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Let's be real here.

The only thing that makes Danganronpa 1 and 2 so fun and compelling are the murder mysteries and the detective styled visual novel gameplay, with fun plot twists in the middle of every trial.

Otherwise, the story is, in the end, pretty mediocre. The concept of despair and hope is a recurring theme throughout the entire story, it's a cool concept as you don't see many other stories that revolve around this theme. However, in my opinion, it becomes gradually very tedious, especially with Nagito emphasizing on this idea of hope/despair pretty much every time you see him.

The punishments at the end of each trial are so so terrible and boring even compared with Trigger Happy Havoc. The first punishment is alright, but the rest are so boring you lose the thrill. Trust me I don't enjoy watching people get executed (at least most of the time) but if you've played Danganronpa 1 and/or 2 you will get what I mean by the 'thrill' you get.

Ultimately, I would still recommend Danganronpa: Goodbye Despair for their amazing murder mysteries and atmoshperic soundtrack, but the story and boring punishment scenes really bring my rating down.

I give it a...

11037/10




Ok, honestly, a 6/10
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