Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Reviews

This is probably my favourite of all time, but at the same time I wish I never played it. No other game has made me feel genuinely disturbed. I get scared in every horror game, but the fear I felt from this game stuck with me since I played it back in 2018. Completing it again made me realise how good this game is. I hate that it's so good. I spent the last couple of days itching like a crackhead for a fix looking for another horror game to make me feel like I did playing this. But nothing compares to ddlc. 10/10

Absolutely amazing. The main story is well written and has many things to discover for example [spoiler] Sayori [/spoiler]. The side content is in total longer than the main story, but it is less twisted and actually provides interesting insight to the characters. Would highly recommend! 10/10 Just Monika!

I've heard jokes..and I've heard praises, yet i never would have expected the experience i got. The sheer scale of depth within the characters, dialogues, content and psychological horror is simply astonishing and i'm more than glad i gave it the chance it deserved. The disguise this game wears honestly would have fooled me if i didn't know as much as i did or look hard enough. 10/10, Absolute Cinema. I highly recommend playing, especially so with the least you know about it possible.

A simple game with a complex story. A masterpiece of game design.

Played the original back in High School and was obsessed. Having a blast playing again and reading the side stories as well as exploring all the other content added. If you love VN's this is an absolute must-play.

The remake of my very first visual novels. This is very good and very nostalgic. This game got me into anime in the first place. Also Yuris best girl!!!!!

[h2]This is the definitive way to experience Doki Doki Literature Club!, no matter if you already completed the original free-to-play title, or not.[/h2] [b]For 15 euros, you get much more than you would expect:[/b] [list] [*]High quality version of the base DDLC (better sprites and artwork). [*]Side Stories, that give you more insight into what the characters feel and how was the club formed in the first place. [*]Many more lore related secrets, achievements and things to stop and think about. [/list] DDLC always meant a lot to me, it's more than a game to me. It's an unforgettable experience, that pushed the game boundaries that I knew much further, in a genius and entertaining way. It's a wonderful title made by incredibly talented, wonderful people. It's a title that made me understand myself better. Play it. It will make you [b][i]feel things[/i][/b]. Trust me.

Initially, after finishing the main story, I wanted to write something funny. But after finishing side stories and eventually 100%ing the game - I changed my mind and decided to write an honest review. After all, the game is indeed rather unique, so it would be unfair to rate it with just one line of text. First of all, if after all these years you ended up here and managed to avoid any spoilers about this game - great! Keep it so! It would be a sad mistake to ruin the game for yourself now. So make sure that you won't read or watch anything about it and dive in blindly. While this is mostly a VN, it also has some gameplay which is already not a common thing for such genre. And, of course, it is also a horror. And also not a typical one. I played a lot of horror games, but this one still managed to catch me off guard few times. But the side stories are totally different. They serve more as an introduction to the main story and tell us more about local characters. I'd even say, they show us absolutely different perspective of this, without any doubts, cruel story. As for me, it would be better to read the side stories first, because they add more depth to the main story. And of course, the game also has beautiful CGs, really great music and even puzzles to solve. Finishing the main story and side stories maybe won't take much time, but discovering all the secrets and getting true ending - definitely will. In the end, if you like VNs, horrors and niche games - you can't miss this one.

I 100% completed DDLC before buying DDLC+, and I'm glad I did! Everything from the first game and so much more, can't recommend it enough, 100% completed this one just today [h1]10/10 WILL GIVE YOU DEPRESSION[/h1]

[i] This game will bring you back and beyond your childhood memories![/i] Many years ago, I believe in 2017, I had downloaded Doki Doki Literature Club for free from a website and comparing my distant memories of playing during that experience to the experience I just had today years later is mind-boggling, the game has improved so much throughout the years! So without further ado, let me unravel Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! [h1] About Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! [/h1] Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (DDLC Plus!) is an extended version of the Doki Doki Literature Club (DDLC) visual novel - a video game industry leader in the genre of psychological horror. DDLC Plus! features: 6 side stories irrelevant to the main story, a music player, BGM, CGs, poems, concept art & sketches and more additions that weren't available in Doki Doki Literature Club. In DDLC Plus!, you'll be playing as a male main character who decides to join their school Literature Club following the invitation of their childhood best friend Sayori. In this club consisting of 5 members including yourself, you'll be learning one another's literature interests, personalities and share a poem you've written with each other. It turns out that on paper, your writing style may resemble another club member's style at times...or for some reason, you may be physically closer to one member than the other. I'm not sure if the other club members will be so happy to see that! Play to find out if they are! If you haven't heard of DDLC or seen: videos of DDLC character cosplayers, DDLC fanart and DDLC fanfictions circulating on the internet by now, then I'm genuinely surprised. [h1] My Review of Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! [/h1] Let's get onto the juicy part worth reading. When I played DDLC years ago, it was just DDLC and my own computer files. Now, it's DDLC Plus! and a virtual machine. A plot within a plot. You can picture it as an egg. The egg shell is one plot and the egg yolk is another plot. Let's dissect the inside of the egg - the yolk, first. The yolk represents the main story & side stories. The main story wasn't really touched throughout the years, however, I believe a few: CGs, lines and secrets were added because I don't recall them (ex. the [spoiler]Ghost Menu[/spoiler]). The 6 side stories have to first be unlocked by creating poems in a way that it'll relate to a specific character. Each side story is divided into two parts. When you unlock them all, they'll be listed in chronological order on a UI. [b] You definitely should play the side stories in chronological order because they are connected to one another. [/b] The side stories take place before the main character joins the Literature Club, so, I consider the side stories as prequels to the main story. [b] The first 3 side stories share how Sayori, Yuri and Natsuki joined the Literature Club while the last 3 side stories delve deep into moral lessons about [spoiler] forming friendships, understanding, controlling & conveying our feelings properly and lastly, letting changes occur in your life for the better & realizing that you're worthy of others love. [/spoiler] [/b] The game officially states that there are 6 side stories, but in reality, it's actually 8. The last 2 are really short. I wouldn't really call the last one a [i]story[/i] though. The side stories helped me connect with characters better. Here's what I learned through side stories: Sayori [spoiler] has an uncontrollable problem where she gets really upset when people worry about her and she prefers everyone around her being happy instead since she knows that worried people wouldn't treat her the same anymore. She felt comfortable expressing her true inner feelings at the club and nowhere else (other than that one time directly to the main character in the main story). [/spoiler] Yuri [spoiler] feels as though anyone nicely engaging with her is doing out of pity from feeling that she's weird. She has trouble believing someone can accept her for who she is. She wants to be treated like any other normal person but doesn't expect as she believes she doesn't act like one. She wants to learn to get along and stop ruining things for herself. [/spoiler] Natsuki [spoiler] joined the club as she couldn't enjoy what she's into without people making snotty comments about it and also because she likes writing. She wants to feel welcomed and accepted for her passion of reading manga. [/spoiler] Getting onto the plot of the egg shell, which is foreign to me and a bit difficult to comprehend, after having read a series of emails I received within a virtual machine the game provides you with, from my understanding, a company named "Metaverse Enterprise Solutions" has been developing a small-scale virtual machine ("VM1") - the one you'll be provided with, and through this virtual machine, they've basically [spoiler] created the DDLC universe. They treat the DDLC girls as "entities" and the company intentionally granted Monika "highly elevated access permission" which explains how she was able to fiddle around with the universe. The company is observing the DDLC universe for data collection. Specifically, they want to know how elevated access affect's a person's emotional state, values and goals, and how they navigate, weaponize and experiment this access, what actions contribute to the destruction of the universe and how can observations be applied to our own universe. [/spoiler] It's also suggested that the main character that we play as [spoiler] is manufactured by Monika herself as a way for her to interact between herself and the user (player). [/spoiler] and lastly suggested that a single virtual machine can [spoiler] contain multiple universes. [/spoiler] In other words, I think the egg shell plot is just canonical confirmation that DDLC Plus! is a [spoiler] simulation and that none of the girls and the universe they are in is real. [/spoiler] [spoiler] Understanding. Balance. Reflection. Self-Love. [/spoiler] are beautiful & empowering words! [h1] Suggestions for Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! [/h1] If this game is re-explored, please consider implementing these suggestions: - I felt you left out important context regarding [b] character history [/b]. I wish childhoods were explored. I remember years ago I played a mod exploring Natsuki's history with her papa's abuse. It would be fulfilling to learn: when and how Natsuki's issues with her papa developed, what exactly drives Sayori into depressed thoughts, when and how Yuri's obsession with knives and cutting developed and how Monika became popular and seeing Monika's experiences coping as the popular girl in school. Maybe the girls used to be completely different people as children and became who they were later on in life, who knows! It would also be interesting to see some side stories of the main character before joining the club! I would love to see a side story of the main character and Sayori having a good time! These sort of side stories could be implemented before the first current side story! - Let us hide dialogue in side stories, especially during CG reveals at the end as CGs can transition to different forms while the CG gallery only displays one CG form. - Add CGs throughout the side stories instead of just at the very end of them. Signing off with iconic quotes: [i] "This is the Literature Club. The Literature Club is a place where everyone gets to be themselves. We all have our own interests, and our differences. It's my vision to let us freely express that. And...it's my goal to respect everyone for them. So, I just want to learn about the things that make you happy. I think that you deserve to share that joy as much as everyone else does." "We share things because we want to express ourselves. Sharing experiences allows us to share emotions." "...Just move your hand. Write the way into your heart."[/i] - Monika [h1] Overall Rating: 10/10 [/h1]