mechanics and animation in D2. But, frankly, I really liked the non-grid nature of Phantom Brave, so part of me hopes that's in there too.

All in all, I'm very curious and look forward to more information, screen shots, and video when it becomes available.

Antihippy · September 2010

Graphics update has me interested.

EmperorSeth · September 2010

You know, when I saw that OP, I thought the main character WAS Laharl, having finally entered his teenage years. That might be a neat concept; exploring the original game characters from a new perspective. Sadly, the PS3 is still the only modern console I don't own, so this will be a while for me.

jothki · September 2010

Marikir wrote: »

But, frankly, I really liked the non-grid nature of Phantom Brave, so part of me hopes that's in there too.

I doubt that will ever happen. I assume that Disgaea will always have a grid, and any future alternate series probably will not.

Pata · September 2010

I can't really imagine a vs mode working well in Disgaea.

Well, unless they fix up the damage calculations so that defense actually works.

KiTA · September 2010

Antihippy wrote: »

Graphics update has me interested.

Rumours of them dropping sprites for polygons has me scared.

Hopefully they fix the difficulty curve this time. D3 was... Eh.

Sankaku (NSFW, not linked) is claiming a Feb 24th release in Japan. No word on a US release, hope we... hahaha, yeah right. We'll probably see it around August 2011 (6 months, it took them 7 to do D3) unless they're going to do a simultaneous development/localization thing.

Antihippy · September 2010

http://ja.justin.tv/suika_kun/b/270198828

New sprites yaaaaay.

Aroduc · September 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQhPwROEKkw

LCDXX · September 2010

Ugh, TGS is breaking my bank this year. That trailer was great.

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