Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is a single-player tactical console role-playing game with an isometric view based on two-dimentional sprites on a three-dimentional map, produced and released by Nippon Ichi Software in Japan for the Playstation 2 platform, translated and released in the U.S. by ATLUS, and released in Europe by Koei. It is a part of both Nippon Ichi's Disgaea franchise, which includes a manga, upcoming anime, announced sequel [1] 05:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC) (Dec 2005!? Mobile game?!), and a wide variety of liscenced merchandise.
Plot follows the adventures of the demon Prince Laharl in the Netherworld as he attempts to reclaim his father's title of Overlord
It is one of a number of sibling games that follow the adventures of demons and other supernatural creatures, including La Pucelle (referred to by Epinions and IGN [2] as "Disgaea Zero") and Makai Kingdom. Some of the characters of Disgaea are also available as playable characters in Phantom Brave, in a similar manner as characters from La Pucelle and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure are available in Disgaea itself.
The game has multiple endings and a strong emphasis on replayability with randomly generated maps, high potential character levels, and a "cycles" feature which allows players to restart the game while keeping their item inventory and character stats, similar to the "New Game+" feature found in some Square-Enix games
The game is intended to be humorous, and parodies both anime and American comic books.
