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Review of Dangan Ronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

SubjectDangan Ronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei
Danganronpa 1•2 Reload - NA Edition
ByHelpfulness: 4
Vote: 4
SkankinGarbage on 2022-11-16
ReviewI don't wanna give the wrong idea - there's a lot of good stuff, here. The premise of this murder mystery and its atmosphere are cool. The music is amazing, and so is the core gameplay loop. The beginning of the story was so strong. But, good grief - the cast of Danganronpa (and honestly, all the other games in the series) are so bloated, and so many of them are just obnoxious, eccentric caricatures. There's a small group of strong characters, and the mysteries are fun to solve, but I can only have the drama derailed by one of the weird characters yelling a non-sequitur at me to remind me of their weirdness like 4000 times before I'm absolutely sick of it. I discussed this game with a buddy who said, "I would have killed half the cast myself". I can't disagree with that.
4 points