Finished Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition!
Chapter 4 spoilers
This was probably the saddest death in the game. Not that other deaths weren’t sad, but giving up her life so that things don’t escalate…
This was also probably the most complex case yet. It took me a while to figure out who actually killed her.
Not going to do a chapter by chapter spoiler, so it doesn’t spoil how many chapters there are. My end of game thoughts:
End game spoilers
Game left me full of despair. I decided to trust Kyoko and got the True Ending, the remaining students were able to leave the school, but the thought of them being friends with each other, then losing their memory and killing each other for fake “motives” just makes me sad. Maybe some of them deserves it, they decided to cross the line for their own goals, but some were pure victims.
Another despair inducing fact is that this game has sequels, so they aren’t going to face happy life even after leaving the school. Well, even without sequels, the way the world is suposed to be, they would face lots of challenges and issues, but I want those issues to be real issues, not some fake / convuluted game.
All this testifies to why this game is so popular. It made me feel some stuff. So great work there.
We also learned why De_Narm have heard about the popularity of Junko when she “died” in first chapter.
Won’t be playing the sequel right away, but I am currently planning to get the Anniversary edition, instead of waiting for the new 2x2 game. According to Wikipedia as per game director, that is not a remake but a retelling of the game, plus a new story. So, want to try how the original was. May go for the 2x2 after playing both Danganronpa 2 and 3.
Reached Chapter 4 of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book!
One interesting thing I noticed is that if you are in page of one creature but make some new discovery about another creature that is present there (like Crazee Dayzee) then the page for that creature is updated. You don’t have to go back and do the same stuff on that creature’s page.
I noticed this when trying to revive a Crazee Dayzee, didn’t know how to do that, did that in another level, and it updated the page for Crazee Dayzee.
The game also tries to send you back to do some of the stuff that you missed, but doesn’t force it too much. I liked the approach, makes the flow natural.
Played more of Fallout 4.
I need to do something about the ammo. I haven’t actually run out yet, but I have close a few times. Switching between 10mm and Pipe gun has been helping me to not run out, but it’s at a place where I have to start worrying about it.
Just got the damage increase perk for gun, so hopefully would have to spend less ammo, but I am guessing enemy level will also increase so there won’t be much of a difference in expenditure.
Played couple of levels of Sackboy: A Big Adventure and a few matches of Arc Raiders, not much to mention here.
Started Onimusha: Warlords in place of Danganronpa.
I have noticed that my patience for older games has reduced a lot lately, so I was kind of afraid if I’ll not enjoy the game, but I was surprised to find out that it plays pretty well. Of course there are some dated elements like fixed camera, only being able to save at selected spots, lack of details on how to do certain things, but the game is still fun to play. The movement and combat is good. The voice acting feel a bit over the top but it’s not bad, the visuals are old-ish but clear.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
Congrats on finishing Danganronpa!
Minor continuity spoiler
Second game is a new cast, thought it has some connections to the first one.
How much I like a story-focused game (RPG, VN) is more often than not based on how much I like the cast, and that’s one of the things I love about Danganronpa - the cast is colorful and memorable, it’s easy to get attached to them and feel their struggles.
And now I feel like going back to VNs. 😄
Finished Ball x Pit!
Well, got to credits at least.
Crazy concept for a game, a mix of space invaders, arkanoid/pinball, with Vampire Survivors-like powerups and… base building? But it works and the result is incredibly fun, could not stop playing for days after starting.
Really impressed by how diverse the characters are, there’s a ton of different combinations and builds to make. I’ve just unlocked the New Game+ which lets you play harder versions of the stages so there’s a lot more things to do here, but I’ll take a break and come back for occasional runs when I need a break.
Playing Minishoot’ Adventures!
An old-school Zelda-style adventure game with twin-stick combat. It doesn’t appear to be very long, probably 7h or so looking at my progress, which is a shame because I’m really loving it and could definitely play it a while longer.
I’m playing the game on the “medium” difficulty setting and it seems “challenging but fair” so far, but if you’re not familiar with twin-stick shooters you may need to go down to the easiest setting. Interestingly enough I’m not finding the bosses the hardest part of the game, but rather some occasional challenge rooms with a ton of enemies. Bosses have patterns you can memorize, but things get really chaotic in some of the challenge rooms if you don’t kill enemies fast enough.
About the Danganronpa continuity spoiler, that’s good to know. Make it less despair-y. And yeah, the cast is pretty interesting. You were also right about the music, it’s has some really good tracks.
Congratulations on finishing Ball x Pit!
Saw SwitchUp guys mention Minishoot Adventures recently, looked nice. I love Twin-stick shooters but haven’t played one in a while. Should see if there’s any in my wishlist.