Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Absurd numeric scaling and item worlds turned tactical RPGs into grinding playgrounds.

Released 2003 Developer Nippon Ichi Software Publisher Atlus Platform PlayStation 2 Genre Tactical RPG Era Broadband & the console shooter

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Disgaea: Hour of Darkness inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Character Classes ~~1981~~Isometric Projection ~~1982~~Turn-Based Grid Tactics ~~1990~~New Game Plus ~~1995~~

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