Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
| Format | PS3 |
|---|---|
| Year Released | 2009 |
| Publisher | Square Enix |
| Genre | Role Playing Game (RPG), Puzzle & Strategy |
| ESRB Age Rating |
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TVG Rating: 9.2
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Product Description
The Famed Disgaea series goes next gen on PS3! With high-definition graphics, including beautiful high-res 2D sprite art and stunning spell effects, one of the most highly-acclaimed and beloved strategy RPG series is making the jump to the next generation of gaming with Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice for PLAYSTATION 3. Re-enter the world of Disgaea and experience all of the humor, zany characters, thrilling action, and unmatched excitement in this all-new over 100 hour adventure!
- Story and endings evolve as you play the game
- Geo Blocks introduce a real 3D battle system to a SRPG
- Over 270 customizable characters
- Class world adds 40 battle stages per character or 10800 stages
- Only SRPG with infinite number of randomly generated battle maps
Amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 3.5
horrible
lame game interface with tough navigation game menu,
poor tutorial for new comers, horrible graphics
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY:(
Rating: 1 Buy from amazon.co.uk
Not good for outsiders of the saga
Poor graphics, lots of farming, and somewhat turns your PS3 into a PS2.
Is that bad? in this case it's not, since this is how the game was created intentionally. It's a true Disgaea in form and spirit, which means that every Disgaea fan is going to love it, but for those that never before played the game... better get the Nintendo DS remake of the first Disgaea along with this one or you may feel really lost.
Myu personal opinion as a Disgaea follower: Epic Win!
Rating: 4 Buy from amazon.co.uk
Great Game, Great Purchase
Great game, still playing it, got to me fast as well :) if your looking for a game with alot of playtime this is defo the game for yourself, but don't just take my word for it look on youtube for more videos on the game !
Rating: 4 Buy from amazon.co.uk
A Good Additon to the Series
ros:
+A lot of good gameplay
+An overall charming story
+Lots of things to do off the beaten path
+A Huge emphasis on strategy
+Well done anime inspired art
Cons:
-Still a few problems with the camera
-By now the graphics need an improvement to better bring the story to life. The anime inspired art is really nice, but how about an anime scene or two to really convey a character's feelings or actions? Beyond that, the battlefield and character sprites look exactly like they did in the first two games. A graphical update would've been really nice.
In 2003, Disgaea came out and breathe some new life into the Tactical Strategy RPG. It quickly became a cult classic. Disgaea 2 came around and stayed true to the first by changing very little. In that sense, Disgaea 3 can be summed up as being a continuation of the things that worked in the first two games. If you enjoyed the first two Disgaea games, then you'll like Disgaea 3.
Disgaea 3 focuses on Mao as he tries to overthrow is Overlord of a father for destroying his game console. It's a joke of a story but it's meant to be such. In all honesty it isn't much of a bad story at all once it gets going. The story is told through still shots of the characters facing one another as the dialog pops up on screen. There's voice acting, although some of it is quite forgettable. But there's also a good sense of humor, mainly because the story doens't take itself so seriously. Disgaea 3 knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything more. It makes the overall experience of it fun and satisfying. But as the story progresses it actually becomes about so much more than a mere broken Slaystation Portable.
The story is charming overall, but the presentation of it isn't so much. Certainly character portraits carrying the story out isn't so bad, but by now Disgaea should be willing to take its production values to new levels with the Playstation 3. An anime cutscene or something to help bring some of the more dramatic moments to life would've been really nice.
Battling in Disgaea 3 is no different than it was in the previous two games. You move characters around the battlefield executing attacks. Disgaea has always had a huge emphasis on strategy mainly because of the Geo Panels. Depending on the placement of Geo Panels and the placement of Geo Blocks, characters can be granted certain bonuses ranging from an attack boost to even some that aren't going to help you at all such a hindrance to your defense. Disgaea 3 also brings back the bonus gauge where after a battle you can get certain bonuses depending on how much damage you've done or how many panels you've destroyed. Even by the third installment, the Geo Panels system manages to be unique. The Geo Panels also help to make a difference in your strategy. You'll find your level doesn't mean much if the enemy you're facing has a huge boost by the Geo Panel he's standing on.
Disgaea 3 also keeps the level cap incredibly high. You can go all the way up to level 9999. It might seem like the game puts more emphasis on level and brute force, but chances are you'll find there's still a lot of strategy involved in the game, and that's mainly because there's so much outside of the story to do, and the Geo Panels provide a neat puzzle element to the game.
The biggest problem, however, is that it doesn't look any different from the first two games. You're basically getting a Playstation 2 game on a Playstation 3 console. Tactical Strategy RPGs have never been the best looking games, but Disgaea 3, despite being on the Playstation 3, looks almost exactly the same as the first two games. There isn't a real noticeable improvement in the game's artistic or graphical design. The anime inspired character portraits are very nice and detailed, but the overall look of the game isn't much. It also still suffers from the camera angles. While you can rotate the camera you'll find that there's not much else you can do with it. Pillars and other environmental objects will still be in the way.
Disgaea 3 is a good game. Excellent for Disgaea fans. It may play the same way, but that isn't a bad thing at all. What may not settle well with some gamers, however, is that it's a Playstation 3 game that would've been better suited for the Playstation 2.
Rating: 4 Buy from amazon.co.uk
Sympathy for the Devil
Once upon a time, the people responsible for Disgaea were possibly involved in the Dark Arts: demented alchemists, mad scientists, that kind of thing. The type who might howl at the moon on eldritch nights just for a bit of a laugh, but who would still end up scaring the innocent townsfolk for miles around. The type of twisted professionals who, had the Devil popped in to ask if they wanted to sell their soul, would probably be able to produce a receipt from when they went to visit him. Oh, and a list of clauses they'd imposed on the deal. And possibly a written agreement from Old Nick stating that they'd be able to get a refund if they changed their mind.
These are not criticisms.
Because, since Hour of Darkness some five years ago and continuing with this title, what Nippon Ichi achieve is so good it should possibly be made illegal just to safeguard our own souls.
Their genius is to have taken two established and now traditional forms (role playing games and strategy role playing games) and distilled from them the essence of pure, unadulterated compulsion. And then concentrated it. At least twice. The result? They've produced possibly videogaming's most utterly addictive game. And while addictiveness in itself is enough to make a good game, they have also packaged it with a sequence of plots that are quite simply absurd, inspired, almost nonsensical, and scripted so well they will make you laugh out loud. That's not a figure of speech, this is a rare beast indeed: a videogame with a twisted sense of humour that will make you laugh.
As a result any Disgaea may very possibly eat your life, and even while it does so there'll be a part of you that just wants more...
Your friends will be confused if they come round to your gaming den. They'll see low-res 2d sprites in scenes of orchestrated anime special-move action and scratch their heads. They're never going to be wowed by the old school and very limited graphics. They'll wonder what's going on with the funny coloured tiles, and the blocks and the odd little worlds that float in space. They may ask what on earth you are doing, why you are doing it, and what does it all mean? Because this certainly isn't a video game that, if you're not already a fan of the things, you watch in action for five minutes and decide to give a try.
But you'll try to answer because you'll feel like there's something crucial you need to tell them to explain why it's so good. You'll talk about the features listed so well in the review above. You'll tell them you can customise and level any item in the game. You might tell them that you can make and remake characters and teams and classes and meet pirates. You'll tell them about the joy of clearing the geo-panels that blow up all the bad guys. You'll tell them that the game encourages you to cheat by moving and re-moving your characters to rack up ridiculous combos. You'll tell them about the humour of the script, the way the thing keeps on opening more and more up in front of you, and how you only have to do the bits that you want so that the game stays as deep as you want it to. And you'll realise that everything you say is simply making you sound more hooked, and the game sound more bizarre.
And worst of all, none of it will quite describe just what an insane and wonderful and, most of all, time-destroyingly brilliant experience you're having as you keep playing. One more item world to visit. One more innocent to subdue. One more skill to adjust, or character to reincarnate. And on and on it goes. Perhaps more options and less depth than the first Disgaea, but all the same a wonderful and indescribably compelling experience.
This isn't a game for everyone. It's more fun and more tactically interesting than FF Tactics, and less po-faced certainly. It might not have the depth of the original Advance Wars, but you'll play it more all the same. But the graphics are no better than PS2, and this type of gameplay simply isn't to everyone's tastes. If yours end at Space Marines saving the world with very big guns then you're not going to be interested. It's a shame, because you can have fun as a Space Marine and also end up dwelling in this glorious bedlam for a while. And I'd even go so far as to say you should.
So this game isn't for everyone, then, but those who like it may never need another game again. It's that good, and it knows it is, which is another reason why it's so much awfully confusing fun. Don't be put off by how crazy it sounds: be encouraged. After all, the only thing you'll lose is (vast chunks of) time. Because there simply aren't many games that have more character, identity and twisted compulsion than Disgaea... except other Disgaea games.
Rating: 4 Buy from amazon.co.uk