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Basic Info

Official website
Release: August 12, 2014 (NA) | August 29, 2014 (EU)
Price: $39.99 (USD) | €39.99 (EUR) | £29.99 (GBP)
Platform: PlayStation Vita
Players: 1
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Genre: Strategy RPG
Size: 3.1 GB | Demo: 1.8 GB

Limited Edition

Includes
* Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
* Tear-resistant poster (16"x22")
* Set of 3 keychains (approx. 2.5"x1.75")
* Microfiber cloth (6"x6")
* Collector's box

Preorder here (NA)
Preorder here (EU)

What's Disgaea?

Disgaea is a strategy RPG series known for its cute character design, its unique sense of humour, its deep gameplay system, and its absurdly high level/stat caps.

Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten was released for the PlayStation 3 in 2011. The game takes place in the Netherworld, a dark realm inhabited by demons, vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, and so on. The Netherworld is ruled by a political body called the Corrupternment, and lead by President Hugo.

The story follows Valvatorez, a vampire who was once a feared and powerful tyrant. But 400 years ago, he promised a girl he wouldn’t drink blood until he could instill fear in her. She died before he could do so. Valvatorez continued to keep his promise, and as a result his powers have declined. Now, he holds the lowly position of Prinny Instructor in Hades, the Netherworld’s prison.

Valvatorez promises to reward his class of Prinnies with sardines upon completing their final lesson. But just before he can hand over the sardines, the Prinnies get sucked up by a vortex by order of the Corrupternment. Determined to fulfill his promise, Valvatorez rises up against the Corrupternment to get those Prinnies back.

Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited is a port with new features and content. Here's the OT for the original game.

What's New?

All the DLC released for the PS3 version
* The Flashback Episode
* The Fuka & Desco Show
* Netherbattle Tournament
* Tyrant Over Baal
* Command Attack and Survival Mode
* 23 added characters
* 6 added classes
* Pirate ship parts
* Custom maps

New features that were introduced in other Disgaea games
* Peta-level spells
* Unique skills for each generic character class
* Cheat shop
* Innocent warehouse
* Weapon sprite changer
* Event viewer
* Character promotion
* Bribe senators with HL

Completely new stuff exclusive to Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
* Time Leap (a new scenario starring Fuka and Desco)
* 4 added characters to unlock
* A lot of other minor tweaks and revamps

Reviews

Niche Gamer: 9/10
Kotaku: Go For It!
Hardcore Gamer: 4.5/5
Pocket Gamer: 8/10
US Gamer: 4/5
ZTGD: 9.0/10
Gaming Trend: 80/100
WeGotThisCovered: 3.5/5
PS Vita Reviews: 8/10
VitaBoys: 9/10
Geekscape: 4/5
Twinfinite: 3/5
Pulp365: 8.5/10
NerdReactor: 4/5
GotGame: 4.5/5
Chalgyr: 9.5/10
Middle of Nowhere: 8.0/10
Invisible Gamer: B+
Battle Screen: 9/10
GamingUnion: 8/10
SelectButton: 8/10

Media

Trailer #1
Trailer #2

 

[Shizuka]

In for the limited edition.

 

[Canis lupus]

Skipped it on ps3 for this.

 

[Kouriozan]

Glad this game got some of Disgaea D2 improvements!

 

[ttocs]

The release date says August 8th for the US but I thought it was the 12th?

EDIT: Confirmed it's the 12th on the official site.

 

[Kazerei]

The release date says August 8th for the US but I thought it was the 12th?

EDIT: Confirmed it's the 12th on the official site.

I need a proofreader. Today is the 8th ._.

 

[Dragonborn]

I've had 3 sitting on my Vita for months now. Really should get around to it.

 

[danthefan]

Hmmm. In September I'm going to be doing an insane amount of travelling, hadn't planned on getting this but might go for it now.

 

[throwawayname]

I hope they do a sale for all the Disgaea games when this comes out so I can finally get into these starting with the first one.

 

[Akzel]

Day one!
I love so much Disgaea. Plus, I've never played the 4th one.

 

[Rigalo]

Hype is reaching unsafe levels...

 

[Protag]

Dont need the LE, i just need this in my collection. Been waiting for this for months.

SUBBED.

 

[Lumination]

I wish I could get into the Disgaea games. Every remaster/port/upgrade seems to have so much value (on top of the immense value from the base game already).

 

[ttocs]

I need a proofreader. Today is the 8th ._.

I got all excited for a minute and then was very disappointed. Guess I'm waiting to the 12th after all.

 

[Letep]

Very excited.

SUBSCRIBED!

 

[KimonoNoNo]

Did I read somewhere that if you had a D3 save on your Vita, you'd get some kind of bonus?

 

[Cornbread78]

$hit, I forgot this is coming next week... dammit, I need to find some games to trade -in or sell ASAP... %%#$ @$%^

 

[darksagus]

I've been playing d1 on my vita in preparation for this, can't wait.

 

[thequickandthedead]

Is there any reason to play D3 if you get this? I have D3 in my download list.

 

[witchedwiz]

subscribed, but.. dunno..
i already have it for ps3..
i've already double-dipped for disgaea1 (ps2+psp),2 (ps2+psp),3 (ps3+vita)....
sighhhhh..
I'd really prefer they start releasing a dedicated ip for portable.. or something every now and then..
like.. makai kingdom?? >_>
or even soul nomad, which i loved DEARLY...
Q_Q

 

[Baliis]

Been holding off on the series until this came out. Totally forgot until I got an email about my payment going through.

 

[Samus4145]

Our review went out live this morning. Not going to self-promote, but the editor really loved it. After reviewing the past few games myself, I am looking forward to pick up my copy of the game next week.

 

[MaximumSpider]

OMG
OMG
OMG
OMG
We're so close!

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Is there any reason to play D3 if you get this? I have D3 in my download list.

D3 has its moments, but there's probably no reason to go insane min/maxing every character with 4 on the horizon. If you just do story missions and eschew the CW/IW grind you can get it done in a weekend.

 

[Servbot24]

This reminds me I need to finish D3.

Then will play D4 while I wait for Persona 5 to go to Vita.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Is there any reason to play D3 if you get this? I have D3 in my download list.

You can probably play it for its story. I doubt you will want to go back to Disgaea 3 after you play the 4th game.

 

[zulux21]

Is there any reason to play D3 if you get this? I have D3 in my download list.

mostly to just play through the story as they are completely different stories... 4 takes the mechanics from 3 and improves upon them in nearly every way and is the better game to try to go for all of the hidden stuff.

 

[Busaiku]

I decided to get this.
Is this a good entry point for the franchise?

I always miss out on the launches of the games, and forget to go back.

 

[zulux21]

I decided to get this.
Is this a good entry point for the franchise?

I always miss out on the launches of the games, and forget to go back.

it's a fine point, all the games are stand alone with just some cameos from characters from earlier games.

plus this release is the most polished of the second disgaea gameplay type (disgaea 1, 2 and d2 use one style for the gameplay, disgaea 3 and 4 use a different style with them having rather different mechanics when it comes to leveling up attacks and weapons)

plus like with all disgaea releases if you want to 100% the game you will get to sink countless hours into the game

 

[Kazerei]

Did I read somewhere that if you had a D3 save on your Vita, you'd get some kind of bonus?

Yes, you'll be able to recruit Rutile and Stella, who were two completely new characters in D3 Vita.

 

[cj_iwakura]

OP, you're welcome to steal info from here if you like:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=442669

 

[FiraB]

Bought and paid, will come later cause of playasia shipping so no day one but still might as well round out my collection.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Oops. Sorry. Didn't see this OT.

Also, is the LE NIS store only?

 

[opticalmace]

Never played any of these games. Is there anything similar that I might know?

 

[AwShucks]

Disgaea 4 is probably my favorite of the series. As I said in another topic, I might have to double dip here. Something I very rarely do

 

[SMK]

This was my favorite Disgaea with the exception of D2, which I haven't played. Can't wait to play this again with all the DLC now.

 

[pikmin_trainer]

I kind of want the collector's edition but there is nothing in there I care about.

Will probably just download it instead so I don't have to carry the cart around.

 

[Master Milk]

Never played any of these games. Is there anything similar that I might know?

Final Fantasy Tactics
Jeanne D'arc

 

[ColtraineGF]

Yes. I've been waiting for this release ever since D4 dropped...

 

[Gaz_RB]

fuck it

today is the day I get into Disgaea.

 

[LMN]

Got a very good price when I pre-order it during E3 promotion. Now, my only wish now is that amazon.ca will shipped the game to me within 1 or 2 days ASAP after the release date.

Spoiler

not going happen though =(

 

[Hours Left]

I'm so far behind in this series, yet I keep buying them.

 

[Shizuka]

fuck it

today is the day I get into Disgaea.

Better late than never. I'd still suggest other games from the series as your first Disgaea game, though.

 

[semiconscious]

as much as i love the series, i just can't seem to get into the console versions. so, yeah, i'm psyched - i've pretty much been waiting for this one since it was originally announced for the ps3 ...

 

[Mononoke]

Better late than never. I'd still suggest other games from the series as your first Disgaea game, though.

Which order would you recommend playing them in (keeping in mind I only have a Vita to play these titles).

 

[MaximumSpider]

Which order would you recommend playing them in (keeping in mind I only have a Vita to play these titles).

In the order they were released.
It will be hard going back to the older games after playing the newer ones.

 

[Elaugaufein]

it's a fine point, all the games are stand alone with just some cameos from characters from earlier games.

plus this release is the most polished of the second disgaea gameplay type (disgaea 1, 2 and d2 use one style for the gameplay, disgaea 3 and 4 use a different style with them having rather different mechanics when it comes to leveling up attacks and weapons)

plus like with all disgaea releases if you want to 100% the game you will get to sink countless hours into the game

DD2 is actually a hybrid of D1/D2 and D3/D4 mechanics with some additional antifrustration features (its pretty much impossible to get permaboned by the RNG, the worst that can happen is having to rerun an item), though it leans more to D1/D2 style for characters. Its probably the most elegant and balanced mechanics have been.

This is D4 +all DLC + extra scenarios with some features from D3Vita (unique skills for generics) and DD2 (cheat shop) and the dumbest part of LoC access toned down (KitKat pirates have a much wider encounter area and there's a sane duping method).

 

[spatenfloot]

Which order would you recommend playing them in (keeping in mind I only have a Vita to play these titles).

Just play this one and skip the others. The earlier ones are not as refined.

 

[semiconscious]

Just play this one and skip the others. The earlier ones are not as refined.

nah - the first one's well worth playing, if just for the story/characters/humor ...

i'd go for playing'm all. they're all fun (& they're all playable on vita)...

 

[Andrefpvs]

Preorder here (EU)

Fucking rip-off.

Yes, you'll be able to recruit Rutile and Stella, who were two completely new characters in D3 Vita.

This is pretty cool.