Disgaea PC. Play or pass? I haven't gotten into a good RPG in years. Is this gonna do it for me?

Disgaea PC. Play or pass? I haven't gotten into a good RPG in years. Is this gonna do it for me?

>a good RPG
It's an SRPG.

Haven't played the PC version personally but I have it on PS2 and it was good.

>giving NISA money
don't

The only good Disgaea games are 3 4 and 5

PC version is fine, although you might need to play with the settings a bit. I played the majority of it on the PS2 and I enjoyed the hell out of it, but there is a LOT of grinding for the extra endgame stuff. The story is fairly enjoyable and there is multiple endings.

If I were to get it through other means would it be worth it?

It's pretty god damn good but I liked Neptunia better.

Also if you end up playing it, don't kill your units ever. The game never tells you this but if you kill a single friendly unit you can't get the good ending.

Is N1 dead? They've already ported this game like 3 times.

Even if it's grindy I can bear through it if the content/story is quirky or humorous, or if it feels worthwhile. From the steam screenshots it looks fine writing wise, but I just don't wanna get into something that gets all JRPG tropey on me

Yes. It's dated but the characters are the best out of any Disgaea. Only 4 comes close

I was debating getting Neptunia a while back but heard it was grind heavy and just a meme fest

Define good? disgaea's combat is just grind my character into absurdity just like any NI srpg that has ever existed

this game came out 13 goddamn years ago

Yes, OP, Disgaea PC is the best way to play Disgaea 1 bar none now that they have characters you can't obtain via emulation.
As an RPG it's kind of dated, but I think you'd only notice that if you played a later Disgaea game and went back to D1. If you like the gist of D1, but find the gameplay cumbersome, then I'd definitely recommend getting Disgaea 2 on PC in February.

I personally fell in love with the series after playing 1 so it's not a bad way to start the series by any means, the story still holds up today. Give it a go.

PC version has more content though.

PSP version is best

>Yes, OP, Disgaea PC is the best way to play Disgaea 1 bar none now that they have characters you can't obtain via emulation.
But does it have playable Pleinair?

Disgaea PC is a port of Afternoon of Darkness.

Enjoy never playing 3 and later if you don't have a PS3 or Vita, then.

PC version is fine, and even has the recruitables from the DS version. It's pretty much the most complete one with the only thing not in it being Prinny commentary from DS. Just make sure not to be in Steam beta. You may also want to look into the Pretty Prinny mod.

Story in Disgaea games is sort of cheesy and tends to make parodies of a bunch of things, so don't expect it to be serious at all. As an SRPG it's good, but be aware the S part only really applies to the main story, and that's if you don't overlevel. The main attraction in Disgaea games has always been building your units to insane levels of strength, with a lot of the later skills having over the top animations (i.e. sending your enemies to the sun or literally destroying the planet just to hit some enemies). That and customization since pretty much any humanoid unit can be made to use almost any weapon and still deal tons of damage. There is a lot of grinding in the series, though there's always maps and mechanics made specifically to help you with said grinding.

Yes, a relatively recent patch added Pleinair and recruitable Rozalin, Adell and Zetta.

>unironically giving NISA your money
they're absolute scum who deserve to die

I agree. Too many broken console games they never patched

The majority of the game is pretty humorous with some darker story elements in the middle and at the end, I think you would probably enjoy it if that is what you are looking for.

Yeah, I agree. I played the PS2 and PSP versions and started on the PC version and this version is the most complete. Doesn't it have the DS content as well?

That sounds like my jam 100%

Thanks for the beta testing!

Just wait until they manage to burn your pcs too

Don't get neptunia, it's a meme and autists enjoy it because >muhcutegirls but honestly no part of the gameplay or story is any good

>Enjoy never playing 3 and later if you don't have a PS3 or Vita, then.
ps3 emulation

Portable disgaea is always better

pc is portable

Very bland, slow, and linear combat. Characters+music are memorable but don't make up for the grey flavored gameplay.

That's not what i mean though. The vita versions have tons of extra content and all dlc is included. PS3 version are just vanilla

Neptunia isn't really worth your time. Everyone in Nep threads is in staunch denial of the games having terrible quality and unpolished gameplay even though it gets like 2 games a year. There are games that can deliver waifus while still giving you an alright game to play, Neptunia is not one of those games.

this might be the grindiest game of all time, its a limitless grinding threshold, you can even grind up your items too

and you have to play some shitty FF tactics game to grind your characters up, just to see some VN-tier hijinks

even worse, your characters aren't set. you have to grind up generics to get better generics, which you dont even know if you need or not

The story is really dumb but I see it more as a comedy game. I don't know why would anyone take the setting seriously.
The fighting system is a classic RPG with the HDD transformation mechanic and the EXE drives.

It's not grindy but it's focused on exploring a lot of dungeons and to make armor and weapons.

I personally find it hilarious and the game industry jokes are pretty funny and are less anime cliche like in Disgaea.

>Complaining about muh cute girls
>On a Disgaea thread
Some people are legit retarded.

Yes. She breaks the story mode too.

>even worse, your characters aren't set. you have to grind up generics to get better generics, which you dont even know if you need or not

This is true, Disgaea is an okay 20+ hour RPG followed by number porn grindfest in NG+

NIS girls are just cute.
Neptunia is "am I kawaii uguu" kind of cute.

see here Though I dont think many neptunia fans are in denial that the games are shit. Fairy Fencer F was alright but isn't technically a nep game. I've yet to try the latest game in the series Megadimension Neptunia VII but it's probably not much better than the rest.

Pirate and try it before you buy it IMO

There is only 1 kawaii uguu girl in Neptunia and that is Compa, everyone else has their own merits.
What has Disgaea going on for them? Perflat and muh every character is a loli with like 4 exceptions.

>comparing Nep humor and Disgaea humor
Ah yes, I too remember when Disgaea referenced Reddit and Sup Forums and unironically talked about memes.

Also Disgaea characters have much better designs than Neptunia's "get a girl with tits and put her in a leotard".

Also sprites > models

>I've yet to try the latest game in the series
The latest is Cyberdimension which looks good as heck.

Don't believe people saying the game is "not too grindy". The very fact than they feel the need to even try to justify the grind shows just how grindy the game truly is.

The game's fanbase is made entirely of people, who don't consider spending a few hours on the first mission leveling up all their characters to unlock new classes as grinding.

It's not out yet