Disgaea 5 Review: Destroying Villages With A Button Press 

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In terms of Disgaea 6 my opinion can be summed up with a conversation “Why isn’t there anymore map wide skills” “Idk” “But we did introduce a unit who has a skill of which’s range expands indefinitely” “Why would you do that instead of just making a map wide skill?” “We were just in a silly goofy mood.”

How to improve Disgaea 5 story in 3 steps 1: show, don't tell. Like in the last chapter, a demon yells that angels are attacking... No, shows us the angels killing the crap out of the Lost! 2: change Void's motivation from "I want to resurrect muh sister" to "The carnage guys are going to fucking kill us and my plan is the only option to kill them" 3: have a prinny killing Seraphina. Multiple times.

I actually didn’t know about most of these weird translation issues on the evilities. This changes a lot now that I’m on a new playthrough of 5

I'm probably never gonna play these game but damn are these reviews fun to watch. GET THIS MAN MORE SUBSCRIBERS.

Love your editing and writing style hope you eventually get around the rest of the games

This deserves a lot of views this editing's pretty thorough!!

This was my starting point for disgaea series also plan on getting the rest cool video man

>translation errors in abilities description Oh god, the marry skelter PTSD is kicking in

Great edits :-D love the one with balance flying out of the window xDD

Damn man, your Disgaea reviews are really good, you deserve way more subs

How did I just discover this channel? I don't even care if ain't reviews just make videos on Disgaea/Persona and I'm happy

Also, that bit about disgaea 6 got me good. Hopefully, with 7 on the horizon, they will, at the very least, polish up the huge flaws of 6

As a big disgaea fan, these are incredible, love your stuff man

Hell yeah, dude been waiting on this for a while

When I think about it, Killia is this bizarre fusion of Adell and Rozalin, but with way worse handling of the whole "evil alter ego" part of their characters. In 2, Rozalin being the real Zenon was a great twist , and the way they handle it was equally great. When Adell shuts up the real Zenon with a kiss, that feels fucking earned as hell because of their relationship that develops over the course of the entire story. Best couple in the franchise. But for Killia it's so....lazy? His "killer instinct" goes out of control when he thinks Seraphina dies, he loses control again against Bloodis, and then after that Killia just....gets over it. Huh? That shit is super rushed and makes no sense. It's not like Zenon being a sealed up part of Rozalin's personality that could reasonably be influenced by spending the entire game with our heroes, this thing is his killer instinct going wild, where he has to concentrate all the time to avoid letting it loose. How the hell did he just get over something that fundamental to him as a person? I still like the story and the characters in this game, but above all else Killia's "development" in the story is its worst aspect to me. Even if him getting Avidya Holy Water as a result of it is a sweet payoff in terms of gameplay. Of course the gameplay is easily the best it's ever been in the franchise. There's so much customization and options available to the player it's unreal. Revenge Mode, Overload Skills, Squads, Subclasses, Curries, Netherworld Research, and that's just the new shit in addition to all the other staples in the franchise. And monsters are arguably their most useful here except maybe D4 since they finally have weapon mastery and can throw people now.

I hope you do eventually get to the rest of the series, 1 is my favorite game of all time.

Disgaea 2 on ps2 was my first game of the series and i fell in love with with the franchise since then, i have all the pc ports and i cant wait for the rest of them. I love your videos because they remind me about all the things i enjoyed about the games, and in a very funny format. Keep up the great work . Also shame for what happened to disgaea 6, the 2d sprites are iconic to the series and to me the 3d models just look like they are from a shitty mobile game. I dont know anything gameplay wise, so i hope its not a downgrade like the graphics

bruh, i rewatch this a month later and the fact this hasn’t even hit more than 1k is actually criminal.

I just finished the story, I bout shit a brick in the event convo right before the last chapter starts that explains that macrocosm is LITERALLY the power of friendship. The concentrated kamehameha of friendship.

Disgaea 5's plot is a B-Kung Fu movie that didn't double down on the premise enough. Many of the plot beats follow those kinds of films, but, enough effort is never really spent to build the world up, and it gets diluted by the kinda weird, interplanetary, overlord drama backdrop. I believe that the removal of the recruitment skits from Disgaea 3 and 4, however minor they may seem, was actually a pretty major contributor to this dilution of setting. Also not helping is its conflict with Makai Kingdom's establishing of lore, which, for one reason or another, is the view of the NIS-verse that seems the most popular with fans. Myself included. Also, for everything the main game did well mechanically, Disgaea 5 has earned my eternal enmity for ruining monster recruitment, and apparently being the model future games will follow. Along with the early game item world dive, one of the absolute highlights of Disgaea is coming up with a patented, brilliant plan to bring down the lowest level Rifle Demon, or Skeletal Dragon, or whatever senator by chapter 3. But, apparantly, the game is perfectly fine and well balanced if the player can grind up to Sage before chapter 2, but Eryngi need to be kept under strict lock and key, amirite? Petty rant of a monster lover over.

I love your videos, i hope you review the other games too!

I've never played Disgaea, but your videos are fun. Keep it up

To be honest i mostly play disgaea for the item world, they could make a disgaea game with only the item world and i would play it indefinitely.

can you make a disgeae 7 video?

I 100% Disgaea 1. Loved the story, loved the gameplay, love the Majin class. Now im playing through Disgaea 2 and watching these reviews to see how much I have been missing out on. Keep up the good work.

Start a save file centered around using desco with at least 4 clestial hostesses it's freakin cool I like sliding in a flora beast and an archer, Usalias pretty good for it too and since it's all females you can slide in Axel into the mix with obvious tendency powering him up.

enjoyed the video, hope youre still enjoying disgaea! any plans to make a video for disgaea 7?

Funny review. Appreciate it

Im glad you also enjoy disgaea 2 more than 3-5. People act like I'm crazy for saying that but I'm not crazy. Good stuff

This review is a work of art

Me: Mom can we have adell and rozalin? Mom: No, we already have adell and rozalin at home

A Disgaea 5 meme review in 2021? Awesome. Awhile ago, I finished Disgaea 1 and 2 end game nonsense and I'm going through 5 now. I watched one of the cutscene compilations of 4 (and 3) though I have zero interest in 4 based on the story.

new mint condition review lets fucking goooooooooo

I am under the impression 2 is your favourite Disgaea. Which is fine. It's my second most "hated" just behind 6. I still like it a lot. My point is that if you ask people about their opinions on the series, you will get genuinely oposite responses. So don't hesitate to review 1 or any other Disgaea game. If someone new to the series pick it up, they will either hate it or love it regardless of which game they picked. To us insiders the games might look vastly different story-wise, in terms of mechanics etc. But to outsiders the games wills look really similar and I doubt someone that is prone to liking the series will ditch it just because they played "the wrong entry".

Best review of Disgaea 5! in my opinion :)

Picked up Disgaea 1 because I wanted a Strategy game, thought "XCom is pretty cool, maybe I'll try that new Mario Rabbids game." Went to GameStop, was looking for it on the shelf, and I scanned over Disgaea 1 Complete for the switch. I thought "this must be a sign". So I asked the person at the counter if they had any copies of The Mario game. They did. So I grabbed one and went home to play it. Hated it. Remembered Disgaea 1 on the shelf. Opened Steam and bought Disgaea 1 PC. I'm gonna be honest. I had to force myself through the first 15 hours or so. And thank God for the writing and voice acting. But eventually, I wanted Flonne to learn some attack spells, and while I was building her up to be a real unit, something clicked, and I actually started enjoying interacting with the games systems. If the sequels lean more into that side of things, I think I'll be pretty happy with them (and I already bought all but 6 and 3 since they were like 5-10 dollars each during the Steam Sale)

thank you for respecting my privacy. I still have about 1 hour on disgaea 1 after owning it for months.

That thumbnail makes me smile.

I came for the Disgaea review in-passing, but then you referenced Kamen Rider and now I'm sold. /s I've been playing 5 for a long time now and while I personally find the story on-par with dog piss (Disgaea stories tend to be subtle deconstructions/parodies. 5's writing was just 2's but worse; every martial arts anime ever made), I can at least appreciate the gameplay improvements. It tricked me at-first given a few weird early game choices. But as the game went on, I developed a soft spot for most of it. I'm really happy they made Chara World a board game tho. Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew CW in 3 and 4.

D5's story and most characters (not you Usalia) was so horrendous that I just couldn't play more after beating the game. The only reason I was able to power through to the end was because of the amazing gameplay, the life they gave to the creatable characters, and the hope that the story would get better... Yeah, I play Disgaea for the story and gameplay is more like the sides and spices to the main dish.

To be fair, i am pretty sure if the old guyd had an full scrren nuke only they could use, everyone would make them. And then complain they have to make old wrinkly men to clear IW.

with the announce of disgaea 7, i do hope 6 is just a testing ground for being the first 3d disgaea game. with the returning with alot of classes and other things , i believe it more but cautiously optimism is always my motto. still THEY GOT GHOST BACK BABY!!!!

This vid is straight fire.

7’s pregame is even better than 5, so thankful after a messed up 6.

Idk why but I thinking hated the blocks... Geo Prisms are back and better than ever. Feels like this is the best game in the series for me cause of a lot of things.

When i saw the flashback were Lion GF dies, my mind went: Im sorry, i think we've been there before, have we been there before? -Flashback to Elise death in FE Birthright- Oh my God we've been there before! Heck, even their names sound similar.

I'm late to the party so whatever, but the story isn't as bad as you think. You're not suppose to focus on the surface level like you would watching Fooly Cooly, it's the subtext to it. In reality, the story isn't about getting revenge. It's about understanding that you've made mistakes and to learn from them and move on. For Killia, it was really obvious this is what they were going for. A guy trying to suppress the rage he has inside him and atone for his past, but in the end, he learns to accept who he really is . Void Dark has to accept that he was the one responsible for Lieze's death. Red Magnus has to accept that was responsible for his netherworld's destruction. Gideon had to accept that he failed as a father. This was the whole point to why their overload skills would change, once they came to realize this. In reality, the enemy cast was introduced as playable because they figured people would want to play as them but it does mostly make sense storywise.

The story on 5 may be dry as jerky left out for a day, but the gameplay is prob the best in Disgaea. We don’t talk about 6…and maybe potentially 7 too (don’t know how 7 is aside from the horrors coming from 6). ^^;

Disgaea 3 Review when?

why the hell does this video start with valvatorez beating the shit out of adam conover

Is still don't get who this guy uh is supposed to be.

i dont think the story was that bad. sure cookie cutter but isnt too bad. usalia and red magnus arcs were my favorite part. i say the charater designs are my favorite compared to the other games. i say my only problem with disgaea 5 is that the girlfriend is back and feels it beats the purpose from moving on. the worst part of disgaea 5 IS THAT THERE IS NO FUCKING GHOST CLASS(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Ngl for like the first 5 chapters I thought his gf was flonne because of the ribbon only to find out it was a generic village girl who is only slightly less annoying than seraphina

this is really funny

So basically Disgaea 5 is the Fire Emblem Engage of the Disgaea series?

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You finished the main storyline and you think the game is done? Oh you poor lost fool, you're just getting started.

What are you talking about? The story was great You just didn’t pay attention

When you said that the only plot that was worthwhile was 1 and 2, I completely agree with you. NIS seems to always be treading narrative water since Adell and Laharl. I've been playing a lot of Disgaea 7 lately and I don't remember any of the major plot beats, however I do approve of the post game.

Yeah, the Sam Hyde shoot out and 4chan jokes just get old, you're definitely catering to a certain group.

thx for the spoilers

If youre gonna stop with Disgaea then why bot talk about the other NIS SRPGs that never got a sequel? Like Soul Nomad or La Pucelle Ragnarok?

you forgot you have to switch the language to japanese and that in all other games you have to turn off voice acting lest half tards who do flones voice and others will rape our ears with near 30 khz sound waves. disgaea 4 had the best story .2 had the only proper alternate story. 1 had the most endings. 5 seems like its got the most broken stat progression. same rarity bonus on gold named items which get thrown at you for going to the hospital or clearing floors on the item world (the reward for clearing in any number of runs x number of floors which all is pre 50 floors mind you) when leveled only to 10 and then used on 1 character give enough to push them to 1k atk. so here i am main story its level 20 somethings against my lvl 40 mc with 1k attack. i should be level 150 or so before i get 1k attack

Soooooo, 6 sucked?

What makes you so special that you believe it’s ok for you to say that word?

ok we get it, you're a right winger dude. yikes

My favorite part of every disgaea game is when you use a multi hit skill and each tick does over a million damage. Oohhhhhh yeaaahhhhh

Disgaea 2 is still the Best ❤