Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 12+

I’m so very glad I can finally play the Daganronpa games on my mobile device since before I wasn’t able to get the games on anything else. I got this day 1 but I wanted to wait for a review until I was deep in the game just in case I ran into a game-breaking bug or any bugs that were in there got patched (like the music not playing during climax return and whatever not and now that I’m a ways deep into the game (middle of chapter 3 as of the time I am writing this) I can say that this is a solid port. I watched a gameplay video of the first chapter for comparison and this is almost a 1:1 port (obviously with lower quality visuals since it’s on mobile). I was a bit worried when I got it about crashing and lag since it was a problem for some people on other devices on the first game, but I don’t think I have to worry much about it since my IPad Air 2 ran it fine with little to no issues (however there is a bit of lag and frame drops when I’m walking between Islands or loading larger areas). I still save regularly just in case though. All in all I give this a solid 9/10. Also Chiaki is best girl.

I was very excited when I heard the Danganronpa series was coming out on mobile devices, and I’ve played both THH and SDR2 on my phone now. Both ports were excellent; neither of the games ever crashed or had any major issues. However, there are a few minor problems that I’ve encountered. One is that sometimes after the number “100” shows up in dialogue (occasionally others, but this was only in THH), the rest of the text in that dialogue doesn’t show up. I’m assuming this has to do with the usage of the percent symbol, but I’m not sure. The same thing happens when you pull up the text log, so you can’t read what it says at all.
Another issue is also with the text log; occasionally, the text will be overlapped (sometimes with numbers? it was very hard to read) and you have to restart the game to check the text log again.
My final issue is that in SDR2, the map of Strawberry House won’t show up on the screen when it should. Grape House’s map does, but Strawberry House’s doesn’t. I haven’t found a way to fix this. It wasn’t a huge deal, but it was confusing at first.

Aside from these three minor issues, these ports are great and I enjoyed playing them. I’m looking forward to DRV3 mobile as well :)

This sequel to the murder mystery series may take a little longer to get started but this one contains even more mysteries and strange occurrences resulting in a fascinating and thrilling tale set in the in tropical paradise of Jabberwock Island. Because there is more going on here than originally seems to be, this is a much more disturbing and sinister story with some macabre things taking place in the shadows. The cast in my opinion is one of the best in the series and Nagito Komaeada is a big reason for a lot of the drama and suspense involved in the story yet still remains a fan favorite character. Hajime Hinata is a student who has always wanted to attend Hopes Peak Academy and when he gets his wish, little does he know what horror awaits him once he enters those gates. This plus the anime film based on the game together will help you piece it all together and it is masterful storytelling at its finest!!