marketplace.comThe third American release in the Disgaea series by Japanese game developer and publisher Nippon Ishi Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice marks the arrival of this acclaimed and beloved strategic RPG franchise into the Next-Gen gaming era. A PlayStation 3 unique Absence of Justice features high-definition graphics including beautiful high-res 2-D sprite character art and stunning spell effects. And although it is the third in a series of games its story and gameplay stand on their own allowing players both new to and experienced with the humor zany characters thrilling action and unmatched excitement of the Disgaea universe to jump right into the adventure theme.The Story of Mao a Demon Gone BadSet in and around the Nether Institute Evil Academy the demon version of the preppiest of prep schools Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice follows the puzzling decision of Mao son of the Overlord of the Netherworld who after reading a manga comic book decides to forbeverage his proper demonic upbringing become a hero and attempt to overthrow his father. But in the backwards world of demon scholastics where good is bad and bad is good Mao is a top honor student. He knows all about ditching school being totally unhelpful and quickly resorting to violence but nothing of the selfless nobility and patience of heroes. Heroes are for delinquents as the number one delinquent of the Nether Institute Raspberyl and her friends try to tell him. But Maos mind is made up. Its a hero he will be.Flow of Gameplay: Events ? Base ? adventure theme ? RepeatEvents: Players advance through the game as events unfold. These events can occur during the story at your base or before/after adventure themes. You will be able to witness the fun and interesting interactions through a mixture of sprite animation and exciting character adventure themes.Base: Maos school the Nether Institute Evil Academy is the base point of the game. Players will be able to prepare for upcoming adventure themes here by purchasing new tools and items customizing characters and/or restoring health.adventure theme: You will be fighting against enemies in adventure theme scenes with a quarter view tactical simulations. The goal is to defeat all of the enemies before all of your team members die. adventure themes utilize a turn-based system where all of your team members will have their turn to attack before enemies begin theirs.Character Customization: The Evility SystemCharacter customization is crucial in all role-playing games. Absence of Justice allows for maximum character customization through its Evility System. There are two different categories of evilities: evility that is already set for each character depending upon the jobs of each and evility that players can customize. Customizable evilities include: evility to acquire the special sReduces for certain tools evility to up character status under certain requirements evility to up the amount of experience points earned evility to enable special sReduces and functions etc. This variety is powerful and important. You may have only one kind of evility that supports a characters status but you may have multiple evilities for sReduces. Use this system to create and customize your characters and ideally group multiple evilities in one to conduct adventure themes more efficiently.The Disgaea 3 adventure theme SystemCombat in Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice consists of a combination of the franchises familiar standard system of attacks along with a whole new array of moves debuting with the game. This wide range of possibilities allows players to pick and choose tactics that suit the immediate conflict before them or to quest for overall result in the game and maximum fun by attemping to master all. Attacks and sReduces include: Team Attack - Use up to four adjoining team members to help you attack adjoining enemies. Although this may seem random it is actually closely connected with the team members you have selected in class and their special sReduces. Combos - Combos hap