This review contains spoilers
Getting this out of the way, my computer was fucking DYING while I was playing this. Dropping frames in cutscenes resulting in the audio finishing sometimes a full 30 seconds before the animation. I haven't researched it but I'm also gonna blame inputs taking forever to register as also my computer's fault. Same with arrow keys double pressing sometimes. Maybe some of those are present in the PC port, but I don't care enough to research that. Point is, I will look past all the trouble I had that could affect gameplay so I won't judge off of that. But, I will criticize the way controls are handled in this port. Why is controller input default on a PC game? Supposedly there was something in the launcher that should have prompted for me to fix this, but A) I didn't see anything and B) I shouldn't have to. A game on steam should be able to detect that there isn't a fucking controller connected. So I had to research what fucking button prompts corresponded to the PC in each mini game. Could I have fixed this? Probably. But again, I shouldn't have to.
Story wise, it's great. The main story overarching mystery I usually have a problem with felt much less present than in previous games until late game. The trials themselves were all good at least I'd say. I think the bait and switch with Kaede is really interesting, same as some things that happen in the final trial. I like how the story is presented overall, like in the final trial. I think they make some interesting and maybe even risky decisions that go well too. It technically deviated from problems I had with previous game's endings in certain ways that while I still didn't love, were definitely better. As someone who greatly dislikes 4th wall stories, this one was fine. I tried really hard to take it seriously but hearing "everybody loves Danganronpa" for a couple hours felt like I had a bag of sand hanging on my back. But I can look past it cause some ways they used that aspect were kinda cool and I really liked the character moments that took place within it.
Character wise, a mile better than DR2 and half a mile better than DR1. That may not seem like it's saying much, but there was only one character I'd call annoying and she died right before she got overbearing. And the two characters I felt really didn't add much for 80% of the game came in in the end and did some good stuff, so I guess that's cool. I like Shuichi a lot as an MC, I think he's handled and presented interestingly. Kaito and Maki are also great main characters. Their dynamics with each other and Shuichi were great. Other characters like Korekiyo, Tenko and Gonta were great too. Kokichi, that's an interesting one. I'd say I like him a lot more than Nagito, even when ignoring the voice actor and Twitter mutual biases I have against each character. I can't fully explain it right now, but idk. I think he's just handled a lot better and his involvement with the story felt more interesting than Nagito's.
Overall this was a great time and good note to end the series on. I can't say Te Amo Danganronpa or anything. But Danganronpa, you were kinda cool.
Story wise, it's great. The main story overarching mystery I usually have a problem with felt much less present than in previous games until late game. The trials themselves were all good at least I'd say. I think the bait and switch with Kaede is really interesting, same as some things that happen in the final trial. I like how the story is presented overall, like in the final trial. I think they make some interesting and maybe even risky decisions that go well too. It technically deviated from problems I had with previous game's endings in certain ways that while I still didn't love, were definitely better. As someone who greatly dislikes 4th wall stories, this one was fine. I tried really hard to take it seriously but hearing "everybody loves Danganronpa" for a couple hours felt like I had a bag of sand hanging on my back. But I can look past it cause some ways they used that aspect were kinda cool and I really liked the character moments that took place within it.
Character wise, a mile better than DR2 and half a mile better than DR1. That may not seem like it's saying much, but there was only one character I'd call annoying and she died right before she got overbearing. And the two characters I felt really didn't add much for 80% of the game came in in the end and did some good stuff, so I guess that's cool. I like Shuichi a lot as an MC, I think he's handled and presented interestingly. Kaito and Maki are also great main characters. Their dynamics with each other and Shuichi were great. Other characters like Korekiyo, Tenko and Gonta were great too. Kokichi, that's an interesting one. I'd say I like him a lot more than Nagito, even when ignoring the voice actor and Twitter mutual biases I have against each character. I can't fully explain it right now, but idk. I think he's just handled a lot better and his involvement with the story felt more interesting than Nagito's.
Overall this was a great time and good note to end the series on. I can't say Te Amo Danganronpa or anything. But Danganronpa, you were kinda cool.