Disgaea RPG is a command battle RPG spin-off of the tactical RPG series Disgaea.
DISGAEA brought to mobile!
The Netherworld, a place deeper than the deepest ocean and darker than the darkest cave. It's a chaotic world ruled by demons, monsters, and Overlords. No one knows quite where to find it. But now this dark place will open to all the players. Enter the Netherworld, try to raise the Strongest Overlord on a strange but exciting adventure.
※ GAME FEATURES
■ Protagonists from the series reunite Protagonists like Laharl, Flonne, Etna, Adell, Mao, Valvatorez and Killia from the whole series reunite and start an adventure filled with laughter and tears!
■ Original stories and music In the Netherworld, everyone's moral compass is a little different from humans. Unfold the exciting stories of your favorite characters and go through their ups and downs with background music from the series. The “Netherworld History” is for DISGAEA fans to relive their favorite plots once more and for newcomers to learn about the series' previous stories.
■ Over-the-Top Battle Systems The game uses a turn-based combat system. Assemble your dream team to your deepest desires! Amusing battle options like “Team Attack”, “Tower”, and “Throw” make the game truly strategical and hilarious.
■ Deal tons of damage Awaken and upgrade characters all the way up to the max level of 9999. Grant characters with many skills & magic with enhancements and deal tons of damage to your enemies!
■ Classic elements from the series Everything you love about DISGAEA is now brought to mobile. Call the “Dark Assembly” to unlock various content, travel the infinite “Item World” to upgrade your equipment, and challenge the “Overlord’s Tower” for fiendish rewards!
■ Play Anytime, Anywhere Auto-Battling at up to 4x speed! Enjoy the epic battle at any time and any place!
★ TL;DR ★
i play this game near-daily, but i feel like i wouldn't if it weren't for the fact I'm a long-time fan of the franchise.
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the things i love about the game are all to do with the characters and less to do with the gameplay itself. anyone who's played a mainline Disgaea game probably knows what i mean when i say that the biggest appeal (combat wise) is how creative you can get during turns; the dopamine rush of lining up goofy ass gigastronk moves, watching your foes be molecularly disassembled, navigating the terrain and messing around with geo tiles.
beyond that — discovering easter eggs in your home base, secret stages, item world special stages (looking at you, succubus room 😩😭) ... so much of the charm you know and love from the franchise doesn't exist in DRPG.
then there's DRPG's own set of "mechanics" that are haphazardly shoved in place of said Disgaea charm for the sake of timegating, grinding and such, things that are pretty staple for mobile games. whilst its really not fantastic, it's also not completely terrible (comparing to other gachas) ... it's just not memorable in a positive way. for the most part: you'll wait until daily reset so you can hit up gates (which you NEED to strengthen your units and ultimately progress as the content gets a little beefier) and then wait til tomorrow for the same thing. there you go. that's the #content that'll take up most of your time while playing inbetween events, character gates (F2P units that take months to build and are "meh"), and whatever else.
the gacha in DRPG is balls, or maybe ball torture would be more accurate. 9/10 times your 4★ pity is going to be some plebian asswipe they have in the standard banner. for the most part, once you hit 200 rolls you can spark/exchange for the banner unit. that isnt always the case, however.
in order to milk the playerbase, collab characters aren't exchangeable — so you're left at the mercy of the forsaken salty sardine gods hoping you'll nab whoever you're after if you keep rolling and building up the rate %. for some reason, you're more likely to see Thursday and Gordon steal your guaranteed 4★ roll than you are the banner unit. [although, maybe that part is just me] ( ・ิω・ิ)
i can't think of anything else worth mentioning, and that's ultimately part of the problem. i keep playing because I love Disgaea, plus I've already invested alot of time and resources.
if you aren't a long-time fan of the franchise, this isn't a game i can in good conscience recommend as a standalone game. the gacha market is far too good these days for me to suggest otherwise.