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Finished Dangan Ronpa 1. It was an interesting ride overall, though not without its flaws. The murder mysteries tended to be fairly transparent and obvious, so the mystery and suspense factor wasn't all that exciting. The script could have been better (Naegi's inner monologue in particular) and since the characters are largely disposable and therefore shallow, many attempts to create some drama around them seemed to fall flat. Still, there are several characters whose mere presence makes scenes sufficiently entertaining, so it works out fine most of the time.
But then, towards the end of Chapter 5 something happened and the game went full retard. The script became outright bad and the story, motivations etc. stopped making much sense. Also, the game's tendency to go "Yeah, we know that secret previously unmentioned fathers, twins and ends of the world for no reason are cliched and/or stupid as fuck, but we don't care, deal with it wwww" was just obnoxious, and all the last minute drama about Kirigiri was annoyingly forced and contradictory..

TL;DR: I'm not sure what to make out of it. On one hand it's a very solid and overall entertaining game with style and some nice ideas. On the other hand, Chapter 6 seriously sucks.