The Disgaea Series

[Mirage]

Hey Void, did you ever find prism ranger Indigo in some the item world? :p

[NeoCracker]

Makai Wars? I so want that now.

[Dragonsoul]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

Makai Wars was being developed for something else before they decided to develop it for PS 3 I believe. You buy me it. Anyways I wish I knew Japanese so I could more easily play the Front Mission series. I beat Front Mission 1 and Front Mission: Gun Hazard both for Japanese Snes in the spring(translation). Let me play the rest of them!

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Hey Void, did you ever find prism ranger Indigo in some the item world?

I never actually encountered him, but I imagine I will someday.

[CimminyCricket]

He's the guy that is just randomly whining about wanting to go home, yes?

[Mirage]

Indeed he is :p. Seeing him made me lol.

[CimminyCricket]

I remember him! I wanted to help go home! :c( But they wouldn't let me. So I settled for just me going home.

[Cz]

Man, I wish you could have unlocked the Prism Rangers. Thos guys were great.

[Endless]

You can call them in DG2

Anyway, if you can get Disgaea 1 first, then DG2 or Makai Kingdom. Also, Makai Wars was originally developped to be a PSP game, but a title with the same name was later announced on the PS3.

[Ishin Ookami]

I enjoyed almost all of the games by nis; Disgaea 1-2, Phantom Brave and Makai Kingdom, I just couldn't get into Atelier Iris for some reason.

The NIS games have a certain charm to them that seems to be absent from the Gust games.

I disagree, I find the Gust titles to be every bit as charming as the NIS games. great storylines and awesome jokes about the RPG industry, and great gameplay makes for a good package. I just wish both the NIS and Gust titles would get more respect from the critics. I swear i'm sick of 1up bashing on every game they make just cuz they use pixels and comparing every gust/NIS title to FFVII.

But yah, i say go for Disgaea 1 first, just cuz the story really is that good. I just can't get enough of flonne, Etna, Captain Gordan, Mid-boss, Laharl, and the rest of the guys from that game. Disgaea 2 still has a good story that centeres around deception in life, but the characters just were not as memorable. They were good, just not AS good, but still had more charisma than you'd find in recent FF titles. such as FFXII or FF tactics advance.

[Madame Adequate]

It is popular, but I haven't played it but I would probably like it. Here are the top tactical rpg's I know of...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_role_playing_game

Ogre series: Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Ogre Battle 64, Ogre Battle(for a handheld console), Tactics Ogre: Knights of Lodis

FF Tactics series: FF Tactics, FF Tactics Advance, FF Tactics Advance 2(upcoming)

Nippon Ichi tactical rpg's they developed: Disgaea 1, La Pucelle Tactics, Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, Disgaea 2, Makai Wars(upcoming)

Series: Fire Emblem, Shining Force, Front Mission(Squaresoft)

Also, Bahamut Lagoon(Squaresoft) and Suikoden Tactics are signifigant, read that article.

You've missed Vandal Hearts 1 + 2, which for my money are the best of the bunch. But I've not played several of NIS', so it's fair to say some might be better still. Like Disgaea. Which I'm just in the middle of ordering from the magic of The Canadia Internets.

[ReloadPsi]

I find the gameplay in tactical RPGs to be a bit too slow-moving for my liking... nevertheless, the awesomeness of Disgaea can be summed up in one word: Prinnies.

Dood!

[Markus. D]

Makai Wars? I so want that now.

it apparently involves my favourite secret boss as the main character

ASAGI <3

edit: don't forget. there is another Prism Ranger in the D2 item world. out there somewhere ~}

edit edit: as for storyline. D2 > D1. though D2 is plently more mindless at the beggining. the ending makes it clever ;o

[Remedy]

I'll play this game but I have a Q.
Does the story of the series linked?
I mean should I play the 1st part to understand the story in the 2nd part?

Does the characters change or the same in the series?

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

The second game has new characters, but the characters from the first game do show up later on. You don't NEED to know who they are, per se, but it makes things a lot more interesting.

Also, Disgaea 1 has the superior story but Disgaea 2 has the superior system, so I imagine it'd be really hard to go back to Disgaea 1 and play without all of the tweaks they did to it so that it works better.