Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness

Disgaea is a tactical role playing game. Battle gameplay takes place on a map divided into a square grid. The player controls a squad of humanoid units and monsters, which each occupy a single square of the…

90 30 November 2006

What Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2006. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story of Disgaea opens with Laharl rising out of an open coffin in his room. Etna, one of the castle vassals, is standing next to him, surrounded by various weapons. She explains that he has been sleeping for two years, far longer than he intended, and his father, King Krichevskoy, has died. Laharl vows to reclaim the throne, and, after consulting with Etna and his other vassals, goes to Vyers' castle. After defeating the demon Vyers, who refers to himself as the "Dark Adonis" and is renamed "Mid-Boss" by Laharl, he meets Angel Trainee Flonne. Flonne had been sent to the Netherworld by Seraph Lamington, the ruler of Celestia, to assassinate King Krichevskoy (who was already dead)…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players.

Where it sits in the Disgaea series

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is the fourth of 27 entries we hold in the Disgaea series. It arrived 9 months after Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories. The next entry was Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice in 2008. Its critic score of 90 is 12 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Disgaea: Hour of Darkness at 90.

See all 27 Disgaea games in release order →

How it was received

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness launched on 30 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval II: Total War, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Wii Sports. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Medieval II: Total War, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports.

Cheats and codes

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