Edit about 60 hours in: Sitting here with goosebumps, this game is absolutely amazing, this honestly might be their best work if things continue on this trajectory. Imagine what a mashup between Danganronpa and Zero Escape would look like and you get this game. It is filled with intrigue and mystery and there's never a dull moment in the story. It always moves in surprising ways, so you'll never get complacent. At the same time, it keeps you on the edge of your seat, eagerly awaiting what unexpected place the story will go next. And while all this is going on you are trying hard to unravel the mysteries in your head before the answers are revealed by the game. Highly recommended.

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Great so far, if I'm being honest the gameplay didn't appeal to me on first glance. Since it's a game by Kodaka (Danganronpa) and Uchikoshi (Ever/AI: The Somnium Files, Zero escape), I got it anyway since I enjoy both of their games.

I was hyped when they announced their new studio Too Kyo Games, but so far it hadn't produced anything that really reached up to the standards of the older games by them that I enjoyed.

This game though, so far is pushing those buttons. I'm not very far in, but the game reminds me so much of Danganronpa, it feels like I'm right back home. I'm interesting to see how Uchikoshi's patented writing will emerge eventually.

The elephant of the room for me was the gameplay, this not being a killing game, Ace Attorney-like detective, but a strategy rpg. I went into the game with the mindset that I might have to trudge through those srpg sections to get to the writing I enjoy, but so far it's agreeing much more with me than I had imagined. The game does still have a lot of writing, so it's not like you are only doing fighting, there often is a lot of talking in between like a visual novel, it's very similar to Danganronpa.

So, I think this might finally become the Magnum Opus I was expecting out of Too Kyo when I heard about the new studio.

There was a moment just now when I realized the events and video galleries didn't contain just 12 on each page, but it could scroll down and it actually contains 80 on each page, which get me hyped with the game actually being much more massive than I had imagined. A quick count got me to roughly 2x as many event scenes as Danganronpa V3 and 4x as many videos.

If you want to see more out of these creatives working together, please support the game so this won't become Too Kyo's last game.

Edit about 60 hours in: Sitting here with goosebumps, this game is absolutely amazing, this honestly might be their best work if things continue on this trajectory. Imagine what a mashup between Danganronpa and Zero Escape would look like and you get this game. It is filled with intrigue and mystery and there's never a dull moment in the story. It always moves in surprising ways, so you'll never get complacent. At the same time, it keeps you on the edge of your seat, eagerly awaiting what unexpected place the story will go next. And while all this is going on you are trying hard to unravel the mysteries in your head before the answers are revealed by the game. Highly recommended. Original: Great so far, if I'm being honest the gameplay didn't appeal to me on first glance. Since it's a game by Kodaka (Danganronpa) and Uchikoshi (Ever/AI: The Somnium Files, Zero escape), I got it anyway since I enjoy both of their games. I was hyped when they announced their new studio Too Kyo Games, but so far it hadn't produced anything that really reached up to the standards of the older games by them that I enjoyed. This game though, so far [i]is[/i] pushing those buttons. I'm not very far in, but the game reminds me so much of Danganronpa, it feels like I'm right back home. I'm interesting to see how Uchikoshi's [i]patented[/i] writing will emerge eventually. The elephant of the room for me was the gameplay, this not being a killing game, Ace Attorney-like detective, but a strategy rpg. I went into the game with the mindset that I might have to trudge through those srpg sections to get to the writing I enjoy, but so far it's agreeing much more with me than I had imagined. The game does still have a lot of writing, so it's not like you are only doing fighting, there often is a lot of talking in between like a visual novel, it's very similar to Danganronpa. So, I think this might finally become the Magnum Opus I was expecting out of Too Kyo when I heard about the new studio. There was a moment just now when I realized the events and video galleries didn't contain just 12 on each page, but it could scroll down and it actually contains 80 on each page, which get me hyped with the game actually being much more massive than I had imagined. A quick count got me to roughly 2x as many event scenes as Danganronpa V3 and 4x as many videos. If you want to see more out of these creatives working together, please support the game so this won't become Too Kyo's last game.