A school you only leave through murder, and trials where the truth is fired like a bullet.

The real tension here is spectacular. On gut instinct, Danganronpa sits ahead of 59% of games, decent and no more. But criterion by criterion, everything erupts. Fun is flat out first, ahead of every other game. Attachment and the wish to rediscover it brush the very top, ahead of 99% of titles. Art style ahead of 93%, the OST ahead of 86%. And yet one criterion collapses: the feel in your hands drops to the very bottom, ahead of barely one game in ten, though on few votes. No surprise, it is a visual novel: its strength is not the controller but the story, the characters and the thrill of each reveal.

In the visual novel and investigation genre it stands as a landmark, the deadly closed circle where writing and twist matter more than the moves.

So, who is it for? For you if you love twisted plots, unforgettable characters and breathless trials. Much less if you are chasing controller feel and hands-on action above all.