I used to play the hell out of 1 and 2 back in the PS2 days, but I haven’t touched the series beyond that, and haven’t even played 1/2 much in the last 10 years.
How would you rate 4 in comparison? I noticed it was on sale in the Switch eShop, and I’d love to have one of the series to play on the go.
What I loved about the ones I played:
- Story had a good balance of comedy and heart
- Flexible and fun character building, with decent enough defined classes to get you started
- Tons of post-game/side content (I didn’t like every piece of it, but I liked how much there was to try.)
- CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH
- Perfect geochains, though I was usually too smoothbrain for it.
What I didn’t like:
- Item world, IIRC worse in 1 than 2?
- Adell’s siblings
- Demon court thing?
So I found out after I posted this that there’s a demo, and 40 minutes in I already like Valvotorez more than Laharl, and at least on par with Adell. Seems like I’ll finish the demo to eb sure, and probably pick it up.
If that’s the case you should get it. 4 was easily my favourite gameplay wise but the characters weren’t my favorite
It seems like even Nippon Ichi didn’t like the characters, since the Post-Game stories are about Fuka and Desco and in one of them you even recruit the Tyrant version of Valv from way back in the past, who’s dialogue mentions that he hates Present Day Valvatorez
and… when Disgaea 3 got a re-release on Vita the characters who come over from 4 are… Fuka and Desco…
Valvatorez and Fenrich are mysteriously absent
the nicest thing I can say about the two are that they’re a great couple
Liking Sardines is not a personality, and liking Valvatorez is both not a personality, and a violation of my suspension of disbelief.
Pop back in after you’ve played a bit and let us know what you think!