When we wrote about the original PS4 release of Disgaea 5, we said it was a maddening mix of content that would either consume your every waking moment or bring you down trying. It had so much to do that you’d never be able to escape.
Here’s the thing, though: with Disgaea 5 Complete, that’s actually okay.
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The hallmark of a great strategy game is how easy it is to let yourself give in to its myriad systems and revel in their complexities. Grand Kingdom, developed by Spike Chunsoft and brought to the West by NIS America, certainly is that. It doesn’t have your traditional JRPG trappings, instead focusing on intricate mechanical interactions and a veritable smorgasbord of possibility. Grand Kingdom doesn’t seek to be a game you like. It seeks to be a game you live.
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Grand Kingdom developed by Monochrome and published in Japan by Spike Chunsoft, is releasing in the West in June thanks to NIS America! The PS4/Vita RPG-strategy hybrid is a spiritual sequel to cult import hit Grand Knights History and a compelling tactical experience in its own right.
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The turn-based dungeon-crawling RPG, once a Western creation but long ago co-opted by Japanese developers, is a genre that often prides itself in its insular stances. It builds out these worlds and systems for the already-faithful, making anyone attempting to approach it for the first time feel like a, well, stranger.
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Stranger of Sword City is the latest dungeon-crawler from Experience Inc., a developer well-known for just this genre. It’s become notable even before its Western release for its art style, as well as its strict adherence to being a game for die-hard veterans of the genre. Let’s check it out!
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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a very good game. No, wait: it’s a very bad game. Is it an okay game? No, it’s never that! It’s either an unparalleled package of fun or an interminable waste of time, and sometimes both at once. See, Disgaea inspires extreme feelings and internal struggles as you stare into its indiscernible abyss, and it’s hard to come out of the experience as neither a die-hard convert nor someone who’s sworn off the series entirely. The good news — or bad, depending on how much you value your free time — is that Disgaea 5 is clearly the most engaging and full-featured entry in the series yet.
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Spells! Blades! Exploding penguin demons! Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance has all the trappings you’d usually expect from a Disgaea game, plus a whole slate of new features and mechanics. Check some of them out with us in this video!
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A new Disgaea game always brought with it a wealth of new features and mechanics, but it’s clear where developer Nippon Ichi Software put much of its focus in Disgaea 5: collecting a wealth of useful characters. The new “squad” functions really reward you for having a deep bench, meaning a unit won’t drop off your radar the moment they get knocked out of your adventuring party.
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If a Danganronpa game gets you questioning the use of continuing onward, despite tragic events and overwhelming odds, then you know it’s a success. The whole point is to get you weighing the potential of hope against the reality of despair.
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