Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

The Overlord's castle acts as a hub to manage the party.

It has shops to get new equipment, a gate to the different battles, a NPC to travel to the Item World, which is used to boost items, and the Dark Assembly, where the player can create new units, and have the assembly vote to pass (or not) special laws that will affect the game.

To unlock some characters, a special chapter must first be unlocked by the Assembly.

The story progresses in the form of chapters.

In each chapter, new battles become one after another, with dialogues at the beginning and end of those battles.

Any completed battle becomes available to play again, sometimes with minor changes.

At the end of every chapter, a parody cut-scene announcing the next chapter,(most often, it is Etna who tells the story as if she were the protagonist) is shown.

Battle In a similar style to Final Fantasy Tactics and Ogre Battle , Disgaea is a turn-based strategy RPG on an isometric grid.

Characters are dispatch in battle one after another, and each have a move action and an battle action.

Each class has its own set of abilities, ranging from simple attacks and area attacks to magics that can affect all the battlefield.

In each battle, up to ten bonuses can be obtained by clearing the Geo Panels and defeating enemies to fill the Bonus Gauge.

The battle is won when all enemies are defeated, or, in the Item World, by accessing a gate to move to the next floor.

The Item World The Item World is a world divided in floors, inside any of the player's item.

The goal of the Item World is to progress through the floors, which raises the item's level.

The more enemies are defeated before moving to the next floor, the more the item wi

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness for PlayStation 2 is currently worth €21.20 loose, €14.09 complete in box, and €35.67 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, loose is €21.20 and CIB is €14.09 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is currently worth €21.20 loose, versus €15.45 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.