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Finished! I thought Chapter 3 was incredible so you can imagine how amazed I was by Chapter 5. I was much more comfortable with the big final reveals of the game compared to the first title, which seemed to raise more questions than answers. However, the ending of this game is a lot more explicit in terms of what happens to who and I thought something like that powerful final image of the first game would have been nicer since this game is smarter in almost every other respect. The alterations made to Hangman’s Gambit and the addition of Logic Dive were fun and fit with that arcade/adventure contrast. The Rebuttal Showdown could get pretty demanding though with switching over truth bullets while slicing statements.

Ultimately, a game this good fills me with some despair. It will end up being a cult classic only available on a system that will never be that big in the West much like Snatcher for the Sega CD. The Vita is rich in fun, well-written, creative and beautiful looking titles. It’s such a shame that it has a monopoly on what I believe to be the best game of 2014.

Tl;dr buy a Vita!

I think it’s odd how adventure games move from one platform to another - in 2011 I had so many adventure games on my Nintendo DS I wondered how I was going to play them all.

Now - in 2014 I have this situation on the PSVITA - stacks of really good adventure games.

Handhelds are cheap, used VITAs are $119 and up - so if you have only a few good games on a system they are worth buying.

Dangan Ronpa 2 surprised me - better than the first and that one was amazing.

Let’s hope we get another game in the series.

More than one person has said chapter 5 was the best chapter…........

The game as a whole is very over the top and more than once I had to roll my eyes around at how silly parts of the game are.

However, the game has it’s moments and I love the plot twist - that made the game for me.

Dangan Ronpa 2 is my best adventure of 2014 - hands down.

Let’s hope 2015 is half as good to us….....

It was a good game… but definitely not on the same level as the first.

Glad to hear somebody liked the first one best. You are not the only one either. I liked the first one too - BUT I liked the second one better.

Finished! I thought Chapter 3 was incredible so you can imagine how amazed I was by Chapter 5. I was much more comfortable with the big final reveals of the game compared to the first title, which seemed to raise more questions than answers.

I was so glad we got these games in the US, I don’t have a clue how they would do a third one, but I’ll buy it if they do.

zane - 06 January 2015 08:21 PM

EDIT: it just hit me, nagito’s name is an anagram for “AD makoto naegi” And the AD must be… alternate dimension. For the whole game i kept thinking about the anagram of his name but the ad bugged me… suddenly that makes sense…. Oh well. They shouldv made them the same person.

Komaeda Nagito is an anagram of Makoto Naegi da (‘I’m Naegi Makoto’). They also share the same voice actress (in Japanese).

Say goodbye to despair once more. Playstation has announced that Another Episode will be localised and released in the Fall!

THIS game is NOT a Visual Novel, but a third person action game that is a spin-off:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danganronpa_Another_Episode:_Ultra_Despair_Girls

Oh - I am buying this day one - a twisted third person shooter is the perfect game for me.

People love the game and sales in Japan were very solid. 

Looks like despair doesn’t let up. How do you approach a third game after the second one broke down the entire formula? I’m expecting something even crazier.

Oh, that probably explains why there isn’t a Detective Conan game planned for this year; Spike-Chunsoft developed the two Detective Conan 3DS games released the last two years (Danganronpa (2010) -> Super Danganronpa 2 (2012) -> Detective Conan: Marionette Symphony (2013) -> Detective Conan: Phantom Rhapsody (2014)) , and I was hoping for a third installment, but I guess they’re back working on their own IP now, instead as a developer for Namco-Bandai.