Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, the sixth entry in Nippon Ichi's turn-based tactical RPG series, is scheduled to arrive in the West in 'Summer 2021' (as a Switch exclusive in this territory, no less). However, lucky Japanese gamers will get their hands on it in just one week's time when it launches on Switch and PS4 on 28th January.
With the Japanese release date so close, outlets have naturally been playing the game before launch and the score from Weekly Famitsu leaked just ahead of the magazine's publication. Dood, the butterflies!
Ready for it? Disgaea 6 scored a respectable 33/40 following the magazine's bespoke review format — that's one nine and three eights from the four reviewers rating the game. The reviewers' impressions were summarised thusly (thanks, Dual Shockers):
- 30 hours to clear the main story. 200 hours to 100% the game
- New functions such as auto play and turbos are extremely useful for post game
- You can grind EXP and items without doing anything thanks to the auto play
- The game is perfect for both newcomers and hardcore fans
While we might have to wait a while for an English version to arrive, publisher NIS America was kind enough to put out a new character trailer that introduces the principle cast and gives a good idea of the series' trademark humour and fabulous over-the-top-ness if you're new to how Disgaea does things — check out the full trailer at the top of the page.
There's also a demo available for Japanese Switch owners to enjoy right now with carry-over saves for the full version. Hopefully, we'll get an opportunity to sample the game before release in the West, too (and anyone with a Japanese Nintendo Account can download and enjoy the the trial version right now, of course — although you might not get far without at least a rudimentary command of Japanese).
Looking forward to Disgaea 6 in the summer? Did you enjoy the roll call (of dood-y) in that new trailer? Let us know below, doods.
[source ryokutya2089.com, via dualshockers.com]
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Not a particularly great score by Famitsu's standards.
"100% complete in 200 hours" Ha ha that's not Disgaea.
"Grind via Autoplay" Wait... what?
@riChchestM Reminds me of Etrian Odyssey IV where I'd grind by setting it up to walk in a loop and using an elastic band to hold down the button to just auto battle in an easy area.
I decided to give up on this series with the 2nd entry. Apparently you people live twice as long to be able to play through all these games.
Interestingly 33/40 was also the grade that Disgaea 4 and 5 obtained in Famitsu. Maybe that is a good sign.
200 hours to max out? Only? welp... But still can't darn wait for this game! One of the highlight for me for 2021!
I dropped 200 hours into D5 so this should be fun.
I skipped 3-5, but I'm considering jumping back into the series for this one
welp, the little sister just melted my heart
sounds perfect for me
@Ultrasmiles If you like a game where you grind for hours, growing your power to god-like levels, and fight the ultimate super bosses, then yeah, you'll like this game.
Can't wait, dood!
Only ONE Neptunia voice actress in an over the top localization?
What's the world coming to
I might wait a whole 5 minutes to buy this out of protest
"200 hours to 100% the game"
*...then you unlock the endgame
33/40 from famitsu is like a 6/10 from normal sites. Most decent or better games get a 40/40, lol.
@Bobb 5 is actually a very good entry compared to the two prior, it may deserve a whirl for the soundtrack alone. Just my take as someone who's gone through all of them. 5 was my favorite since the first one.
@pennylessz that's valuable for info, thank you very much. I'm going to give 5 a try
Apparently the individual scores were 9/8/8/8 which sounds pretty good to me. And if Disgaea 5 got the same score then I'm all for it.
I've played every single iteration. D1, D2 then D5, D4, D3. For D3 I had to get out my Vita. The games are great. Interesting story, ridiculous characters, great gameplay. Not all of the games require you to grind. I didn't have to grind in D4 until the final boss. That's what I like about the series. There are so many way to upgrade, or not upgrade and still defeat the level. The randomness of the item world. The meta game can be VERY grindy, but it's completely optional. I only did the meta for D5. It was worth it to see what comes next. But I wouldn't do it for every iteration, unless it changes significantly.
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