FINALLY FINISHED A REPLAY OF V3

i've done annual danganronpa replays every year (except last year) and every single time we got to v3, we always happened to stop on chapter 3. -when i say we i mean the new persona i'm playing the game with-.

honestly, a lot of the game was better than i remembered. 2-3 is a little bit of a drag at times but chapter 1, 4 and 5 are all so good... especially chapter 5. kaito means so much to me personally because of where i was at in life when i first played this game. love it.

when i played v3 for the first time... i hated the ending! despised it! it almost ruined the entire series for me!
but it wasn't as bad this time around. i still really dislike the mastermind and i'm not a big fan of the trope but it isn't game/series ruining like i once believed it to be. honestly the ending could've been genuinely good if the writing was better... because it felt so much weaker than ever before during chapter 6. outside of the main character that is.

oh also, the cast is just so weak overall. a lot of the characters with good personalities and traits {{spoilers kinda | ᵈⁱᵉᵈ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵉᵃʳˡʸ}}. the top 4-5 are very strong but the rest is just so ugh. the chapter 1 victim had so much wasted potential!!!!!!!!!!!

but yeah, i like danganronpa v3. i love danganronpa. happy i came around to not HATING chapter 6 like i used to....... but it's still not great

In many ways this is the best Danganronpa. It's new and shiny and opulent in its spectacle. Characters interact more, everything looks better and there's more heart in this more than the other games. I feel the same way about this game as I feel about Dark Souls 3, I'm glad it exists because it looks and plays better, despite the flaws. The trials and mystery are complex and I enjoyed them, but things kinda get weird. You sometimes need the input of Monokuma or the cubs to advance the trial and the mistakes killers make seem very stupid considering their plans. I have more criticism for this game more than the other 2. I don't know if I hold this game at a higher standard or it's the game that hints and fails at something more complex. It's clear to me they wanted to end Danganronpa with a bang, especially with trial 1 and 5. Trial 6 is the contentious one and, although I hated it at first, I think it's really good. It's one of the few twists in this series that change how you see the events before it, and not in some metaphorical sense. The number of case files in your lab, some fanservice scenes, your experience with the other games, they all start mattering and you start making theories, exploring and engaging with the material. DRV3 is a good game, I'm glad it exists and I'm quite fond of it. Goodbye Danganronpa.