The game also makes light references to popular series’ such as Death Note and even Spongebob Squarepants.ĭanganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is heavily focused on a Cluedo-esque story experience, however, players will have to spend a considerable amount of time scrolling through dialogue text, though this makes the player take in more intimate details. Danganronpa V3 is quite long, at around 40 hours, and offers a linear story experience but with time dedicated to exploration. The game, which is split into sections, allows players to look around rooms, interacting with parts of the environment and other characters in order to fill in pieces of the story. The “game” is designed so that the 16 new acquaintances slowly grow apart, start fighting, and ultimately kill in order to be set free. These bears, known as the Monokubs, lead by Monokuma, attempt to pit the students against each other in a “killing game”, but not before copious amounts of banter. The game, developed by Spike Chunsoft, progresses as Kaede (the Ultimate Pianist) and Shuichi Saihara (the Ultimate Detective) begin to explore what is known as the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, during which they are greeted by a family of maniacal robot bears. She’s been kidnapped, along with 15 other talented students. Kaede Akamatsu, a normal high school student, awakens in Hope’s Peak Academy but not all is as it seems. Okay, so I’m new to the Danganronpa universe, but I can safely say that Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure, one which gets better, and weirder the more you play. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, the third main instalment in the visual novel series, takes place in an alternate reality, where trust is hard earned and easily lost.