Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories (PS2)

Hoi Yuuki-san is here with an excellent game. Another one of the lovely gems from Nippon Ichi. They've never failed to bring out some awesome game and this is no exception.

Gameplay: I've experienced a many sequel that varied so far from the orginal it was like entierly new game. Too many games lose what the series is orginally about but, not our friend Disgaea. 2 is amazingly similar to 1. All your favorite demons and spells are back with a few new addons. Not alot to say other than this was a great joy for me to not have to learn a unch of new crap. 5/5

Story: The basic premise is that an Overlord named Zenon has taken over a human world and turned everyone into monster except 1 guy named Axel. He plans to beat Zenon and turn his family back into human. His now demonic mother who is a powerful summoner attempts to call Zenon so Axel can fight him but, only manages to someone his whiney spoiled daughter Rozalin. The 2 then set about trying to find Zenon while Rozalin secretly tries to kill Axel along the way. 4/5

Graphics: Another joy of playing a Nippon Ichi Game it looks cool. Run around the world with your little chibi (means mini) characters and enjoy the full body anime like portraits when characters are speaking. Which are equiped with facial expressions for any situation. As always they deliver some awesome battle graphics with the over animed spell and skills which we all love. 5/5

Audio: Again they come through for us again. Many times a great game can be ruined by bad music and terrible voice acting. Not this though. You'll fine many familiar voices and a new slew of awesome music. Battle music is some of the best I have ever heard especially later into the game and the character themes are catchy. Truly a well made game. 5/5

Replay: Well like the orginal its very long with lots of side quests, multiple ending, and all that good stuff. A hardcore player will want to go through more than once the rest of us will be satisfied with our first play through and probably wait a while to make a third. The point is that if we wanted to play through again there is alot of content to accommodate us. 5/5

Overall:Let's see the game the game almost all 5's the only that brings it down and not by much is that the new characters don't seem to have the same chemistry as the ones of the orginal. Though I wouldn't say it was if not to make it not worth playing in any way. The return of some familiar faces brings things up and in the end the game easily makes up for the and small flaws. 5/5