Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (PlayStation Portable)

Um ok who and why? that's all I have to say the graphics are poor and the story is not great, and the fighting engine is lacking big time, I give this game a poor rating for Poor graphics and laughable game play. 1 out of 10.

Jeu PSP neuf à prix attractif, devenu rare en France donc affaire à saisir. Bonne communication et suivi de l'achat de la part du vendeur. Frais d'expédition pas cher, envoi normal.

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is one of those once in a console lifespan type of games, the kind that set the bar far too high for the remainder of the generation - and even for itself - leaving a new console war to (hopefully) reignite the ingenuity and innovation of developers and lead to the next great genre revolution.

For those who haven't had the chance to experience it already, Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness tells the heartwarming tale of the spoiled brat Laharl, prince of the netherworld, who wakes up from a nap two years too late to inherit the title of overlord from his deceased dad. As a result, he decides to take his birthright by force. Wait, that doesn't sound very heartwarming, does it? You'd be surprised. Joining him for the ride are his untrustworthy vassal Etna; an angel trainee-turned-unlikely assassin that's obsessed with the power of love; a defender of justice from outer space and his multipurpose superrobot; and a gaggle of exploding penguins called prinnies. As you can probably tell, Disgaea doesn't make much of an effort to take itself seriously, but its incredibly absurd humor is precisely what makes it so endearing.

Once you've finished up with the main story campaign, which should take you roughly 30 to 40 hours, there's certainly no shortage of things to do. You'll be able to restart the story from the beginning and carry over your levels, troops, and equipment to try to get a different ending, and there are a ton of powerful optional bosses to fight and extra areas to explore. There's also the item world--literally the world inside each of your items--where you battle through progressively difficult, randomly generated floors to make your gear more powerful. An entirely new feature is Etna Mode, a separate campaign with its own hilarious story and dialogue told entirely from Etna's point of view that shows what might have happened if she had actually managed to kill Laharl in the opening scene instead of wake him up.

this was a great sleeper hit on the ps2 and now it's portable for the psp!! if your a strategy rpg fan and missed this title on the ps2 you need to check it out on the psp. aside from the great story, bonus stages and multiple endings on the ps2 version the psp version has an added bonus mode as well. so even if you already owned the ps2 version (like myself) the new psp version has an all new story mode to enjoy. bottom line you need to check this game out for those new or old vets to the world of disgaea. LAHARL FOR LIFE!!

If you're into turned based games *think Final Fantasy Tactics* then this is for you. You move the characters across a given range, pick and attack and execute it. At times the monotony during battles is too much to take and I just cut the PSP off for a while. I also don't like how with optional battles *such as the item battles or fighting the assembly* you can't have the option to end the battle and return to the castle without a game over. Most importantly you have to make sure you go back into Laharl's castle and save! Or else you'll be doing everything all over again.

The graphics are cute, the game has both the original Japanese voice actors as well and English so you can choose b/t the too *i love that since I'd prefer the original Japanese version* and the characters are funny, but other than that *yawwnn*

I've only rented this game from Gamefly. I had no idea what the battle system was like. So I'm glad I rented before buying or I would have been very disappointed.