The short answer is, not much-we can safely report that Nippon Ichi hasn't mucked around with a good thing in this sequel. At any rate, we've recently tried our hand at the nearly finished English version of Disgaea 2 to see what's changed this time around (and you can see for yourself in a collection of new gameplay movies). The popularity of Disgaea isn't hard to fathom, what with its bizarre style and sense of humor, not to mention its lovable character design (the evil penguin enemies known as prinnies have essentially become the most easily recognized element from the game). Instead, it has produced a series of distinctly separate games-such as La Pucelle Tactics, Makai Kingdom, and Phantom Brave-that are nevertheless very similar in art style and almost identical in gameplay terms.ĭisgaea: Hour of Darkness, released in 2003, must have been especially popular, though, because NIS has been hard at work on a direct sequel, subtitled Cursed Memories. Nippon Ichi rarely revisits the same franchise. The little boutique Japanese developer has been cranking out games with the same specific formula-which was inspired by classics like Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics-for years now, and fans of the company's unique brand of dense strategic gameplay and endearingly quirky humor just keep eating these titles up. We'd like to add a third item to the list: Nippon Ichi strategy RPGs. It's been said the only things you can count on are death and taxes.
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