So.. What's the point of these games..?

[Ｔｅｎｓｅｎｕｍａ]

Explain it for a normie who knows nothing about Danganronpa pls ty

[Omarequies]

You, a new student in the Hope's Peak academy, the academy of ultimates, poeple with extreme talents, find yourself trapped in the academy, and some bear-robot guy named Monokuma tells you the only way out is to kill another student, murders occur, trails follow, and the story unfold as you progress with the game.
You should play the games in this order:
Danganronpa 1: Trigger Happy Havoc.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
Danganronpa AE: Ultimate Despair Girls.
Then you read the Danganronpa: Zero novel.
Then you watch the Danganronpa 3 anime.
Then you finally play Danganonpa V3 :D
(If you don't want to play the AE game or watch the anime or read the novel, you can always look up summaries on Youtube or whatever).
And for me, the games are more than worth it, they're truly, truly amazing.
(And please don't watch the Danganronpa: The Animation anime instead of playing the first game, you will get an amazing experience the game, and you won't find that experience anywhere else).

[Ｔｅｎｓｅｎｕｍａ]

Originally posted by PerfectKamui™:

You, a new student in the Hope's Peak academy, the academy of ultimates, poeple with extreme talents, find yourself trapped in the academy, and some bear-robot guy named Monokuma tells you the only way out is to kill another student, murders occur, trails follow, and the story unfold as you progress with the game.
You should play the games in this order:
Danganronpa 1: Trigger Happy Havoc.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
Danganronpa AE: Ultimate Despair Girls.
Then you read the Danganronpa: Zero novel.
Then you watch the Danganronpa 3 anime.
Then you finally play Danganonpa V3 :D
(If you don't want to play the AE game or watch the anime or read the novel, you can always look up summaries on Youtube or whatever).
And for me, the games are more than worth it, they're truly, truly amazing.
(And please don't watch the Danganronpa: The Animation anime instead of playing the first game, you will get an amazing experience the game, and you won't find that experience anywhere else).

ay thank you

if on a bit of a sale i might play them in order but i appreciate it, the games seem nice even though i've never been a virtual novel type they seem to have a bit more than just that so that's pretty cool

[cowinspace]

Originally posted by PerfectKamui™:

You should play the games in this order:
Danganronpa 1: Trigger Happy Havoc.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

Fixed that for you. The only things you need to play are Danganronpa 1+2 and even then you can use a playthrough or synopsis to catch up on the details. Ultra Despair Girls is a garbage console FPS with a terrible story only barely related to the main games. The latest anime might be necessary, but it also might not be anything more than closure for the second game.

[Omarequies]

Originally posted by cowinspace:

Originally posted by PerfectKamui™:

You should play the games in this order:
Danganronpa 1: Trigger Happy Havoc.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

Fixed that for you. The only things you need to play are Danganronpa 1+2 and even then you can use a playthrough or synopsis to catch up on the details. Ultra Despair Girls is a garbage console FPS with a terrible story only barely related to the main games. The latest anime might be necessary, but it also might not be anything more than closure for the second game.

Now I disagree, catching up to the story isn't the only point of playing them, I suggested not watching anything related to the first two games because they are masterpieces, not just tools to understand the DR story, and AE indeed had horrible controls, but the story was great and connected to the main games, for me at least

[bunny]

I may be in the minority here, but the AE PC port is fine if you use KB/M. I had no issues with it, and the story is still really thrilling and expands on the DR universe. It's not for everyone though, I'll agree to that.

[Bussy Slammer 420 Goku]

It's for people who have crippling autism. H2H OP

[Cazabrow]

If you want to wait until they're on sale that's fair enough. It does look like a lot of money for a Visual Novel, but after you've played them you'll know the money was well spent.

DR is my favourite series and I'ma a guy who doesn't even give Visual Novels a fair chance to prove themselves. The only reason I got into them was because I saw the anime adaption of the first game, but it's a far better experience to play the actual game first since the anime is a short summary of the major plot points.

[Jackek]

It is Ace Attorney but more anime and death.

[the unknowable one]

what jack said

basically highschoolers from an elite academy get their memories taken, and they are locked inside the school, which essentially has been fitted as a trap, for a killing game run by a mastermind

in the killing game, to leave, one must kill another, and then get away with it without being found out at the class trial

if the class guesses wrong after discovering the body, investigating the clues, and participating in the trial, everyone but the killer dies

but if they guess right the killer dies and the game continues.

so basically, its an investigative courtroom game like ace attorney but a bit more indepth. and yes as jack said, alot more anime and death.

[Shichiya]

Easier summarisation
Momories lost>Got trapped in a prison school>Kill others to escape>find the murderer or else the casualties dies

[Staraven]

Entertainment
I'm not kidding, that is the real reason of the entire thing.