Current Events > About to play Danganronpa for the first time.

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I completed the Ultimate Talent Development Plan with all 53 characters, but didn't get the trophy ._.
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Just completed the third class trial of v3.

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ArmieBuff posted...

Did you get the U-rank cards for them all?

Yeah. Supposedly the Masterful Development trophy isn't associated with ranks of characters. And it seems that's right cause I got it tonight. I had run all 53 characters and after it didn't pop I ran Shuichi again to see if that would work, but it didn't. But just now I decided to try once more and I ran Gonta through on his U rank, since I have a couple of characters that I've only run on their N or S rank card. And I got it after running Gonta. It must have been a trophy glitch, and a really annoying one. Probably reset after I closed the game down since running Shuichi was in the same session. Glad it finally popped, because I was not gonna do that again just for trophies. I like trophies, but I have my limits. But yeah, that's the third glitch I've had associated with trophies in DRV3. I dunno if I'm the only one experiencing issues, but I definitely am.

Bass_X0 posted...

Just completed the third class trial of v3.

U liking the game?

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Of course.

The development to the killer of the trial was weird and unexpected.

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Alright. Time to start the fourth trial in v3.

I don't know who the culprit is. I think I read who it was when reading about the game before I downloaded it, but did not read into any details of how or why. I didn't know who any of the characters were back then.

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There should be a Miu2 in the next game.

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Bass_X0 posted...

Alright. Time to start the fourth trial in v3.

I don't know who the culprit is. I think I read who it was when reading about the game before I downloaded it, but did not read into any details of how or why. I didn't know who any of the characters were back then.

And now I know.

:(

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Nice

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"Someone like you has no right to call me Maki Roll..."

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Why didn't Keebo just record the number on his audio recording device?

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Haha... imagine if Shuichi became the blackened for pressing that button.

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Mberer posted...

What?

When Keebo was in the hydraulic press

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About to do the final trial.

I spent some time running around in circles to get to level 99 just for the trophy.

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Well, that ending was something unexpected.

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Thoughts?

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It didn't feel like the stakes were that high. It just felt weird. Chapter 6 was the weakest chapter and class trial of the game for me. Sometimes having a mystery looming overhead to solve is better than solving it and finding out the truth. But it was good seeing everyone again though.

I was thinking how the mastermind had just been hanging around and not really played a significant role in the game until they revealed their identity. The final execution (if you can call it that) was very lame, an unfitting way to the end the series. And the epilogue should have been longer and the survivors being shown to leave. I guess it was up to the player to imagine what would happen to them.

I will have to replay the very start again just to see how things are now that I know the truth.


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Bass_X0 posted...

I guess it was up to the player to imagine what would happen to them.

In all honesty, I find this vague and ambiguous way of writing to just be lazy as hell.
I really don't want to shit on the game or anything since I'm well aware not everyone hated the ending like I did, and I'm sorry, but the 6th trial just left a foul taste in my mouth, even weeks later.
It even made me look at the past games very differently, and... well, not in a good way.

I absolutely loved the first three games (yes, even UDG, I really enjoyed that game despite how different it was) so it's just such a shame for the series to end in such a disappointing way, especially since the anime had some excellent closure for the characters and the series as a whole, despite its issues. Not sure why they had to back and ruin all that in V3...

Is it worth playing talent development?

I've not touched that yet.

I also agree that the big reveals of 2 and 3 at the end of each game just messed up my perception of those games. i was enjoying the story just fine before it.

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Depends what you want out of the talent development plan. Like, it's not a fun board game for its own sake. But it has uses for creating characters to take into the dungeon later and it has some pretty cool character interactions.

What about the second game's ending ruined it for you?

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Depends what you want out of the talent development plan. Like, it's not a fun board game for its own sake. But it has uses for creating characters to take into the dungeon later and it has some pretty cool character interactions.

What about the second game's ending ruined it for you?

That it was all just a video game and that Jabbawock Island wasnt a real place in the story. They went through simulated experiences that were not actually real (to them). Its the modern day equivalent of it was a dream all along trope, although people did still die.

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I wouldn't say it's the equivalence of "it's just a dream", because that's, as I understand it, intended as an asspull.

Literally when you start DR2 it basically tells you you're in a Matrix environment and it has hints at it throughout the game, but largely hopes that you forget as the game takes its course.

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The island actually exists, too. It probably isn't quite so... interesting though.

Wish I had more to say about the franchise, but the release of Monster Hunter Rise has put my replay plans on ice for a while. Only made it to the free time period of DR1 chapter 1.

But again, I'd like to thank everyone for their interest, while I still can.

I will say, after thinking about the games for a while after finishing them, I think my ranking of them would be V3 > 2 > 1. Back after just finishing I had 1 in a heavy lead, and I do think it has the best atmosphere and 2 has the absolute worst, but overall 2 and V3 just have much better character interaction with the situation at hand. The stories are more interesting, the trial gameplay has more depth. I think 1 sort of resonates with me more, and most of my favourite characters are from that one, but overall they did a very good job improving on the fundamentals in future installments.

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This is good,

spoilers obviously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRETkbCXF8

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At the part with the motive videos in DR1 and I find it hilarious now that I know that Toko is reacting so violently to a stink beetle.

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Is it worth watching the anime?

Ive watched all of season one based on the first game. Then the first episodes of the two arcs of the next season. I was unfamiliar with the characters of Danganronpa 2 at the time and I didnt watch ahead to avoid spoilers. Now I completed the main trilogy, I think I should go back and continue watching.

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Eh, the anime isn't exactly a masterpiece or anything. Given how V3 ended, the plot is pointless.
But if you want more Junko or to see what Mukuro is like, go for it. Just be prepared for some fucked up stuff. >_>

Kinda confused about the number of free time events each character has in DR1. I'd have assumed it was based on how long they're alive or available for free time progression, but in this playthrough I'm currently doing I wanna get the character I don't like out of the way so only happy times await in the future. In the first chapter I wanted to do Leon. But despite Sayaka having more free time slots available (the first of the 3 slots in chapter 1 can only be done with them), they only have 2 free time events total, and after spending my two other ones of chapter 1 on them, Leon still isn't maxed out and has at least 3 (don't tell me how many the characters have, it's kind of interesting to me to experience on my own). Curious choice. So you actually can't max Leon out in a single playthrough of the main game, but you can Sayaka and have leftover to spare in chapter 1. In chapter 2 I worked on Celeste, and despite being in the game for 2 less chapters (well 3, but there's no free time in chapter 6), they have the same amount of events as Asahina, who survives. Very bizarre.

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Since we're so close now, I might as well make one of these...

Ranked them purely based on how much I enjoyed them as a character. Placements within the tiers don't really matter.

Oh that sounds fun, allow me to join you.



Toko's weird to balance cause she's kind of meh or bad in DR1, but she's basically S tier in UDG.

Also I didn't think of Mukuro cause she wasn't in disguise mode in the icon list, but she'd probably be A tier.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Toko's weird to balance cause she's kind of meh or bad in DR1, but she's basically S tier in UDG.

Yeah, that's fair. I mostly went by how obnoxious she was in 1 lol, but yeah, UDG does redeem her.

Someone post so I can be 500

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