It's no secret that strategy fans eagerly await the release of any Disgaea title from NIS America. While it may be a niche title, the franchise is well known for providing some of the deepest gameplay on any system, with multiple endings, gigantic battles and the ability to max your characters to level 9999. Clearly, this is a series for hardcore tactics fans, and PS3 owners will soon find themselves in luck, as NIS America will be bringing the incredibly deep series to Sony's most powerful console. At a recent press event, we were given an opportunity to get a quick glimpse at the amazingly deep title.

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice is set at the Netherworld Institute known as the Evil Academy, where demons and other malcontents practice their specialized form of chaos before they unleash their will upon the rest of the universe. While we were told that there will be at least four separate storylines, we were initially introduced to Mao, one of the main characters of the game, whose father is the headmaster and principle of the Academy. Mao initially seems to be like any standard nerdy kid: he's totally into comic books, anime and video games, and is more interested in research than anything else in the world. However, after using his 1.8 million EQ (which makes him an evil genius, by the way), he decides that he needs to become a hero to challenge the Overlord for his title, and sets about trying to dethrone that figure. Nevermind that it's his father he's trying to defeat, he just feels like he has to do it.