I have a soft spot for the Disgaea games. The molasses-thick anime trappings aren’t appealing to me, but I’m drawn to the joyful excess of the things: In Disgaea 6, for example, the player cap for a character is 99,999,999, which is 99,990,000 more than the Disgaea 5 level cap of 9,999. Even thinking about Disgaea makes me want to type numbers rather than words. You can play them forever, to a point where they basically become idle games.
In true Disgaea spirit, a new action-centric spin-off doesn’t have one name, but three: it was released in Japan last month as Kyouran Makaism, but is also known as Makaism: Frenzy of the Netherworld. When it releases on Steam this coming summer, it’ll be known as Disgaea Mayhem.
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The gameplay looks muzou-inspired, and adopts the almost overbearingly colourful art style of Disgaea 6. It sounds like most of the weapons in the tactics games will feature, and grinding is—don’t you worry!—definitely an important element. The Item World from the main games, which are randomly generated dungeons you can beat to level up weapons and gear, will feature in this action outing.
Disgaea Mayhem – Announcement Trailer (Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PS5 and Steam) – YouTube
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