Disgaea 2 Announced.

[RedCoKid]

the amount of advanced crap is mind numbing...

I'll probably get to it this weekend after I finish up Xenosaga 3. The extras don't seem worthwhile. You can fight a lot of extra characters (e.g., Prier), but most won't join afterward, right?

[g0zen]

I went ahead and got this. Should I go back and play through the original again first to get the feel of it again or jump right into 2?

[RedCoKid]

I went ahead and got this. Should I go back and play through the original again first to get the feel of it again or jump right into 2?

There's a tutorial and the main characters are new.

[g0zen]

I want to get this, actually i want to get the original but Im not spending $100 on it.

Wasn't it one of the games that got a reprint by GameQuestDirect or whoever? Might be worth looking up. I'm pretty sure reprints are the only way I got both Disgaea and Gitarooman new. No way to be sure, they don't give any indication that they're reprints, that why f-chan collectors hate them. LOL, fuckers.

There's a tutorial and the main characters are new.

I can see that. You don't get anything for having a Disgaea clear save do you?

[Diff-chan]

Wasn't it one of the games that got a reprint by GameQuestDirect or whoever? Might be worth looking up. I'm pretty sure reprints are the only way I got both Disgaea and Gitarooman new. No way to be sure, they don't give any indication that they're reprints, that why f-chan collectors hate them. LOL, fuckers.

It did, but those were snatched up and the price is back to triple digits.

At least I got Rez from the whole reprint thing.

Anyway, Ill get this as long as playing the first is not a prereq.

[George]

Anyway, Ill get this as long as playing the first is not a prereq.

Definitely not. It's mostly just cameos from the previous characters except for Etna. They have little to do with one another, plot-wise.

[ssbomberman]

I'll probably get to it this weekend after I finish up Xenosaga 3. The extras don't seem worthwhile. You can fight a lot of extra characters (e.g., Prier), but most won't join afterward, right?

I think this thing is back on the rare list sadly. Hopefully PSP version will let others play it.

Yeah, as far as story is concerned, I like it better. It's in the same universe, but follows Adell who claims to not like girls but is always surrounded by them...Etna, Laharl, and others will pop-up in the reg game and a ton of extras in the post game.

I would jump to D2 because I think the battle tweaks make it way better than the first. they're subtle, but worth noting. For instance a new tactic is staying in place and attacking from one panel which builds a power meter each turn. You can be thrown around the board and still retain that power bonus up to like 400+ percent. This is really useful for when boards are way over powered.

I def recommend the almost 700 page guide if you're going to spend serious time on this.

Yeah ticks me off, Asagi, Prier, and some others appear, but only a few will join you. I still think it adds tons of stuff for completists and overall has more advanced tactics than any other SRPG I've played.

Cool thing is that there is the main game, dark world which mimics the main, but with other elements such as one level where you have 3 rounds to clear level or its game over (a new geo panel effect, not fun at all), cave of ordeal, extra stages where you get the boss fights, and the item world. So there's a ton of playablility if you love to powerlevel -- honestly I liked the classes, vehicles, and buildings from Makai and had hoped they would trickle in, but oh well...

ssb

[RedCoKid]

For instance a new tactic is staying in place and attacking from one panel which builds a power meter each turn. You can be thrown around the board and still retain that power bonus up to like 400+ percent. This is really useful for when boards are way over powered.

Dammit, that's exactly the type of thing I missed in the import. NIS games are getting too complicated. I need to remind myself to wait for the US release next time.

[ssbomberman]

Dammit, that's exactly the type of thing I missed in the import. NIS games are getting too complicated. I need to remind myself to wait for the US release next time.

Yeah they are. It's all the bonuses and character specific bonuses. For instance, if you leave a weapon or item equipped for a certain # of battles (30 or so) residents will appear that are called lovers, they are character specific, so like I have a Rozalin lover on her one item right now and what it does is boost certain stats for each lover you get.

There's also felonies. You get them from the post office for certain deeds and then go into the item world and enter the court on a certain level. Whoever enters the court gets a felony of a certain amount and you get EXP bonuses, cheaper shop prices etc for more felonies. A cool trick is to build a tower and throw the whole thing into the court, so everyone gets the felonies.

There's all this other crap I will probably never get to, like your residents can get married and have special kids that do certain things to your weapons...honestly, there is so much crap, i doubt anyone will be able to do it all...

ssb

[Diff-chan]

So I went to Best Buy yesterday and got this shiz (as sad as it is, BB really is the most tolerable place to buy games nowadays - no locked cases, no having to ask the trash apes at the counter for the game and maybe have to deal with them trying to sell you a gut, etc.). The story is kind of neat but too channed up for me, but what's the best level to start messing around with Item World? Is the difficulty of the world dependent on the item you're going inside?