Rating: 83.9%
Platforms: PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy and Tactical
Themes: Comedy
Keywords: anime, ninja, magic, grinding, samurai, world domination, turn-based, robots, hand-to-hand combat, party-based combat, multiple endings, satire, grid-based movement, sword & sorcery, boss fight, anthropomorphism, platform exclusive, tactical turn-based combat, leveling up, voice acting, based on - comics, shopping, bow and arrow, upgradeable weapons, cameo appearance, ice stage, moral decisions, recruitable characters, self-referential humor, depression, anti-hero, recurring boss, game with chapters, plot twist, not-so-bad guys, villain turned good, women in refrigerators syndrome, new game plus, monster capturing, anti-villain, adapted to - anime, sealing your own fate, redemption, reluctant hero, class change, geomancer, demonic protagonist, ps2 classics, e3 2004, e3 2003 and ps3
Perspective: Third person
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: Atlus USA;Koei
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Summary:
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is a tactical role-playing video game and the first game in the Disgaea series. Battle gameplay takes place on a map divided into a square grid. The player controls a squad of humanoid units and monsters, which each occupy a single square of the grid and do combat with a group of enemies. Depending on the character and attack selected, the player will be able to deal damage to a specific enemy unit or a designated region of the map. Combat ends when all enemy units or all of the player's units are destroyed.
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