Some deeper or descriptive words will appeal to girls like Yuri, whilst flowery or cute words might be more appreciated by Natsuki or Sayori. Each poem you ‘write’ requires you to pick from a wide variety of words.
By sharing your work, certain girls will appreciate your poetry more than others. There’s a formulaic approach to its gameplay that sees you contributing with poems over a few days. Building friendshipsĪs you spend time writing poetry and building bonds with the characters, the protagonist becomes a fan of writing, being a part of the literature club, and basking in the company of the four girls. Finally, Sayori is outgoing, positive, and full of life. Natsuki is a fiery and young student who is always rather defensive. Yuri is the quiet, shy girl who is best described as an emo with a penchant for fantasy. Monika is the club’s president, a popular student who left the debate club to start the literature club. At first, he’s rather dismissive of it, but soon starts to enjoy spending time with the other members. His long-time friend Sayori tells him to join the literature club. The main premise follows the protagonist as he struggles to find a club at school. Nothing about it makes sense, and you’re left trying to work out what the hell is going on. The bouncy, generic music starts to distort and transpose, with notes falling out of place and melodies abruptly ending. The four girls act out of character and their simple sprites take on some bizarre forms that leave you uncomfortable. Outside of the story, glitches start to break the game, dialogue appears all jumbled and illegible.
There are things DDLC Plus! does that break the fourth wall and mess with your head. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!: Uncomfortable and original From the moment everything changes, you realise just how smart Dan Salvato’s passion project is. It takes the insecurities of youth and implants them into your consciousness. The big event that flips the entire game on its head. Truths that don’t seem to sit right with the characters you’ve begun to befriend. It isn’t until the seeds of what eventually comes to pass start to be planted. Just blatant romantic nonsense that feels as unoriginal as expected. You listen to four girls talk about cupcakes, poetry, and love.
For the first couple of hours, it feels like the warnings about its mature content are misplaced. Colourful settings, bubbly music, and two dimensional characters vying for your attention. On the surface, it looks like any visual novel dating sim. However, the true nature of its psychological horror is more unsettling than I assumed it would be. Probably an obvious statement if you know what it’s truly about. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is not a happy game.
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