Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten is a 2011 tactical role-playing video game for the PlayStation 3 and the fourth in the Disgaea series by Nippon Ichi Software. The game tells the story of Valvatorez, a former tyrant leading a party to rebel against the president of the Netherworld.
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTactical
- Time to beat
- about 38.4 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten is a 2011 tactical role-playing video game for the PlayStation 3 and the fourth in the Disgaea series by Nippon Ichi Software. The game tells the story of Valvatorez, a former tyrant leading a party to rebel against the president of the Netherworld. Originally released in February 2011 in Japan, the game was released in September that year in the U.S., with a European and Australian release in November. A western release of the Vita rendition of Disgaea 4, subtitled A Promise Revisited, was released in North America and Europe in August 2014. This version was released for iOS and Android in November 2022.
Combat is carried out in a turn-based strategy fashion. Allies can be deployed into combat, each with their own special skills and "Evilities", additional abilities that are applied to every character. Enemies and allies may be picked up and thrown, just like previous Disgaea games. However, Disgaea 4 adds a new feature to its grabbing system, allowing any friendly character on the field to pick up another adjacent friendly character, and continuously pick up allies, in a tower fashion. When in the tower formation, the movement ranges of the stacked characters increase.
The game takes place in a Netherworld, common in Disgaea titles, and similar to Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, focuses itself on a specific theme. Nippon Ichi, apparently feeling that it had exhausted all the game systems a school setting can provide, made the story one of a more political nature. While aspects of Netherworld politics existed in previous games, it is the central focus of the story and the gameplay in Disgaea 4.
The game has received generally favorable reviews, with an aggregated score of 80/100 on Metacritic. IGN gave the game an 8.5 saying "Fans of the series will find exactly what they expect here -- and non-fans will find exactly what they fear... This is probably the best Disgaea since the 2003 original'. GameZone gave it a score of 9/10, stating "Overall, Disgaea 4 is a blast, and easily cements Nippon Ichi’s legacy as the kings of the strategy RPG genre. " Famitsu awarded the game a total of 33/40, composed of a 9/8/8/8 score. The game sold 79,425 copies in its first week in Japan, putting it at fourth place.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
- Developer
- Nippon Ichi Software
- Publisher
- NIS America, Nippon Ichi Software
- Series
- Disgaea
- Engine
- PhyreEngine
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- GRAC
- ALL
- PEGI
- 12
- ESRB
- T
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation Vita | Japan | 2014-01-30 |
| PlayStation Vita | North America | 2014-08-12 |
| PlayStation Vita | Europe / PAL | 2014-08-29 |
| PlayStation Vita | Australia | 2014-09-04 |
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Credits
- Publisher
- NIS America, Nippon Ichi Software
- Developer
- Nippon Ichi Software
- Released
- 2014-08-12
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 38.4 hours
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