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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Because I'm an impatient chump idiot, I read through the rest of SDR2 via other sources online last week. Gonna keep my reactions vague, but big ol' SDR2 spoilers below:

Chapter 5 completely gutted me. I don't think I've ever had such a sense of dread upon a revelation while playing/watching a video game as I did when they figured out what was going on in that trial. I'd pretty much figured out Nanami's overall role by that point so seeing what was happening was a complete "oh gently caress no" moment. I was legitimately bummed out for a solid half a week after finishing it all. Still though it was a hell of a ride overall and they did a really good job pushing the "yo this is hosed up" envelope in that final chapter.

I'm not about to buy a whole console for one game, but if I were dumber with my money I'd pick both games up and a Vita in a heartbeat.

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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

The whole of chapter five was brilliantly done, really I think any game that can make you feel that much of a gutpunch is doing its job fantastically.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Violet_Sky posted:

I finished watching SDR2 today.

I thought I couldn't hate Junko any more, but her influence was so powerful that a bunch of kids mutilated themselves and killed others. How wasn't her body crushed by the giant weight at the end of DR1?

It was!

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

ImpAtom posted:


Well, according to the game, people stole her body parts (including her hand) and even tried to have children with her corpse which is a bit hard if it 's a mushed mutilated wreck.


Some people are into weird stuff, man.

Wait why are we doing this in spoilers.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Yeah, good point. Man I hate that this thing is on a console, I want to play it properly so bad but I cannot justify buying a Vita for it.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

theblackw0lf posted:

Wow what a ride. End game spoilers for DR2

I kinda figured out that they were in some VR world and that they were all part of Ultimate Despair after Chapter 3, but that didn't detract from how awesome the final chapters were. I was gobsmacked with how Chapter 5's trial played out. Chiaki was my favorite character and that ending was just gut-wrenching.

I'm super-glad to know I wasn't the only one who was completely destroyed by that trial.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

orenronen posted:

I guess I can tell this story now. Spoilers for DR2's ending ahead.

I played DR2 the day it first came out, which was during the second half of DR1's LP, when the dreadful JUNKOS meme was at its peak in the thread. When the CG near the end of the game with a street full of Junko clones came up, I had to put down the PSP for 20 minutes because I couldn't take it.

And on that day orenronen carried the weight of the world upon his shoulders, and sighed.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Tonfa posted:

For a fun bonus bit, check the cottages of the dead people after chapter 5 trial. Only Nagito's gets the normal regretful remark from Hajime, the other dead people's cottages have some glitchy poo poo going on.

I think I read on tumblr or somewhere that the lines you get here are warped versions of what appear to be the dead kids' last thoughts.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Where y'all getting the Komeada had cancer thing from? The manga?

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Beef Waifu posted:

It's a loving Japanese game inspired by anime.

Let's not cut corners here, it's an anime game.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Bifauxnen posted:

I thought the theme of both chapter 5's was everything just being a crazy clusterfuck.

Chapter 4 was the suicide in DR1. So if you take the parallels seriously, it vaguely implies that despite Gundam's posturing, his showdown with Nidai was really for the sake of the others.

They were pretty explicit about that, I think. Also, the ones who died in both Chapter 4s were the big tough characters of each game.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

I Love Annie May posted:

I hope that girl with the red uniform is our new protagonist. Her face kinda looks similar to Naegi's and Hinata's.

You can probably say that about 75% of the characters in this series

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Volt Catfish posted:

Dangan Ronpa is apparently coming to PC.

edit: that is, both of them?

This is news that I enjoy

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Here a thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLL04O0icI

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

I just watched through Chapter 1, and all the emotional impact of the chapter's end was kind of hilariously uprooted for me because they used the same music as Car Boys.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

I've had the Monokubs BGM on repeat for a solid day now

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Yeah, v3 shut the door on a sequel but opened it up to ~50 prequels.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

So almost 8 fuckin years after orenronen's LP ended and I decided to dig up some lovely translation online to sate my curiosity, I finally sat down and played a Danganronpa game (2) this past week. God drat this series is so stupid in so many ways but I really do love it, 2 in particular. Don't know why we're still spoilering but:

Nanami's story still hits me like a sack of hammers. Something about the emotional core of her and Hinata's arc resonates with me in a way I can't describe. Chapter 5 is so loving powerful and the end of the game is extremely anime in all the best ways.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

batteries! posted:

most characters feel like cardboard cutouts

that's just a graphical choice, dude

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

instant buy from me tbh. i'm a sucker

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i have looked into the future and seen the ending, chiaki somehow gets out of the game too and she and hinata get to just generally have a nice time together and it's very sweet wow

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

the surviving students will be six teruterus

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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

tote up a bags posted:

Let us play as Komaeda you cowards

i get where you're coming from but this did literally already happen

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