![]() However, I wouldn’t recommend these games to people who aren’t already fans of NIS titles. If you’re interested in seeing what else the people behind Disgaea have been working on, this will be a real treat. If you’re fond of SPRGs, you’ll probably enjoy these games, but they’re unlikely to lure in anyone new to the genre.Īll in all, Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 is two classic games in one visibly aged package. You also can’t really zoom out to get a better look at the battlefield mid-fight. Furthermore, while Soul Nomad’s writing is still entertaining and powerful, it can’t be denied that times have changed and some elements are now pretty offensive. Its mechanics are quite finicky and you can lock yourself into a move easily. Most of the mechanics involve using Gig’s great and terrible power to dominate the wills of others, arrange squads of dominated characters, and use powerful Gig Edicts to influence battles. Soul Nomad has been described as Fire Emblem meets Ogre Battle. Phantom Brave introduces the confine mechanic where Marona must use objects found throughout the battlefield to summon her ghostly allies and dispenses with the usual SRPG grid, which was a bit mistake. Fortunately, the sweeping soundtracks and storytelling still hold up.Įach game puts its own spin on the Disgaea SRPG mechanics, to differing degrees of success. I played the Wii port of that game years ago and it’s painful how bad it looks on Switch. I recommend playing in handheld mode if you want to enjoy the sprites properly. It’s very obvious that these games are from several generations back, and while Soul Nomad makes the retro look charming, Phantom Brave’s highly detailed and emotional sprites are just jarring now. You know what can’t be overlooked? How blurry the sprites are getting. However, steep level grinding can be overlooked if you’re sufficiently into a game. Not only are both titles remarkably bleak at times, but they’re also quite old now, and believe me, it shows.įirst things first, Phantom Brave and Soul Nomad are NIS games, which means if you’re not level grinding constantly, you’re probably not playing right. While Soul Nomad definitely comes off better than Phantom Brave in this two-pack, I don’t recommend charging into Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 blindly. Soul Nomad’s main campaign is quite dark, touching on some very mature themes, but it has absolutely nothing on the New Game Plus route known as the Demon Path where Revya decides to out-evil Gig. ![]() However, things change when the dark forces that killed her parents resurface, and Marona may be the world’s only defense. ![]() She hopes that one day, everyone will come to like her… but for much of the game, she’s bullied, harassed, and taken advantage of at every turn, with her only friends being Phantoms. ![]() Meanwhile, the perpetually cheerful Marona lives in the shadow of her parents’ sacrifice, struggling to use her power to communicate with and command the dead to help others. Ash copes with his untimely demise by pouring all his energy into taking care of his young charge. Together, they work as Chromas, mercenary adventurers like Marona’s parents, trying to gather enough money to buy the island Marona has been renting since her parents died. Ash resolves to spend his existence taking care of Marona, who inherited her father’s necromantic powers. With the last of his power, Marona’s father manages to partly resurrect Ash as a spectral Phantom, trapped between life and death. Specifically, the death of protagonist Marona’s parents and their young partner, Ash. Phantom Brave is a story that begins with death. Both these titles have some very strong, and dark, writing behind them.
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