Topic: Danganronpa

@nessisonett The pedigree is solid, so it will be interesting to see how it plays and what the story is like. There doesn't seem to be too much on Apple Arcade, although I did notice Little Orpheus and The Pathless so will play them too if there's enough time.

@crimsontadpoles

“ World's End Club could be excellent, but I have my doubts. The road trip part is my biggest worry. If it was just another brutal murder game from the Danganronpa and Zero Escape directors, then I would be super hyped right now.
But it seems that the murder game aspect is just a fake out leading to a more friendly road trip, according to the trailer. Or is that a double bluff? I'm horribly confused by this game.”

I also am hyped for this game. It could be great - a new series of games. My fingers are crossed.

If anyone wants something like Danganronpa to play, go check out Your Turn To Die. It's very similat to Danganronpa and has an excellent group of characters. You can check it out here. It's free. https://vgperson.com/games/yourturntodie/

@Blooper987 Thanks for the link. At first it looks like a generic flash game, but it quickly gets good. I'm really enjoying it, so will have to play again another day.

So far I've made it past the initial sequence, and the first trial. I figured out the logical way of guaranteeing everyone's safety in the Russian Roulette game, so everyone who I've seen are still alive and scared.

@crimsontadpoles Awesome! I finished everything that is currently out. The last part of chapter 3 still hasn't released yet, but it shouldn't be too long till they are finished with it. After the first chapter things definitely get much more unique compared to Danganronpa. I actually also just passed it off when it was first recommended to me as some crappy fan game, but I sure am happy I gave it a second chance! The art style definitely starts to grow on you after a little while.

It's a pity that Danganronpa Zero will likely never be officially localized.

I know I'm like 100 years late to this party but I just finished Danganronpa V3 after playing the first two years ago (and then replaying them prior to this) and I had to immediatelg rush to my local gaming forum to announce how much I hate it.

@johncalmc Oh boy, that’s gonna go down well 😂

@nessisonett Is it generally liked? I'm pretty good at media blackout on stuff I care about so even though it came out ages ago I knew literally nothing about it. Just about to embark on my post-game Google. It's still fresh - credits are still on as I type - but my initial feeling is pretty negative overall.

@johncalmc People seem to rate the third game’s ending as one of the best in all of gaming. I’ve only played the first one though.

@nessisonett Wow. I thought the ending was a total mess. I liked the cast quite a bit but I found most of the mysteries and trials pretty boring and the overall story didn't land for me.

I was quite surprised actually because I had two theories from quite early on about how it would play out and one of them was actually pretty close, whereas I've never been able to predict where the previous games were going.

Oh well. I've still got the first two 😂

@johncalmc It's definitely something of a Marmite game. I loved the ending and found it quite thought provoking. I didn't like the cast quite as much as the other games though.

@nessisonett People either seem to love or hate the ending of V3. It's VERY, VERY polarizing. I can see both points of view, although I very much lean toward loving the ending. Danganronpa 2 definitely has the best "classic" Danganronpa ending, if such a thing exists, and is much more immediately satisfying on a narrative level, but V3's themes and deconstructive elements will stick with me a lot longer.

BTW, even if the ending left you feeling a bit down, @johncalmc , don't neglect the amazing post-game content. It's effectively two different games (a digital board game and a JRPG) tied together by a card-dispenser mini-game. You kinda have to play all three 'modes' in unison to unlock everything. But the board game segment ends up being an amazing celebration of the entire franchise. Even characters from the Danganronpa 3 anime show up!

@Ralizah I've already deleted the game 😂 I didn't like the post-game stuff in the previous games so I just didn't bother. I might do at some point but unlike the previous games which I've played multiple times because I love their narratives, I can't imagine ever playing 3 again.

Even beyond the ending, I just didn't enjoy most of it. I liked the start and the first case, but after that I was mostly waiting for it to get going which for me it never did.

The previous two I thought had some lulls before building to pretty spectacular finishes, and I thought the same would apply here which is mostly what was keeping me interested.

I think they thought the final revelations were a lot cleverer than they actually were, which perhaps explains why the last trial goes on for what feels like twelve hours, but once it became clear that there weren't going to be any more twists or turns and that really was it I just couldn't wait for it to end.

@Kidfried I feel like we need a respectful argument thread where we make our cases for discussions like best ending or best bosses and such. Until someone makes the incredibly unpopular and divisive opinion that Days Gone is a good game of course 😉

I'm still annoyed about it three days later.

So as many of you may already be aware, this series is being ported to the Switch in the form of a collection and, in the process, the post-game modes in V3 are being fleshed out and made into a separate game called Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp. It also includes brand new interactions with original characters from Ultra Despair Girls.

Which makes me wonder: are they removing the post-game stuff from V3 on Switch, since it's being made into a separate game? Because I think that would probably shift me back to liking DR2 more than V3 overall.

Dangarompa is not for everyone. I loved all three. The ending of V3 shocked me, but then again dangarompa 1 and 2 endings caught me by surprise also. So I have no clue how they could do a Dangaronpa 4 and keep up the tradition of weird endings.

I've finished watching the anime Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School. Despite its name, this actually relates to the stories of Danganronpa 1&2, not V3. I watched it in release order, alternating between Future and Despair episodes, with the Hope episode at the end.

It was alright, but not great. Some of it gets too ridiculous, even by Danganronpa standards. There are some pacing issues, with the Despair arc taking a while to get going. Plus, many of the new characters would get into trouble long before they've had enough screen time for me to get attached to them.

On the plus side, I did like the extra lore. And the series does have its moments, particularly in the Future arc.

I have not seen the anime’s, maybe I should start.