This was my first Disgaea game and I definitely see why the franchise has a dedicated fanbase. The characters are over the top anime tropes, but all were likable enough. The music really stood out as being pretty unique and the setting was interesting. I didn't care for the graphical style, which has that super clean, software drawn, iOS/Android game look to it. The big issue for me was the snails pace of the gameplay. To me, a more simplified, streamlined gameplay system would have worked a lot better. Being a newcomer I suppose doesn't help, but in the early going it seemed concepts and mechanics were just falling over each other in the tutorial missions. Even though I've played PC strategy games before, I don't think I've ever played a strategy game that required so many button presses to get things done. It was pretty overwhelming and it really got in the way of me enjoyment of the game. That being said, as I mentioned the game does have charm, a fairly unique setting and some cool music.