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[arue]

His name is "Servant", it could be someone else. Or something. Stranger things have happened.

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even if it isn't him im going to hate the servant too i can feel it

I still think it's Komaeda. Turns out that his "tie" is a chain wow.

It's kind of weird to see Komaeda in his despair form AND as a servant, on top of that. I still expect more SDR2 characters to be shown later.

 

[PK Gaming]

His name is "Servant", it could be someone else. Or something. Stranger things have happened.

Spoiler

even if it isn't him im going to hate the servant too i can feel it

OH!

I hope the rest of SHSL Despair shows up. Man that would be terrific.

 

[sackboy2197]

His name is "Servant", it could be someone else. Or something. Stranger things have happened.

Spoiler

even if it isn't him im going to hate the servant too i can feel it

That's what I meant, the glove could be a confirmation, but at the same time it could be there just to deceive us.

 

[Seda]

So I should move this to gaming discussion soonish, right?

 

[kewlmyc]

So I should move this to gaming discussion soonish, right?

I'd give it a week or so.

 

[Nachos]

So I should move this to gaming discussion soonish, right?

I'd say release day, so like Myc said, about a week from now.

 

[Seda]

Decided to move to Gaming Discussion as some people already have copies of the game. Have fun.

 

[MisterShine]

Okay guys and gals, I have a request as a fan of the first game:


Please tell me the name of one interesting character that survives through the end of the game that I can safely become attached to. I played the first game and loved it, but every. single. trial. either the killer or victim was one of the characters that piqued my interest the most. I'd rather that not happen again over and over until we finally settle on the core group, none of whom I was wild about the first go around. Having a character I can safely keep my eye on during the game will help me enjoy the game better.

I will not be reading any posts that do not quote me directly, I will only be reading the first post unless sequential ones specify they will contain no other spoilers, and obviously I would not prefer spoilers outside of the fact that that one character makes it to the end of the game (if they die in the finale that is acceptable), or if everyone dies at the end feel free to lie.

Finally, no choosing Monokuma or Monomi or whoever the protagonist is.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION, ONELOVEGAF.

 

[The Bankslammer]

^ don't read this

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by technicality we can choose any character right

except nanami lol

 

[Nachos]

Okay guys and gals, I have a request as a fan of the first game:


Please tell me the name of one interesting character that survives through the end of the game that I can safely become attached to. I played the first game and loved it, but every. single. trial. either the killer or victim was one of the characters that piqued my interest the most. I'd rather that not happen again over and over until we finally settle on the core group, none of whom I was wild about the first go around. Having a character I can safely keep my eye on during the game will help me enjoy the game better.

I will not be reading any posts that do not quote me directly, I will only be reading the first post unless sequential ones specify they will contain no other spoilers, and obviously I would not prefer spoilers outside of the fact that that one character makes it to the end of the game (if they die in the finale that is acceptable), or if everyone dies at the end feel free to lie.

Finally, no choosing Monokuma or Monomi or whoever the protagonist is.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION, ONELOVEGAF.

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You said you didn't want a protagonist, but I honestly think Hajime is the most interesting character in the game, and it's not necessarily a given that a protagonist should survive all the way through.

I'd honestly go with

Spoiler

him

, but failing that,

Spoiler

____Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, the ultimate gangster____

 

[The Silver]

Case 5 was absolutely incredible, the shit Komaeda pulled off blew me away even more than THE huge twist, best character by a long shot.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Spoiler

Just to be sure, Mikan's beloved is Junko, right?

 

[The Bankslammer]

Spoiler

Just to be sure, Mikan's beloved is Junko, right?

Yeah, that's right.

And speaking of Junko:

some even tried to have children with Junko's dead body

i don't even remember this in the original game holy shit

As I've mentioned before, while you can kinda see the twist of them being Ultimate Despair coming, they do a damn good job of making you realize how fucked up these kids are.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Yeah, that's right.

And speaking of Junko:



i don't even remember this in the original game holy shit

As I've mentioned before, while you can kinda see the twist of them being Ultimate Despair coming, they do a damn good job of making you realize how fucked up these kids are.

Thanks.
I just remembered Mikan talking about her beloved and thought Junko.

 

[MisterShine]

I'd honestly go with

Spoiler

him

, but failing that,

Spoiler

____Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, the ultimate gangster____

Much love Smiley.

 

[Crash Station]

Beat it. What a game.

So anyone else pissed that the only character who truly died is Chiaki, which happened to be in a way that wasn't even her fault? So unfair :/

 

[GSR]

Beat it. What a game.

So anyone else pissed that the only character who truly died is Chiaki, which happened to be in a way that wasn't even her fault? So unfair :/

Chapter 5: I Want to Get Off Nagito Komaeda's Wild Ride

 

[PK Gaming]

Beat it. What a game.

So anyone else pissed that the only character who truly died is Chiaki, which happened to be in a way that wasn't even her fault? So unfair :/

Oh, you have no idea *_*

The one silver lining to her despair-inducing death was the speech she delivered at the end of the game.

"You only need to act in a way that you can be proud of yourself!

If you can love yourself … that “love” will cheer you on for the rest of your life.

 

[Crash Station]

While the game is more optimistic than the first as far as what we see, really thinking about it and reading the fridge horror section on TVtropes makes me realize how it's exponentially more fucked up in general.

Really thinking about the big twist is probably the worst of it:

Apart from Nanami, every single member of the main cast had been broken down into destructive, despair-motivated monsters "without a shred of humanity left" by Enoshima. This is easy to dissociate because those memories have been taken away...but think about it on an individual basis. Every single member of the class. Even the sweetest, kindest ones. Even Nidai. Even Ibuki. Even Sonia. Even the Super High School Level Impostor. Your very favorite character killed their family and friends and hundreds more in awful ways and rejoiced in the despair it brought them. The player character is a mass murderer. Even with their memories gone it's hard to think of them sympathetically without totally dissociating this.

The kind of shit they actually did probably couldn't even be shown in a mainstream game accepted by any rating board.

 

[The Bankslammer]

danganronpa 2 is basically life sucks forever for chihiro fujisaki

 

[arue]

While the game is more optimistic than the first as far as what we see, really thinking about it and reading the fridge horror section on TVtropes makes me realize how it's exponentially more fucked up in general.

Really thinking about the big twist is probably the worst of it:


The kind of shit they actually did probably couldn't even be shown in a mainstream game accepted by any rating board.

I agree with you, that was one of the biggest plot twists I've ever seen. I was like "No! Ibuki and Sonia can't be bad people!"

The TVTropes link was interesting too; I ended up reading the whole thing.

I want the comatose kids will come back, but that kind of defeats the whole theme of mutual killing that was present in the first and second games.

 

[Lusankya]

Really thinking about the big twist is probably the worst of it:

[...]Every single member of the class. Even the sweetest, kindest ones. Even Nidai. Even Ibuki. Even Sonia.[...]

I don't really get why they write "even Sonia". Sonia is one of the cruelest characters in DR2 even with her memories gone, only rivaled by Saionji. And at least Saionji is an honest character and never pretends to be a nice person, while Sonia totally fakes a more sympathetic personality.

 

[SolarKnight]

So, did you guys that played the game notice this?

http://marchen-v-friedhof.tumblr.co...last-thoughts-of-the-sdr2-characters-who-died

I thought it was a neat detail

 

[dakkumauji]

So, did you guys that played the game notice this?

http://marchen-v-friedhof.tumblr.co...last-thoughts-of-the-sdr2-characters-who-died

I thought it was a neat detail

Aw, that's pretty nice. Kinda wish they had something like this for DR1 even if that would have been impossible.

Awwww, Nanami's and haha Gundham.

 

[Labrys]

Chapter 2 trial question to those who got a review copy, did they rename Kirakira-chan (name of serial killer Peko was pretending to be) or did they keep it as is?

 

[PK Gaming]

Oh hey, what's up

 

[MaximumSpider]

Chapter 2 trial question to those who got a review copy, did they rename Kirakira-chan (name of serial killer Peko was pretending to be) or did they keep it as is?

She was renamed.
She's called Sparkling Justice.

 

[kewlmyc]

Oh hey, what's up

lol

 

[dakkumauji]

Oh hey, what's up

This games knows everything

 

[SolarKnight]

Oh wow, where does that happen?

 

[MaximumSpider]

Oh wow, where does that happen?

I do remember this being in that movie theater where you watch "The Wizard of Monomi".

 

[KnightHart]

Oh hey, what's up

"Pls buy Another Episode"

I hope this is a sign of life from NISA that Another Episode might get localized. Ah fuck it, it probably will be.

 

[The Bankslammer]

wouldn't it be funny if it was still a time travelers poster in the vita version and it was retained in the localization

i think it would be

 

[Labrys]

She was renamed.
She's called Sparkling Justice.

Nice, I like that.

 

[Nachos]

Actually, I have some questions about chapter 2, too:

1). Is the arcade game still named some variation of "Syndrome" in English?
2). What was the message and input for the arcade machine code? Was it DULL START/Down-Up-Left-Left-Start, something involving pressing down five times, or something else entirely?

wouldn't it be funny if it was still a time travelers poster in the vita version and it was retained in the localization

i think it would be

Hilarious.

Spoiler

;_;

 

[Crash Station]

Actually, I have some questions about chapter 2, too:

1). Is the arcade game still named some variation of "Syndrome" in English?
2). What was the message and input for the arcade machine code? Was it DULL START/Down-Up-Left-Left-Start, something involving pressing down five times, or something else entirely?

1. Yes, Twilight Syndrome Murder or something.
2. Down 5, so yes.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Now I'm sad that we don't have Time Travelers ;_;

 

[dakkumauji]

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?

Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.

All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

 

[MaximumSpider]

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?



Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.



All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

That Junko image is fake?
Thought it was real the moment I saw it lol

 

[The Bankslammer]

ha ha wow it's really cool how that's not realll ughhhhh

They're neat, though!

 

[kewlmyc]

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?



Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.



All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

Goddamn, that's well done.

 

[Crash Station]

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?



Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.



All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

Yeah, those are really well done.

I feel like Spike doesn't have the balls to show the DR2 cast in their despair forms committing heinous acts, what with how sympathetic they were made.

I'd love to be proven wrong, though. Seeing their depravity first hand would be amazing, though I doubt that would fly for multiple reasons. I'm sure some of them were rapists in addition to mass murders.

 

[arue]

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?

Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.

All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

Complete with the 3D models too. They're pretty good fanmade screenshots.

 

[Nachos]

1. Yes, Twilight Syndrome Murder or something.
2. Down 5, so yes.

Do you remember what the message was exactly? I remember that being really hard for some translators to make work in English, which is why the Something Awful fan-translation ditched it entirely and went with DULL START.

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?

Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.

All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

...I-Is Gundham wearing tiny coffins?

 

[Crash Station]

Do you remember what the message was exactly? I remember that being really hard for some translators to make work in English, which is why the Something Awful fan-translation ditched it entirely and went with DULL START.

All it said was down 5.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Do you remember what the message was exactly? I remember that being really hard for some translators to make work in English, which is why the Something Awful fan-translation ditched it entirely and went with DULL START.

I remember it being just DOWN 5.
Chiaki told Hajime to press down five times on the menu screen.

 

[The Bankslammer]

...I-Is Gundham wearing tiny coffins?

fuck fuck nope nope

i'm willing to accept the dark gods as accomplices in his murderous rampages but that is too far!

 

[PK Gaming]

Does everyone remember this fake image from Another Episode?



Turns out I found the twitter account of who made them and there's a bunch more of the SHSL Despair group.



All fanmade but they are pretty well done~

AMAZING

BUT NOW I WISH THEY WERE REAL

#TheDespairIsReal

 

[Nachos]

All it said was down 5.

I remember it being just DOWN 5.
Chiaki told Hajime to press down five times on the menu screen.

Well, that's lame. I can't say I begrudge them for removing the original message, especially if they couldn't change the accepted input, but that was a neat little trick they pulled in the Japanese version.

Does Sonia still make references to obscure Japanese TV shows from the '70s, or were those changed?

 

[MaximumSpider]

I do remember Sonia making a reference to some TV show in chapter 2.
I don't remember much after that.