bring back kaede and my life is yours

This is definitely the worst of the main three danganronpa games, but let me tell you that does not mean it is bad. To state a few negatives right away, a lot of the characters didn't really feel as well put together as the previous games. While yes, there were definitely characters that were amazing, it still felt like half the cast was just a bunch of no-bodies. Maybe that's a little bit harsh, and granted each character does get their moment to shine, it's just the cast didn't feel as amazing as the previous games is all.

I also felt the trials were a bit strange at times. I don't really know how to explain it, they just felt less unique and less interesting. I get that by the third installment of a series your gonna start to run out of the originality juices. I honestly think they probably should have gone with a different setting instead of a school like danganronpa 2 did, that game had so many unique trials.

Now finally onto the positives. Character design was on point like it always is. Gameplay has continued to evolve and include more minigames within the trials. Some of them are hit or miss (like the mine field one ugh) but the more unique ones add an interesting spin to the game. The added functionality of lying, allowing the player to access backroutes within discussions is honestly really cool and adds to the theme of the game.

Now onto the story. I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't really interested in the story for most of the game because it felt very samey samey to the first game without really much different. It wasn't until the ladder half of the game where it really started to pick up and get interesting. But the best part of it all were the twists. The twists in this game are brutal. Honestly I'm still processing the end of the game.

Overall while this may be the worst of the main games imo, I still think this is a certified banger danganronpa game. Please play it (but play the first two and UDG and watch the anime if you haven't first silly).

7/10

ch 5 is the most traumatic experience ive ever had with this game