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Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls |OT| Monokuma and Co.
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Hours Left
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I don't remember the exact wording either.
If you just want to know the answer, you can check out this map here...
http://taichinchin.tumblr.com/chapter4
ShadowgeistX
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It's pretty much the one where the marking on the chest doesn't match the shape of the road (T, L, or X intersection). If you want the answer, it's the very top-right of the map where there's a challenge room, I think.
somotodsyo
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I only just finished chapter 1 (busy with school and my LE arrived a bit later), but I'm really digging it right now. Gameplay by itself is nothing incredible but I think it works well for Danganronpa (the Despair when a Monokuma suddenly charges at you from behind a bus, just amazing). I love the dialogue between Komaru and Toko, the voice acting is great and the soundtrack sounds really good too.
Ch. 1 ending spoilers:
Ch. 1 ending spoilers:
Masaru's dialogue before the fight... Pretty sad.
Honestly don't know why I didn't see his punishment coming, knowing Danganronpa, but I felt pretty bad for him.
Honestly don't know why I didn't see his punishment coming, knowing Danganronpa, but I felt pretty bad for him.
Tizoc
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I hate how ranking is tied to Retries and how spread apart save points are.
Otherwise I'm enjoying the game for the most part.
It seems the game
Otherwise I'm enjoying the game for the most part.
It seems the game
builds up the reasons the WoH are doing what they're doing:
With Masaru the player is let to find out that Masaru was physically abused
With Jataro, it expands on the 'figure it out from watching' element along with him bringing up his own trauma
Although they were pretty on the nose with Kyoko, hers was the most explored.
I'm at Ch. 4 atm and Nagisa is pretty much the level headed of the group, while I still disagree with their aim and actions, I can sympathize with him.
With Masaru the player is let to find out that Masaru was physically abused
With Jataro, it expands on the 'figure it out from watching' element along with him bringing up his own trauma
Although they were pretty on the nose with Kyoko, hers was the most explored.
I'm at Ch. 4 atm and Nagisa is pretty much the level headed of the group, while I still disagree with their aim and actions, I can sympathize with him.
Joe Molotov
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Chapter 4 needed more than just that one save point at the shrine. The Monoku-Man room with
was a pain in the butt to have to run back to if you messed up and reloaded.
the pacing Beast Monokumas
Hint: Look at the map, notice anything about it?
Solution:
The solution is to open the dumpster marked by one letter that doesn't match the shape of the area it's in on the map. This is after one of the optional challenge rooms on the right side of the map in this area, although I don't remember which one.
Just started on Friday, it's pretty cool, reuse of music aside. Like the main character. Toko is much more likable and I don't remember her VA from DR1, but she's super perfect in this with her expanded role.
There's a fuckload of pink everywhere and it works really well.
Gameplay isn't all that much so far and I've been playing too much Splatoon so I get frustrated when I can't just tilt the Vita (doesn't this thing have inbuilt gyro?), but haven't died so far or anything, so whatever.
Feels way more adolescent than even I was prepared for, but that's what I want, so it's all good. Warriors of Hope are really creepily entertaining.
There's a fuckload of pink everywhere and it works really well.
Gameplay isn't all that much so far and I've been playing too much Splatoon so I get frustrated when I can't just tilt the Vita (doesn't this thing have inbuilt gyro?), but haven't died so far or anything, so whatever.
Feels way more adolescent than even I was prepared for, but that's what I want, so it's all good. Warriors of Hope are really creepily entertaining.
Tizoc
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Ah OK got it, thanks.
Also about that same chapter which Maiden has
the child that'll freeze the Beast Monos? Too lazy to restart and check =_=
That one's tricky. It's on the farthest side of the room, second from the bottom, IIRC.
somotodsyo
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Yeah, motion controls for precise aiming would really help shooting Monokumas in their weak spots. They're pretty hard to hit.
TheSlySoul
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Just beat Chapter 1 and enjoying it so far.
Just wish Break ammo was not as scarse. Almost ran out...
Just wish Break ammo was not as scarse. Almost ran out...
Hours Left
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When you get more Bling Bullets, try to equip ones that increase bullet capacity.
That was probably the one thing that made no sense in terms of how it was supposed to fit into the plot.
They bring it up twice, and then never mention it again.
Maybe just another way of trying to make you dislike everyone except the main pair.
Basileus777
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It was meant to be a joke.
"This character is a lolicon hahaha," is something you see in some forms of Japanese media.
ColonelSkills
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There's a lot of jokes that just don't make it across the localisation without sounding creepy. With the way the script is tonally (and the VA's delivery), you can't even tell what's a gag and what's not quite often. I also took that statement at face value. I came to the same conclusion as atomsk, it felt like a way to make you hate EVERYBODY, although by end game Haiji certainly doesn't need any help in that regard. Subtle it was not.
Ball
Mainly because they are not that much of a threat, and when they managed to hit you, they made a nice reference. I was giggling when I was hit by them the first time.
Screw
destroyer
About ammo capacity...I don't think it's possible to run out of essential bullets though...let's say I ran out of break bullets at a crucial junction, there's somehow always a supply drop from thin air on the ground, and I was on despair mode.
If you need a certain ammo type to progress through an area, the game will drop more if you run out. It won't drop under other circumstances though, so it is possible to find yourself completely out of ammo. Luckily you can just run past almost everything in the game outside of challenge rooms and bosses.
TheSlySoul
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This is me on Chapter 4 Despair Mode. Got past the blue building challenege and did all optional ones.
Luckily on parts where you are forced to fight it throws you bullets.
But yeah I barely got any ammo and Komaro is a tank with her skills, so run away!
Started this yesterday and I'm only up to chapter 2 but it's doing nothing for me so far. The gameplay is just about ok but I was hoping the story might carry it. I adore DR1 & 2, the murder mystery style of them is much more kind of thing but I was hoping that being so invested in the DR universe that I would still love this despite being a completely different type of game.
Does the story pick up later? The hugely over long conversations just aren't interesting. One in particular from the beginning of chapter 2 is about ten minutes long and absolutely nothing happened.
Is this game produced by a secondary team? Just doesn't feel on the same level as the other two games.
I don't mean to be negative, I'm still hopeful that it'll kick in soon and give a reason to care about what happens.
Does the story pick up later? The hugely over long conversations just aren't interesting. One in particular from the beginning of chapter 2 is about ten minutes long and absolutely nothing happened.
Is this game produced by a secondary team? Just doesn't feel on the same level as the other two games.
I don't mean to be negative, I'm still hopeful that it'll kick in soon and give a reason to care about what happens.
Hours Left
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The story definitely picks up more steam about mid-chapter 3.
But the interactions between Komaru and Toko are central throughout.
TheSlySoul
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I would say so. Chapter 3 has a unique ending.
The main problem I have in the story is the main character is so whiny. She seems to break down and cry every 30 minutes. The other games dealt with despair subtly (plus Toko is fine). So yeah whoever wrote Komaru's part should really never get to write a script again. Hijai is the right balance of weak.
Hours Left
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That's kind of the whole point of her character arc. She's a "normal" girl thrown into a crazy situation. She's not supposed to be some sort of badass.
And it's interesting you compare her to Haiji. They are supposed to be a juxtaposition IMO, but for different reasons I'd say.
I'm one of those much maligned gamers who ranks story very highly in what they enjoy most and I have never force-skipped a scene in anything I've played. I'm finding myself getting pretty close with this at the moment as these little stop and chat moments aren't adding anything for me and I'm finding myself just waiting for them to end so I can get on and continue exploring. Probably doesn't help that Toko is probably my least favourite character in any of the DR games.
I'll soldier on because I want to be fully up to date for DR3. It's just fortunate that the gameplay is actually quite fun because it's all that's keeping me playing.
Hours Left
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It's a shame you're not enjoying the Komaru/Toko stuff because I think the general consensus is that it's the strongest aspect of the game. I'm a "story first" type gamer too generally and I think that their interactions are vital to the overall theme of the game. You should find some pretty DanganRonpa style moments coming pretty soon beyond that though.
I'd definitely recommend sticking with it because it a key part of the DR mythos. As I said before, around min-chapter 3, things start to ramp up.
These posts are giving me hope. Or are you just setting me up for ultimate despair?
Hours Left
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chrominance
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Beast Monoku-man challenge
I can't even get across to the left side of the arena, the monokumas walking in a circle and the monokuma walking back and forth on the bottom right don't leave me enough time to run and find a safe hiding spot before the second circling monokuma catches me. Can't go across top because of the three monokumas there. What the hell am I missing?
Never mind, got it. I hate hate hate that retries affect your ranking, it feels really punitive.
calc84maniac
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You can
stand behind the Monokuma on the bottom right while you wait for the circling Monokuma to pass
TheSlySoul
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Yes on both fronts. Chapter 5 was actually much shorter than I was guessing (to be fair though, it is pretty cutscene heavy at the end). Chapter 4 felt the longest.
I am proud I beat it all on Despair Mode though since Chapter 4 made me work for it (stupid escort mission).
If you want to play this game, then I think you can get away with playing only 1 beforehand. You have to play DR1 before though or you will be so lost. The DR2 references are not that much so you can play DR2 after this and get an "aha" moment when you see the 2 characters that were in despair.
Yeah, the pacing is really off. The chapters are about as long as the previous games. The thing is the previous games had decent pacing. Here it is 'story -> gameplay -> find an object -> cutscene -> back to gameplay' pretty much repeated until the end.
I liked the story and I actually liked the gameplay (reminds me or Resident Evil 1). I mainly wish you could buy bullets which would have made my money feel more valuable (I had maxed out everything [all Jack upgrades + Excellent bullet attachments] before Chapter 5, ha ha).
InternHertz
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I don't know why but I've bought the game again...
Already platinum'd it a year ago on the Japanese release, but seeing other play it for the first time made me want to play it again. I could've booted up my JP copy but instead I purchased it one more time.
Began yesterday morning, I'm currently in the final zone of the 4th chapter (AKA the farming zone).
I'll platinum it a second time for the heck of it, it's easy to achieve.
Already platinum'd it a year ago on the Japanese release, but seeing other play it for the first time made me want to play it again. I could've booted up my JP copy but instead I purchased it one more time.
Began yesterday morning, I'm currently in the final zone of the 4th chapter (AKA the farming zone).
I'll platinum it a second time for the heck of it, it's easy to achieve.
TheSlySoul
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I think it is worth a buy if you enjoy DR1. This game was made more for DR1 fans than DR2 I feel.
Although if you hate slow starts, then you may want to wait for a sell. Chapter 1 is nothing that great. Chapter 2 is ok. Chapter 3-5 are amazing though.
Take time to enjoy Feep's beautiful voice acting in Toko's fantasties. I was laughing way too hard.
Also the localization for Kotoko's chapter is pretty great.
mightynine
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Christ the English is so bad. I couldn't find a Japanese audio option in the settings
Ugh. I'll suffer through it I guess.
You can download the Japanese audio from the PSN store for free.
You, mightynine, are my hero.
somotodsyo
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Huh, I think the English voice acting is pretty great, maybe a little cringeworthy in the beginning. It's nice that they have the original voices downloadable though.Christ the English is so bad. I couldn't find a Japanese audio option in the settings
Ugh. I'll suffer through it I guess.
Hours Left
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You'd have to start a new file to switch voice tracks though FYI.
I personally thought the English voice acting was excellent, maybe you'll warm up to it also.
Christ the English is so bad. I couldn't find a Japanese audio option in the settings
Ugh. I'll suffer through it I guess.
I really like the English voice acting. Beats the hell out of breathy, high pitched, nasal Japanese voice acting.
I've played all the DR games in english so far and I love the voicework across all three games. Really high quality stuff imo, almost all the voices fit the respective characters perfectly.
Sorta end game spoilers, regarding voices;
Sorta end game spoilers, regarding voices;
I did think it was really weird how Komaru's voice went from high pitched to really low pitched so suddenly at the end of the game. It was really jarring, was it like that in the JP dub too?
Ragingnight
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I played DR 1 in japanese so I kept the trend but from the little I played of the eng dub makes me want to say both choices are good. I just don't like Monokuma's voice in eng, but at the same time I think Komura's voice in English is better.
Toko is better in Japanese imo as well but its very close
Toko is better in Japanese imo as well but its very close