First Impressions: Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa Another Episode

First Impressions: Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa Another Episode

   November 02, 2015       Mizu

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So I recently obtained this beauty on September 10th, since Australia is forever behind obtaining games, though I admit it has improved over the years but that is another topic altogether.
This game is mainly on the PS Vita and sort of stems away from it's other titles in both genre and story telling, it is also more open, which is a nice change from the enclosure of the school.

Back to Ultra Despair Girls.

Being a fan of Danganronpa, I bought this with a somewhat deluded idea that it was the same as 1 and 2 but I was wrong. This takes place some half a year after 1 and just before 2 where you control Makoto's sister, Komaru Naegi, who has been imprisoned for over a year. 

So she is unaware of the events that has been occurring since her imprisonment.

Then one fateful day, a Monokuma tries to kill her but smashing his way into the room where she is. Here is when you take over the character for a little while and eventually, you are saved by an old character from Danganronpa 1. Here is where I will stop about the story.

The game itself has a great shit away from the visual novel aspect that 1 and 2 has and set itself up in a Third person shooter with a strong survival horror theme, which I enjoy immensely.

At first, since being use to the Japanese voices, I was irked by the English voices but after a while it has somewhat grown on me but not to the extent of enjoying it.

The story is proving to be very interesting and the themes are strong enough for me to form a solid opinion on it but the best part is, I like it, it is a theme that will intrigue people.

The game mechanics are a pain to get use to at first but after playing for more than half an hour, one would get them down pat no problem.

The game has not lost it's puzzlle element as it brings in a Monokuma machine you can use to figure a way around hoards of Monokuma and allow you to sneak past them with ease. Other puzzles I have encountered involves players to check their environments and figure out clues from there. So for those who enjoyed the puzzle elements, it is here and it is much more complicated then the other games of the series, which is great for me.