Disgaea 1 Complete

 PlayStation 4
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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 56
  3. Negative: 10 out of 56
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  1. Kai82
    Sep 26, 2020
    6
    Don't repeat my mistake. I missed the original when it came out and only played Disgaea 4 / D2 / 5 later on. When I had the chance to get this I gladly purchased it. Then came the disenchantment. The newer games improved so much gameplay wise that this game looks inferior except for story and characters. Yes I know it is unfair but it is also honest. But lets start at the beginning. TheDon't repeat my mistake. I missed the original when it came out and only played Disgaea 4 / D2 / 5 later on. When I had the chance to get this I gladly purchased it. Then came the disenchantment. The newer games improved so much gameplay wise that this game looks inferior except for story and characters. Yes I know it is unfair but it is also honest. But lets start at the beginning. The Disgaea series are strategy RPGs with unique characters, dark humor and endless possibilities to improve your characters. While other RPGs cap at level 99 here you can reach level 9999 and even reincarnate to increase you stats further. You can improve you skills and items also. There is an item world where you can improve all items to ridiculous levels. You can also throw teammates (do this carefully with Prinnies) and later games use fusions and other interesting mechanics. Then there is the humor and characters. It is well interwoven and there are so much good jokes, side-blows and sarcasm. The story is always a good mixture of awesomeness, seriousness, humor and enjoyable character quirks. To describe it best I enjoyed the overall story and the characters Laharl, Etna and Flonne. What I dislike were the battles as the later games gave me a more refined experience (Yes I repeat it is an unfair comparison). Overall this was a good game back then and I would have given a 9 or 10/10 back then. Now with the sequels I will give a 6/10.… Expand
  2. SaviorGaming
    Oct 18, 2018
    8
    If you missed this game at its original release now is the time to experience this one. The HD remake is extremely well done with improved sound and visuals. Between the story, item world and the ability to power up enemies and your characters to insane levels the game play options are vast. The game obviously is not perfect, some of the battles are difficulty not because of the enemiesIf you missed this game at its original release now is the time to experience this one. The HD remake is extremely well done with improved sound and visuals. Between the story, item world and the ability to power up enemies and your characters to insane levels the game play options are vast. The game obviously is not perfect, some of the battles are difficulty not because of the enemies but because of their seemingly careless design and at times the dialogue can be exceptionally corny. All in all tho the game is a great time.… Expand
  3. ZeroNova
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    Let me start by saying that Disgaea 1 Complete is probably my least favorite iteration of the game, even though they've had every chance of improving upon the game in so many ways. Compared to the newer titles in the series, Disgaea 1 has some very dated mechanics that feel clunky and are not very intuitive, and most of these remain unaltered in D1C, for better or for worse.

    This is one    Let me start by saying that Disgaea 1 Complete is probably my least favorite iteration of the game, even though they've had every chance of improving upon the game in so many ways. Compared to the newer titles in the series, Disgaea 1 has some very dated mechanics that feel clunky and are not very intuitive, and most of these remain unaltered in D1C, for better or for worse.

    This is one of the areas where I feel like implementing some of the improvements from the newer titles would have helped, but I guess you could argue that they wanted to keep the original experience intact, except they have made so many lazy changes to the various sprites of both humanoid and monster classes, as well as weapon models, that it barely feels like the same game anymore.

    For example, instead of manticores we now have skeletal dragons, yet they are still called manticores in the game... They also changed the thief class from the old male version to the newer female catgirl type. Brawlers, mages, and many of the monster classes are completely changed, just because they chose to copy/paste the sprites from the newer titles instead of making HD versions of the original designs. I wouldn't be so bothered by this if we could at least choose to play with the original graphics, but that's not an option.

    It may seem like nitpicking, but the old character/monster designs is one of the defining features of the original game, and with all the lazy copy/pasting, this game feels more like a quick cashgrab rather than a remaster, and it definitely doesn't feel like the definitive version of anything.

    At least there's one big improvement over the original game, namely the ability to skip skill animations, although it has to be toggled on or off in the options, you can't simply press or hold a button whenever you want to skip something. There's also a dialogue skip feature which I don't believe was present in the original (holding R2 to quickly skip).

    It's an OK game overall, but since you'd be so much better off with the PC version (in my opinion), you might as well get that one instead, unless you don't mind all of the changes.    … Expand

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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

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  1. RPG Fan
    Nov 7, 2018
    83
    For the most part, this is the same game released fifteen years ago, but with HD graphics. While this game feels and plays like a true classic, players will likely wish the remake went a bit further with its changes, especially when it comes to the controls and sound quality.
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  2. 4P.de
    Oct 21, 2018
    84
    With the revamped visuals, the very first Disgaea finally looks at least like a game from the last console generation, while the content proves roughly 14 years after its premiere that as a tactical roleplaying experience Laharl, Flonne and friends are still a force to be reckoned with.
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Oct 12, 2018
    90
    The first adventure of Laharl and his companions returns with great visuals, some new features and last, but not least, the complete edition offers all of the extra content we met in the portable versions of the title.
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