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Just finished Doki Doki Literature Club, what a fucking rollercoaster (self.patientgamers)

submitted 2 months ago by zaphodb2002 to c/patientgamers

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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; I wonder if the author plans to do more with that whole thing. I saw them post about how they really like writing Devon and Cameron, so I hope to see more of them in the future.

Now I'm about to start up The Smoke Room. Echo Project is awesome. Might as well also check out Adastra while mentioning them. Not horror, but emotionally harmful still. Lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well... Did you think the monsters were scary or Brian and Duke? Because Arches has less supernatural horror and more of the realistic kind, and with the whole romance between the main characters along with the themes of PTSD and trauma, the action sequences are so much more visceral and realistic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Moreso the supernatural stuff for me. The other stuff was dark but I wasn't checking for Brian under my bed.

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Although after reading some of the wiki today I'm a bit more reassured that a lot of the supernatural stuff in Echo seems to be neutral/benevolent, or at least misunderstood.