And the game is clever, sure, but ultimately I was left disappointed. She realizes now that nothing good can come from the Literature Club, and deletes everything, ending the game for real.Īs a horror game, DDLC definitely succeeds in delivering scares - a mix of a few startling moments, graphic images that are hard to forget, and a general and persisting sense of creepiness and despair.
She goes full-Monika-crazy and tries to take you away to the empty room again, but actual Monika somehow intervenes. Before long, however, it’s revealed that Sayori, the new club president, is aware of everything that happened in the previous playthroughs. The game starts over again, this time without Monika, and it seems like everything will be fine. At this point, the game introduces a novel mechanic: you have to actually find and delete Monika’s character file in order to get out of the room. Instead, the game turns Monika - arguably the only girl with any agency at all - into another trope altogether: “the obsessed stalker.” She traps you in the empty room, tells you she loves you, and forces you to choose yes when she asks you out. Three different content warnings are displayed before you even get to the main option screen, but they’re paired with bubbly anime-style graphics and light, fun music. It’s clear that DDLC wants to subvert your expectations from the moment the game opens. (This is the part where I tell you there will be spoilers below, but I promise I won’t include anything too graphic.) If you’re sure you’re okay to play, jump into the game without reading anything more about it.
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