Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!™

Cute and unique design, but under that it's four minigames over and over and they're grueling. Then I read the top review (with the plot spoilers) and I'm glad I didn't force myself through hours of plodding, repetitive minigames just for that.

In my ongoing and likely futile effort to write a Steam review for every game in my library (#307 out of 612)... it's time for Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!. So I'm a sucker of historical settings, adventure games, and quirky titles--and Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble, henceforth DHSGIT, delivers on all three fronts. Neat, huh? More adventure than RPG, DHSGIT puts you in the role of an iconoclastic teenager sent off to a 1920s boarding school. You interact with NPCs and complete tasks/quests via nonviolent simulation-esque mini-games (lying, flirting, mocking, etc.). How you interact with NPCs affects how they treat you and how you progress through the game. You'll gather a gang of similarly rebellious youths, and wreak havoc on the conservative environs of the school and surrounding town. Personally I didn't find the core mechanics to be terribly compelling--they're very systems-driven, and I would have preferred something more narrative-driven--but still had a lot of fun with DHSGIT due to its wry sense of humor and affection parody of the era. Simply put, it's like Bully, but charming instead of cynical. Definitely one of the more memorable adventure games I've had the pleasure to try in this Impossible Quest of mine.

Can't even remember why I have this game. Probably from one of those bundles with tons of indie games in them. Obviously, I didn't expect much here (usually, those cheap indie games turn out to be a complete garbage) and launched the game just to see what did I paid for. But guess what? I've got hooked and was unable to stop playing until the very end. I've literally stopped playing bigger games and just sat there, playing this. Totally didn't expect that. So, what is this game? Well, that's the funniest part. The thing is... it's hard to tell. Just because it's pretty much a unique experience. [b]Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble![/b] is designed after a board game, but it's way more than that. It has a plot that involves the investigations and multiple endings, it has [b]RPG[/b] elements (you can manage your “party” and level up your characters), it has mini-games and even some visual novel parts. Board game element is pretty much all about the [b]UI[/b], though. It's just the way you control things here. So, don't expect dices and proper turns. Well, there [i]will[/i] be turns (of sort), since time in the game is turn-based and various events will require a certain time of the day to happen, but all in all, board game part is just the way you control things. The actual gameplay would require you to visit different places and talk to people to advance the plot. The problem is – people are usually pretty stubborn here and you'll need to convince them. How? By playing mini-games with them. And that's exactly where [b]RPG[/b] element becomes important. The better your stats will be – the better chances you'll get with mini-games. That's pretty much it. Sounds pretty simple, but the thing is – it's seriously addictive. Just walking around and uncovering secrets is fun enough, but with all those mini-games... I don't know, it's just fun. Design is also pretty neat. Sure, it's a low budget game, so, all those kids, who are ready to hate anything as long as it doesn't have [b]AAA[/b] graphics would probably be completely pissed off here, but I really liked how the game was designed after the [b]USA[/b]'s [b]1920[/b]s and includes the gang of the school girls as the main characters. The game is pretty weird as is and such a design just adds to the atmosphere. Sure, [b]Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble![/b] is not for everybody. And it sure has its own share of flaws (there are some bugs, it's pretty unbalanced and there's only a few mini-games), but it's weird and addictive. Which is a pretty dangerous combination. If you know what I mean. I totally enjoyed my experience here. And it was quite a surprise for me. I love finding hidden gems in [b]Steam[/b]. And for me, this game is one of those.

DHSG looks like an incredibly old board game you'd find in your grandmother's attic. The combination of soft line art and what is presumably public domain ragtime music produces an odd feeling; partially like a glimpse of life nearly a century ago (or at least the popular culture of the time), and partially like watching an episode of the Twilight Zone you've never seen before. This is a weird game, with a clunky UI and a lot of RNG. But there's nothing else like it on Steam.

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble has a bunch of interesting ideas floating around in a surprisingly big story for a game modeled on and taking most of its language from board games.

Firstly, I very much enjoyed and enjoy this game. It's quirky and just a little bit different However, it is heavily based around four minigames so if you don't like them, odds are you won't like this game. Sass aplenty, mischief aplenty and schoolgirls getting down and dangerous in the roaring 20's. A fun RPG, but perhaps a little too reliant on its minigames?

it was good

It was fun for a while, but after one very tense point in the story in which [spoiler] a man almost dies [/spoiler], the game should have ended. Instead, it drags out and from what I read in the reviews, there's some disturbing stuff later in the game that I don't want to see. So I dropped it. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the first couple of hours, and I got it cheap as part of a bundle which is why I'm giving this a thumbs up.

I know of no other game that explains the current political situation in America so well and so clearly. You may scoff at this statement for the first few hours of play, but the more you learn about the mysteries of the town, the more you will understand.

bad game