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Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (魔界戦記ディスガイア２, Makai Senki Disugaia Tsū) is a tactical role-playing game developed by Nippon Ichi Software. It was initially released on January 23, 2006 for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.

It is the second game on the Disgaea series. And unlike the first game, where you play as the overlord's son, you play as the husband of the overlord's daughter.

Plot
"The Netherworld. A lawless world filled with vicious monsters. The number of Netherworlds has expanded with the rise of demons powerful enough to rule such worlds... the Overlords. Now, another world is about to fall prey to such darkness."

- Opening Monologue

Adell is the husband of Rozalin (Roselind in Japan), the daughter of the Overlord Zenon. His mom and dad were possessed by the evil.

General

 * 1) Much like it's predecessor, the crazy and absurd mechanics are back, and better than ever:
 * 2) * TBA
 * 3) Instead of playing as the overlord's son, you play as the husband of the overlord's daughter. This makes the game more dark-toned.
 * 4) The characters are more likeable. They don't look too "childish" (even Hanako and Taro are mature) and their designs are a considerable improvement (compared to Laharl and Etna).
 * 5) Still epic and awesome soundtrack, composed by Tenpei Sato.

Specific

 * 1) Unlike the previous game, the PC version does not suffer with poor optimization and has higher quality textures (for an 1080p resolution). For example, on an AMD A10-7850K APU with 8GB of RAM and 1080p resolution, the game runs at a solid 60fps.
 * 2) Starting form the PSP version:
 * 3) * Features playable characters from Disgaea 3, and they look almost (if not exactly) like their PS3/Vita counterparts.
 * 4) * The cutscenes can now be skipped.

General

 * 1) There is a disturbing bad ending, specially considering it is supposed to be family friendly (at least in Japan, which was rated A by mh:crappygames:CERO). "You know, for kids!"
 * 2) Since healing with a magic also gives EXP, the healers can be easily overleveled, giving some unbalacing.

Specific

 * 1) Playing it on the PCSX2 can be annoying, because it wasn't corrected for the Interlaced rendering, resulting on the screen either shaking, combing or ghosting.
 * 2) The PS2 version includes a trailer for the anime adaptation of the first game... and it looks disgusting (despite the fluid animation).

Tips

 * To avoid the bad endings, all you have to do is not kill any of your allies.

Reception
On Metacritic, all versions got a "Generally favorable reviews" score. None of them have very different scores, but the highest went for the original PS2 version (with a metascore of 84), while lowest went for the PC (with an 81).

On OpenCritic, only the PC version is avaliable, but it got a "Strong" 78 score and a 71% of critics recommendation.

Trivia

 * A Desciclopédia (Brazilian version of Encyclopedia Dramatica / Uncyclopedia) article about the protagonist Adell compared him to Vanessa from the KOF series, describing him as a genderbent version of her. And, of course, making a lot of jokes about it.