While the JRPG hasn’t quite been able to rekindle in this generation the same sort of fervor that the genre so dominantly held onto in the PS1/PS2-era, the recent release of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories on PSN at least serves as a faithful nostalgia trip to the days of challenging, complex, yet deeply rewarding strategy and RPG combat. Seeing release after 7 years from its initial debut, Disgaea 2 brings a lot with it: an at-times overwhelming yet incredibly intricate combat system, huge amounts of content to keep you coming back, but probably most of all, delirious amounts of charm, humor, and character that keep you invested in a world (and series) as kooky as Disgaea.
Since 2003, NIS has been giving people a way to help groups of antiheroes accomplish goals of varying degrees of morality. With new versions and iterations arriving every few years, someone might wonder how they could hop into these strategic scenarios. Well, if people check out this guide, they might find a way to make the Netherworld your new second home.
Go Critic: When you think of games that are synonymous with the strategy RPG, there are a few titles that might come to mind depending on when you got into the genre. Shining Force is often credited with bringing the genre to North America, with interest that surged with the release of Final Fantasy Tactics. But it wasn’t until the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness before the floodgates truly opened and it was no longer unusual to see things like Fire Emblem or Phantom Brave on store shelves.
PixlBit | "Friends, let me talk to you for a bit about addiction of a gaming nature. I’m sure you’ve experienced it before: that sense of falling into a game so completely that it takes over your brain and keeps you up until the wee hours of the morning. I’m here to talk about a recent addiction of mine, a game so devilishly devious in its seduction that you would be wise to stay away, even as I tell you that you should by all means play it. That game would be Disgaea 2, a PlayStation 2 game recently added to the PSN marketplace as a PS2 classic."
