Disgaea 5 Complete

1. ekolite82

   Jun 7, 2017

   10

   I have played several other tactical strategy rpgs and always lost interest, but I am loving this one. I love that it doesnt take itsslf tooI have played several other tactical strategy rpgs and always lost interest, but I am loving this one. I love that it doesnt take itsslf too seriously. It runs beautifully and has loads of content. Love the combo systems and wacky dialogue/story.… Expand

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2. Scritty

   Dec 5, 2017

   10

   This is the game I bought my Switch for. Not Zelda, not Mario - But Disgaea. Want to know something else? I already owned it and had got toThis is the game I bought my Switch for. Not Zelda, not Mario - But Disgaea. Want to know something else? I already owned it and had got to end game (which is by no means the end of the game - is a bit misleading) on the PS4 version almost 18 months earlier.
   
   Disgaea treats you like an adult. Yes - if you play the quest lines (about 15-20 hours - and really should be considered as only the entrée to the game proper) and do this without grinding - then it can be a moderate and balanced challenge.
   
   But that's not how I play it. That's not how anyone I read about or watch on Youtube plays it. In Disgaea 5 - within a very eclectic set of possible activates - you can do pretty much whatever you want whenever you want.
   Do you want to try and win the game with one character? Fine that's possible. Using only armies of Prinnies? Yes that's also possible. Create a weapon so powerful you can spend the next 3 days cleaning half a map of enemy mobs in one shot Yes - if you spend enough time levelling that weapon in the item world - you can do that.
   But you could also level... A curry... if you wanted Why would you do that? I have no idea, but the game lets you do it if you want.
   You can play the first few quest worlds then never go back to finish the quest at all and still have 500 hours of never to repeat tactical action in this game.
   Yes it's turn based (A bit like Like Final Fantasy Tactics or "Let's Cling Together" on steroids)
   
   Looking back the learning curve "could" have been a monster, but it isn't. Like most JRPG tactical JRPG games, elements are spoon fed to the player so after about 4 hours play you know a lot of the mechanics without realising it.
   
   But don't think for one minute at that point that you know them all. Not until you've made new laws, interrogated prisoners, visited the Item worlds, sent teams on missions.
   Gone to Char world (the weirdest pseudo dice board game you'll likely ever see) morphed your classes into new classes - made a tower of all the characters you have on the map and hopped from one side to the other in a single turn. Worked out how to place the gems to turn every coloured square on a map to every variation of colour - damaging your foes as you do it - and of course - thrown an exploding penguin at a Netherdemon.
   
   You see in Disgaea you CAN do all of these things - you can do one of them forever, dip in and out of some and never touch others - it's entirely your choice - If you do balance your activities you can create some superbly powerful team mates with some ludicrously awesome skills that work through some mega tricked out weapons and armour... but that's entirely up to you.
   
   You can set out to do your DARNDEST to break the game - and the game will give you the tools and scope to try.
   All these systems interlock. Your characters special abilities can gell into the weapons awesome stats
   which you can improve in the item world and give yourself an advantage making new ridiculous laws to play under; Like "Give all the XP to one character for the next map" or "Create a sequence of maps full of things like fish I need to carry and milk bottles I need to smash to give me better weapon stats". or my favourite "Make the curry much more powerful"
   
   Really I could go on and on and on.
   The tactical main game is colourful and rewarding.
   The meta game on your craft is so varied and forgiving.
   You can't actually do anything "wrong". You can decide to not bother to learn whole aspects of the game play, because they bore you or you just prefer doing something else - and that's just fine - no problem
   
   Disgaea is what a grind should be. Because you the player are treated like an adult - given a play box full of interconnecting aspects you can grind or ignore at your hearts content, and told to get on with it.
   
   No other game anywhere - ever (and I've looked long and hard) is anything even remotely like Disgaea
   It's Disgaea - go on break it. Go on, don't be scared - try and break it... it's daring you.… Expand

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4. ganoncrotch

   Oct 1, 2017

   9

   A damn near perfect port of a PS4 game onto a portable device in the Switch, this is an even better task than getting to play the original PS2A damn near perfect port of a PS4 game onto a portable device in the Switch, this is an even better task than getting to play the original PS2 game on the PSP years ago as this is coming from the beast console PS4 into the tiny Switch form factor.
   
   Absolutely great from NIS and hoping to see more love like this on Switch, perhaps we could get to see some of the older Disgaea titles making their way onto the lil Nintendo machine.… Expand

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5. ryanmahaffe

   May 23, 2017

   9

   Having played this game for a few hours i can say it is simply one of the best srpgs I have ever played, a fun story (so far) fun, interestingHaving played this game for a few hours i can say it is simply one of the best srpgs I have ever played, a fun story (so far) fun, interesting gameplay, cool character designs, and appealing visuals make this a must have for any rpg fan with a Switch… Expand

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6. nightstroller

   Apr 30, 2020

   7

   I found this game based on forums recommending this, and gave it a try. I'm glad I did play it! It was a good bit of fun and I love the aspectI found this game based on forums recommending this, and gave it a try. I'm glad I did play it! It was a good bit of fun and I love the aspect of very high limits of character leveling, item leveling, and damage number output. But there is a bit of grind involved and the story I didn't find all that engaging. The character stacking mechanic is very cool/fun though. You can also change your character model and their archetype, so yay!
   
   Disgaea 5
   Gameplay Enjoyability (0 - worst, 10 - best)
   
   Story - 5
   Character selection/variety - 9
   Voice acting (in Japanese) - 10
   Looting/equipment finding - 8
   Questing/variety - 4
   Combat - 9
   Side quests/activities - 5
   Music/soundtrack - 8
   Visuals - 6 (for a switch title, pixel-art based kind of game, not too bad)… Expand

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7. PlayorNaygames

   May 31, 2017

   7

   Digaea 5 is a solid strategy/tactical RPG for the Switch. Don't be fooled by the "complete" in the title of this game as all it includes isDigaea 5 is a solid strategy/tactical RPG for the Switch. Don't be fooled by the "complete" in the title of this game as all it includes is the free day 1 DLC from the PS4 version. I think non-hardcore strategy RPG /anime fans will have trouble getting into this game, as it is full of anime cliches and many complicated interconnected systems.
   
   A game, like a movie, needs to be aware of how much is too much. All the systems are cool from a value standpoint, but is it fun to trudge through them over and over again on over 50 characters? No, probably not.
   
   It can be fun at times, like the new Revenge system that gives your character the ability to have a "limit break" of sorts and some are very powerful. The odd thing is some characters can use their revenge abilities right away, while others have to wait until they reach a certain point in the story, sometimes very late in the game. This causes confusing as you'll still fill your "Revenge" meter and be wondering why the game would let you fill it if you can't use it.
   
   Item world (you can go inside a randomly generated level dungeon inside an item to level it up) has been revamped as well. It's a lot more forgiving and enjoyable than past iterations IMHO. There's also a new board game "Chara World" that can be used to give your characters some awesome boosts as well.
   
   You have so many characters in Disgaea 5 that doing all these activities for each character can get overwhelming and exhausting. You do have to do at least some of it to get a high enough level/stats to progress the story. It can get monotonous.
   
   Disgaea 5 is a time sink. The story and characters you've seen before so I'm not sure if many people will like this game unless you have A LOT of time to devote to grinding and min/maxing your characters, which is the least fun it has been, simply due to the needless layers of complexity. The game scales in such a way the prior Disgaea games were much slower to progress too throughout the main story.
   
   The story is about anime and Disgaea cliche as it gets. Some people will love this, but I think many people will be bored by it. The voice acting is great, albeit the usual crew (personally I'm getting tired of Lucy from "Fairy Tail" being in almost EVERYTHING games and anime, but that won't bother you if you don't play many games/watch anime). The writing however is just okay. You have the main character that eats a lot (see every anime ever), the Etna clone from Disgaea 1 who uses people and mistreats Prinnies, a monster-servant penguin in the game, demons in the game not acting like demons should ect. I wish they mixed up the story a lot more personally, as it is too similar to prior games.
   
   The game runs super smooth on Switch docked or in handheld mode, so there is no technical problems with the game. I did have one "an unexpected error occurred and the game has to close", but it was just once, so I'm not going count that against Disgaea 5. The resolution looks good as well on a big screen, no jaggies, textures look good.
   
   Again I love tactical RPGs and have played a good portion of them. Disgaea 5 is solid, but veterans of the series may be bored, while newcomers may be overwhelmed by all the systems, even if the game introduces them gradually. I think the game would have benefited from some streamlining. As it stands, this game will probably just appeal to fans of strategy RPGs and JRPGs.… Expand

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8. Reivilo85

   Oct 12, 2019

   0

   It's been released 2 years ago and is still full price. Reallyv unforgivable

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