slaughterking
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My copy shipped. Yay. I hope it arrives before the end of the week.
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Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten |OT| - Defend The Prinnies, Define Your Netherworld.
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TomcatTheLion
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I'm itching to play this but my copy won't likely arrive until Friday. Playing Disgaea 2 & 3 while I wait though!
Dedication Through Light
Member
Some of the random names are so random, Fresh Beets, Gingerbread, Destructocon, Acrobatic Road, Eyebrow Fetish, Collateral Damage...
BobTheFork
Member
I swear I'll cry when I'm done leveling every item I have to 300.
Picking this up in the morning but I have to work all day until late. I'll probably toss in disgaea to get going then play R3 online.
Picking this up in the morning but I have to work all day until late. I'll probably toss in disgaea to get going then play R3 online.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Its so hard in item world to decide between Branching Gates - Innocent Boost or Item Boost or Mystery Room...unless I missed the explanation, isnt it just better to go in Mystery Room all the time?
semiconscious
Member
Arcblade said:
classic
...TheExodu5 said:
It's hardless mindless! I put a lot of mindpower into determining how hardcore my stat whoring will be!
One of the first debates I ever got into on GAF was why Disgaea was better than Final Fantasy Tactics.
I am OG Disgaea fan. Hell, I'm even on the Prinny page (watch video):
http://disgaea.us/d4/chara/prinny.html
heheheh
Can't wait to play this (I will have to wait a bit more, should be out in October here in Europe), in the meantime I'm looking forward to read more of your impressions.
I've played all the series so far: D1-D2-D3-DInfinite and the two Prinnies games
This one seems to have the best gameplay and (obviously) graphics in the series, I hope the story and new characters are at least on par with Disgaea and Disgaea 2 (I didn't like D3 story too much).
I've played all the series so far: D1-D2-D3-DInfinite and the two Prinnies games
This one seems to have the best gameplay and (obviously) graphics in the series, I hope the story and new characters are at least on par with Disgaea and Disgaea 2 (I didn't like D3 story too much).
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
cant wait, got tons and tons of junk food ready for this shit
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
I have been playing the game for around 58 hours so far, very awesome.
It is my first Disgaea game and I am loving it. Valvatorez is one of the most likable lead characters ever and Fuka is just plain great. The cast of characters is very likable, even the villains are likable.
It is my first Disgaea game and I am loving it. Valvatorez is one of the most likable lead characters ever and Fuka is just plain great. The cast of characters is very likable, even the villains are likable.
Android18a
Member
Yay! My copy turned up yesterday Never had a game turn up to the UK from the US so fast!
About 4 fours in, loving it
Never had a game turn up to the UK from the US so fast!About 4 fours in, loving it
Negator said:
I'm pretty close behind you. Just opened (minor Ep # spoiler)
9-4
Not sure if it's just me, but some of the story levels seem way harder than anything in D3. I had to grind a lot more than I wanted to this early on to beat some of the levels in Ep 7.
Dedication Through Light
Member
lljride said:
Is that the best story map to grind or are there any earlier? Ive had to resort to going to the item world a bit just to get a few characters more powerful for the story.
brandonh83
Banned
While trying to decide between Resistance 3 and Dead Island, I realized this was also out today as well. I haven't played any of the prior installments, nor am I big into strat RPG's, but it kinda looks more appealing to me than those other games.
Would it be necessary for me to play the others first?
Would it be necessary for me to play the others first?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Nope each game is pretty self contained. There are a few cameos from previous games or other NIS games but nothing you need to definitely know.brandonh83 said:
Dedication Through Light said:
5-2 is pretty good. There are 4 EXP +50 panels spread out in each corner of the map, but for time's sake I just threw the first two in and killed everything.
Although, at that point in the game I had more success just running through Item World. At least that way I was multi tasking with subduing innocents at the same time.
lljride said:
There are definitely some more difficult maps than you would expect in this game. As a Disgaea veteran I got maybe ten or so game overs throughout the course of the game.
Got stuck particularly on:
Chapter 2: Got flooded by Emizel's minions and I just got overrun.
Chapter 5? Where you get flooded by Axel Clones
Chapter 7 where you fight the Four Divas
Chapter 10 Two maps, the one with the archers and shamans (easy once you figure it out) and the map with the huge/dual weild magichange monsters.
Also, Flonne is handing me my ass
Chapter 5? Where you get flooded by Axel Clones
Chapter 7 where you fight the Four Divas
Chapter 10 Two maps, the one with the archers and shamans (easy once you figure it out) and the map with the huge/dual weild magichange monsters.
Also, Flonne is handing me my ass
brandonh83
Banned
Thanks, seriously considering grabbing it as I'm hearing things about R3 and DI that I simply just don't dig-- plus I haven't played a good RPG in so long.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Negator said:
That was my game over for the alt ending. Thankfully running through on cycle 2 allowed me to boost my skull mages.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Damn my copy suppose to come in this week , it feels like it's taking forever .
Negator said:
Around the same; ~30 hours with a few level 30-ish items since I got distracted by Item Worlding :/ Debating on running through the game for endings, post-game stuff, or formula number crunching now.
lljride said:
You can just throw one of them on and then destroy it to get EXP +150%. Pretty easy map for Casters and Giant Desco (or regular Desco if you have Yog Sototh) to level on. 8 Stronger Enemy Bills gets it to the Enemy Level 99 sweet spot for EXP as well.
lljride said:
I want to say 9-4 is a better map for EXP but I haven't checked. I mean, they should have a better EP so them being level 99 (+1 Stronger Enemy Bill) with just EXP+50% might be enough? Might just be a convenience thing, though, since
Giant Desco's
bodine1231
Member
This will be my first time playing a Disgaea game. Do you vets recommend just playing though the story first and then doing all the item dungeon stuff afterwards or is it best to go back and forth while going through the story.
Also,is there any context storywise to all the post game stuff or is it just bonus challenge type trials.
Also,is there any context storywise to all the post game stuff or is it just bonus challenge type trials.
bodine1231 said:
Generally speaking, I find it better to put the Item World, Reincarnating, etc. mechanics off until the post-game. By then, you'll get more out of them then if you're to do them throughout the game.
That said, if you want to do some Item Worlding, it's not really like it'll hurt you any. Just kind of not really worth the time since you can just unlock better Weapons/Armor through passing bills for them rather than by leveling stuff.
It has it's own story. To a point.
bodine1231
Member
scy said:
Thanks,I already bought the game and guide this morning on my lunch break so just waiting to dig in after work. I think with this being my first entry that I'll do as you say and focus on getting all the mechanics from the story down before attempting the post game content. I usually don't have time for that kind of stuff since there are so many games coming out so we'll see if I even get that far.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I wish there was some explanation of the Raffle Room in the mystery room, though, at this point in the game, I had nowhere near the amount for the tickets.
Veezy said:
At a first glance, it's garbage.
30 pages of mechanics explanation.
50 pages of game walkthrough.
40 pages of post-game battles.
60 pages of character/monster descriptions (base stats, moves, flavor text)
10 pages of equipment/item stats.
Not a single page about post-game grinding strategy. Not a single one.
BobTheFork
Member
I flipped through it at the store and yeah I wasn't going to buy it.TheExodu5 said:
But, in this day the strat guide is about astetics, you can find all the information you want/need fater and cheaper.
BobTheFork said:
The DoubleJump guides were really nice, though. They were beautiful, and had tons of useful information that wasn't so obvious at a first glance. This guide is just worthless on all counts.
The only worthwhile pages in the book are the mechanic description pages, where they'll at least talk about item rarity, the item world, Evilities, etc... Beyond that, it's a waste of money.
BobTheFork
Member
It's been out for months, you can already find some translated information. Trust me, after getting a platinum in 3 without ever needing a guide, save you money. If somehow you get stuck, someone will have some information. It's not like you need anyone to tell you how to play and beat the game, just some of the insane back-end mechanics.jooey said:
Okay, here's a question that will determine whether I buy this game or Resistance 3. Its a really, really important question and I want you to answer it will the utmost honesty.
How funny is this game? By funny I mean is the writing Disgaea 1 level funny (pretty funny), or Makai Kingdom level funny (super funny), or not as funny?
The only Disgaea game I own besides the first one is Disgaea 2 and I've barely played it. It didn't catch my interest like the first one did.
How funny is this game? By funny I mean is the writing Disgaea 1 level funny (pretty funny), or Makai Kingdom level funny (super funny), or not as funny?
The only Disgaea game I own besides the first one is Disgaea 2 and I've barely played it. It didn't catch my interest like the first one did.
I just got my copy about an hour ago. There is a little wasted space in the premium box, but the box is put together well compared to other special edition releases. The figure is put into a slot to hold it tightly in place, the guide book and game are held in place nicely and the empty space the box does have is filled with air packaging pillow. It is nice to see thought and care still go into some companies packaging.