Submitted 1 month ago by zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
Never in my life have I felt so used by a game. Feels dirty. The video game equivalent of emotional abuse.
5 stars, would recommend.
I think the experience is diminished a lot by knowing what the twist is. Especially considering that twist is the only reason most people tried it in the first place when it went viral a few years ago.
I had literally no idea what it was when I played it, so it really span me out. My wife played it first and recommended it to me.
And yeah, it’s a trip.
I played the original and it was such a trip that I bought Plus when it came out, but haven’t gotten around to playing it because I know the twist and it doesn’t hold the same.
If you want more psychological horror emotional abuse, try Echo, which gets frequently compared to DDLC. It’s set up like a gay furry visual novel to start with, but it’s more like Night in the Woods where the paths are who you hang out with instead of who you explicitly want to “date”. As the story progresses it gets extremely dark. I could only do one of the paths before I had to look up the others because I’m too much of a chicken.
Fair warning that it’s a slow burn to get to the rough stuff, but the story is solid and it’s humorous on the way so it’s not boring.
Oh shoot my partner and I started that and got a good way through and completely forgot about it! The writing is very good. I’ll re-ass that to my list!
Auto-correct or Freudian slip?
Either way, I’ve assed “re-ass” to my vocabulary list.
I just finished Echo and Arches last night and holy shit.
Echo is a bit odd with the pacing, the choices and a general vibe of “this was made up as they wrote it.” It wasn’t particularly scary, either. Meanwhile, Arches, knocks it out of the park. The main story is pretty scary, and then the “alternate reality” part makes for a good buddy cop type show premise with a horror twist to it.
Now I’m about to start up The Smoke Room. Echo Project is awesome.
Ugh, I feel like there’s no way I could do Arches if it’s way scarier than Echo. Maybe if I only do it during the day. I’m fairly sure when I did Echo I played it into the night and regretted that. I do feel like dipping back into it all for the story though. I think I’ll try the let’s play series at some point to start with.
I still remember the first time I played it. I was still living with my parents, and they left for a few days. I started the game in the evening, and couldn’t stop until I reach the end of it … in the morning. It’s very uncommon for me to do so (even at the time), but it was so … captivating. I could not stop and go to sleep 😅.
If you liked DDLC, check out You Me and Her a love story. Also Slay the Princess has a lot of weirdness going on and is a super good VN.
I thought Inscryption was great as well, which is great if you like both DDLC (in terms of weirdness) and Slay the Spire (in terms of gameplay).
Also I’m playing you on linux via wine from a pirated repack, video game. How the fuck am I supposed to know what’s supposed to be happening here and what’s my janky-ass setup?
I odn’t know what you are talking about. Kudos to you to openly admit you are into dating schoolgirls at… check notes… 53 years old.
Why did you jump to such weird conclusions? You could have googled the name of the game in the time it took you to comment this and understand it’s not a dating game.
Are you trolling? It’s clearly a dating simulator, I don’t care if “there’s no nudity” or “they are all 18 so it’s fine”.
Get a life.
That game is so good. I went in knowing it was a horror game, and even still that reveal in Sayori’s room caught me off-guard. Seriously, anyone here who hasn’t played it yet, do it. The game is free.
I love the musics. After finishing the game, I played the main theme in my car again and again and again.
zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s all fucked up heartwrenching bullshit and/or confusion through the main game, AND THEN you play the “plus” stories and they’re fucking incredibly empathetic and thoughtful with positive messaging about neurodivergence and also feel like they might fall into a lesbian porno at any minute
Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
As someone who has gone through the freebie version of the game, is the Plus -version’s content worth revisiting it?
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 month ago
IMHO the Plus version is a downgrade since it is made for consoles and does not require you to modify files on your own system.
zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah the 6 prequel stories are cute but $15 is outrageous. I’m sure you can just watch them on youtube.