User blog comment:Solarrion/My Dreams For Danganronpa 3 II/@comment-6932601-20150228040737

Point One: While the first deaths usually get good development, with Mukuro being an exception due to a future plot, the killers really do need more fleshing out. Leon was so bland, and Hanamura was kind of irrel, great but irrel, before the trial.

Point Two: Hagakure survived because he was comedic relief, basically. And Sonia was a main character, and while not getting too much development, she was still heavily featured in the game and made a solid survivor. And so what if your favourite dies? It's a game of despair, it's supposed to bring despair, and the fan faves dying brings that... And besides, weren't Kirigiri/Fukawa/Celes the fan faves of the first game? 2/3 survived. And all the fan favs dying in SDR2 made sense. Ibuki had no plot eitherway, Gundam and Komaeda surviving would be weird, especially since Komaeda's death and trial was really satisfying, and Gundam received good development from his murder. Since they were so heavily featured, it did drag a lot of focus away from Akane and Souda, but they really picked up and delivered near the end of the game.

Playable Characters: Way too much work for the devs... Playing as a different character in a group would not alter ANYTHING as the dialogue would all be the same, other than just thoughts and freetime events.