The best in the series and the second best VN of all time. Incredible story and jaw-dropping plot twists throughout an airtight island resort setting, which makes for an amazing murder mystery experience throughout. It's honestly got few to no flaws, which is unfortunately not the case for the next entry.
My favourite Danganronpa game. I liked the characters of this one the most, because of the cutscenes and memorable personalities of each one of them, especially Nagito. From the opening of the game to the end, you are engaged and want to find more about the characters and what is the identity of each killer. I enjoyed the new trial mechanics which add some epicness to the game.
Now, I know me giving this game a 10 may seem like I'm overdoing how good it is, but honestly, I really don't think I would be. From the most basic perspective, it is a direct upgrade to Danganronpa 1, with a cast similar in quality to 1, but overall better interactions and character development. The game's large increase in difficulty can also be very fun to those who want a challenge, as even on the hardest difficulty, the game does not seem unfair most of the time. Also, it's a lot easier to get attached to characters in Danganronpa 2 compared to the first game, because of how much development some characters get, making how they end up much more impactful than the first game.
Overall, this is probably my favorite video game of all time, It's challenging, emotional, and still able to be humorous at times. The only real thing I can criticize about it are the, for lack of a better term, Degenerate portions of the game, but they can be looked past, because of just how great the rest of the game is, and how short those sections last.
The characters are a huge upgrade form the first game. Fuyuhiko, Chiyaki, Impostor and Nagito are my favourites in the entire series.
The gameplay is however much worse. I complained about the minigames in my review for the first game, and this game makes them much worse and much more frequent. I don't want to play that stupid skating game in middle of a class trial.
An insane finale doesn’t make up for the painful amount of filler. The trials are always great, but getting to them is frustrating. If someone sees a gun on the ground, you have to click through 30 lines of "Huh? Is that? Wha? What’s he looking at? I don’t ****?" before someone says "It’s a gun on the ground."
The characters are just as memorable as the ones from the first game, but the pacing is absolutely brutal. Still glad I played it, though.
The fact that this game is given a 10 by anybody is a sign that humanity is F'd and deserves to go extinct. Bad writing, one dimensional vomit inducing characters, lazy art. Every 5 minutes of game time is 10 seconds of dialogue repeated ad nauseum.
SummaryJabberwock Island was, at one time, a popular tourist haunt. This now populated island remains oddly pristine. You and your classmates at the elite Hope's Peak Academy have been brought to this island by your cute teacher for a “lovey-dovey, heart-throbbing school trip.” Everyone seems to be having fun in the sun...until Monokuma returns...