Danganronpa is a series that doesn’t look like much on the surface, but once you start playing, it’s easy to get sucked into the weird character drama and the lengthy, winding twists and turns of their despair-inducing adventures. The newest installment, Danganronpa V3

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“ You can sometimes spin trials in a completely different direction by lying.

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The emotional highs and lows hinge on you forming a connection with these characters, and this delightful rogues gallery of over-talented wackos gives you plenty of personalities to love and hate. That makes the gut-punch when one of the characters you’ve grown to love turns up dead – or, worse, turns out to be a killer – even more impactful.

Danganronpa V3 can’t survive on characters alone, however – the story has to give us good reasons to care about them. Fortunately, it delivers those from start to finish. Plot twists come on strong from the get-go here, so be prepared for some jaw-dropping revelations and unexpected “Wow, they actually went there!” surprises from very early on. While there are a few lulls in the story, the quiet times are used to good effect, giving us closer looks at characters and their actions, cooling down after a major event, and letting us reflect on things that have already happened.Perhaps the biggest complaint is that some of the trials aren’t as interesting as others: chapter four, in particular, is a bit dull until it nears its climax, but it redeems itself with an unforgettable ending. And by the time the sixth and final chapter wraps up after more than 35 hours – well, no spoilers, but let’s just say the ending’s going to have a lot of people talking!