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I guess I'm playing Danganronpa

LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
So I got this game and the sequel during the PSN sale last week and now I'm a few hours in.

This game is WILD.

So I guess I'm gonna post my reactions to stuff as I go along.

Spoilers up through the end of the first trial:
I have to say, it shocked me when pop idol girl was wasted right off the bat. I kinda thought she would be built up as my number two/love interest for a while before being killed or becoming a killer during the later climactic parts of the story.

An even bigger twist that she ends up being the first one to decide to go all murderface.

However, Christ, it took me about five minutes into the trial to have it figured out that she was the one who had a murder plot going on, and having to slowly wait until everyone got to that conclusion was AGONIZING.

And then there were the numbers. It took like half a second to see that it was a name. The whole trial I kept wanting to yell at the screen "DIDN'T ANY OF YOU EVER WRITE BOOBS ON A CALCULATOR?!"

Oh also(endgame spoilers maybe?)
I have been spoiled that fashionista girl is a bad guy. The bad guy? I basically don't know anything beyond "she is an antagonist" so at least I'll get to enjoy learning the details. Sucks to know anything at all, but oh well.

Overall I'm digging the Ace Attorney meets Battle Royale thing they have going on.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    I was the script editor on this game, so if you love the localization feel free to give me all the accolades.

    If you hate it, blame the translator or yourself.

    Also yeah, the game does a really good job of setting up character expectations and then smashing them into dust. Preeeetty cool approach through and through.

  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    It really loves that trope yes...not sure what you'd call it, not multiple personality or dual identity, but everyone has another side they show at some point.

    And that first trial is just sad, definitely. It gets better, but only the last few are very difficult or interesting.

    The music is amazing.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Houk wrote: »
    I was the script editor on this game, so if you love the localization feel free to give me all the accolades.

    If you hate it, blame the translator or yourself.

    Also yeah, the game does a really good job of setting up character expectations and then smashing them into dust. Preeeetty cool approach through and through.

    What about God?

    Can I blame God, or did the new localization remove that option?

  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited August 2015
    Now you can only blame yourself, I guess.
    Wait, I guess that was already covered.

    I just love that line so much and want to comment on it.

    Reynolds on
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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Houk wrote: »
    I was the script editor on this game, so if you love the localization feel free to give me all the accolades.

    If you hate it, blame the translator or yourself.

    Also yeah, the game does a really good job of setting up character expectations and then smashing them into dust. Preeeetty cool approach through and through.

    Thank you for your work good sir.

    Did you also work on the sequel?

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    I love this game, so I'm happy about this thread

    also, I request to know who your favorite characters are

    so I can see if you've chosen wisely

    or if all of your faves are going to bite the dust

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    I've said this before but just a couple days after the first game came out and i was about twenty minutes into it my vita got stolen, and I've gotten another vita in the time since but have kind of half-been waiting for a sale on the game yet whenever sales actually happen I so don't have any fun money to spend

    But everytime it comes up in conversation i'm reminded how much I really want/ed to play through them; I'm not necessarily saying someone should buy me both games but I'm not not saying that either

  • EtiowsaEtiowsa Registered User regular
    I'm pretty sure it's impossible for characters you like to survive these games. Unless you have terrible taste I guess.

  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    What if someone's favorite character was Monokuma?

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    that's not fair, that's cheating.

    that's like walking into a casino and not getting any chips
    Etiowsa wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure it's impossible for characters you like to survive these games. Unless you have terrible taste I guess.

    oh, it's possible. My favorite died in DR1, but the rest of the characters I liked made it

    then DR2 came around

    goodbye, favorite characters

  • Dr. FlamingoDr. Flamingo 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    I've only seen the show, but swimmer girl is totally the best.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    There's some real, real shitty garbage in the second chapter

    But other than that it's a real good game

  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    Houk wrote: »
    I was the script editor on this game, so if you love the localization feel free to give me all the accolades.

    If you hate it, blame the translator or yourself.

    Also yeah, the game does a really good job of setting up character expectations and then smashing them into dust. Preeeetty cool approach through and through.

    The localization seems really damn good so nice work!
    I love this game, so I'm happy about this thread

    also, I request to know who your favorite characters are

    so I can see if you've chosen wisely

    or if all of your faves are going to bite the dust

    Hmmm

    Okay first of all fanfic writer is terrible and the worst and I want to fire him into the sun.

    I like Hina and Sakura. Biker dude looks stupid but he's got a sort of Kanji quality to him that's starting to endear himself to me. The gothic gambler lady and the mysterious lady who I'm guessing is a detective or something both seem pretty cool.

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    I love this game, so I'm happy about this thread

    also, I request to know who your favorite characters are

    so I can see if you've chosen wisely

    or if all of your faves are going to bite the dust

    I like the one in the second game who is fat
    and rich

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    I was doing the third trial this morning and practically threw my Vita in frustration because of that damn tempo minigame. I think I'll probably put the difficulty down to gentle.

    But I really like Hina and Sakura.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    There's no reason to not have the minigames on Gentle unless you hate yourself or love those minigames

    But I like to set the puzzle difficulty to the maximum so I don't have to choose between two obviously wrong Truth Bullets and one obviously correct one

  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Houk wrote: »
    I was the script editor on this game, so if you love the localization feel free to give me all the accolades.

    If you hate it, blame the translator or yourself.

    Also yeah, the game does a really good job of setting up character expectations and then smashing them into dust. Preeeetty cool approach through and through.

    Thank you for your work good sir.

    Did you also work on the sequel?

    Sadly, no. By the time we were ready to start on 2, I'd already been moved to another project and didn't have time in my schedule to do both :(

    Which is a real bummer cuz 2 seems like it's even more batshit crazy, which would have been nice to work on.

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Danganronpa is great but Hangman's Gambit can die in a fire.

    And then the sequel somehow manages to make it even worse.

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Speaking of Dang, a Rampart, does anyone know if Another Episode is good? I'm thinking about getting it when it releases, but I might wait for a sale if it's only okay.

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Is Another Episode the action game where you can play as (Danganronpa 1 end game spoilers)
    Genocide Jill?

    I've heard it's fun but has some unspecified skeevy moments (much like DR1, I guess). I'll pick it up no questions asked because I am a whore for this series.

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Yup

    I really want it for the story, but I dunno how good the gameplay is

    Plus I don't like
    (DR1 spoilers)
    toko or genocide Jill so much

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited August 2015
    Yup

    I really want it for the story, but I dunno how good the gameplay is

    Plus I don't like
    (DR1 spoilers)
    toko or genocide Jill so much

    (Replying to DR1 spoilers)
    Ah man, Toko/Jill was great. I loved how everyone's reactions changed from "ahh holy shit a serial killer" to "ok yes we get it already, you're a serial killer, just stfu already" as the game went on.

    I think what I liked most about her was that she was crazy in a way that made sense? Like it was never random bullshit craziness for the sake of being an insane edgelord; Jill just really enjoyed murdering people with scissors and the game played it completely straight.

    Plus her voice acting and animations were excellent.

    Really I can't wait for @LockedOnTarget to get to Dalek Roomba 2 (if you play and enjoy the first Dammit Rolex at all you will all but guaranteed like the sequel).

    DR2 somehow manages to be three times as insane as the first game right from the outset and contains what is probably my favorite narrative trip in all of videogames.

    ph blake on
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  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    Oh, also fuck rich business kid. He can also be shot into the sun.

    Probably romance novelist lady too

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Oh, also fuck rich business kid. He can also be shot into the sun.

    Probably romance novelist lady too

    Togami is a treasure and should be treated as such.

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    (Dr1 spoilers)
    I thought Toko was fun, but kinda one note as a character

    It's not so much that I don't like her, I guess, it's more that she's not my first choice when it comes to characters I really want to see more of. I'd rather see more Asahina or Kirigiri.

    as for DR2, I've heard people say that they didn't like it as much as 1, but I thought it was way better

    it's full of completely absurd, wonderful humor, but still tells a great story and has great character development.

  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Speaking of Dang, a Rampart, does anyone know if Another Episode is good? I'm thinking about getting it when it releases, but I might wait for a sale if it's only okay.

    The gameplay is serviceable, and from what I've seen of the story it's nutso in a pretty awesome way.

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    nutso is pretty much all I need to hear to sell me on a DR game

    goodbye, 40 dollars

    I barely knew you, but our time together was precious

  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Top 5 Durdle Wumpus characters as determined by Science (implicit spoilers for DR1/DR2)
    1. Junko Fucking Eroshima
    2. Byakuya Togami
    3. Toko/Jill
    4. Kyouko Kirigiri
    5. Ibuki Mioba

    With honorable mentions to Hina, Sakura, and the babyface gangster Fuyuhiko.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I watched the anime so this kinda got ruined for me( like the anime literally uses game cutscenes at times) . Are the sequels any good?

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    DR2 is amazing, and I think it's better than DR1. If you liked the first, you'll like it.

    Especially if all you saw was the anime. The adaptation really suffered from being condensed, so you'll probably enjoy the games more

  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    nutso is pretty much all I need to hear to sell me on a DR game

    goodbye, 40 dollars

    I barely knew you, but our time together was precious

    I also might be biased from working on the original, but I really like how they transitioned from 2D to 3D. It's more dynamic but still retains all of that awesome vivid 2D coloring.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
  • SLyMSLyM Registered User regular
    I am also playing through this game albeit very very slowly. Is a good game.

    My friend is working on a roguelike game you can play if you want to. (It has free demo)
  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    I am at the recess for the second trial.

    All I can say is

    sigh

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    edited August 2015
    I am at the recess for the second trial.

    All I can say is

    sigh

    yeah, from what I know about the rest of the game that's the poorly done part of the game.

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    There's some real, real shitty garbage in the second chapter

    But other than that it's a real good game

    cis people should stop trying to write about gender

    just... fucking stop

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I think its more Japan needs to start catching up with the world in terms of LGBT issues. I've sorta wanted to write an article or have a discussion about it but I don't really feel like I could approach it correctly
    I watched an anime recently that actually handled this pretty well though. The character just felt more comfortable dressing as a woman but still identifies as male and was treated very poorly by his peers when he decided to try and go out in public. He becomes a shut in and stops going to school. Then the main cast basically accepts him as is and in fact encourage him and his lifestyle . It was refreshing and I think a sign that things are changing .

    The actual show is kinda crappy though.

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  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    Yeah...

    I didn't like the second case very much. For a lot of reasons.

  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    The second case is the worst in either game by a wide margin. They're much, much better in all respects from here on out.

  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    The only redeeming value in the second case was when the two of us talked the mystery over and we're sure we'd figured it out

    And then were 100% off in every possible way

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