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The Doki Doki Literature Club! debate

What the community thinks of Doki Doki Literature Club!, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. Cortez_1998

    The interface stays deliberately simple for most of the runtime, which makes the moments it breaks that simplicity land much harder than they would in a flashier engine.

  2. Kuphal99

    My roommate at the time refused to be in the room once she saw my face during act two.

    rowe_trystan

    My roommate thing happened to me too, except it was my brother refusing to even look at the screen after that.

    LootAce

    Yo también prefiero Ace Attorney para volver a jugar, este no aguanta una segunda vuelta igual

  3. CosmoHunter49

    Got me through a rough winter a couple years back, still weirdly grateful for that.

  4. lfarrell

    The SECOND act still gets me.

  5. NovaMaster2

    But nobody wants to admit the back half leans entirely on shock, and once you know what's coming the writing underneath is pretty thin, the tone shift is clever exactly once.

    Save_Crona

    Same happened to my gf, she left the room during act two and never came back tbh.

  6. ComboSamurai

    Does anyone actually think it holds up against Steins;Gate on plot, or is the shock value doing all the heavy lifting here?

  7. NovaOwl

    I still don't get why this keeps getting matched against Ace Attorney of all things, they're not even trying to do the same thing, and then someone throws Danganronpa in there too like it's the same genre, when really the closest comparison people should make is just other horror VNs, which barely exist on this site apparently.

    GhostByte3

    j'y ai mis trois heures d'affilée puis plus jamais touché, comparé à ça franchement c'est vite vu.

    Eloisa_40

    Barely, since the horror tag alone doesn't make it kin to Ace Attorney or Danganronpa, does it?

  8. RustyRider

    The genre needed a jump scare more than it needed another visual novel with actual writing, apparently! I say this with love because I still think about it constantly.

    IronPilot

    Same genre debate, different day, and I'm still not tired of having it.

    Frédéric_1997

    Franchement je le rejoue de temps en temps, pas pour l'effet de surprise qui ne marche plus du tout, mais pour l'ambiance du début, celle avant que tout parte en vrille, ça reste agréable en soi.

  9. Miles_44

    Maybe it's unfair, but Ace Attorney just has more staying power for me.

    McClure30

    Same here honestly, Ace Attorney just has that replay pull this one doesn't quite manage.

    SilviaAce

    Replying to McClure30

    Jugué la segunda vez ya sabiendo todo, y aun así algo se sentía distinto, raro decirlo así.

    Coop_Ferrer

    A mí también me pasa, vuelvo antes a Ace Attorney que a este, será la costumbre supongo.

    BossWolf

    Replying to Coop_Ferrer

    Cette histoire de retour vers Ace Attorney je la comprends, il a ce format procès qu'on connaît par cœur et qui rassure, mais ça n'enlève rien à ce que ce jeu tente de faire une fois, autrement.

    ArcadeMaster

    Ace Attorney tiene casos que aguantan mil relecturas, este... no tanto la verdad

  10. RogueNinja97

    It starts like the cutest thing imaginable, then it doesn't stay that way at all. The tonal whiplash is the whole point.

  11. Arnaude_40

    Face à Ace Attorney, il n'a ni le rythme ni les personnages qui durent.

  12. RogueNinja62

    on peut arrêter de le mettre en duel contre des vrais visual novels avec de l'écriture derrière ? la comparaison tourne toujours à son avantage alors qu'il joue sur un seul effet de surprise, une fois qu'on le connaît il ne reste plus grand chose.

    SilentRunner

    En serio alguien necesita otro visual novel con guion real para compararlo, y no este juego que vive de un solo golpe de efecto?

    Gonzalez2008

    Replying to SilentRunner

    Il n'a pas besoin d'un guion pareil, il vise autre chose et ça marche très bien pour ce qu'il fait.

  13. Peltier8

    Il mérite largement sa place, ce jeu retourne les gens sans prévenir.

    Isabel_19

    What did you feel the second time through, once the surprise was gone?

    NovaPlayer15

    Replying to Isabel_19

    Same, it lingers less once you know what's coming.

    RetroSamurai

    Su lugar seguro, pero contra Ace Attorney no debería ganar tanto, no les parece raro ese porcentaje?

    TurboPlayer2007

    It works exactly once, and once isn't enough to justify beating Ace Attorney in duel after duel.

  14. FrameLegend2010

    comparado con Steins;Gate le falta la paciencia narrativa, aquí todo depende del golpe de efecto

    André_20

    Pareil ici, sauf que c'est ma SŒUR qui me l'a filé sans un mot d'explication, merci pour le traumatisme collectif.

  15. daniel_launay

    On me l'a présenté comme mignon et inoffensif. Menteur, celui qui m'a dit ça, complètement menteur.

    CoopKnight4

    The friendly warning always comes too late for this one, Ace Attorney at least tells you what kind of ride you're getting into.