Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Every bit the game that Trigger Happy Havoc was, only more refined and paired with a fresh story and features in a longer (but more enjoyable) package. I honestly couldn’t have hoped for a better sequel, and have no idea how Spike Chunsoft is going to top this in Danganronpa 3.

If you even remotely enjoy great stories and narratives, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is an absolute must-buy. The final segment in particular is magical.

Bizarre mystery-thriller that can’t quite capture the essence of the excellent predecessor. Still this is a very entertaining Vita game you shouldn’t pass up.

Building off Super Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc's absurdist murder mystery base, Danganronpa 2 marries the series' strong crime-solving mechanics with a bizarre, hilarious dayglo nightmare well beyond the craziness of the original.

Danganronpa 2 tells a great story that’s worthy of your time. The characters will keep you invested as you wait for the next death. Monokuma continues as a great lead villain, and the new cast may feel familiar, but offer plenty of new tales to discover.

I’m sure plenty of fans will find this to be the perfect complement to Trigger Happy Havoc, but in my opinion, that was a game that is at its best as a single, self-contained experience. No sequel needed.

We were hoping for some really big new things in this new DanganRonpa after the disaster of the former episode. Nope. The game mechanics haven't changed a bit. The story and the deliberation phases are quite interesting but it's still the sleep-inducing game we've known since last year.

Muy bien juego la verdad me la pase demasiado bien y la verdad pude aprender un poco inglés pero me la pase bien

The best in the series and the second best VN of all time. Incredible story and jaw-dropping plot twists throughout an airtight island resort setting, which makes for an amazing murder mystery experience throughout. It's honestly got few to no flaws, which is unfortunately not the case for the next entry.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

The characters are a huge upgrade form the first game. Fuyuhiko, Chiyaki, Impostor and Nagito are my favourites in the entire series. The gameplay is however much worse. I complained about the minigames in my review for the first game, and this game makes them much worse and much more frequent. I don't want to play that stupid skating game in middle of a class trial.

An insane finale doesn’t make up for the painful amount of filler. The trials are always great, but getting to them is frustrating. If someone sees a gun on the ground, you have to click through 30 lines of "Huh? Is that? Wha? What’s he looking at? I don’t ****?" before someone says "It’s a gun on the ground." The characters are just as memorable as the ones from the first game, but the pacing is absolutely brutal. Still glad I played it, though.