Ironically getting all of this game's achievements brought me true despair, I recommend just playing this game for the story do not 100% this game for your mental health. I am a firm believer that Spike Chunsoft did not want you to get all the achievement and thus made it their life goal to make it the worst experience possible. But I do love the series to bits.
Pros
-Well written story with plenty of mystery, I had an epiphany on who the mastermind of this game was during chapter 4 and was so pleased with myself but the mystery element to this game is top tier
-Most of the characters in this game are very likable, and some make you wish you were one of the killers in the death game (but honestly I think they were written that way for a reason, so good job)
-Trials as always have plenty of fun minigames so it's not completely a visual novel
-Aside from side game modes and one very specific minigame the soundtrack for this game is great, sets the mood well
Cons
-Why are there so many awful achievements? Mental truly gone. I had to set up an auto clicker on my PC to farm coins at the slot machine so I could buy every item in the gallery, buy every gift (which at the end requires even more coins or you have a 0.4% chance of getting the last one you need). The monolith game in the casino is unnecessarily difficult to get an S on. You have to play the boardgame at least 50 times to get each character at S and the enjoyment does not last past the 4th or 5th try. You also have to get characters to S rank if you want to do the dungeon crawling side game which is an endeavour to beat all on its own.
-speaking of the dungeon crawler, it's music is AWFUL, it's like 8 bit versions of the main soundtrack until you get to the final boss (whose theme is actually not as bad). And because I spent about 10 hours playing the monolith game mode to get S rank, I had to listen to that same song on loop and I genuinely think I was losing my marbles
-Every installment has that one character you can't stand, and this time it was Tenko
I realise my cons make it sound like I don't love this game but I really do, the fact I was willing to go through all of the side games for the achievements shows how much I like it. I recommend the entire series but like I said stick to the main story, there are lots of fun twists and the murder mystery element of the game is fantastic.
Pros
-Well written story with plenty of mystery, I had an epiphany on who the mastermind of this game was during chapter 4 and was so pleased with myself but the mystery element to this game is top tier
-Most of the characters in this game are very likable, and some make you wish you were one of the killers in the death game (but honestly I think they were written that way for a reason, so good job)
-Trials as always have plenty of fun minigames so it's not completely a visual novel
-Aside from side game modes and one very specific minigame the soundtrack for this game is great, sets the mood well
Cons
-Why are there so many awful achievements? Mental truly gone. I had to set up an auto clicker on my PC to farm coins at the slot machine so I could buy every item in the gallery, buy every gift (which at the end requires even more coins or you have a 0.4% chance of getting the last one you need). The monolith game in the casino is unnecessarily difficult to get an S on. You have to play the boardgame at least 50 times to get each character at S and the enjoyment does not last past the 4th or 5th try. You also have to get characters to S rank if you want to do the dungeon crawling side game which is an endeavour to beat all on its own.
-speaking of the dungeon crawler, it's music is AWFUL, it's like 8 bit versions of the main soundtrack until you get to the final boss (whose theme is actually not as bad). And because I spent about 10 hours playing the monolith game mode to get S rank, I had to listen to that same song on loop and I genuinely think I was losing my marbles
-Every installment has that one character you can't stand, and this time it was Tenko
I realise my cons make it sound like I don't love this game but I really do, the fact I was willing to go through all of the side games for the achievements shows how much I like it. I recommend the entire series but like I said stick to the main story, there are lots of fun twists and the murder mystery element of the game is fantastic.