Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories - The Official Strategy Guide
by Double Jump Publishing
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Author: Double Jump PublishingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-17
ISBN: 0974170089
Number of pages: 604
Publisher: Double Jump Publishing
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Book Review: DoubleJump has raised the bar even higher....
Summary: 5 Stars
For the last couple years, DoubleJump Books has been making increasingly better strategy guides for games (most of which seem to be from Atlus). While the guide looks more like a traditional book than the larger guides most people are used to seeing in videogame stores (those of BradyGames and Prima primarilly), they tend to contain the most in depth strategies of any of the publishers.
The guide opens up with the explanation of the game system and features, nothing really new there. Although they knew that the primary audience for this game would be people who are already familiar with the gameplay style of the original Disgaea and other Nippon Ichi(N1) games so they placed a "NEW" tag next to any section that had changed or been added to. This makes it much easier for those familiar with the series already to go straight to what has changed.
The walkthrough is very well done with pictures of the maps, enemy lists, and complete breakdowns of items available to steal and the amount of Mana and EXP you can gain from completing the map. Certainly this is expected, but then they go one step beyond and provide a breakdown for completing every level either Solo (using main characters, magic users, or monsters) as well as main character only guides. This is done on every level (even bonus and extra levels in the post game).
There is a section in the middle of secrets and unlockables. Knowing that there would be people who don't want to know the fun little secrets of the game until later, they made the wise decision of turning the pages upside down so if you are just flipping through it is difficult to catch any of the major information. As always the charts, item ranks/lists, character classes and so on are very well constructed and simple to understand. Always good, especially for a game such as Disgaea where item leveling and character classes are focal points.
The last two things I will get into are the things that have been added that I have never seen done in any other strategy guide. First is the fact that DoubleJump went through the trouble of calculating (or getting them from N1) nearly every formula used for determining damage, exp, money, mana and so on and so forth in the game and placed them all in the book. So for those of you who don't mind getting into nitty-gritty math you can project how well your characters will be in advance. The second thing is probably the most important (and should be to anyone familiar with the original game), they added a section specializing on how to power-level and maximize your items to their most powerful states in the quickest way possible. One of my personal favorite tips is on the last page or so they tell you exactly how you can do over 2 billion points of damage with one attack. May seem like overkill, but for the amount of time that can be spent on this game, these tips are well recieved.
Overall this is one of the greatest strategy guides I have ever seen. Not to mention the biggest (640 pages). For anyone who really wants to get the most out of this game (especially after the main quest) this guide will be by your side and helping you the entire way. You will always find a use for it becuase as they said on the back cover, "We went a little overboard."
Summary of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories - The Official Strategy Guide
640 pages jam-packed with extreme detail! We went a little nuts. * Exploiting The Dark Assembly * Item World Efficiency * Power Leveling * Character Creation * Reincarnation * Post Office & Subpoenas * Abusing The Shops * Master/Pupil Relationships * Team Attacks * Geo Effects * Status Effects * Stealing * Gaining Exp, Money, and Mana * Specialists * Mystery Rooms * Pirates * Secrets & Spoilers * The Dark World * The Treasure Maps * The Cave of Ordeals * Ending Checklist * Interview with the developers And much more! Own Everything�������¢�������¿�������¦ Dominate The Enemy!!!Internet Games Books
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