Hour of Darkness | Afternoon of Darkness | DS
Disgaea greatly resembles other strategy RPGs. Its isometric perspective, 3D battlefields, and nice-looking 2D characters are clearly reminiscent of most other games of this type, and on first impression, so is the game’s turn-based combat system. However, you’ll soon realize that this game actually plays very differently.
Even the premise of the game is much different from your typical RPG. The hero of the story, such as he is, is Laharl, crown prince of the netherworld, demon, and spoiled brat. He awakens from a long slumber one day to find that his father is dead and that the netherworld needs a new overlord. The choice is obvious to Laharl, so he sets off to take control of the netherworld by force, with his not-so-trusty vassal Etna in tow. Disgaea’s storyline, which unfolds using a combination of 2D artwork, text, and voice-overs, is overflowing with absurdly goofy Japanese humor, some of which is actually really funny. This sense of humor pervades the entire game–Disgaea doesn’t take itself the least bit seriously, and the anything-goes philosophy expressed by Laharl, Etna, and the other demons of the netherworld actually manifests itself in the game design and the characters’ personalities.
Prologue: Laharl Mode
Episode 1: Prince of the Netherworld
Episode 2: Enter Flonne
Episode 3: A Hint of Kindness
Episode 4: Gift from an Angel
Episode 5: Etna’s Secret
Episode 6: Laharl’s Challenge
Episode 7: On Being an Overlord
Episode 8: Reincarnation
Episode 9: Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth
Episode 10: Angels, Demons, and Humans
Episode 11: Hero’s Will, Overlord’s Way
Episode 12: War of the Netherworld, Part 1
Episode 13: War of the Netherworld, Part 2
Episode 14: What Lies Beyond The Battle
Prologue: Etna Mode
Episode 1: Super Dimensional Etna
Episode 2: Space Detective Etna
Episode 3: Chronicles of Etnarnia
Episode 4: Chronicles of Etnarnia 2
Laharl, Son of the Overlord
Etna, A Cute Little Devil
Flone, Angel Trainee
Vyer “Mid-Boss”, Dark Adonis
Lamington, Seraph
Vulcanus, Archangel
