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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Disgaea is an established and respected series. The JRPG has set trends with its story and mechanics. After all, it’s one of the many founders of the whole “overlord antihero” stereotype. Its insane level caps and encouraging of massive damage outputs have made it an icon. It’s no wonder that the original game, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, is on its fourth port.
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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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Installments in a series are going to have a lot in common. This is especially true when each game is centered around people who would probably be perfect villains in other properties. Lines between entries may blur at the edges. This is especially true with Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance. Someone might come into this strategic JRPG after playing Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten and swear they’re experiencing deja vu.
Don’t worry. It’s not you, it’s the games.
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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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