Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
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Prince Laharl awakens to find his father, King Krichevskoy, dead, and his throne being stolen from him. Now the prince must battle his way through a magical realm filled with countless demons to take back his rule of the Netherworld.
Played in an isometric turn-based style similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, Afternoon of Darkness is an enhanced remake of the PS2 game, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. It features additional optional bosses and the ability to play an alternate story campaign as Etna had she succeeded in killing Prince Laharl. A new multiplayer mode has been added to the US version and the Japanese re-release called Makai Senki Disgaea: Tsūshin Taisen Hajimemashita.
The PC port contains updated graphics (backgrounds only, not the character sprites), an updated UI, and Steam achievements, in addition to having all the content that was in the PSP edition.
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- 魔界戦記ディスガイア Portable - Japanese spelling
- 魔界戦記ディスガイア Portable 通信対戦はじめました - Japanese re-release title spelling
- 디스가이아 포터블 - Korean spelling (hangul)
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Average score: 82% (based on 18 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 10 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
It's got everything you love about the original Disgaea for PS2 and tons more.
The Bad
The alternate storyline with Etna is extremely weak. Besides the fact that the voice actor sounds almost like a different person entirely, practically all of her dialogue is with the most annoying characters in the game: The Prinnies and Flonne. Her rivalry with Laharl was what made the game brilliant to begin with, and when they're not paired together and foiling one another, it's really lame and annoying.
The Bottom Line
A turn-based, grid-based strategy game with so much depth that investing 200 hours in playing doesn't seem like enough. Hilarious characters and storyline, addictive gameplay and intuitive controls (unless you're a Final Fantasy Tactics fan, then they're just dissimilar enough to screw with you,) make this game series a MUST BUY on any platform (PS2, PS3, PSP, DS...buy all of them, but start with the original).
PSP · by Tim Conneally (4) · 2008
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- 4Players
- 2007 – #3 Best Strategy Game of the Year
- GameSpy
- 2007 – #2 PSP Game of the Year
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Game added by Jaimie Holland.
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Additional contributors: Alaka, Fred VT, Patrick Bregger, gbcat.
Game added February 4, 2008. Last modified March 19, 2024.