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Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days

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Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days is not just a PSP remake of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories but rather a complete overhaul with new mechanics from Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice and some from Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness.

The first thing to notice is that the graphcs have been rescaled for the PSP and look amazing for it. Although the game is solely a 2D sprite affair, the environments that are in 3D as well as the rescaled intro video (with the song "Sinful Rose"), really show how perfect this series is on the PSP as apposed to the bigscreen during the PS2 days. I feel that this isnt the strongest musically with the key track being Sinful Rose, but our favorite tracks return such as the song that plays for Rosenqueen stores and the theme song to Disgaea 1. There is also Japanese vocal track and English vocal track with tons of voiced dialouge. The combination moves for team attacks look amazing as well and definitely differ from Disgaea 1 and Disgaea 3, actually they feel more powerful than in those other games. The character voices for the classes actually seem to be different than they were in the previous games. No longer does the fighter say "I'll Finish This" :(

Mechanically speaking those that have played Disgaea know what to expect. Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days is an SRPG in which you can create more characters in different classes, level them up to level 9999, level up their items to level 100, and carry out many more numerous modifications to your hearts content. There are virtually no limits to creating the ultimate team and those who do will be heavily rewarded in the end, and endend game. Implementations from Disgaea 3 include the magichange system, in which you can move a human character and mosnter character together and get the mosnter character to transform into a weapon. You can now double magichange into a more powerful combination.

Storywise, the main story can span anywhere from 20 hours to 100 hours depending on one likes to level up their characters and enemies to get maximum experience points from them or to just rush through the standard mode and then play through the alternate storyline mode (which can actually be unlocked from the very beginning with a series of button presses). There is also promise of future DLC that will add other characters in the Disgaea storyline to this game as well for people to train, which is all forthcoming.


I found and still find Disgaea 2 to be a great entry for the Disgaea series on the PSP. My plan is to level several characters to 9999 just for the sake of trying to do billions of damage, it will be aweosme! There is no reason to not own it if this is your type of game. If you have played Disgaea 2 on the PS2 originally it is time to step up to this version, the bonuses, changes, and alternate storyline mode are worth it for this game. To get all the things that are in the beyond the end of the story mode there is tons to unlock and DLC coming our way.

Tristan being another person who rated and reviewed the game.....said just about everything I would say. I will add that I've played Disgaea and Disgaea 2 on the PS2,Disgaea 3 on the PS3 and Disgaea:Afternoon of Darkness on the PSP. The series (at least to me) seems much more suited for the PSP, just for the fact that you can't get enough of the game and need to play it all the time, any time, any where! And the fact that NIS can actually port the whole game to the PSP AND ADD ADDITIONAL CONTENT is flippin' sweet (although it doesn't really help the case about the Disgaea series lacking graphically, but thats a different gripe for a different time =) ). I just started the game myself and chose Axel's story mode because I wasn't interested in just playing through the same thing that I did on the PS2 version. Not sure what to expect, but it feels just a tad more difficult than the regular story mode, that's a good thing though because later on, the main story gets real easy when you get overpowered. If you've never played a game in the Disgaea series and you are a fan of SRPG's, then you have to at least try this game. If not on the PSP, then I recommend getting the PS2 version. If you have played Disgaea 1,2 or 3, then you know what to expect....SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! Buy the game already. Stop waisting your time reading my crappy review. Adel, Rozalin, Asagi, Axel and more chameos than you can blow up with a single Prinny await....ZAM!

This game is almost too good. I love the storyline, characters, enemies, stages, weapons, voices, etc. This one game made me want to get Disgaea 3, Disgaea 4 (comming out soon/already came out), Prinny 2, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Disgaea Infinite and many other Nippon Ichi Software Games. The only thing I don't like is the time required to level up.

Disgaea 2 has got to be one of my favorite games. You play as the hero Adell, a young human who feels the need to defeat the Overlord Zenon, a fantastically powerful demon who has turned Adell's entire world into a planet of demons. The setup is that Adell's mom is a conjuror who attempts to summon Zenon through a spell to help her son and to get herself turned back into a human, but the spell goes awry and Zenon's daughter Rozalin turns up instead. Adell, being ever the hero, decides to escort Rozalin back to her father's domain and then lay the smackdown on him to reverse the spell and return his world's humanity. This lays the groundwork for some interesting revelations and makes for an intriguing story to hang the gameplay on. The game is more strategy than RPG, as you move your characters about gameboards that have various advantages or disadvantages assigned to them before making an attack. Playing through the main storyline the boards remain the same for each encounter, so you can replay them as much as you need to level up your recruitable army of characters. Name them, equip them, augment their strengths and bolster their weaknesses; these are YOUR characters. But the most fun is entering the "Item" world, an option after the first few levels, that allows you to extract extra powers to place on your character's equipment. These are all randomly generated boards that become puzzles for you to solve as you decide the best way to proceed. This is where you can play forever as you continually pick up new equipment and want to extract the powers for your upgrades.
The graphics are crisp on the PSP, and the sound and voiceover work is great. If I had to mention any cons, it would be that the game tends to give away items at an exobitant rate, and you will soon find your warehouse full if you choose to defeat every level and win every fight. If you enjoy strategy games, this one is for you.

As a big fan of the Disgaea series, I wasn't sure what to expect when going into this game. I played Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice before back-tracking to visit this game, and was worried I would be underwhelmed after being treated to everything the 3rd game had to offer. But I was not underwhelmed at all. This game kept the Disgaea tradition of each game striving to be its best, because I didn't feel like Disgaea 2 was lacking at all in comparison to the game that came later. Even if Disgaea 3 had new features, I felt like I was having just as much fun with Disgaea 2! Even though it's not very old at all, I'm going to venture to say that it is starting to age gracefully, because it compares very well to the newer games in most every department.

This game also gets points for having translated well to a portable console. Some platform games don't do very well when they make the jump to portable gaming, but I found that Disgaea is very fun to play on the PSP and that this game handled the transition very well. The graphics look just as stunning as they would on a TV- the text doesn't get fuzzy or hard to read. And even if it did, the game also has great voice acting, sound effects, and music that sounds just as good coming from the PSP as it would coming from regular speakers.

Gamers beware, however, if this is your first step into the Disgaea universe, do a little research. Disgaea is not your standard RPG. Read up on the battle style a little bit before you dedicate yourself to a purchase- or hey, start with the first game in the series and get acquainted, since the game does reference back to the original, even though it has a mostly independent storyline, so you may find yourself lost. If you've already played the first Disgaea and know the wacky world you're considering diving back into, I highly recommend Disgaea 2. There's fun cameo appearances from the original cast, and the new cast is just as diverse and hilarious.

I played straight through Disgaea 2 without popping another game into my PSP until it was done. 5 stars for another great installment into the Disgaea library.

This game well, kicks ass it is adictive and is the best game on the psp next to crisis core. Role playing just dosen't get any better than this and it has plenty of action, loveable charaters, comedy, and an intresting story. Buy it!

After doing a ton of game review research on this game, I decided to take the plunge and try it out. It turns out that the naysayers were all wrong. The game is designed for BOTH the casual story oriented Strategy RPG player AND the hardcore grinding player. There is no need for any newcomer to the game to worry about at all, the advanced game mechanics (such as the geocubes and geosymbols) will take a few tries to understand, and even then you don't need to understand all the advanced features to be able to finish the game's storymode.

If you are the dedicated type that wants to achieve every stat boost possible and to upgrade you item to insane levels, this is the game for you. For the rest of the demographic this game is aimed at (like me), those that enjoy a decent, funny story to go along with strategic RPG combat, this is a title that will offer a lengthy story campaign that brings a smile to one's face.
If you like Final Fantasy Tactics and other strategic RPG titles, this is the psp game you need to have.

I received this game for my birthday about a week ago. I've always loved the Disgaea series, and the second one was one of my favorites, so I was overjoyed when I got this. It's got the same story line as the original Disgaea 2, but they've added some features that were in the third game, like Magichange. I am almost finished with it, and I have no complaints. Good, fun, classic game in the Disgaea series. Recommended for any Disgaea fan

I started playing the disgaea saga like around 5 years ago, maybe more than with the first hour of darkness. Always been an rpg fan and I love the fact that the psp is now adding several of the best ones back. Love the game, this game means hours and hours of fun. Strongly recomend this one!!!

Great fun game that will give any player hours of game play.Especialy after the story mode ends you could still continue play and level-in up your caracters.Pick a copy or start with the first Disgaea game witch is twice a better and more entertaning game.