Underplayed Gems

Disgaea 1 Complete (2018)

Disgaea 1 Complete cover
Developer
Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher
Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America
Platforms
PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 9 player ratings
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A grind-heavy tactical RPG with over-the-top anime comedy and deep customization, where you carefully position units for overkill damage in chaotic battles.

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About

A version of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, including the added content in Afternoon of Darkness and Disgaea PC, was released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on October 9, 2018, retitled as Disgaea 1 Complete. Some elements of the game were updated, including adding new higher resolution sprites in the same style as Disgaea 5, changing character art images with the Disgaea 5 artstyle, as well as retroactively replacing some generic humanoid and monster classes that did not appear since Disgaea: Hour of Darkness with classes that do appear in later games in the series.

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