Tactics vs. Disgaea

[feioncastor]

I've never heard of Disgaea, but there's this game called Final Fantasy Tactics that I strongly recommend.

I don't enjoy how the reviewer seems to think FFT is the be-all standard for SRPGs either. I mean, yeah, it was a wonderful game, but all SRPGs are going to be different and shouldn't be faulted merely because they didn't 'live up to the standards of teh FFTz.' *sigh*

I like diversity in games, but they did something amazing with FFT. I'm sure it wasn't the first SRPG done in that style, but when I played, I personally had never seen anything like it. FFT is a game that almost any video gamer would enjoy playing, just because of the way the action is conducted. It is, without any doubt or question, the greatest video game I've ever experienced.

There have been a couple of games that followed a similar mold, and were totally fine. Vandal Hearts was similar to FFT in the Battle System, but that was about it. Other than that, the game had a totally different feel. And I liked Vandal Hearts just fine. BG, you may know this, but Vandal Hearts doesn't have random battles either, which makes it very troublesome for the player who likes to be one or two levels ahead of the enemy. Furthermore, VH has no moves like "Accumulate" to make the most of every AT you get. Also, the job system is VERY guided. You can only change job classes (advance) twice in the whole game, once at level 10 and once again at level 20. And you only get a choice at level 10. Like a Mage can choose to be an Enchanter or Monk, and then at 20, Enchanters become Sorcerers and Monks become Ninjas.

However, VH does have one thing that FFT does not. When you kill an creature, their blood sprays way high into the air as they depart from the battlefield.

However, with Suikoden Tactics, it seemed like they were trying to hard to put a FFT formula around their story. They added some new weird stuff like adding elemental charge to the ground with magic, and a lot of other different battle dynamics, Suikoden Tactics was playable, but did meet my expectations of an SRPG.

I guess I shouldn't have played FFT as my first SRPG. Now I've got this skewed perception and I expect all SPRGs to be... well... good.

Anyway, I will have to try Disgaea. What system is it available for?