I finished this 35+ hour game in 3 days, do you really need to know anything more?
Truthfully, all the annoyances I have with DRV3 all get dwarfed by the fact that like DR1, V3 is super intriguing from (almost) the beginning, and have superb pacing all the way through. I never felt like its wasting my time, and i was always interested in learning more, even if some points were weaker than others. In usual Danganronpa fashion, the game masters the balance between being dark & sad and funny & silly to create a unique atmosphere that (to me, so far) is bar-none, accompanied by fun designs and Fantastic OST (Seriously, cant praise it enough - especially the noise tracks)

So yeah, Some of the jokes are just too much, Angie was really annoying, Case 3 ended in a weird way and I didn't like the ending, though its really close to an ending i would have loved (which makes it even sadder), it has too much loading screens and some of the mini-game are just plain stupid -But the last time i was this hooked on a piece of media all the way through was.. exactly one year ago, when i first played Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

Goodbye Danganronpa! (.... At least until Kodaka's new game is out :3 )

This, alongside its Red counterpart, is my first piece of IDOLM@STER media and I enjoyed it a fair bit. From what I understand, the IDOLM@STER series of games are supposed to be idol growth simulation games, or something like that? None of that is present in these games. They are basically just standard Taiko but with only IDOLM@STER songs, idols from the series dancing instead of Taiko characters, and a few other mechanics. Now, you can no longer use the analog sticks as inputs but rather using them brings up a menu at the bottom of the screen that lets you change the color of the glow sticks the audience waves around. This would be a pretty neat feature if it was much quicker and also doable in the pause menu. As it is, you have to do it as the rhythm game is happening which can be extremely distracting if you opt for it. There is also the new “Live” game mode, which are supposed to be concerts where you have to play multiple songs back to back with no break. By doing these you collect “fans” and after reaching certain thresholds of those you increase your producer rank. After clearing a stage or a Live, you also have the chance to receive letters and gifts from the idols. Since I can barely read Japanese, I mostly ignored these lol, but they are still pretty neat. As for the track list, I have no idea if there were some must have IDOLM@STER songs that were missed here but I liked a number of the ones present. At the end of the day, it’s Taiko with some slight changes, and you really can’t go wrong with Taiko.