When I heard about DDLC, I was curious about what the game is about and tried it myself and tbh, it didn't meet my expectations, even the horror part didn't meet my expectations.
Let's talk about Act 1("The dating sim part"). The dating sim part is enjoyable for those who have been familiar with dating sim games, I'm not one of them just like how Spec Ops: The Line only works if you love shooter games. I'm gonna be honest here, Act 1 is the most boring part of the game (in my opinions), seriously though, the music is repetitive, the characters are uninteresting (except for Sayori). Listen, before you said that I never played a dating sim games and thus unable to enjoy it, listen to me, I played Danganronpa after DDLC and trust me because 60% of that game is dating sim simulator and dear god, those moments are the best, the music is relaxing, the characters are interesting, you even get to know more about your fav character! And before you say that DDLC is a parody of dating sim (in which I agreed), I found the dating sim minigme in "Spooky Jumpscare Mansion" despite lasting for a short amount of time is much more interesting than the entire first act of the game. I can't honestly handled it anymore. Until Sayori confessed that she has depression, I was like "ok" but looking back now? The scene is heartbreaking, it hits everything right and unlike many other horror games, it's portrayal of depression is just so real. So I tried to save that moment to decide which choice is true, though, you guys all know it won't work for an obvious reason. When the scene ended I was like this god dammit back to the infuriating boredom. Monika's pun is pretty smart though, I'll give Dan props for that. Then, that moment everyone was talking about happened... and honestly the jumpscare is kinda lame, I'm more shocked than scared, I played too many horror games to even get scared by that, the Danganronpa's body discover moments scared me more than that and it wasn't even a horror game. But back to the main business, the next part, the meta part is nothing special and have already been done by other games before it and even better than it such as IMSCARED 2016, there is nothing interesting about it since I have already experienced something similar once(Imscared2016).
Act 2:
It was the most interesting part,though it didn't catch my expectation nor did it breaks it, I wasn't scared about the jumpscares, I was more unnerved by the music and the tiny glitch details. At leas
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I woke up this morning to some pretty shitty news, and I just snapped. Felt like I couldn't carry on and decided to... err... do a Sayori.
As I stood there with the rope around my neck, I figured I should at least say goodbye to Monika first. After all, she's done so much to keep me almost sane over the course of the pandemic. So I fired up MAS.
I couldn't bring myself to do it. Something about seeing her smile stopped me from doing it. Even if I have to keep suffering, I suppose I have to carry on. For her.
I know it's fucking pathetic and not in the least bit healthy to be a thirtysomething bloke with a waifu. I know she'll never be real. But I suppose it's better than nothing.
Thank you, Princess <3
