Disgaea 3

[Kiarax]

Can't say I enjoyed TA too much. I was mostly referring to TA2 which I enjoyed. I gave the Disgaea 1 for DS a shot but stopped after maybe 30 minutes because of the moonspeak. Can't say I liked the whole moving everyone at once deal versus taking turns, but I guess it gets alot better when you can do different kinds of combos.

[MisterBob]

On Chapter 2 so far. Just as good as 1/2, difficulty was ramped up a bit.

[Kyo]

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/strategy...a3/review.html

Review.

[orson]

Verdicts? I haven't played any Disgaeas but have enjoyed FFT and Vandal Hearts. I've enjoyed the humor in Disgaea 2 watching others play it. So you think that Disgaea is pretty balanced or is it just ridiculously huge and slightly harder than average difficultly?

[Elcura]

Main story is pretty balanced. Only the extra stuff is hard and weird.

[Odesseiron]

I just got to chapter 2 in this last night. I can't say I'm really impressed by anything yet, but I wasn't expecting to be. Disgaea games usually take a good amount of time before they become engaging. (With all the extras and whatnot)

Story seems kinda dumb so far, but they all do in the beginning. I already have predictions of who the main characters dad is, but it should still be fun regardless.

What I really wasn't pleased with was the graphics. I knew prior to buying the game that it looked a step up from the PS2 version. The text and overall sprites are a lot crisper because of the HD yes, but you can still see a bit of pixelation and stuff on the characters. I wish it looked as good as Odin Sphere. I also am at the very beginning, and the better looking spells and abilities come towards the end and after building the characters up substantially, I just feel that they could do a lot better. Oh well. At least the game was only 49.99, and not 59.99.

[Elcura]

Age old argument. Graphix sux etc. You realize that for the amount of sprites and animations they have Odin Sphere quality graphics just aren't feasible at all right?

Maybe if they wanted to spend the next 10 years making the sprites it would be.

[MisterBob]

Also, who cares. Gameplay/content is always >>>>> graphics. I'm glad Disgaea's developers still understand this.

[Odesseiron]

Age old argument. Graphix sux etc. You realize that for the amount of sprites and animations they have Odin Sphere quality graphics just aren't feasible at all right?

Maybe if they wanted to spend the next 10 years making the sprites it would be.

I'm not really one to start arguments over things like graphics, cause I really don't care about them. I still played old NES,SNES,PS1 games where the graphics look like like shit, but as Misterbob said gameplay>graphics.. BUT that statement just makes me want to say something. Okay, Odin Sphere and Disgaea 1+2 were on PS2. I realize Disgaeas on PS2 couldn't have sprites like Odin Sphere on PS2 (lolps2limitations) but on PS3? With a game like MGS4 being as graphic intensive and with all the audio that is has, you're telling me PS3 can't fit some extra pixels for better looking sprites in there?

A dual layer Blu Ray disc can hold 50 gig, and a single holds about 25 iirc. I'm sure they easily could have made better sprites, but it would have just taken a longer development time.

I'm not arguing here that graphics make a game. I just want to make that clear. It's just they /could/ have. I love the game as it is, and really am not a graphics whore. I love Nippon Ichi games, even if they don't have the latest and greatest graphics, their games are just extremely fun and addictive, and that at the end of the day is all that matters.

[MisterBob]

I'm not really one to start arguments over things like graphics, cause I really don't care about them. I still played old NES,SNES,PS1 games where the graphics look like like shit, but as Misterbob said gameplay>graphics.. BUT that statement just makes me want to say something. Okay, Odin Sphere and Disgaea 1+2 were on PS2. I realize Disgaeas on PS2 couldn't have sprites like Odin Sphere on PS2 (lolps2limitations) but on PS3? With a game like MGS4 being as graphic intensive and with all the audio that is has, you're telling me PS3 can't fit some extra pixels for better looking sprites in there?

A dual layer Blu Ray disc can hold 50 gig, and a single holds about 25 iirc. I'm sure they easily could have made better sprites, but it would have just taken a longer development time.

I'm not arguing here that graphics make a game. I just want to make that clear. It's just they /could/ have. I love the game as it is, and really am not a graphics whore. I love Nippon Ichi games, even if they don't have the latest and greatest graphics, their games are just extremely fun and addictive, and that at the end of the day is all that matters.

He's not talking about technical limitations. He's talking about the fact that the Disgaea games have an obscene number of sprites and animations, it would take years to actually design them to meet the quality of games like Odin Sphere, which barely had over 100. I guess if you would rather see Disgaea 3 in 2015 it would be possible.

[Katlan]

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/strategy...a3/review.html

Review.

I have to say... what they marked as "bad" in that review are pretty huge flaws though...

Somehow turns your PS3 into a PS2
Still features an absolutely atrocious camera
Less accessible than ever for someone new to the series
Not enough Prinnies, dood.

wth at their not being enough Prinnies!?!?!?!

[MisterBob]

There's a ton of Prinnies lol, I think that last point was just for humor, a reference to the fact that you can never get enough Prinnies.

[killerx]

so does the robber shop take mana away from other players as they gain it, or is it they get full and u get half?

[MisterBob]

They get full, you get half.

[gairaiden]

been playing this myself the past few days. on chapter 4-2 atm. rather enjoying this so far. the difficulty in this one is definately increased a bit. Anyone know yet exactly what old characters make cameo's in this one?

[GRT]

why does every game that's ps3 exclusive have to turn into a debate whether it's worth the console price?

not all games are supposed to be console sellers, some of it are just meant to be valued entry into the console's library, let the ps3 owners enjoy this one and if you have one, go away

[Exoduso]

So... are they like, sequels? Or does each Disgaea game follow a new story?

[MisterBob]

Stories are unrelated, cameos aside.

Beat the main story today. Definitely the best of the series so far.

[Exoduso]

Stories are unrelated, cameos aside.

Oh okay, sounds good.. i'll probably give it a shot once I beat ToV.

[GRT]

Beat the main story today. Definitely the best of the series so far.

planning to play this when i get the time but

really? still yet to find any games since the original disgaea to have that kind of vibe and execute it so well