PS4

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny

Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTactical

Time to beat: about 27.2 hours
Plays offline: Yes

Overview

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software as part of the Disgaea series. It was released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on January 28, 2021, in Japan, and by Sega on May 27, 2021, in Asia. It was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch on June 29, 2021. In total, the game was translated into French, English, Traditional Chinese and Korean. A version with all previous downloadable content, titled Disgaea 6 Complete, was released for PlayStation 5 on June 16, 2022, in Japan, followed by a worldwide release on June 28, 2022, alongside PlayStation 4 and Windows platforms.

For the first time in the series' history, the game uses 3D graphics for both battlefields and characters.

The game follows the story of Zed, a zombie who is on a quest to defeat the God of Destruction terrorizing the Netherworld, a parallel universe inhabited by demons. There are multiple Netherworlds, each ruled by a different overlord. Zed has lost to the God many times already, but every time he dies he is reborn thanks to a power called "Super Reincarnation". Every time he gets reincarnated, he gets slightly stronger than he was before. After each death he is taken to a new world, where he meets a new companion, and attempts to defeat the God of Destruction once more.

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny and Complete received "mixed or average" reviews on review aggregator Metacritic. Nintendo Life gave a positive review, arguing that the game is "easily the most streamlined and enjoyable entry in the series yet," giving the game a score of 8/10. However several reviews noted serious performance issues of the Nintendo Switch version. CGMagazine described it as the "weakest entry in the series", in part due to this.