Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is actually a game I’ve played before, and it’s an intense one. Looking at it, you may just expect a normal visual novel, however this game is SO much more. It follows Makoto Naegi who is going to his new school called Hope’s Peak Academy. However, when he gets there he suddenly faints, and when he awakens he is trapped in this school. He meets this strange black and white bear called Monokuma who tells the 15 students that the only way to escape the place is to kill another student. Gameplay is split into three parts, standard visual novel talking to people and choosing choices while searching a room, exploring the school with first person gameplay, or during the class trials, when a student kills another you must play through a trial with a bunch of minigame, like Non-Stop Debates where you must shoot down incorrect statements with truth bullets. If you can solve the killer, the killer is executed, but if you can’t, everyone else is executed, so the stakes are set really high. This game is dark and depressing and creepy, and it’s a really fun yet long game to play. I would recommend this game to anyone who likes visual novels or detective games, this game is an amazing experience with excellent characters, and it will bring out a lot of emotions within you.

Reviewed on Mar 13, 2024


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