Not What It Seems: Doki Doki Literature Club/Plus (PC/Switch/XbOne/XbSeries/PS4/PS5, 2017) Review
NOTICE: This review contains spoilers of a story-heavy video game. If you have not played it and are interested in doing so, it is advised you do not read this review until you do so. I am not responsible for any readers being spoiled from this point forward. This review also regards a game containing themes and depictions of suicide, self-harm, depression, death, and abuse. Any content warnings from the game itself apply here. Reader discretion is advised, especially if you deal with anxiety and depression and/or are sensitive to these types of themes. In all honesty, when I first heard of Doki Doki Literate Club - around the time it was released on Steam and trending around for a little bit - I… didn’t really know what to make of it. To an extent it just kind of looked like, well, an anime dating simulator, but I didn’t really understand what the hype was about. I mean, I guess I had also heard about it’s horror elements but… I dunno. I did try to get into it a few times, and w...