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Best in the series. Those who complain about the ending probably didn't understand it. Most who complain about the first trial don't understand writing or characters. Those who complain about Kokichi are half-right, but also often very uncharitable. Strongest theming in the series by far, best stylized graphics and music. Best ending, dont @ me
the potatoes in this game have more writing and relevance than like 75% of the xbc1 cast. incredible
Shu Takumi decides writing characters with depth and ideas with meaning is for losers and proceeds to write the most pretentious meaningless shlock ever while also being actively offensive about it. The presentation is cool I guess. Probably my least favorite game ever.
Note: If someone thinks they can convince me this is as good as everyone says it is, I AM willing to listen.
Note: If someone thinks they can convince me this is as good as everyone says it is, I AM willing to listen.
Remember11: The Age of Infinity is one of the most unique experiences I've ever had with a story. Making the most of its short runtime, this game has an excellent cast with characters that play off each other perfectly, and a masterfully crafted mystery practically designed to pull its reader into an infinite loop of thinking about it. This is complemented by its explorations of gender roles, psychological 'archetypes', and mystery fiction tropes, which tie into the core of the game to make the whole experience that much more compelling. R11 is simply one of the most fascinating works of fiction to think about, and that endless analysis value makes it easily one of the most impressive stories ever written.
Hollow Knight
2017
Awful backtracking. This is the reason why DS has teleportation on checkpoints. Speaking of benches, their locations are awful. Who tf puts one bench for entire giant area, full of annoying enemies.
Also why tf it has souls like elements? it's already punishing as is.
Normally you would teleport into hub area and spend your money, but in this game you have to backtrack forever, die and lose everything.
Also map is awful, whoever finished this game without looking up things online is a legend a can have my utmost respect.
Also why tf it has souls like elements? it's already punishing as is.
Normally you would teleport into hub area and spend your money, but in this game you have to backtrack forever, die and lose everything.
Also map is awful, whoever finished this game without looking up things online is a legend a can have my utmost respect.
Pitch perfect final entry to the main trilogy and the best example I’ve seen in how to “end” a series. Series staples are still here, but all are refined to a degree that I didn’t expect the series to be able to reach. There is no such thing as a bad opinion, with the one exception being if the opinion in question is that V3’s ending wasn’t a brilliant way to wrap up the game’s main thematic conflict while interweaving a very powerful message on the impact and meaning fiction can carry.
I just finished the game as im writing this, I'm kind of in pieces so this probably won't come out all that cohesive but I have a lot I want to say . Definitely the most solid cast of the games, Kaito is legit probably my second favorite video game character of all time. Maybe because i've been trained from the previous games but despite the trials still being incredibly solid (1 in particular is just mindblowing and 5 is emotional as fuck) they were a bit easier to guess the killer. But honestly they're still really good anyway so it doesn't matter. I do think the motives for 2 and 3 are just a bit absurd for DR and kinda took me out of it but in the grand scheme of things if those are the only real complaints i have with the game then i'll fucking take it. I love this game. I hate the ending yet I loved it so much. I don't know what to think. But i'll never forget this game, thats for sure.
This review contains spoilers
V3 isn't my favorite game, but I have been obsessed with it for the past 3 years and counting.
Here is a sad truth; I think my experience with V3 was distinctly colored by having a lot of prior knowledge about the game. Essentially, I knew the plot, I knew who lived and who died. I used to be pretty laissez faire about spoilers - before V3, I would browse for any and all information I could find with very few exceptions. My old philosophy basically boiled down to: I don't want to get invested and then regret it.
V3 made me heavily reconsider that method. Yet, if I went into V3 as blind as I go into games now, I do not think I would have enjoyed it nearly as much.
Humans are full of such idiosyncrasies. To err is to be human, as the saying goes.
I dislike a particular trope, the "rug-pull" that stories nowadays tend to rely on. Hades' initial escape and the storytelling that followed afterwards enraged me for weeks. Basically, I hate when fellow storytellers lull me into a false sense of security and tear that peace of mind away without the necessary foreshadowing. It's a cheap trick, the novel equivalent of a jump scare. Got you!
A central question arises. Does V3 make use of my hated enemy, the rug-pull, or a classic narrative device, a plethora of plot twists?
The answer really depends on the individual. Some will make the false advertising protagonist joke in jest; many are truly not kidding. I have had my fair share of people being upset about Akamatsu, I have seen likeminded diehard V3 fans detest and ignore the ending. People who swear by pre-KG personalities and characters, the very opposition of that theory.
I will say, it is exceedingly rare to find any two people within V3 fandom who think alike. There isn't a consistent understanding of... anything, really. Normally I really enjoy hearing secondhand opinion and accounts but I stray far, far away from any analysis on V3 - more often than not I walk away upset or disillusioned.
Typically, I find that a lot of people tend to miss the central thesis of V3. That being, you don't have to continue existing as the person you once were.
Does it matter if this cast were all degenerates beforehand? What if they did audition, what if they are genuine Ultimates? The characters between themselves disagree on their pasts; everyone's history is murky, unclear, but they are always and constantly given the choice to change and be different.
Not everyone chooses to go beyond their script. Kirumi, Shinguji, Iruma are basic examples - they develop very little beyond their pasts and their backstory is their motivation. Meanwhile, there is development and change to be had in characters like Gokuhara and Harukawa.
The Killing Game is everyone's tabula rasa. The characters', the audience's. Go nuts. Interpret as you see fit.
V3, I think, is a fundamentally kind game even about the most grotesque of people.
Here is a sad truth; I think my experience with V3 was distinctly colored by having a lot of prior knowledge about the game. Essentially, I knew the plot, I knew who lived and who died. I used to be pretty laissez faire about spoilers - before V3, I would browse for any and all information I could find with very few exceptions. My old philosophy basically boiled down to: I don't want to get invested and then regret it.
V3 made me heavily reconsider that method. Yet, if I went into V3 as blind as I go into games now, I do not think I would have enjoyed it nearly as much.
Humans are full of such idiosyncrasies. To err is to be human, as the saying goes.
I dislike a particular trope, the "rug-pull" that stories nowadays tend to rely on. Hades' initial escape and the storytelling that followed afterwards enraged me for weeks. Basically, I hate when fellow storytellers lull me into a false sense of security and tear that peace of mind away without the necessary foreshadowing. It's a cheap trick, the novel equivalent of a jump scare. Got you!
A central question arises. Does V3 make use of my hated enemy, the rug-pull, or a classic narrative device, a plethora of plot twists?
The answer really depends on the individual. Some will make the false advertising protagonist joke in jest; many are truly not kidding. I have had my fair share of people being upset about Akamatsu, I have seen likeminded diehard V3 fans detest and ignore the ending. People who swear by pre-KG personalities and characters, the very opposition of that theory.
I will say, it is exceedingly rare to find any two people within V3 fandom who think alike. There isn't a consistent understanding of... anything, really. Normally I really enjoy hearing secondhand opinion and accounts but I stray far, far away from any analysis on V3 - more often than not I walk away upset or disillusioned.
Typically, I find that a lot of people tend to miss the central thesis of V3. That being, you don't have to continue existing as the person you once were.
Does it matter if this cast were all degenerates beforehand? What if they did audition, what if they are genuine Ultimates? The characters between themselves disagree on their pasts; everyone's history is murky, unclear, but they are always and constantly given the choice to change and be different.
Not everyone chooses to go beyond their script. Kirumi, Shinguji, Iruma are basic examples - they develop very little beyond their pasts and their backstory is their motivation. Meanwhile, there is development and change to be had in characters like Gokuhara and Harukawa.
The Killing Game is everyone's tabula rasa. The characters', the audience's. Go nuts. Interpret as you see fit.
V3, I think, is a fundamentally kind game even about the most grotesque of people.
Best ending. Keep seething brainlets.
This is one of the worst written games I've ever experienced. Actually, one of the worst written pieces of media in general. When I think about the fact that this game was made my eyes genuinely start involuntarily watering and I have to take deep breaths and calm down, usually by watching Tom and Jerry shorts or listening to a song from Drake and 21 Savage’s collab album Her Loss.
It's a shame, because this game has by far the best characters in the franchise, but they're all not used very well. The tragic Ryoma Hoshi, the mischevious Kokichi Oma, the unsettling Korekiyo Shinguji, the heroic Kaito Momota, and more. It's like if you go to the grocery store, buy 16 apples (these apples are representations of the Danganronpa V3 characters in my analogy) and then you walk out the store and start throwing the apples into oncoming traffic and watch them get destroyed and spoiled. It's horrifying and sickening to think about. I bet THAT drove some of you to tears.
The high point of this game is the executions. That's what it does better than the other games. Can you imagine how I sound right now? "Yeah, this game murders children better than the other games do," do you realize how that sounds? If any sane person saw me say this they'd think I was insane and stay away from me. That's what this horrible game's doing to me and my life.
I know multiple people who insist this game is good, and they always make fun of me when I say this game sucks. They harass me, point fingers at me, start saying degrading things to hurt my character, and it never ends. Only I see the truth of this game, and the truth is that only Chapter 1 and 4 were good, and even 1 is significantly flawed, carried by a twist everyone is always YELLING and SCREAMING about. Screaming in my ears! It wasn't that sad either. I didn't cry, and I never felt like crying. You wannna know what WAS sad? Uncle Ben's death in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. They built him up as a likable character, and one with a very close connection to Peter. And all thanks to our protagonist's mistake, he indirectly causes his dear uncle to get shot in cold blood. That's how you establish a tragic death, and make me feel for the protagonist in loss. Imagine if Peter cried over some random old man he only knew for two hours, that would be overdramatic and I would wonder why this movie is so acclaimed. Thankfully, that's not the case here and Sam Raimi made a masterpiece of a film.
Willem Dafoe's performance as the Green Goblin is also unmatched. He made him seem like a silly cartoon villain, but also a menacing one who wasn't afraid to drop a train full of children off a bridge to their deaths. He has a tragic motivation, but not a redeeming one that nullifies his descent to madness.
Now moving on, I think Alfred Molina also plays a brilliant Doctor Octopus. A man who had everything going for him. He had a loving wife, a great career, and was about to complete his dream machine. That is, until disaster struck. He got too cocky, he miscalculated. That resulted in his wife, his dream, his reputation, all gone. His inner rage and the AI of the arms he made himself pushed him into a path of darkness, similarly to the Goblin. He had a tragic motive, but not a redeeming one. He knew he would destroy the city, but he didn't care. He had nothing left to do but see his dream through. It isn't until our titular hero Spider-Man snaps him out of it. He learns that sometimes, we have to give up the things we love dear to do what's right, even our dreams. This is when he sacrifices himself to make up for everything he's done wrong. A powerful character, and a powerful movie.
Why did I go into an analysis about Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2? Because those movies are well written and better worth the time than this steaming DOGPILE of a video game. You people are all like Doctor Octopus with the arms, controlled by an AI chip telling you this game is good. I'm Spider-Man, and I'm the one who's trying to snap you all out of it. I'm the hero who saves the city.
And if you think Maki was a good character you probably also unironically think Venom from Spider-Man 3 was a good villain.
It's a shame, because this game has by far the best characters in the franchise, but they're all not used very well. The tragic Ryoma Hoshi, the mischevious Kokichi Oma, the unsettling Korekiyo Shinguji, the heroic Kaito Momota, and more. It's like if you go to the grocery store, buy 16 apples (these apples are representations of the Danganronpa V3 characters in my analogy) and then you walk out the store and start throwing the apples into oncoming traffic and watch them get destroyed and spoiled. It's horrifying and sickening to think about. I bet THAT drove some of you to tears.
The high point of this game is the executions. That's what it does better than the other games. Can you imagine how I sound right now? "Yeah, this game murders children better than the other games do," do you realize how that sounds? If any sane person saw me say this they'd think I was insane and stay away from me. That's what this horrible game's doing to me and my life.
I know multiple people who insist this game is good, and they always make fun of me when I say this game sucks. They harass me, point fingers at me, start saying degrading things to hurt my character, and it never ends. Only I see the truth of this game, and the truth is that only Chapter 1 and 4 were good, and even 1 is significantly flawed, carried by a twist everyone is always YELLING and SCREAMING about. Screaming in my ears! It wasn't that sad either. I didn't cry, and I never felt like crying. You wannna know what WAS sad? Uncle Ben's death in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. They built him up as a likable character, and one with a very close connection to Peter. And all thanks to our protagonist's mistake, he indirectly causes his dear uncle to get shot in cold blood. That's how you establish a tragic death, and make me feel for the protagonist in loss. Imagine if Peter cried over some random old man he only knew for two hours, that would be overdramatic and I would wonder why this movie is so acclaimed. Thankfully, that's not the case here and Sam Raimi made a masterpiece of a film.
Willem Dafoe's performance as the Green Goblin is also unmatched. He made him seem like a silly cartoon villain, but also a menacing one who wasn't afraid to drop a train full of children off a bridge to their deaths. He has a tragic motivation, but not a redeeming one that nullifies his descent to madness.
Now moving on, I think Alfred Molina also plays a brilliant Doctor Octopus. A man who had everything going for him. He had a loving wife, a great career, and was about to complete his dream machine. That is, until disaster struck. He got too cocky, he miscalculated. That resulted in his wife, his dream, his reputation, all gone. His inner rage and the AI of the arms he made himself pushed him into a path of darkness, similarly to the Goblin. He had a tragic motive, but not a redeeming one. He knew he would destroy the city, but he didn't care. He had nothing left to do but see his dream through. It isn't until our titular hero Spider-Man snaps him out of it. He learns that sometimes, we have to give up the things we love dear to do what's right, even our dreams. This is when he sacrifices himself to make up for everything he's done wrong. A powerful character, and a powerful movie.
Why did I go into an analysis about Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2? Because those movies are well written and better worth the time than this steaming DOGPILE of a video game. You people are all like Doctor Octopus with the arms, controlled by an AI chip telling you this game is good. I'm Spider-Man, and I'm the one who's trying to snap you all out of it. I'm the hero who saves the city.
And if you think Maki was a good character you probably also unironically think Venom from Spider-Man 3 was a good villain.
