Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Genres: Puzzle, Horror, Mystery, Point & Click, Story Rich, Adventure
Play modes: singleplayer
Release Date: 18-2-2016
Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Our verdict
9/10
- Difficulty: Medium
- Players: 1
- Playtime: 25–35 h
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is the game that started the series. Makoto Naegi and fifteen elite students are locked inside Hope's Peak Academy by Monokuma, a cheerful robot bear who promises freedom to anyone who kills a classmate and gets away with it. You investigate each murder, then prove the culprit in Class Trials by shooting down contradictions with evidence. It suits solo players who like dark humour and courtroom-style deduction.
Steam reviews are very positive (about 95% of 17,973). Players love the bizarre, darkly funny tone, Monokuma himself and twists that keep the story unpredictable. Nearly every serious review gives the same advice: do not look anything up online until you finish, because almost everything is a spoiler.
Its roots as a handheld game show in the presentation, and the violent premise will not suit everyone. Expect around 25 to 35 hours. It is the best place to start the series and an easy recommendation for fans of mystery visual novels.
Pros
- Class Trials where you shoot down lies with evidence
- Darkly funny killing game run by Monokuma the bear
- Unpredictable twists from start to finish
Cons
- Grim murder premise is not for everyone
- Easily spoiled, so avoid looking anything up
About
Hope's Peak Academy is home to Japan's best and brightest high school students—the beacons of hope for the future. But that hope suddenly dies when Makoto Naegi and his classmates find themselves imprisoned in the school, cut off from the outside world and subject to the whims of a strange, murderous little bear named Monokuma. He pits the students against each other, promising freedom to anyone who can murder a fellow classmate and get away with it.
It's up to you to find out who Monokuma really is, and why you've been taken from the world you once knew. But be careful what you wish for—sometimes there’s nothing more deadly than the truth...
Key Features
- Daily Life, Deadly Life: Trapped in a school-turned-prison, students are murdering each other one by one. You’ll have to investigate each incident, search for clues, and talk to your classmates to try and get to the bottom of each brutal case!
- Mock Trial: The nefarious Monokuma serves as judge, jury, and executioner as you engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects, dissecting their statements and firing their words back at them to expose their lies!
- Popularity Contest: Sway classmates to your side in each investigation, squeezing information from them to figure out who did it. And when you do, turn up the heat in a variety of timing and reflex-based game systems to uncover the truth and save your skin!
- Steam Features: Supports Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud and Steam Trading Cards.
