A “what did I just play” ending if I’ve ever seen one. While the characters didn’t feel as strong and distinct as the first one, a lot of them stood out and were what kept me playing. Some of my favorites were Nekomaru, Gundham, and Ibuki (while she wasn’t great, Hiyoko was also a total standout just for how good her VA did). I probably won’t play v3 anytime soon but I’m looking forward to eventually playing it.
DR2 really fleshes itself out more with its cast, cases, writing, and everything in between while completely upping the absurdity of everything that’s going on, and becomes even self-aware at times which for something like this, could easily lose itself trying to do. It’s still cringe but it’s slightly more unapologetically cringe and that’s okay.
Bonus: Chiaki is the realest mf in there and she’s probably one of my favorite characters in fiction now.
Bonus: Chiaki is the realest mf in there and she’s probably one of my favorite characters in fiction now.
This review contains spoilers
probably my fav game in the franchise.. cast is all lovable as well, i really enjoyed the whole island. made me cry really hard. ch3 was a whole mess i can say, hiyoko was just getting her development when she died. i think mikan would've been able to get away with the murder i cant lie. peko & fuyuhiko mean a lot to me. teruteru was odd but one thing i hate is how the plus-sized characters always end up being and acting odd (teruteru, hifumi, etc.) love the cast sm though
I truly think every character in this game sucks. Huge downgrade from the original game where the characters at least had tangible relationships with each other. In this game the characters merely stand in the same room and shout one-liners at each other, rendering an emotional impact from character deaths and plot revelations totally empty. Only reason I'd score it this high is because the mysteries are still more or less fun to figure out.
Для большинства людей любимая часть, для себя не могу выделить какая часть моя любимая. Во второй части мой фаворит Микан и мне нравится как ближе к концу в игре потихоньку все сходят с ума, еще мне нравится некоторые убийства второй половины игры, еще мне нравится Мономи и рыжуля фотограф, она милая. Но мне совсем не нравится концовка и идея финального твиста, когда игру начинаешь заново как бы и видно что намеки на концовку были в начале, но все равно абсурдный бред и мне не зашло, но абсолютно все кроме концовки очень даже хорошее, не скажу что лучше или хуже первой части, просто немного другое.
Substantial improvement over Trigger Happy Havoc in nearly every way. The cast is so endearing and lovable, and much more consistently written. Even people who I disliked or didn't care for at the beginning ending up completely changing my perspective of them. When the murders eventually start happening, it genuinely hurts to see a character you've gotten to know so well either die or be found out as the culprit - there's some real emotional gut-punches to be found that just aren't there in the prequel. The gimmicks within investigation periods are also brilliant; the separate game to find out the culprit, the funhouse, the main idea of Case 5, it all feels really experimental and it definitely paid off, every case (excluding 3) is superbly written and so damn engaging. The trials are much more involving as well; attacking with the correct piece of evidence and figuring out the culprit is actually more challenging since you don't have someone like Kyoko giving away all the hints, the addition of agreeing with someone in Nonstop Debate is also a clever addition. The Run-2/3-esque Logic Dive is fun as hell to navigate. The truth blades... kind of fucking suck and feel redundant, I would much rather just play another Nonstop Debate, and well Hangman's Gambit will just always be complete shit - but somehow they made it worse here. Really the only other aspect that THH does better in, is the setting and atmopshere. For what it's worth, Goodbye Despair is a near perfect sequel.