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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a tactical role-playing video game. The evil demon emperor Void Dark devastates numerous Netherworlds after coming to power, with the help of an army of over one million…

79 26 March 2015

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 26 March 2015 on PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 85.3 hrs to finish.

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What Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Disgaea is a tactical role-playing video game series created and developed by Nippon Ichi. The series debuted in Japan on January 30, 2003, with Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, later re-released as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and Disgaea DS. One of Nippon Ichi's most popular franchises, it has branched off into both a manga and anime series. The Disgaea games are known for complex gameplay, extremely high maximum stats and humorous dialogue. The Disgaea series has shipped 5 million copies as of 2021.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Disgaea series

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is the 16th of 27 entries we hold in the Disgaea series. It arrived 2 years after Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness. The next entry was Disgaea PC in 2016. Its critic score of 79 is almost exactly the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Disgaea: Hour of Darkness at 90.

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How it was received

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 85.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 132.1 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance launched on 26 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X and Yakuza 0. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0.

Cheats and codes

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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance — frequently asked questions

When did Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance come out?
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance was released on 26 March 2015 for PlayStation 4.
How long does it take to beat Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance?
The main story of Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance takes around 85.3 hrs, or 132.1 hrs for 100% completion.

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