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D̵͔̦̳ͩͭͬ̑O͉͕̤͚̔͗͊͊ͤͩ͆N̡͙͔̗̲̭̿ͮ̃̆'͋T̸̻̻̓ ͉̰̱̭̌ͫͪ͆̈́ͩͣͅP̷̹̞̞̠̮̪̏L̜̹̹̠A̦̪̲̩͋̑̈̔͗͢ͅŶ͍̜͡ ̨̮͖̥̜̫͉̙ͩͦT̂̋͆͑̉Ȟ̐ͫͩI̟̙̦͋͡Ŝ̵̳͉̃͗̅̈́̐ ̬̹Ĝ̟̞̗͆ͫ͒ͦ̔ͯḀ͔̖͇̟ͥ͊̎ͤ̓M̨̘͋̈͐̇͌͆͆Ḛ̉̑̍͌̚͟

Doki Doki Literature Club is your typical dating sim visual novel. What makes it stand out is T҉̛̛H̶̨̀E͟҉͟ ̢̛̀̕Ų́͠Ţ̵̛͠҉T̷̛̕͟E̢͝҉R͏̷͢͝ ̶P̵͠À̶͝͡I̸̷̧͝Ņ̴̢͜͟ ̢̧̢͠A̴̕͟͢͞N̴̵Ḑ̡̛̛́ ̡́͞Ţ͟͞͡O̸̧Ŕ̶̛M̵̢͞͝E͟͝Ņ̛͡͠͡T͏͟ ҉̀͟͢Y̸̶҉͝O̷͢U̵̧ ̸̸̸̢͘W̴̸̢̡͘I̸̡̨̕͡L͏҉̵L̵̶ ̡̛͘͜Ś̷Ų̸͝F͟͞͝F̸́̀E̢҉̛R̢̛҉̵ the interesting characters, each with a ton of depth and issues that make them feel very real. The hardest part of choosing one is T̷̢R͞Ý̷҉Í̸̸̧N̶͡G͢҉ ̸̢͘T҉̢O̶̢̨̨̕ ̸͡͏K̛̕͜͞E͘͏̕͜͡È̴͞P͞͞͏ ̴̛Y̨̨͘͢͠Ơ̛͟U͏̢͞R̛̛͝҉ ̸̵̛͞Ś̡Á̶̛Ǹ̨͜͝I҉͏͏͘T̵̸̸́͡Y̸̷̕ ̸̀͢͞A̷̡̛̛N̷̸̢̢͟D̡͝ ̵̧̀Ẃ̵̕I̵͟Ļ̕L̸̛ ̵͞҉T̶̴͞҉͜Ǫ́͢ ͞͝L͏̸͜I̵̢͘͝V̧͜͠͞E͝ seeing all the other girls so downhearted that they weren't your first choice. You can play the game multiple times to get all the endings, but that W̶̡͘͟͠I̕L̨͞͝͝L̶̵̨͝ ̴́L̴̸̸̸͞Ę̸̕҉Á̴͢͠D̷̷̡͘ ̶̨̧T͘͡҉O̶̴̕͟ ̛A̷͡͏ ̛H̴̸̴̸͟E͞͝L̸Ļ̡I̷͘͞҉Ş́͠H̶͡ ̧̨́̕͡I̷̧͏M̷͏P̵̀͡R͘͞͞Į̵̛͜͝S̶͜҉O̵̵̢N̶͝M̴È͏̵̛͡Ń̴̡̨͠T̵̕͟͡ ҉̴̴̧̀Ó̕͜͝F̧͢͡͠͡ ̶̀͘͢Ỳ̷̢͘Ơ̸̵̢͝U̵͞R̸̡̕ ͜S͘͟͜O͜͝Ù͡҉͘L͘̕ can take a while. The game does have a skip text option, making it easier for you to L҉͡Ơ̡͞S̢̢̛͜͝E̕͏̡͡ ̢́͠Ȩ̨̨͡V̸̧̧̀́È͡R̵̀͝Y̸͘͜͟͡T̡͜H̵̶͞Í̕N̶̴͞G҉̀͡͠ ̶͠A͘N̕D̸̨̀̕͝ ̴́͜͝E̴V̨̕͜E҉̢R̢̡҉҉Ý̢͝Ơ̛N͞E̕͘͜͏͢ ̷͞Y̷͏̶O̴̢̢͢Ù̴ ̵̷̸̡̕L̛҉̷͘O̴̕͜V̧̢͘E̡͟͏D͏̕ go back and make different choices, which is much appreciated. Overall, while not anything special, Doki Doki Literature Club will M̧̧̢͟A̷̸̡̢͘K̀͘͢͡͞Ȩ̡ ̷͞Y̵̵͟O̸̸̢̧U͏̶̨ ̢́͟R̴̵E̛҉̴͘͟Ą͢͜͞L̸̢I̡̢̡͞͝Z̴͘͢͜È̴̷̀ ̀҉̢͟T̨̨H̢́͢҉A̛͟T͜͟͠ ̸̸̀͟͢E͟V͜͝Ȩ̨̡Ŕ͘Ý̵͠T̶́͠H҉̶I̵̴N̨̛G̨͜ ̨́͠I̛͝Ş͏ ̶͘͝A͞͡͡ ̷̨̧Ļ̸̀I̴̶͟E̶̛ still give you a fantastic, heartwarming experience.

This game clearly was not optomized for PC. In addition to having copious amounts of lag, I also encountered several control issues that made the game literally unplayable. My arrow keys seemed to be too sensitive, i.e I would tap up once and it would scroll up twice. In addition, once I got to the free-roaming portion my view wouldn't stop spinning, making it impossible for me to move around anywhere. Conversing with the other characters was also buggy, as some kind of "voice" meter would constantly pop up, making it nigh-impossible for me to click through the text. (I'm assuming that the "voice" meter is some kind of in-game mechanic, but as I couldn't get past the first five minutes of the demo, I have no idea.) I've also heard reports from people of the demo crashing when they tried to boot it up, and while that hasn't happened to me, I almost wish it had. It's clear that the PC demo was a mere afterthought to NIS, and these glitches have ruined what I assume is an otherwise great demo for me.