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2. This game had a much bigger budget from what I've heard compared to the previous games, hence the triple A price. There's a lot more replayability and the main game is longer too (around 40 hours for me personally). So I'd say the price is worth it since the post-game will keep you quite busy for 50+ hours.
But if you think that's still very expensive then it is probably not a game for you.
The system is pretty much the same as the prev 2, but 3 has new characters and new stories so if you don't care about them i guess you can replay the first two games instead of buying this one. Cheers!
PS: All three games were that expensive when they release on the original platform (i think it is psp/psv) and the first two reduced their price when launching on steam, the third one lanuch on the similar date as other platforms so the price is the same. Hence this expensive.
I do think v3 is a big price jump especially since Steam went with the PS4 pricing instead of the PS Vita pricing. I believe the Vita release was $40-45 compared to the PS4's $60 price. Part of it probably has to do with the popularity of the console part of it is probably the graphics. I was hoping the Steam release would also be around the $40. I cannot say it is a big surprise that the game which released in both Japan **and** Worldwide in 2017. This translation is less than a year old, their newest title, and also a huge hit since the first 2 games were made.
Basically you're paying extra for a game that isn't almost a decade old the same way you could get the older Assassin's Creed games for $15, $20, or $30 at full price but Origins is still $60 full price.
If you're not in a hurry to play the 3rd game you could go the patient gamer route and wait it out. By the time the Winter sales hit it will be over a year old and might go down in price more and definitely it will lower in price a bit by the next summer sale.
I'd definitely consider it more than just a point & click with minigames but I'm specifically a visual novel fan and Danganronpa is one of the games that really got me into the genre. If you want something similar to tide you over The Nonary Games is another trilogy done by the same company (not the same people) that is a similar genre. It's a "get out while you can" game about escape rooms and escape puzzles more than trials. It has a more serious tone than DR but is also a really good read and since the original game aired on the DS I think the first 2 games are bundled together (Zero Escape: The Nonary Games) for $30 on sale. Unlike Danganronpa they have different endings and puzzles and routes so it has a bit more replayability in it.
Not going to try and start an argument but Danganronpa is a non-typical VN and it wouldn't be fair to compare the genre to p&c even if Danganronpa is a lot closer to a p&c game than a traditional VN. I think considering them to be similar is an insult to both genres as both have very different focuses and strong/weak points. I do think Danganronpa and The Nonary Games are very good stepping stones to get from story oriented games to VNs as it has more gameplay in it but I think that people who look for more gameplay oriented VNs will quickly find there isn't a lot of material to choose from since puzzles and RPG elements have nothing to do with the core of the genre. A VN is a lot more like one of those CYOA books you probably read as a child (the Goosebumps ones were my childhood) played out like a foreign movie in front of your eyes than a puzzle type game genre like the p&c genre.
Certainly the game has some major graphical update compared the 1st two including some mini games, extra features.
Pricing likely due it was released along with the console version, hence they cannot reduce the price or else the console players would've rant about the unjustified pricing with exception Vita version.
For genre discussion this game isnt a simple V/N click and read + route.
Danganronpa take a similiar path to Ace Attorney series though danganronpa has different type of gameplay compared AA series like the weird minigames shenanigans while AA is rather more a straight foward with the minigames.
And for some extra weebs, this game has a dating sim type (free time).
So yeah 9/10 would buy again in all platform.
I watched the walkthrough on YouTube to decide if I should buy it on Steam, but I couldn't even finish to watch it farther. Wait for 50+% discount.
Of course, I'm currently attending university as a forensics major, and plan on returning to school after working professionally for a few years to study criminal justice - so I justify it in my head as a warm-up for my future. But DR is a series that you should only buy games from if you can see yourself doing multiple playthroughs and still enjoying it.
Based on playthroughs I've watched, V3 is my favorite solely because it's the only title that doesn't have a single character that I outright despise. (Chiaki is my #1 DR character but Hiyoko and Mikan just bring DR2 down so low in my opinion that I can't justify ranking the game higher than V3. Same with DR1 - I found Asahina too annoying.)
My game rankings are done for petty reasons - but I find the whole truth & lies thing more interesting than hope & despair (which got annoying as soon as Ch. 1 of DR2).
I'm not gonna deny that it's overpriced, but I happily paid full price for it because I knew I loved all of the characters enough to invest money in them.