Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention

Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention (2011)

by Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Themes:Action, Fantasy, Comedy
Game modes:Single player
Story:Disgaea 3 is a sequel to Disgaea, a hardcore, turn-based strategy RPG. The game follows the exploits of Mao, the most honored student at Evil Academy, a school where the tardiest, laziest, and rudest demons receive the highest marks. The son of the school chairman, Mao has never once attended class nor opened a textbook. He longs to overthrow his father and assume the title of Overlord, which he decides he must become a hero to achieve. Join him on his zany adventure filled with witty dialogue, exciting events, and thrilling strategy battles.Show more
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I first bought and played this game after enjoying the demo of the 5th game of the franchise on the vita. - The anime comedy - gold - Pixel art/animation - Gold - Gameplay - Tactical RPG classic/Gold It's definitely one of the more unique entries in the series, but is still loved and aged well by those who enjoyed it. The fact this game is not on PC like it's sibling titles is outrageous.
user avatar@MemeCSuser avatar@MemeCS
January 30, 2025
I've been a fan of this series since the PS2 era... oddly enough this one has eluded me by a long time. Would be great it it were available again outside the PS3/Vita.
user avatar@mark69user avatar@mark69
January 30, 2025
I played It on PS3 and loved It. But i can't replay It now. It's super underrated, and even as i know that PS3 emulation is hard i would Love to replay It. I believe in gog team.
user avatar@Azax98user avatar@Azax98
January 30, 2025
It was one of the first ever games I played on the ps3, It’s a childhood favorite of mine, sad to see it was never ported over to pc. I wish there was a way to preserve disgaea 3 and its dlcs along with its siblings
user avatar@GooeyWatersuser avatar@GooeyWaters
January 30, 2025
Disgaea 3 while not my 1st disgaea game is THE 1st disgaea game I have completed! I enjoy the cast of characters, the music is very unique to the game itself, and the amount of postlude, and dlc characters makes this game massive and super lovable. This is a game I’ve been waiting for to have a complete re-release but it has yet to happen! So please if there’s any real way to bring this version of the game back please make it happen I truly love this game and it made me a bigger fan of the series as I have been since 2012.
user avatar@yuyu41user avatar@yuyu41
January 30, 2025
Cool game and the only mainline DIsgaea that isn't on PC so they should fix that but the purple Prism Ranger says the T-slur so they should probably not put this on my PC actually
user avatar@damnik_500user avatar@damnik_500
January 30, 2025
This was my first game in english it helped me a lot to learn the language, me and my brother played it a lot we still have our two copies of the ps vita version. I'd give anything to being able to experience this game again on a better hardware, especially since almost every other disgaea is playable except this one :c
Its only on ps vita and ps3 and that's simply inappropriate at this point. Its only on ps vita and ps3 and that's simply inappropriate at this point. Its only on ps vita and ps3 and that's simply inappropriate at this point.
user avatar@Amaneceeruser avatar@Amaneceer
January 30, 2025
This must be the best Tactics RPG, it has humans and creatures that can progress and evolve, the story is quite cool and it has a HUGE post game! you could play this game for so long and always having a cool adventure
user avatar@zonronuser avatar@zonron
January 31, 2025
This is one of my favorite stories in all of the disgaea series. It had a great mixture of humor and I even had a moment of shock about what happened in a certain chapter. I miss this game so much. I still hold out hope that one day I'll have it on PC with the rest of my collections. So I can marathon the series.
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