Disgaea Hour of Darkness is a tactical role-playing game released for the PlayStation 2 and serves as the first title in the Disgaea series. Players engage in turn-based combat on a grid-based battlefield, controlling a cast of humanoid characters and monsters. Victory is attained by overcoming all enemy units or strategically preserving one's own characters through careful planning and unique abilities.
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is a tactical role-playing video game and the first game in the Disgaea series. Battle gameplay takes place on a map divided into a square grid. The player controls a squad of humanoid units and monsters, which each occupy a single square of the grid and do combat with a group of enemies. Depending on the character and attack selected, the player will be able to deal damage to a specific enemy unit or a designated region of the map. Combat ends when all enemy units or all of the player's units are destroyed.