Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Reviews

Best part of the series. If you came here after watching the anime or the first part, and you liked it, then this part is ready to give you twice as much and better quality than what you've seen before. It has all the good things that were in the first part here made better, I would definitely like to forget everything and replay it.

This game does everything that danganronpa 1 did but better and the only thing about it that i find worse from danganronpa 1 is the setting of the game as trigger happy havoc's setting invoked a feeling of distress and danger, and while this game certainly does that too the more open setting does remove some of the fear and tension caused by the location of the first game. But overall I would say this game is just as good as trigger happy havoc if not better.

Pretty much everything I like about the first game but better. The Mysteries: The murder cases in this game were much more interesting and harder to figure out than in the first one. Even when I did know who did it, I didn't know how they did it and figuring that out was great. It also has arguably the best individual chapter in the series (if you know you know). The Story: I absolutely loved the story in this one and how it all comes together in one big question at the end. Without going too deep into spoilers, it's a nature versus nurture situation. The Bad: The setting is arguably the worst in the series. There are very few first-person exploration sections in the game. Instead, this group of students is on a series of large islands with like 3-4 locations on each. Though they all feel very disconnected from each other and all but one murder case involves using more that one location to commit the crime. There is a tamagotchi system in the game. Cool I guess. Also some side modes that aren't that funny to play through. Conclusion: This one has my favorite story.

Had an absolute blast with this game. The game lasts about 33 hours in length according to a lot of sources, and 60 hours to 100% complete. I personally won't find myself going back to 100% complete this game, though. However, not once ever did I feel bored during that entire 33 hours. It truthfully felt like it was much shorter. Class trials usually last around 2-3 hours long, but usually when I got out of one it felt like I had only spent 45 minutes. Time really flew by! This game was really fun to play, and I found myself liking a lot of the characters. Chiaki was personally my favorite character, and is one of my favorite game characters of all time. The beauty of this game is that there are so many likable characters, but along with that there is inevitably a lot of not so likable ones too. I personally liked the characters more than I disliked them, however. Dislikes + MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS; [spoiler] I really didn't understand the ending all that much, as it was made completely unclear HOW Makoto, Kyoko, and Byakuya even made it into the neo world program in the first place, why Junko didn't just immediately eliminate them as they are NOT considered students, and why they were even able to shutdown the simulation considering the fact that they are again... NOT students. It's explicitly stated that a majority of the [b] students [/b] have to vote to end the game. This is just not covered, and left me somewhat confused in the end. The ending was mostly satisfying, and the unexplained bits were pretty much the only cons of this game for me [/spoiler] Overall, this game is great and I'd recommend buying 👍

This game is the best game I've played in my life. I've been in the Danganronpa fandom for years, and finally decided to play the game for myself. It was so extremely immersive and the writing was exquisite. It tied in nicely with the first game, and this game actually had a very well written ending (unlike most games in my opinion). I felt mostly satisfied. So yes please play if you don't mind some sexual jokes and morbid stuff.

Best game in the series. Ending is amazing and has the some of the best characters. Most of the mingames are fun and the story is interesting. Better than the first and something Every fan of the first game should play. A solid 8.5/10

Danganronpa 2 Goodbye Despair, Was a really good game in my opinion. The characters were really good. The story was really good. Everything about it, I really liked. Including the 2 best girls in the game Ibuki Mioda and Chiaki Nanami. Those 2 characters I'll hold dear to my heart they were the best in the game. I will forever hold this game dear to my heart. I hope other people can experience the joy. I'm feeling, Thank you Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd for making this game. 9.5/10

Absolutely fire. The executions and the settings are so nice to look at. Personally i prefer the first games atmosphere but the variety of locations in this one leads to infinite possibilities for murder cases.

Like V1, the story is EXCITING before the ending chapter. The ridiculous logic disappointed me again when I read the ending chapter. Too many useless game modes, especially the Gambit and Argument Armament. I do not understand why the author thinks these modes are funny. Especially in the last two chapters, I kept hearing the sound of exploding in the gambit because TOO MANY letters show up altogether. Also, the death of Chiaki Nanami is nonsense. I don't know why the author always lets innocent and cute characters die for absolutely no reason. In V1, the one is Chihiro, and now it is Chiaki. I heard that Kaede (from V3) died, too. Did the author get dumped by a cute girl, or sth, so they hate cute girls this much? Also, all these characters who keep making troubles and help nothing remain in both V1 and V2. Does the author suggest that, "Those who believe in hope is stupid"?

In almost every aspect the second game is inferior compared to the original. The story is overextended, plot twists are either banal or simply nonsensical, characters are forgettable, music is the same as before. The first game feels like a roller coaster ride, the second one is like stumbling knee deep in the mud. From the technical point of view, you're dealing with a zero effort port from PS Vita: blurry sprites, poorly scaled text, wrong characters shown in button hints and the control layout invented by Monokuma itself. The game doesn't bother with explaining its own controls and new mechanics properly, be ready to lookup guides even for that. I've spent 42 hours hoping to find Hope at the end, but got a pile of Despair instead.