Developed by Team Salvato, Doki Doki Literature Club! is a psychological horror visual novel video game, available for the Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems. Despite its bright colors and cute characters, Doki Doki Literature Club hides a dark and twisted secret. At first, the game may present as any typical dating simulation. Your character, placed into a new situation, must attempt to gain the favor of the four females in the story. In this situation, encouraged to join the struggling literature club by your childhood friend Sayori, you accept the invitation.
In your attempt to strike up a relationship with one of the girls, you write little poems. Cute as it is, at this point, you wonder how this is even a Psychological Horror. Well, the truth is, at this point, it isn't. In fact, things only begin to get weird as the story develops and as you near the big Club Festival. Without revealing too much, it's probably best if you jump in and see how the story unfolds. In due time, you will see just how dark this game is.
Doki Doki Literature Club! Features
Give that you joined a Literature Club, writing is one of the primary features in the game. In this case, you must carefully choose words to construct poems based on each of the girl's personalities. To explain, each word you pick will have a corresponding value connected to each character. If you choose your words wisely, you will gain favor with that girl, and ultimately progress your relationship. For that reason, experiment with different combinations of words until you come up the best possible combination. It still sounds like a dating sim doesn't it?
The game is all about choices and how those choices affect the outcome. Doki Doki Literature Club! features many secrets and easter eggs. As I have said, I would rather not spoil anything for you. But I can tell you that you must play the game through to the end first to experience the game and its real potential. There are many walkthroughs and videos which explain just how twisted this game is.
In Conclusion
At this point, nothing has been said here that will spoil any part of this game, and that was intentional. There are far too many intricacies to fit into a brief overview. In any case, Doki Doki is a highly recommend VN. And we're confident that it will leave you feeling uncomfortable and slightly depressed. This is by design; this is why you came here. Finally, play through to the end, then relaunch the game. You will start to notice something has changed. Is it the game, or is it you?
