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La Pucelle Rated, Disgaea Guided, Phantom Brave Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the much-strategic-goodness dept.

Thanks to IGN PS2 for its review of PlayStation 2 SRPG La Pucelle Tactics, commenting on the "spiritual prequel to Disgaea", as they suggest the Mastiff-published title, previously mentioned for censorship issues, is "very much a powerful gaming experience and serves as a terrific companion piece to Hour of Darkness." Elsewhere, Double Jump Books has released a PDF version of their official Disgaea strategy guide for free (registration/checkout required), and GamerFeed discusses the announcement of Phantom Brave from Disgaea/La Pucelle developer Nippon Ichi and publisher Atlus, which "continues the intriguing game play of Disgaea while adding an immense number of new graphical and game play features."

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  1. Polygon Bias by adler187 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The thing I hate about every review of Disgaea and La Pucelle I have seen is they nock them down for graphics. Just because they use sprites (which all Tactical RPG's to my knowledge do) doesn't mean they don't look good. Personally I prefer sprites in some cases to polygons. Sprites lend more to the anime feel they gave the game and I believe that they had some of the most stylish graphics of any game to date.

    So to reiterate, sprites != bad graphics.

  2. Woo hoo, but... by MMaestro · · Score: 2, Insightful
    How will most Americans take to the game?

    Tactical RPGs, or simply turn-based strategy games, aren't exactly mainstream with people either complaining about its difficulty (Fire Emblem), its complexity (FF Tactics), or its shallow gameplay and/or storyline (FF Tactics Advance). (Along with simply poor games such as Onimusha Tactics and lackluster sales of games such as Korsen Pocket and Moonbase Commander though these last two are admittedly not RPGs.)

    1. Re:Woo hoo, but... by DarkZero · · Score: 2, Insightful

      How will most Americans take to the game?

      Given the fact that absolutely everyone will admit that Disgaea's unexpected success is the only reason why we're seeing La Pucelle or Phantom Brave in the United States, I'd say that they're taking to it pretty well. The fact that both Nintendo and Square see a market for more Fire Emblem and Front Mission games (respectively) is another strong indicator, too.