Just finished the game completely blind and loved it for the most part. Thanks for recommending GAF! Here are my thoughts:
- Am I the only one who thought Mukuro somehow switched places with Toko after that bomb went off? After Mukuro’s face was revealed I realized her hair style looked almost identical to Toko’s, and during the whole time I was suspecting that the real Toko blew up in that bomb and was the blown up body on the floor, while Mukoro was pretending to be her for the rest of the game. After that point, there were few Genocide Jill moments and some parts where she would strangely try to prove Makoto wrong, so I really thought I was onto something there even though the evidence said otherwise lol.
- Junko being the mastermind completely took me by surprise. Even in those pics I didn’t really realize her face wasn’t shown, because I was too busy looking at Mukuro. Junko (Mukuro I guess) always creeped me out though, with the makeup and her horrifying death scene that kept on getting shown throughout the game. I got chills once I realized what was going on, and I love that stuff in these kinds of games.
- I wasn’t really disappointed in the ending itself, but was kinda let down by the whole “world taken over” thing. It just seemed TOO out there and ridiculous, even for this kind of game. I know the whole point was the get rid of hope for the students, but I would have much preferred if it was actually something more than that and wanted to know how exactly Junko was able to do all this. Knowing that the world was shit made her seem less “impressive” (lol can’t think of another word) to me because it couldn’t have been as hard to put everything together while the world is in crap. It made the game feel less rewarding to me, but I guess that was what it was supposed to do.
-The music in this game was awesome. At first, I disliked some of the tunes like the ridiculous Monokuma theme, but after a few times it really grew on me and I couldn’t wait till it showed up again.
- I think the one thing I didn’t like about this game was how much Makoto was hand-held throughout the game by Kyoko and Byakuya, and even Celeste in the beginning. Those guys were always the ones that knew what was going on during the trials while Makoto seemed dumb and naïve. What I’m saying is that I expected Makoto to turn out as some kind of a badass with trials by the end of the game, but no, he still gets babied by the Kyoko and Byakuya all the way through. The whole, “Why don’t YOU tell them, Makoto!” thing repeated over and over again really irritated me. How about freaking no? If you found something out then speak the hell up. I know Makoto makes it up in the very end, but still, I would have much preferred playing as a more detailed/developed character like Byakuya/Kyoko(just not as skilled), as opposed to someone who appeared to be babied throughout the game. That’s just how it felt like to me though.
