Welcome to the Literature Club! It's always been a dream of mine to make something special out of the things I love. EGMNow ranked it 16th in their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017. ĭoki Doki Literature Club! won several awards at IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, including 'Best PC Game', 'Best Adventure Game', 'Most Innovative' and 'Best Story', all of which were 'People's Choice'.

In addition, Tom Philip, from the men's magazine GQ, called it one of the scariest games he has ever played. Gita Jackson from Kotaku claims that it is a 'truly special game'. Characters ĭoki Doki Literature Club! includes five main characters: the protagonist, the only male character in the game who is controlled by the player, Monika, the club's bubbly and peppy president, Sayori, the cheerful and smiley club's vice-president in Act 1, Yuri, the shy and sophisticated club's vice-president in Act 2 and so forth, and Natsuki, a kind girl who has a tough demeanor.ĭoki Doki Literature Club!'s initial reception was overwhelmingly positive and it quickly gained a cult following. The game itself contains suicide, self-harm, mentions of depression, and graphic images of death. The first few hours of Act 1 go normally, reflecting its marketing as a normal romance Visual Novel, but everything changes in Act 2, with the game turning from a cutesy romance story to a psychological thriller with heavy use of breaking the fourth wall.

The general gameplay of Doki Doki Literature Club! is designed to lure players into a sense of comfort before subverting their expectations.

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