Disgaea 2 is something of a mixed bag as a sequel to one of my favorite games. The main story is considerably weaker to me, although as time has gone on the characters have grown on me at least. The main thing this game has over the first is greatly expanded secondary and post game content which was a major weakness of Hour of Darkness. This game actually gives you reason to want to reach the 9999 mark and has tons of interesting bonus bosses and side areas such as the Land of Carnage. It also contains numerous mechanical updates which are probably for the best but does have the unintended side effect of making the early game a fair deal more annoying and complicating aspects that you didn't have to think hard about in Hour. I'll fully admit nostalgia does kind of push Hour over the edge for me in comparison to this game, but on purely objective merits it's still a great game that I can spend a lot of time with and it's a high recommend from me if you enjoy the series.