Post by lozffvii on Nov 19, 2009 0:55:01 GMT
...A discussion thread about games from the brilliant Nippon Ichi Software.
Current games/games series (that I am aware of):
Disgaea
Phantom Brave
Makai Kingdom
La Pucelle (spiritual predecessor of Disgaea)
Marl Kingdom
Soul Nomad
Out of all of NIS's games I have only played Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, the PSP port of the PS2's Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (the first game of the Disgaea series) and Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (a spin-off of the Disgaea series featuring the series' mascot character: the exploding penguin, Prinny). After doing research on the other games by NIS and waiting impatiently for Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (the PSP port of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories for PS2) I have now developed a special place in my heart for anything Nippon Ichi.
I am even getting excited about La Pucelle Ragnarok, the PSP port (yes, another one) of La Pucelle. La Pucelle Ragnarok hasn't even been released in Japan yet!
NIS mostly produce games of the SRPG genre (Strategy Role Playing Game). SRPG's are like mid-points between turn-based RPGs and RTS's. I normally can't stand RTS's, but NIS SRPGs are really very well thought out and entertaining. An early warning, however, NIS has a knack for putting too much detail in their games:
Like the first Disgaea game has 7 different weapon classes (excluding monster-class weapons), all humanoid characters can use all weapons, but have different weapon-mastery rates (ranked E through to S - E being lowest, S being highest, this ranking affects how quickly the humanoid characters learn weapon-specific specials) then each humanoid character class has different aptitudes which vary how much of a stat boost they get from equipped items (e.g. an armour item gives a DEF boost of +200, if a character has a DEF Aptitude of 90% they'll only get a boost of +180, similarly if the character has a DEF Aptitude of 110% they'll get a boost of +220).
Fortunately, you only need minimal knowledge in the depth of a NIS game in order to complete the main story. However, to get to the higher bosses and defeat them for full completion you need as much knowledge/power as you can get. This brings me on to a prominent feature in a NIS game - a level ceiling of 9999! The hardest boss in the first Disgaea game is around lvl6000 and has aptitudes of 300% and is equipped with some of the best equipment in the game (talk about cheating!).
To put it simply, NIS offers plenty of gaming for your money - around 100 hours are required in each of their games to consider them worthwhile.
...But don't let me put you off!
If you've never played a Nippon Ichi Software game, then I highly recommend it.
If you want to learn more, consult various sources on the 'net.
If you want to see a NIS game in action, check 'em out on YouTube!
If you have played a NIS game before, then...let us discuss!
Current games/games series (that I am aware of):
Disgaea
Phantom Brave
Makai Kingdom
La Pucelle (spiritual predecessor of Disgaea)
Marl Kingdom
Soul Nomad
Out of all of NIS's games I have only played Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, the PSP port of the PS2's Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (the first game of the Disgaea series) and Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (a spin-off of the Disgaea series featuring the series' mascot character: the exploding penguin, Prinny). After doing research on the other games by NIS and waiting impatiently for Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (the PSP port of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories for PS2) I have now developed a special place in my heart for anything Nippon Ichi.
I am even getting excited about La Pucelle Ragnarok, the PSP port (yes, another one) of La Pucelle. La Pucelle Ragnarok hasn't even been released in Japan yet!
NIS mostly produce games of the SRPG genre (Strategy Role Playing Game). SRPG's are like mid-points between turn-based RPGs and RTS's. I normally can't stand RTS's, but NIS SRPGs are really very well thought out and entertaining. An early warning, however, NIS has a knack for putting too much detail in their games:
Like the first Disgaea game has 7 different weapon classes (excluding monster-class weapons), all humanoid characters can use all weapons, but have different weapon-mastery rates (ranked E through to S - E being lowest, S being highest, this ranking affects how quickly the humanoid characters learn weapon-specific specials) then each humanoid character class has different aptitudes which vary how much of a stat boost they get from equipped items (e.g. an armour item gives a DEF boost of +200, if a character has a DEF Aptitude of 90% they'll only get a boost of +180, similarly if the character has a DEF Aptitude of 110% they'll get a boost of +220).
Fortunately, you only need minimal knowledge in the depth of a NIS game in order to complete the main story. However, to get to the higher bosses and defeat them for full completion you need as much knowledge/power as you can get. This brings me on to a prominent feature in a NIS game - a level ceiling of 9999! The hardest boss in the first Disgaea game is around lvl6000 and has aptitudes of 300% and is equipped with some of the best equipment in the game (talk about cheating!).
To put it simply, NIS offers plenty of gaming for your money - around 100 hours are required in each of their games to consider them worthwhile.
...But don't let me put you off!
If you've never played a Nippon Ichi Software game, then I highly recommend it.
If you want to learn more, consult various sources on the 'net.
If you want to see a NIS game in action, check 'em out on YouTube!
If you have played a NIS game before, then...let us discuss!