Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman - PSP Game (Retro Fam)

First things first, this is not Disgaea. It's not a tactical/strategy RPG like Disgaea is. You do not have a team of characters that you move around a map.This game is a roguelike. You get one character. Each movement/action counts as a turn. All enemies take action right after you do. All actions use up energy which is replaced by food. You regenerate one health with each action as long as you have energy, but you lose one health with each action if you're out of energy. Abilities other than basic things (including a direct attack and throw) require various amounts of energy. Some items give you new abilities, a very few abilities are learned as the story progresses.Items are fairly random drops. There are a mix of them: food, stat boosters, poison, armor, equipment, guns, swords, etc. There are also random traps. Your character can be confused, paralyzed, caught in a bear trap, knocked to another area, etc. The armor/weapons change the appearance and abilities of your character and are what make your character customizable. You can equip a cat tail, a robot head, and ride around on a prinny rocket. Each of these will provide you with different abilities/benefits. Each is also degraded as they're used and as you're hit. They don't vanish when completely broken, though. Instead the stat bonuses will be greatly reduced.If you die, you're sent back to your base and lose any levels or items you were carrying - including equipped items (though you can do certain things to try to.

I will preface this by saying this game is NOT Disgaea, so if you were expecting Disgaea, you might be disappointed. What it IS, however, is a great rogue-like RPG centered around grinding, superheroes, and even lightly touches on common themes from the Disgaea mythos. Very fun, very addictive, and very, very time consuming. Highly recommended for NIS America and rogue-like fans alike.