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| Jason
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|  "Re(5):Disgaea: HOD"
, posted Sat 24 Jan 20:22:
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So,I'll ask again,is it good?
What exactly do you want to know? If what you're asking is 'will I enjoy playing this game?', well, there's really only one person who can answer that one. Enjoyment of entertainment is, by its nature, one of the most subjective things around, and there are subtle enough gradations between games, even games in the same genre, such that guessing wether or not someone will derive pleasure from a particular playing experience is all but impossible. This having been said, SRPGs are a very different beast from standard console-style RPGs, so knowing that you don't like the Final Fantasy games means less than it would if we were talking about, say, Persona or somesuch (and yes, even then, those two are quite different). I don't like sports games as a whole, but I love SSX. Would I, or anyone, have known this if I hadn't taken it for a spin? Probably not.
Now, if what you're asking is 'is Disgaea a well constructed game' . . . mm, well, even answering that question is a bit difficult; for while it should be just a laundry list of objective goods that the game does or does not possess, all of these, or at least those relating to the actual gameplay, also have to be considered within the context of the game's genre. For example, it doesn't take long for most people to realize that the combat/class system of disgaea is none too balanced. However, is it really fair to count this as a negative, seeing as this is true of pretty much every SRPG ever made? Without the proper context, SRPGs, much like fighting games, can be very difficult to rate in this way (for examples of this, see pretty much any magazine review of any capcom fighting game ever made). As for things like graphics and sound . . . umm, sure, Disgaea does fine. 2D sprites on a 3D field, some fun looking specials, a couple of funny songs.
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meh
-Jason
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| talbaineric 5772th Post
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| "Re(6):Disgaea: HOD" , posted Sun 25 Jan 05:53
quote:
So,I'll ask again,is it good?
What exactly do you want to know? If what you're asking is 'will I enjoy playing this game?', well, there's really only one person who can answer that one. Enjoyment of entertainment is, by its nature, one of the most subjective things around, and there are subtle enough gradations between games, even games in the same genre, such that guessing wether or not someone will derive pleasure from a particular playing experience is all but impossible. This having been said, SRPGs are a very different beast from standard console-style RPGs, so knowing that you don't like the Final Fantasy games means less than it would if we were talking about, say, Persona or somesuch (and yes, even then, those two are quite different). I don't like sports games as a whole, but I love SSX. Would I, or anyone, have known this if I hadn't taken it for a spin? Probably not.
Now, if what you're asking is 'is Disgaea a well constructed game' . . . mm, well, even answering that question is a bit difficult; for while it should be just a laundry list of objective goods that the game does or does not possess, all of these, or at least those relating to the actual gameplay, also have to be considered within the context of the game's genre. For example, it doesn't take long for most people to realize that the combat/class system of disgaea is none too balanced. However, is it really fair to count this as a negative, seeing as this is true of pretty much every SRPG ever made? Without the proper context, SRPGs, much like fighting games, can be very difficult to rate in this way (for examples of this, see pretty much any magazine review of any capcom fighting game ever made). As for things like graphics and sound . . . umm, sure, Disgaea does fine. 2D sprites on a 3D field, some fun looking specials, a couple of funny songs.
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meh
-Jason
Thanks for the insight Jason. I might consider this.....
*sees Juan's post*
Er...maybe not. :p
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