A crazy visual novel 'Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!' Review where school life with beautiful girls collapses with save data



As soon as it was released overseas in 2017, new elements and new CG were

added to the visual novel 'Doki Doki Literature Club! ', Which became a hot topic in Japan and overseas due to the unexpected development of players who were expecting a sweet and sour love story. In addition, 'Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! ', Which officially supports Japanese, has appeared on Steam from July 1, 2021. I am worried about the mysterious work that the beautiful girl game that starts from becoming a mediocre high school boy and joining the literary club full of beautiful girls transforms into a psychological horror that penetrates the fourth wall and approaches the player himself. So I actually played it.

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388880/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club_Plus/

When you start the game, 'This game contains non-children's content and stimulating expressions. If you are suffering from anxiety or depression, you may not want to play this game.' A disturbing guide will be displayed.



You can check in advance what kind of content it is, but since it contains spoilers, I chose 'No' this time. In addition to being able to operate with the mouse, you can also use the arrow keys and enter key on the keyboard.



You will be asked to agree that the content is very stimulating, so select 'I agree'.



Then, the game will start, so select 'New Game' and then ...



Decide on the name of the main character and click 'OK'.



The main part of the game starts with the scene where the main character of a high school boy goes to school with his childhood friend 'Sayori' who lives in the neighborhood. You can send lines by clicking the screen, using the enter key on the keyboard, or using the space key.



Sayori cares about the fact that the main character is living a student life without joining club activities.



Therefore, at the strong recommendation of Sayori, who is the deputy director of the literature club, I decided to visit the literature club. The members of the literary club are Natsuki (center), who usually behaves bullish but actually likes cute things.



Quiet literary girl Yuri (right),



Monica (right), who is the director of the literary club and is the most popular in the class, and the unique people.



Click 'History' at the bottom of the balloon ...



It is possible to go back and read the lines that you missed.



You can also save the progress of the game in the 'save game' and restart it in the 'road game'.



'Option' looks like this. On this screen, you can change the speed at which the lines are displayed, the speed at which the lines are sent when set to auto, the volume, whether skipping is possible, the language, and the image quality settings.



Also, if you turn on 'Enable warning screen', a warning will be displayed before the shocking scene, so 'I don't like spoilers, so I didn't check the contents, but I was surprised suddenly. This is useful when you are in trouble.



If you set it to 'Auto', you can automatically feed the lines at the speed set in the option, so you can basically proceed with the game hands-free.



If you load the game and start over, and it becomes a read scene, you can click 'Skip' or fast forward with the Ctrl key.



The hero is welcomed by four beautiful girls and decides to join the literary club in a destructive manner.



One of the features of 'Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!' Is the element of 'poetry' that makes the best use of the setting with the literary club.



The player selects the words displayed on the screen and creates a poem for presentation at the literary club. Each member has a tendency to use their favorite language. For example, if you select 'hope', you will always be pleased with the cheerful and cheerful halfbeak. Poetry is purely a system for increasing intimacy with a particular heroine, as poetry is not automatically generated using the selected language.



The goal of the main character of this game is to create poems that resonate with the members of interest and become intimate.



As you progress through the game, you can see event CG and ...



You can also read the poems made by the members.



Unlocked CG and poems can be viewed carefully later. Click 'Exit DDLC' to view.



Then, a screen like an old PC is displayed ...



A virtual system called '

METAVERSE' is displayed. When you select 'Image' from the menu ...



You can browse the CG and poems that have been unlocked so far. 'Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!' Contains more than 100 images in total, including new CG and unreleased concept art.



It is also possible to play the music played during the work. Of the 26 songs in total, 13 are newly added music from the previous work.



Select 'DDLC' to restart the game.



The main character and four members spend time while presenting poems and preparing for the school festival ...



At one point, Sayori became ill, and at the same time, a content warning about 'depression, self-loathing' was displayed.



When Sayori was blamed for the illness, it was discovered that Sayori had been suffering from severe depression for many years.



Sayori's poetry also suddenly changes to something unusual ...



The hero who rushes to Sayori's house with anxiety witnesses a shocking sight.



The game ends when the hero is pushed to the bottom of despair just below the sudden turn.



It is forcibly returned to the title screen, but the halfbeak that should have been reflected there has collapsed ...



All the saved data has also been damaged.



The game restarts from the beginning, but an error occurs in the scene where Sayori should appear ...



The story has also been reorganized, and the main character has been attending school all the time.



Meanwhile, Monica appeared in front of the main character with an eerie noise.



The hero who was invited by the literary club, which has only three people, rushes into the world of the second week when the collapse began ... The story of 'Pounding literary club plus!' Progresses.



'Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!' Is a remastered version of 'Doki Doki Literature Club!' Released in 2017. The basic content is the same as the previous work, but new CG, new BGM, 6 side stories, etc. , A lot of contents that were not in the previous work are also recorded.

Also, the previous work cannot be played in Japanese without a Japanese patch created by volunteers, but the point is that this work supports Japanese by default.



Although it is within the permissible range, some of the Chinese characters are Chinese fonts, and there are some unnatural translations and typographical errors, so I would like to expect future updates. In addition, in the Switch version and PlayStation 4 version described later, the translation has been updated to the one supervised by the

indie game publisher 'PLAYISM'.



Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! From July 1, 2021, the

Steam version will be available for 1520 yen including tax (1368 yen including tax with a 10% discount until July 8), and the Switch version, PlayStation 4 version, and PlayStation 5 version will also be available in October. Scheduled to be released on the 7th, the price is 4200 yen including tax (recommended retail price) for the package version and 1980 yen including tax for the download version. The CERO rating is 'C' for people over 15 years old.

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! | Game | PLAYISM Official Website
https://playism.com/game/doki-doki-literature-club-plus/



Amazon | Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! --Switch ([First time bonus] 4 character stands, floppy disk type card with full soundtrack download code, sticker sticker, Doki Doki Literature Club member's card, poems from Monica, 4 character bookmarks Included in the set) | Game

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