PS2 Longplay [056] Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (part 09 of 12)
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Played by: Connor
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is Nippon Ichi's second foray into tactical RPGs
and the start of a rather long series of games. It was released in 2003 and
feature tactical turn-based combat, quirky characters, hilariously
over-acting voice actors and lots of "Nippon Ichi style" humour.
We follow Laharl, a demon and the son of the (late) Overlord of the
Netherworld, in his struggle to gain control over his heritage after his old
man chokes to death on a Black Pretzel. During the game, he gains the support
of several characters, demons, humans and even angels.
The mechanics of the game are hugely intricate, with item levels, item
specialists, weapon mastery, stat-aptitude and lots and lots of other weird
words. It is also allows OCD players to keep playing the game for a long time,
maxing their characters. As an example, the final boss of the story is level
90 and the last optional boss is level 6000.
I try not to level up too much in relation to the story, but there is almost
always some hidden levelling between chapters, so don't be surprised if stats
change unexpectedly. In general, I show new mechanics in detail the first time
they are available (and reasonable to use), and then edit them out the rest of
the time. I go for the "good" ending, which is considered canon by Nippon Ichi.
The bonus video contains all the optional post-game stuff and some other
extras. More specifically, the other endings, some japanese voice acting,
some unlockables and all the optional dungeons, including soloing the last
boss with a max-level Laharl, just for funsies.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, I'm making HEAVY use of cheat codes in the
post-game. It probably takes around 100 hours just to max-level one character,
and getting the best equipment can be even worse. I love you guys, but not
that much. It's enough that the game-clock was over 100 hours when I was done
recording. No cheats during the story, though! -
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