Review : Doki Doki Literature Club - Love and Envy

Developer:
Team Salvato

Publisher:
Team Salvato

Platform:
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux

Release date:
September 22, 2017

'We will discover a horror and mystery story hidden behind the sweet and colorful footage of Team Saved'

'Doki Doki literature Club' - Doki Doki Literature Club ! It is not difficult to describe this game when just looking at the first image you will imagine it as a typical romance novel with elements of dating simulator, set in a club. school literature, where four girls and the protagonist exchange poems that hide their feelings and lives.

But unfortunately for those who think this is really just a mediocre dating game, because if that's the case, then why is 'Doki Doki Literature Club' emerging as a novelty compared to other games? the same kind. Therefore, I will go through this review to help you have a better look at this game, why it is so attractive.

First of all this could also be 'Spoiler' and I think it's important to warn you guys if you're scrolling down. And first let's go in what order: the game starts with the main character image like a classic Japanese romance novel (but in this case, the game's development team is Western) must choose the club department of the school to participate.

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In an ordinary school-age morning, the protagonist takes the advice of a childhood friend to regain the joy of going to school by enrolling in her literature club. . and finally a school 'hot girl' who is also the president of this club.

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The next story progression happens in a rather interesting way, with the player as the main character being invited day in and day out to write poetry by choosing the right words to impress one of the three girls. girls (the fourth one was disqualified for a specific reason I won't tell you). No wonder, if you come here, you still think of it as a seemingly trivial game, with a light and superficial theme.

But believe me, when the sensitization phase is over, new climaxes begin to pour out, right? And with the same polished, well-executed visuals, it follows the rules of the dating simulator genre and is unpredictable as to what will happen next. Well, then as mentioned, Doki Doki Literature Club! it's time to put on a different outfit, become much darker, more horror and sad.

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The curtain on the characters and the setting seems to crumble and the appeal is propelled by themes such as depression, possessiveness, and others that you'll experience as you play it. . But now, human nature in the face of love and choices also comes into play, because the real content of the game begins to emerge after the end of the dating simulation phase. inherent.

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'Doki Doki Literature Club! It's completely free to play: you can download and play as much as you want without spending a dime. There aren't even any transactions to disturb the gaming experience, so you can play it comfortably with no problem of having to top up to continue playing.

However, there is a way to support the product coming from Team Saved by purchasing a 'Pack' for Doki Doki Literature Club fans, which includes some extras such as: soundtrack (24) music scores, including some remixes), high-resolution wallpapers, and illustrated catalogs in PDF format.

While this is a completely optional purchase, believe me: after the end of the Doki Doki Literary Club! you'll want to reward whoever made it.'

JUST MONIKA ???!

At the beginning of the second stage, you immediately realize that something is wrong, the game is trying to take possession of our cursor ?, dark connotations and scary paradoxes accompanied by a someone's absence is worrisome (I won't reveal this detail because I want you to feel it while playing the game).

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In short, we are enveloped in a great sense of insecurity and tension, which will grow and accompany us until one of the mysteries is revealed. Usually the first feeling you will feel is mostly the coldest, in which you are "observed" carefully every expression, the naked statement of the female character group.

So we assure you that Doki Doki Literary Club is a game worth playing over and over again - to be able to discover the fates of all the girls and have literal access to the files. game news to solve different storylines. And do you think at some point, the interaction between the game - the player became so deep that all of our gestures and actions were accurately read through the dialogues in the game.

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'Doki Doki Literature Club' puts us in an uncomfortable and somewhat guilty position, although the real horror seems to be on the other side of the screen. Unknowingly, we somehow make ourselves part of the game and our gestures become part of the game itself, not through a character we represent.

So we realized that the relationship with the characters we interacted with was very different from what we were used to through other games: we the players were their jailers, in a sense we are everything to the characters in this game.

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Here in this very game, all the hidden details are hidden in the most unexpected way, and no matter how hard you try to stick to the content, it is unlikely that you will be able to answer it all if you do not pay attention. attention to all the smallest details (unless you search for solutions on the internet). Total Doki Literature Club! will cost you only about 8-9 hours of gameplay, a time that you won't regret a second.

Marvin Fry

Update 05 January 2022