Doki-Doki Literature Club - Adult Visual Novel [18+]

[Autistic AT-ST]

That could be good imo.
The first game said pretty much this:

-You want cute anime girls to jerk off to?
-Fuck you you won't get that get over yourself and think how creppy dating Vns are

I hope the second game could say.

-You want cute nostalgia bait to feel the same way you felt 4 years ago?
-Fuck you you won't get that you changed,the world changed you can't feel the same way ever again.

I believe the game you are looking for is called "Moe era" which is a DDLC clone and also a blatant piece of russian propaganda with a ton of overused and dead zoomer memes, even at the time it was released. Look at how most of the comments on announcements and forum discussion posts are in russian and even everything that isnt an announcement, being in russian from the developer account.


Surprised that game doesnt have a thread of its own.

 

[Timaeus Testified]

I like how it's rated M on the box, that has to be fucking confusing to any parent looking at that. I might get the physical copy just for that reason. It'll be like my own Conker's Bad Fur Day.

 

[Ravana]

Rated M for Monika

 

[Serbian Peacekeepers]

That could be good imo.
The first game said pretty much this:

-You want cute anime girls to jerk off to?
-Fuck you you won't get that get over yourself and think how creppy dating Vns are

I hope the second game could say.

-You want cute nostalgia bait to feel the same way you felt 4 years ago?
-Fuck you you won't get that you changed,the world changed you can't feel the same way ever again.

As much as i hope this is the case i have a sinking feeling that its just gonna be a remaster with some of minor new content , and maybe a tease for a proper sequel , and even then how do you do a sequel to ddlc?

 

[Xerxes IX]

Knowing the base game I'm skeptical the new "cute wholesome extra mode where the girls befriend each other" will be exactly as advertised. Then again they could be capitalizing off everyone who got attached to the characters and made mods/fangames about the exact same thing.

 

[Glowing Goldfish]

Wasn't there this whole thing about some girl named Libitina? And they were going to make a game about her in 2018? What happened to that?

After 4 years all we got is a switch port?

That's disappointing.

 

[MooseGump]

Wasn't there this whole thing about some girl named Libitina? And they were going to make a game about her in 2018? What happened to that?

After 4 years all we got is a switch port?

That's disappointing.

I can't help but still read it as Libtard, maybe they could have gotten more support if they had a libtard mode

 

[Antarctic Hellbeast]

Wasn't there this whole thing about some girl named Libitina? And they were going to make a game about her in 2018? What happened to that?

After 4 years all we got is a switch port?

That's disappointing.

They have a switch port and physical copies now?
Monika after story will still probably be better. The game was free along with the mod.

 

[Autistic AT-ST]

They have a switch port and physical copies now?
Monika after story will still probably be better. The game was free along with the mod.

They likely wont add in something like MAS for all 4 characters and will pull out Project Libitina instead, using DDLC+ as a cover.

 

[Wreckage Brother]

I know i'm 3 years but:
"Natsuki IS A GIRL; SHE NEVER HAD A FREAKIN' PICKLE!!!!"

 

[cummytummies]

Is the Plus! upgrade worth it if I never got around to playing the game, but am fully aware of the "reveal" and the meme overall?

 

[Petronella]

Is the Plus! upgrade worth it if I never got around to playing the game, but am fully aware of the "reveal" and the meme overall?

Plus adds a few side stories that serve as prequels to the original DDLC, showing the formation of the club and how the girls all became friends.

Spoiler: Massive spoilers.

The biggest thing DDLC Plus adds is new lore discovered through messing around with files, etc. Long story short, there's a secret shadow organization devoted to creating simulated universes, with the goal of trying to figure out if their own universe is a simulation. Monika (revealed to be short for Monitor Kernel Access) was purposely made meta-aware to observe what would happen if someone knew they were in a simulation. The player character in DDLC was Monika's own creation to try reaching out to the real person playing the game.

 

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

Huh, after reading all this garbage I kinda want to go play the game now... on a Nintendo Switch.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Huh, after reading all this garbage I kinda want to go play the game now... on a Nintendo Switch.

Honestly it's pretty disappointing, it feels like adding complicated lore when the original game was pretty much fine as is with it's story.

 

[The Fair Lady]

Yeah Plus definitely isn't worth it IMO, it just adds a bunch of fluff stories of the girls having sweet moments with each other along with a stupid meta twist. The base game is fine.

 

[creamy cookies]

Wasn't there this whole thing about some girl named Libitina? And they were going to make a game about her in 2018? What happened to that?

i'm quite late, but i suppose i could say i've had a couple conversations with one of the team salvato members. all the libitina stuff are merely easter eggs within the original game, nothing more than a teaser for something that would never come just for fun. matpat screwed up by theorizing it like that, apparently to this day they still get emails from kids asking where's the game they were "promised" in 2018.

as disappointing as it is, dan's other game in the works is, in his own words, completely unrelated to ddlc. whether that extends to the easter eggs within the game is anyone's guess, as said team salvato member has an nda to uphold, but i got my fair share of answers about it from the guy.

 

[ShoFuKan]

Imma keep this short. Doki failed in 2 ways.
1. The story pulled the rug from under the player way too early. As I remember mentioned by Yahtzee, seeing Sayuri's suicide is a shock for the player but since you now know it's a creepy meme game, Natsuki breaking her neck and Yuri stabbing herself doesn't come across as weird as they should be. This is because the VN it's ripping off paying homage to, Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi, was smart enough to only do the meta ending at the very ending of the game, so it came across as a shock to the player.
"Just Monika" is a bad excuse for storytelling.

2. Not doing anything with the game for 3 years. It's nice that they added stuff to the meme VN but as a result it's no longer free and once you know the surprise, it's kinda boring the 2nd, 3rd and 4th times through.
What Doki, Doki should have been from the start was a proper VN, like Grisaia each of the heroines has problems and you have to go through their respective paths to understand the larger context. Sayuri has issues with depression, Yuri is obsessive and likes self harm, Natsuki has an abusive father and Monika can't help anyone because she knows all of this. Hence if you pursue her first she diverts you to someone else. The meta aspect would be the player knows what the characters are going through and can actually help them. But can the player then help Monika, give an actual stake for her.
This is hypothetical though and actual game design as opposed to meme tier VN writings.
There is nice art of the characters though.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Imma keep this short. Doki failed in 2 ways.
1. The story pulled the rug from under the player way too early. As I remember mentioned by Yahtzee, seeing Sayuri's suicide is a shock for the player but since you now know it's a creepy meme game, Natsuki breaking her neck and Yuri stabbing herself doesn't come across as weird as they should be. This is because the VN it's ripping off paying homage to, Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi, was smart enough to only do the meta ending at the very ending of the game, so it came across as a shock to the player.
"Just Monika" is a bad excuse for storytelling.
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2. Not doing anything with the game for 3 years. It's nice that they added stuff to the meme VN but as a result it's no longer free and once you know the surprise, it's kinda boring the 2nd, 3rd and 4th times through.
What Doki, Doki should have been from the start was a proper VN, like Grisaia each of the heroines has problems and you have to go through their respective paths to understand the larger context. Sayuri has issues with depression, Yuri is obsessive and likes self harm, Natsuki has an abusive father and Monika can't help anyone because she knows all of this. Hence if you pursue her first she diverts you to someone else. The meta aspect would be the player knows what the characters are going through and can actually help them. But can the player then help Monika, give an actual stake for her.
This is hypothetical though and actual game design as opposed to meme tier VN writings.
There is nice art of the characters though.
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I mean it was a free game, so its short length is justified. Iit's basically the usual fourth wall breaking VN but was a huge revelation for every person who always thought that all VN are dating sims.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

I mean it was a free game, so its short length is justified.

Is it though?

I'm not a fan of this argument in which something is free therefore it's ok for it to have less unless you actually spend money on it. Streets of Rage Remake is a free fangame of the first 3 SOR games and it has a fuck-ton of content and unlockables, including alternate paths, extra characters, different versions of the classic crew, different modes, and tons of graphical tweaks you can make in options. Likewise there have been PLENTY of highly prices games that wind up being complete garbage, ESPECIALLY anything AAA related.

 

[Disco Infernape]

Imma keep this short. Doki failed in 2 ways.
1. The story pulled the rug from under the player way too early. As I remember mentioned by Yahtzee, seeing Sayuri's suicide is a shock for the player but since you now know it's a creepy meme game, Natsuki breaking her neck and Yuri stabbing herself doesn't come across as weird as they should be. This is because the VN it's ripping off paying homage to, Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi, was smart enough to only do the meta ending at the very ending of the game, so it came across as a shock to the player.
"Just Monika" is a bad excuse for storytelling.
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2. Not doing anything with the game for 3 years. It's nice that they added stuff to the meme VN but as a result it's no longer free and once you know the surprise, it's kinda boring the 2nd, 3rd and 4th times through.
What Doki, Doki should have been from the start was a proper VN, like Grisaia each of the heroines has problems and you have to go through their respective paths to understand the larger context. Sayuri has issues with depression, Yuri is obsessive and likes self harm, Natsuki has an abusive father and Monika can't help anyone because she knows all of this. Hence if you pursue her first she diverts you to someone else. The meta aspect would be the player knows what the characters are going through and can actually help them. But can the player then help Monika, give an actual stake for her.
This is hypothetical though and actual game design as opposed to meme tier VN writings.
There is nice art of the characters though.
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This is why Monika After Story exists. I refuse to believe that mod wasn't inspired by Miyuki. The mod plays the exact same as that section but with obvious improvements.