"This game feels more like a fanfic than an actual Danganronpa game" is a take I have seen thrown around. Well, that's the point. DRV3 is the ultimate test of media literacy.

DRV3 is a parody of its own franchise, and that's why it's my favorite of the main series. The game is over the top chock full of tropes and cliches. In comparison to past characters, many people feel like the V3 cast is very one-dimensional and overexaggerated. In fanfiction, characters tend to get boiled down to a single personality trait.

(Spoilers for the ending.) One of the Monokuma theatre scenes stood out to me: "When a series lasts for several seasons, eventually it'll run out of material. My memory has been awful lately. I wonder if it's cuz of how long the series has been going." In between the release of Trigger Happy Havoc in 2010 and DRV3 in 2017, they released:
- 5 novels, two of which their own series (Kirigiri 2013-20 and Togami 2015-17)
- 2 comics
- 3 anime
- 3 main series games
- 6 spinoff games
People kept begging for more. "It's time for Danganronpa to end!" was not just the ending of the game, but Kodaka and Spike Chunsoft's way of saying they were done and wanted to move onto other projects. I know this is a fairly unpopular opinion, but I loved Tsumugi as a mastermind. Being the only non-Junko mastermind, she had the gall to actually play her killing game instead of watching from a computer room the whole time. By being as forgettable as possible, she blended in perfectly. While she did bend the rules in Chapter 1, she had no other choice if she wanted to survive and for the killing game to continue. On top of this, she's a crazy fangirl that's willing to kill people to make her dreams come true and show how powerful the influence of fiction really is to reality. Throwback to those 12yo girls who murdered someone for Slenderman. And if I remember correctly, a Nagito fangirl that cut her hand off IRL so she could be more like him. It's a really interesting commentary on fandom culture and obsession. Also: "the writers' barely disguised fetish" with: some of the love hotel scenes, Korekiyo's backstory (he was actually a victim of ...abuse...., but it's glorified. See: TCOALL.), and Monotaro and Monophanie's ... sideplot.

The Monokubs feel forced, but that's also the point! Their purpose is playing on when franchises introduce extra mascots or animal sidekicks (looking at you, Disney) that contribute nothing to the plot, they only exist to boost merch sales. In an interview it was revealed they were added in solely because someone on the art team said Monokuma's seat in the trial room looked empty. They were a last-minute shoehorn after the plot had already been mostly finished.

Overall, I adore this unapologetically self-aware disasterpiece of a game. Someone needs to remind me that this is a Steam Review and not an essay for college.

Buggy ahh game, inputs kept getting dropped on mouse/keyboard so the final Argument Armament was impossible. The cases were pretty good in some parts, and tedious and long in others. On top of that, the ending genuinely made me feel like I wasted 40 hours of my life. All that buildup for that BS ain't no way boa
Worse than 1 and 2 imo. I mean if you really like Danganronpa I recommend playing it otherwise if you're just someone looking for a game to play I'd suggest playing either the first or second game

Eh