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[Rigalo]

And maybe it's just me but the scarf kinda looks like a 5. kinda

 

[Ultimadrago]

And maybe it's just me but the scarf kinda looks like a 5. kinda

Huh. Can't unsee.

 

[Wilsongt]

Poor Asagi... Still no game of her own.

 

[ForsakenLotus]

Hopefully the MC isn't as terrible as the D4's .

What??!??! Is this real life? Val was awesome. The whole cast was great, maybe even the best all around cast to date.

 

[AuthenticM]

Would it really kill them do make the MC female, for once ?

 

[desmax]

Personally, I hope not; Disgaea is one of the few formulas I enjoy.. NIS have been trying to mix it up lately and not doing a great job.
Unlosing Ranger, Fate Paradox, Witch and the Hundred Knight, none of them are on par with what they have with Disgaea, in any regard.

I'm also sad to say I didn't enjoy Disgaea D2 much either, and while D4 was best of the series for me, they've fired the guy directing D4- and not just him either.
From memory they've lost the majority of the talent that went into D1-D4.. I'm not sure who is left now.
I'm really not holding out much hope for the future either way.

It's pretty frustrating because NIS SRPGs were one of the few recurring series I really enjoyed playing, all the rest seem to have literally gone to hell.

I do agree with you with Disgaea 4, it's my favorite of the series

Spoiler

Despite having Fuuka and Desco, ugh

, and D2 didn't really hold my attention either (But to be fair I was more interessed in GFP).

But, on the other hand, where their non-Disgaea really all as good as their main series? I mean, I love Soul Nomad, but it's not something I could play over and over again.

And, while Hundred Knight development was a complete mess (I mean, they wanted to make an open-world RPG; too ambitious for them), it was an attempt... And I personally think ZHP and GFP are their best games that aren't Disgaea (Despite ZHP having poorly though out mechanics and GFP having awful plot).

 

[360pages]

I do agree with you with Disgaea 4, it's my favorite of the series

Spoiler

Despite having Fuuka and Desco, ugh

, and D2 didn't really hold my attention either (But to be fair I was more interessed in GFP).

But, on the other hand, where their non-Disgaea really all as good as their main series? I mean, I love Soul Nomad, but it's not something I could play over and over again.

And, while Hundred Knight development was a complete mess (I mean, they wanted to make an open-world RPG; too ambitious for them), it was an attempt... And I personally think ZHP and GFP are their best games that aren't Disgaea (Despite ZHP having poorly though out mechanics and GFP having awful plot).

Have you tried Phantom Brave/Maki kingdom? They're pretty good,

D2 was lacking in a lot of content, and having to buy DLC character where half of them were also DLC characters in 4 made me meh, in the end I went back to 4 then really going deeper in the post game of D2

 

[Type-Zero]

Personally, I hope not; Disgaea is one of the few formulas I enjoy.. NIS have been trying to mix it up lately and not doing a great job.
Unlosing Ranger, Fate Paradox, Witch and the Hundred Knight, none of them are on par with what they have with Disgaea, in any regard.

I'm also sad to say I didn't enjoy Disgaea D2 much either, and while D4 was best of the series for me, they've fired the guy directing D4- and not just him either.
From memory they've lost the majority of the talent that went into D1-D4.. I'm not sure who is left now.
I'm really not holding out much hope for the future either way.

It's pretty frustrating because NIS SRPGs were one of the few recurring series I really enjoyed playing, all the rest seem to have literally gone to hell.

Whoa first time I heard of this! Is this true? where did you hear this?

Also super excited for D5. Like others I prefer my strategy rpgs on handhelds now...it just feels right

 

[Metroidvania]

Always pumped for more Disgaea. Wonder what the new change-ups for the systems will be.

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I'm also sad to say I didn't enjoy Disgaea D2 much either, and while D4 was best of the series for me, they've fired the guy directing D4- and not just him either.
From memory they've lost the majority of the talent that went into D1-D4.. I'm not sure who is left now.
I'm really not holding out much hope for the future either way.

Whoa, didn't know this.

That...could be troubling. On the other hand, it could maybe get them to update the spell effects to not have PS1-2 level stuff.

 

[Magitex]

Whoa first time I heard of this! Is this true? where did you hear this?

From memory there was a rather large shitstorm about NIS not paying fair wages, some time around Disgaea D2 was released. There was a decent amount of discussion about here on GAF, probably some out in the internet wilds if you look back 6-12 months.

 

[desmax]

Have you tried Phantom Brave/Maki kingdom? They're pretty good,

D2 was lacking in a lot of content, and having to buy DLC character where half of them were also DLC characters in 4 made me meh, in the end I went back to 4 then really going deeper in the post game of D2

Coudn't really go back to 4 after D2 (No way in hell I'm going back to the Chara World).

Never really got a chance to play them, actually. I don't really have my PS2 anymore, so I can't comment on Makai Kingdom, but I have a PSP, so I could try Phantom Brave... But I can't really like games with time limits

 

[cpp_is_king]

Hopefully the MC isn't as terrible as the D4's .

Weird, Valvatorez was my favorite MC of all the Disgaeas

 

[Maebe]

Heh, I like the designs. They certainly aren't original for Disgaea but Harada's use of colours in his illustrations always win me over.

 

[Disaster Nebraska]

Would be cool if it's D5. I'm still waiting for DD2 on Vita but I'll be okay with a PS4 Disgaea game that I can just remote-play to my Vita.

 

[Hubb]

Would it really kill them do make the MC female, for once ?

I'd be fine with a female MC, but I'll give it to NIS. Disgaea casts are pretty diverse when it comes to gender. Whether you like the characters or not is another matter entirely.

 

[bon]

I see what likely are Laharl and Flonne.

Is that Etna on the right? They finally gave her some boobs?

A grown up Etna would be cool but no way they'll ever do that.

 

[OuterLimits]

What??!??! Is this real life? Val was awesome. The whole cast was great, maybe even the best all around cast to date.

I agree. I wasn't a big fan of D3, but D4 got me loving the series again.

Granted, the prices on the DLC are a tad expensive.

 

[Almisael]

I really hope the story won't be a soulless mess like Disgaea D2's.

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

Would it really kill them do make the MC female, for once ?

They do have Phantom Brave, La Pucelle and the Marl Kingdom series.

 

[maouvin]

D5 on PS4 would be a pretty thing to remote play, lag won't matter on a tactics game. But I'm not against a Vita version after they port DD2.

And Valvatorez was annoying, but I'll jump back when the Vita version releases to play the DLC chapters.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Loved D1, Liked D2, Hated D3, Skipped D4 and everything after. Might jump back in for this because these character designs are really cool, especially the roided out Zetta.

Also, for people saying that other NIS games don't grab you like Disgaea does... I highly suggest you play Phantom Brave and Makai Kingdom, if you haven't. Phantom Brave especially.

 

[GasProblem]

I'm really liking these desings. A JRPG on the PS4 won't hurt.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

https://twitter.com/GILGAMESH501XX/status/490437511638839296

I don't have much info about it, but it seems that this is a summer card sent by Nippon Ichi. The characters are new.

OMG the character designs look freaking amazing....

Disgaea 5 on PS4 would be beautiful.

 

[chrono01]

I'm loving the character designs. Some great stuff here.

I'd really like to see it be for the PS4, although I will take Vita as well. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if it were for the PS3. That console just keeps on giving.

 

[Hours Left]

I like pretty much all of those designs, especially the red muscular dude and the fat yellow prinny.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Does the 2015 mean the game will come out in 2015.

Iirc NIS did say they have a PS4 game in dev and more will be shown this TGS.

 

[Pooya]

"© 2015"

I guess that's the release year...

 

[dark_prinny]

Give it to me already NIS.

 

[flatearthpandas]

Pretty sure it has already been hinted that its a PS4 game.

Man, I hope so. Remote play grinding is the ingredient that has been missing from Disgaea.

 

[Slayven]

Wish they would do another Makai Wars. Vehicles was fun as hell, at least add them to disgeaa.

 

[7threst]

The guy with the red hair reminds me of Lord Zetta. I want a new Makai Kingdom.

 

[cj_iwakura]

None of the Disgaea MC's stand up to Laharl

Adell would crack Laharl's jaw in half and feed it to him.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Adell would crack Laharl's jaw in half and feed it to him.

Adell is my favorite protagonist, as well. Call me boring, but I like my heroes to be good guys. Laharl is amusing and all, but he's not really all that likable. Mao was the worst of all worlds. I can't speak from experience, but not many people seem to like Valvatorez, either.

 

[Village]

Adell would crack Laharl's jaw in half and feed it to him.

Pfft.

No.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Pfft.

No.

He would. It's his special ability: the more powerful the demon, the stronger Adell hits. Best ability ever.

And I liked Valvatorez. Mao was okay; his cast was amazing though.

 

[petghost]

Adell would crack Laharl's jaw in half and feed it to him.

words cannot describe how much of a bitch adell is. this dude wears a button down shirt with cutoff sleeves, a comically large tie and elbow length evening gown-esque gloves. he wasnt funny, he wasnt witty, he was just constantly being the exasperated straight man. the only MC i remember fondly was laharl. the 3 big characters of that game were all excellent and had a good chemistry.

i will say though that besides the 1st disgaea my least favorite narrative points in all disgaea games are when they try to add depth to their characters and have them learn something. its ok to have 1 dimensional characters, they are funny.

anyways i'm psyched to hear more about this.

 

[Unknown One]

They got to understand that Disgaea fans love bratty, selfish, childish mains. I loved Laharl and Mao, I hated the other two.

Laharl and Flonne are the favorite Disgaea characters.

 

[cj_iwakura]

words cannot explain how much of a bitch adell is. this dude wears a button down shirt with cutoff sleeves, a comically large tie and elbow length evening gown-esque gloves.

Say what you will about his fashion sense, but story-wise he's as badass as they come. He punches demons in the face and doesn't afraid of anything.

 

[Verelios]

Red hair guy reminds me of Makai's protag. Could it be a world's collide kind of setting?

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Laharl, Etna and Flonne are by far my favourite characters.

Though I do have to say, the designs of the new crew are some of the best of the series.

 

[7threst]

How can people hate on Adell? He's one of the best protagonists, together with Valvatorez!

 

[Kouriozan]

Disgaea 2 is the only one I didn't play, when you get stuff like cheat shop or infinite item floors, it's just so hard to go back to the old Disgaea.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Disgaea 2 is the only one I didn't play, when you get stuff like cheat shop or infinite item floors, it's just so hard to go back to the old Disgaea.

Disgaea 2 had some systems that later games don't, namely felonies.

 

[Acquiescence]

Give it to me already NIS.

Peter Dinklage is so hot.

 

[Village]

He would. It's his special ability: the more powerful the demon, the stronger Adell hits. Best ability ever.

And I liked Valvatorez. Mao was okay; his cast was amazing though.

Leharl would overcome any challenge, with his overwhelming charisma.

 

[ATXAlchemy]

How can people hate on Adell? He's one of the best protagonists, together with Valvatorez!

They got to understand that Disgaea fans love bratty, selfish, childish mains. I loved Laharl and Mao, I hated the other two.

Laharl and Flonne are the favorite Disgaea characters.

And I liked Valvatorez. Mao was okay; his cast was amazing though.

I don't like Adell. Coz from start finish, it felt like he was just saying one thing. But D2 had Rozalind. I am fascinated by her "speech"/"dialect"/"accent" or whatever the proper word actually is. (Played the JP versions of the game here.)

I disliked Mao. More than I did Adell.

As for the cast, I was a bit disappointed. Raspberyl was kinda interesting, but she got shoved to the side since they instead chose to make Almaz the heroine (and I don't find him all that interesting). Salvatore was the first person to make me laugh out loud in the game, while Sapphire is pretty nice. I'll someday have a go at Raspberyl-hen.

That said, they need to remake/port the Marl Kingdom trilogy. I'd buy it even if they tried to sell it for 8000 yen. *__*

If I find enough time, I'll get to try Antiphona one day. It was meant to be a successor, but it apparently failed commercially.

P.S. We were promised last year that we'd get an Asagi game. I'm still waiting. For any information at all.

 

[cj_iwakura]

As for the cast, I was a bit disappointed. Raspberyl was kinda interesting, but she got shoved to the side since they instead chose to make Almaz the heroine (and I don't find him all that interesting).

Raspberyl is the best thing about D3.

 

[Parakeetman]

Sure, it's still a hardcore game, but the important thing is to make it approachable to newcomers, so that even people who are not interessed in all those mechanics can enjoy it.

I mean, you don't even need half of the mechanics if you're interessed in only the Story mode

screw the newcomers really. since its been the core audience thats been keeping the series alive this long.

you start messing with core mechanics and you can have a good amount of your actual consumer base walk away if you fuck it up. dont think they will be willing to risk that.

Poor Asagi... Still no game of her own.

 

[Mohasus]

Liked everyone except the MC in this image, seems like I'll need to buy a PS4 or a Vita when this gets ported.

 

[Evilisk]

At first I thought that was Petta and Zetta (with roids)

Bunny Girl + Orange Prinny are the most interesting to me atm

Raspberyl is the best thing about D3.

Yeah, this.