First Impression: Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories

So last night I was able to get Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories and I will say so far, so good! Though to be honest, I've only put in a total of about 5 hours so far and I've just gotten into Chapter 3. Yes, I know... that is why I put "First Impression" in the title. Blah... there I go forgetting about what I intended to write!

One thing I was definately afraid of was how it would play. I had played several other titles from Nippon Ichi (that came after the first Disgaea) and I just never could get into it. I was pleasently surprised to see that much of the gameplay hasn't changed to the point where it felt entirely new. It is also kind of cool to see how the spells and abilities from the original make a return and have been redone. Much of which looks pretty damn cool so far.

I'm also glad that some of the characters from the first game will at least make an appearance, those guys are just too crazy to forget. Also nice to see that the Prinnies have also come back... those exploding birds never get old...

Story wise, I don't know... it isn't as slap happy as the first game. I mean so far (from the 3 chapters I've seen), the characters have their moments but it doesn't really compair to say, Laharl and Etna's verbal exchanges. Does that make sense? I hope so because I doubt I'll explain this out the way I have it going in my head.

But that isn't to say that the characters in this game are any less interesting then those that appeared in the first game. The 2 pictured above is Adell and Rozalin, thrown together due to a botched attempt at summoning...... whoops.... don't want to spoil anything if (by some off chance) someone comes to read this and is planning on trying this game out.

One interesting change that I wish I knew about was the fact that to unlock a new job class, you have to go through the Dark Assembly. Had I known that, I probably could have saved myself a good hour or so...

Well anyway, that's my first impression on the game that potentially could steal away a many hours of my life. Ok maybe "many hours" isn't a good choice of wording for a matter such as this. I suppose it should be more along the lines of "100+ hours of your life will be drained away while leveling an army of characters).

Ok since that is all squared away... now to get back to playing!