Review of Danganronpa Decadence - Quality and Quantity

Review of the decadence of Danganronpa

If you are a fan of Visual Novel who has never played in Danganronpa, then you will enjoy. The best way to describe the series is a bit like a more interactive version of the ACE ATTORNEY series. Ace Attorney could steal the star with its charm, but for the gameplay and history, I prefer from far Danganronpa. The DanGanronpa Decadence collection for Nintendo Switch contains the three main DanGanronpa games and a new spin-off called DanGanronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp. Considering that it is difficult to find a hard copy of the main trilogy for PS4 to less than $300, these 4 games, for a little less than the cost of a first Nintendo game, are a quite fantastic offer. Still not convinced? Need more information ? So read more...

The Danganronpa series started with Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc for the PSP in 2010. It was another success in the Pantheon of Visual Novels of Spike Consort (which my favorite is 428: Shibuya Scramble, which I have — recommend to any The world play at some point in one's life), so he received two follow-up games. It was Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair in 2012 for the PSP, and Danganronpa v3: Killing Harmony in 2017 for PS4 and Vita. There were several other derivative games, anime, light novels, etc., but the only other game we received in North America was Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls in 2015 for PS4. This spin-off was different from the main trilogy of games in that it was a shooting game in the third person who followed the sister of one of the characters of Trigger Happy Havoc, and took place between This one and Goodbye Despair. Unfortunately, Ultra Despair Girls is not on Danganronpa Decadence, but the collection contains a new game called Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

The murder is running

The main trilogy of the DanGanronpa Games follows the strange series of events that occur at Hope's Peak Academy High School. Before briefly putting in place, I would strongly recommend that, for spoiler purposes, interested players should finish the first game before looking at any gameplay, art or something else having to do with the other games.

Hope's Peak Academy students are all the best in the country in something. This something could be academics, but it could also be gang leadership, shamanism or any other strange number of vocations. Graduates always lead an extremely successful professional life. The protagonist won the lottery to enter, making him the most lucky student. By entering the academy, he fainted, wakes up the next morning and discovered all the blocked and covered outings. An ad is played who welcomes it and other students at the school gym.

It is at the gym that the true fusion of intrigue and gameplay occurs. Students are told that the only way to escape is to kill at least one other student and get away. Despite the fact that all students agree that no one should kill, someone dies the first night. The next day is dedicated to wandering in the school looking for evidence, in an adventure style point-click to the first person. And the next day, it is a trial at Ace Attorney to find out who is the killer.

The gameplay is this cycle of exposure of stories, collection of evidence and test gameplay. The tests are similar to Ace Attorney games; The player uses the evidence he has collected to find faults in the testimonials of the characters, but it is done in a much more frenetic style. Different mini-games are used throughout the test. For example, the most common is to literally pull bullets of truth that contain evidence that contradicts the testimony. These mini-games really upset the gameplay and oblige the player to stay focused and engaged. These sections are not for the relaxed visual novel player, hence the subtitle of the first game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

The veterans of the series will wonder how DanGanronpa is: Ultimate Summer Camp. This is what I suppose to be a non-Canon story, where the characters of each of the main series games are trying to escape from a virtual tropical complex. The gameplay consists of playing a board game to unlock characters, collect money, buy equipment improvements and fight monsters like an RPG. The enhanced characters in the board game can then face a round of 200 floors. Complete the board game again and again also advanced history. It is a very addictive job that will potentially ruin the life of all the players who appreciate it. The whole reminds me Domain Kingdom, for all those who remember this strange RPG of Mario Party type.

The artistic style of the anime has a very distinct look and the characters never really cross the line to be over conceived. The music is sufficiently trained for the DanGanronpa Decadence collector edition to be accompanied by a CD of the original band. Everything is aesthetically very nice and works very well on Switch, especially because its portability is very suitable for the genus of the visual novel. The only complaint I can really do is some serious moments of history can have less impact because of the Japanese styles of the series (the bad guy is a teddy bear after all).

But what story these games have. I was so committed to playing through Danganronpa Decadence. My predictions were false, and I was very impressed with the result. If you are a fan of visual novels, mysteries or anime aesthetics, then Danganronpa Decadence is a must-see game. It's four games for the price of one, and I loved them all.

Switch game code provided by the publisher