Say your opinion on the games you are currently playing.

[shinhawk]

I'm currently playing Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten.

I'm about 60 hours into the game though I'm not sure how far into the main story I've progressed. So far I'm really liking it. The gameplay picks up where Disgaea 3 left and gets some pretty good upgrades. Most notable are the monster classes. In the first game, monster classes were essentially worthless and with each installment, they've become much better. Disgaea 3 had a chance to give them even more potential with magichange, but the mechanic ended up being useless as magichanging often left players with inferior weapons, but in Disgaea 4, that's usually not the case and monsters can even fuse and cause more chaos.

I was curious to see how the online portion would work and I'm actually a bit relieved that the vs. battles are AI controlled and that we don't have to challenge people who are online. The online components really make the Senate hearings a lot more entertaining and its actually a bit useful as we have the potential to receive items from other players. Heck, it can even be used as a way to ask for help filling up that glossary when finding one particular item is very hard.

Lastly, the sprites. The hand drawn sprites perfectly match the game and look absolutely brilliant. Its really great to see Takehito Harada's art come to life and seeing the numerous animations, it must have been hell for him to do all that by hand. It makes me wonder if he had any help. The graphics still aren't "OMG FREAKIN' AWESOME", but considering how Disgaea 3 looked, Disgaea 4 is leaps and bounds better. I tried using the classic sprites and I wanted to throw up. I can't even play Disgaea 3 anymore without my eyes hurting.

I don't think I need to do go into much more detail, so in short I can easily say is that this what Disgaea 3 should have been. With Disgaea 4, it all the more makes it look like Disgaea 3 was just a beta game much like what KOFXII is to XIII.