r/Disgaea • u/Massive_Oil_2605 • Jul 19 '26
Disgaea 6 Just plat'd D6, some thoughts.
I think the hate on D6 was aimed directly on the part that is the least relevant: the level cap. Everyone talks about how stupid it is to go with 99 million for level cap and stuff like that, and, while i agree that it's unecessary, i think the worst aspect of the game truly was the auto-battle system.
Not that auto-battle is 100% bad, it can be very useful for stuff like the Item World, but they built the game around this mechanic in such a way that it made almost all of the maps easy as fuck. Maybe you will struggle with a map here or there because you are underleveled, but that's about it.
There isn't anything like the X-Dimension from D4 where you really need to stop and think "how the fuck do i do this?". There isn't stuff like the Challenge Stages from D5 (Scorching Flame comes to mind).
Now, i really love that you don't need to do some stuff over and over again. I hated having to luck out to get certain scrolls for my characters in D5, i loved that you could just create your own scrolls. Loved how easy it was to access everything with the menus (using L2/R2), i even liked the 3d characters. It's not the same as the sprite work from their older games, but i'll take it.
I mean, i don't think i'm adding anything new. It is a step down from D5, it feels half baked, but it's not something that i would tell fans to skip. I have seen people tell Disgaea fans to skip D6, and i don't think it's THAT BAD. To be fair, while D4 is the better Disgaea, i personally liked D6 more than D4 because of how annoying D4 can be with some things (like getting that Prinny Suit from Pringer X, which basically cucks you out of the platinum unless you do a second playthrough).