[Ended][Steam] Spike Chunsoft Sale - Danganronpa 1 & 2 - $3.99 each, Zero Escape Series 80% off

yeah thanks bought it right now :P

That one has 1 & 2 and the spin-off. The spin-off Ultra Despair Girls looks pretty different, being a third-person shooter. I personally think the 1&2 bundle for $7 may be better, or the 1&2&V3 bundle for $18 since V3 is $16 by itself (and is also apparently a huge, 40-100+ hour game).

Yeah, that has Danganronpa 1&2 plus the spin-off Ultra Despair Girls.

There's also the Danganronpa 1/2/V3 bundle for $17.97. V3 by itself is $15.99 as an all time low, so it's like buying V3 and getting 1&2 for $1 each.

Go for it, they are awesome, and you will sink many hours into them. Just check my play times on Steam. :)

Ah, good to know. I wasn't sure if these bundles qualified for a "complete the bundle" discount or not.

Thanks! I was about to ask exactly that (what was the best combination of bundles to buy all the games). (ツ)乃

Would it be cheaper to buy the DR 1 & 2 bundle at 82% off, or the 1/2/Another Episode bundle at 82% off, and then buy the 1+2+V3 bundle to get V3 by itself at 78% off? Or is the 1/2/V3 bundle not a "complete your collection" bundle?

Is there any way to tell what's a "complete your collection" bundle?

Are you sure? The base game is 8,39€ and the "Fire Pro DLC Bundle" is 13,29€ but it doesn't seem to include the base game, only the 4 DLCs (you'd still miss the charity DLC).

I couldn't find that anywhere. If you find out, let me know.

Ends August 12 @ 1:00pm EST. So it's just this weekend.

Yeah, I also greatly preferred the 2D models of the first game. I'm not sure why they made the switch. I still loved the game overall, but I missed the lovely 2D models.

It's fun and worth the price IMO but don't expect it to be as mind-bending as the other series.

Oh, that's very helpful.

So basically Danganronpa 1, Zero (light novel prequel, optional but recommended), 2, Another Episode (recommended), and 3 (Anime, essential) concludes the story.

And Danganronpa V3 is a different story that takes place after Danganronpa 1-3 and assumes that you've played and watched them.

Wow, that was not clear from the marketing at all.

That's... nice.

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I will suggest buying 1+2 bundle for 7 bucks. You will like first game so much that you will want more, but then discount will be no more. :))

Yeah, I was surprised at how low it was. Previous low was $8. And now you can get 1 & 2 for $7.18. I've heard great things about the series, and it seems similar to Zero Escape which I loved.

Going into Danganronpa, all I can suggest is to be super careful what you glance at in the guides/walkthroughs or when googling. They've been out for a while and people are happily lobbing spoilers everywhere.

The game itself is pretty much a visual novel, with linearity softened by having roaming segments but ultimately only one way to push forwards. Initially it might seem like a drag, but once it warms up, it really warms up. It also goes all-in on the tropes and exaggerated personality archetypes, but once you get past the shock of having it thrown in your face, it actually kinda works. Sorta like how Jojo's Bizarre Adventure goes full ham and owns every second of it, and somehow it just works.

The sequel was far more polished and an improvement on all fronts, and I liked V3 (the third game) despite dividing the fanbase. Play order for canon is 1 > 2 > AE > 3 (the anime, which itself is divided into two side-by-side arcs) > V3. I'm all caught up, and despite having been a real slog, it's been worth it.

Funnily enough, I've actually been watching a Lets Play of the first danganronpa on youtube just lately, haha.

Is your profile pic character from V3? Haven't played that one yet.

Woops, clearly my copy / paste skills failed me. Thanks for pointing that out, fixed now. :)

And if you liked DR, definitely give the Zero Escape games a try. I've only played the first two, included in The Nonary Games, but they were really good and sound really similar to DR.

I've only played it and 999, and I liked the story in 999 better, but both were surprisingly captivating. VLR does start out a little slow, but once they introduced the rabbit I was hooked. The rabbit had some of the best voice acting I've ever heard.

The nonary games contains the first 2 games

The Nonary Games is actually a bundle of 999: Nine People, Nine Hours, Nine Doors and Virtue's Last Reward. For the PC release the two games were bundled together, and 999 was smartly updated with the VLR branching engine, and sold as one item: The Nonary Games.

are they cheaper now? I bought trigger happy havoc and danganronpa 2 on the vita when they first came out and I still haven't started on em. at least now I can keep em sealed

:(

I know how you feel. I bought Detroit: Beyond Human when it was on sale, and about a month later a bundle with Detroit and Beyond: Two Souls goes on sale for the same price, and Beyond by itself costs 2/3 of the bundle price.

Well, if you want to replay 999, the Steam version is updated to use the branching tree structure from VLR so you can see exactly which path you took, where it branches, and can skip to any previous branching point - no more having to hold down A for what seems like forever to skip through all your previously read text or having to play through the game 3 times if you randomly pick the wrong path your first time through. :)

My thoughts exactly

If you purchased for more than 2 weeks, steam would not refund you even when you never play the game for more than 2 hours.
Please note that others would not be able to gift to you via gift if you own the game.

I'd try it if I were you. Usually they react to refund requests within 24h and even if it would take too long, they'll certainly offer at least a similar deal as the one you got during the summer sale rather soon. So there isn't much you might lose by trying.

Having been similarly screwed over by a recent PSN sale, I know exactly how I feel. :(

This sale only lasts this weekend, and I don't know that Steam will issue a refund in time, or at all if it's been over 2 weeks.

I can tell you that the games are fantastic, and while it sucks to pay 12 euro more for them, they're great games and I think you'll find it was money well spent.

As of Danganronpa there is no different decisions to be made when it comes to visual novel parts, story is linear 100% percent. In trial parts you are presented with options but only one is correct, it is like playing a puzzle game. So if you have any interest to play these games I would highly suggest not to watch a playthrough and enjoy them by yourself, much more satisfying that way. Haven't play ZE series but I read in this thread that it has different paths/decisions.

I can empathize with the lack of interest to go through the scenes and dialogues, in that case you'd definitely do better just watching a playthrough of someone else...

I ultimately still played them myself because I like to find out every tid-bit etc from the dialogues as im never sure if the videos will cover them all (probably not). But I certainly would have saved alot of time if I just watched the vids to get the majority of the plot etc.

Is having someone read a book or watch a show/movie and then tell you about it the same as reading or watching them yourself?

Games are an interactive medium, and by taking away the interaction you take away an essential component of what makes them work. You lose the emotional connection and investment made by having it be your choices and your story.

Now, for the Zero Escape games, I can tell you that the room escape puzzles are fun and interesting, and the games use a branching decision tree where after completing a playthrough you can jump directly to the branch points to go to a different path.

I haven't played Danganronpa yet, so I'm not sure about those.

As Timobkg said, on Zero Escape you have a flowchart feature and can jump directly to the choices you want to change and see the consequences. Sometimes to progress on a story, you have to go back to the beginning of the game, change one choice, and then immediately go back to where you were before. And your first choice as the beginning wasn't even bad, possibly you had do to it to unlock another part of the story. Playing with the flowchart, especially on the last two games is an essential part of the game.
(In the screenshot Timobkg put, the player is actually blocked, that's what the black padlock means. You have to make another choice, explore another part of the flowchart to learn some information that will unlock this part of the story).
(In the DS version of 999, this flowchart didn't exist, and you had to restart the game from the very beginning, seeing (and skipping) the exact same dialogues. This would not have been fun).

And you would miss on all the escape-the-room puzzles. Some of them are just point-and-click segments, but some of them require to do math, or to do some lateral thinking to find some password. If you are interested in puzzles, you should definitely play it rather than watch it.

For Danganronpa, watching youtube versions might be similar to the real experience. The most important gameplay element is trials (like Phoenix Wright if you played those games), where you will have to find which argument is essential to refute another argument, or to put piece by piece the story. There is only one good answer each time. If the youtuber you're watching is not as smart as you, he may take more time to find the arguments, which may be awkward.
There is also a friend system where you can pass some time with the other characters which might ultimately give you some bonus. If the youtuber chooses someone you're not interested in (and you don't have enough time inside the game to speak with all of them, so some choices have to be made), you might be bored by those sequences (but hey, there is fast-forward)

In any case, I would suggest watching the first chapter of the first DR game. This should be a 4-5 hour watch I think (
two hours story + two hours trial maybe ?) Each DR has 5-6 chapters.

Similar here. Got DR1+2 and then went over budget to squeeze in ZE, and now I'm scared they will be in a Humble T1 before summer is over ...