Rinka ZhongDanganronpa 2‘s storyline perfectly follows the format of introduction, development, twist and conclusion.
The beginning is when our main character Hinata lost all the memories waking up on the beach. He found that there were 16 students on this island, preparing for the semester of killing each other. Every day, Monokuma, the headmaster of this fictional school, would raise sorts of motivation to lure everyone into a killing spree. As the day passed, Hinata’s companions disappeared one by one. From the notes and books left on the island, they found some desperate and horrific facts about the outer world. Every clue led to the conclusion that the world was destroyed by them, those high school students who loved to spread despair. After knowing it, Hinata and his classmates tried to find the real culprits behind the scenes.
Through the secret investigation, they found that the girl who was always encouraging others, having a bright smile on her face, is the true murderer. To escape from the island, they had no choice but to vote for that girl to be executed. However, after that they learnt that there was a hidden agenda about why the girl wanted to trap them at this place. It was because the outer world was full of pollution and was not suitable for humans to live.
Finally, they caught the real planner who should be responsible for everything, and then they assembled their own power to fight against the despair.
This game is a classic adventure game. Our main character, Hinata, grows up gradually through every experience. He made bad choices in the past, but realized and began to take responsibility for the world. He met some problems. Some were small, but some were like how to choose between truth and partnership. Eventually, he gave out a perfect answer.
The theme of this game is to encourage players to find truth from lies and betrayals, and it wants to tell everyone that even despair is everywhere, there will always be hope. Stories like it may make some mistakes. For example, some players will state that despair cannot be defeated. However, we should know that the central idea is to fight against fate by ourselves.
The unsuccessful part of this game is that the preface of the game is too long and not so attractive to players, and the beginning of the story seems so bizzare. Most of the players choose to finish the game after a long time when totally realizing the fun parts of this game. As a result, the structure and the outline may include some problems.
The successful part is the portrayal of all characters. It is very difficult for writers to depict so many characters and let players remember all of them in a short time. Meanwhile, they each have their own stories and characteristics which let them have their own different opinions. Control of content in a metaphysical context, thus will make the story look fantastic.
