DHGF: So this is interesting. On January 28th, Ryan over at Nippon Ichi emailed me a review code for Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories and asked if I’d please review it. Most publishers don’t send out review codes for PSX or PS2 classics, so this caught me by surprise. More so because, I originally reviewed Disgaea 2 when it first came out in 2006 and not only found it enjoyable enough, but our whole staff voted it the Best Tactical RPG of 2006. Then in 2009, when Nippon Ichi released a PSP version of the game with extra bells and whistles, Aileen reviewed that version and was equally positive towards it. So considering we’ve reviewed this game twice before, one has to ask what else can we do with the review copy? Aren’t we squeezing blood from a stone?
Since 2003, NIS has been giving people a way to help groups of antiheroes accomplish goals of varying degrees of morality. With new versions and iterations arriving every few years, someone might wonder how they could hop into these strategic scenarios. Well, if people check out this guide, they might find a way to make the Netherworld your new second home.
Go Critic: When you think of games that are synonymous with the strategy RPG, there are a few titles that might come to mind depending on when you got into the genre. Shining Force is often credited with bringing the genre to North America, with interest that surged with the release of Final Fantasy Tactics. But it wasn’t until the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness before the floodgates truly opened and it was no longer unusual to see things like Fire Emblem or Phantom Brave on store shelves.
PixlBit | "Friends, let me talk to you for a bit about addiction of a gaming nature. I’m sure you’ve experienced it before: that sense of falling into a game so completely that it takes over your brain and keeps you up until the wee hours of the morning. I’m here to talk about a recent addiction of mine, a game so devilishly devious in its seduction that you would be wise to stay away, even as I tell you that you should by all means play it. That game would be Disgaea 2, a PlayStation 2 game recently added to the PSN marketplace as a PS2 classic."
