Doki Doki Literature Club
Note that in order to discuss the very nature of this game, minor spoilers are included in this section.
On the surface Doki Doki Literature Club looks like the furthest thing from a horror game imaginable. With its adorable cast of characters and relatively typical school romance plot, Doki Doki Literature Club lures you deep into a false sense of safety. When you start playing through this graphic novel, you’ll be convinced that you aren’t doing more than writing poems and starting a literature club. You will wonder why you even received a long list of warnings about the game’s content. That’s when you’ll run into the end of the game — or what seems to be the end of the game. Doki Doki Literature Club takes scares to the next level by demolishing the fourth wall of gameplay and creating a faux ending that really marks the beginning of this chilling adventure. The initial ending of the game is marred by a character’s death and when you prepare to play through the game again you’ll see that nothing is quite the same and the entire game is nothing like what it seems. While it may seem hard to believe, if you’re looking for one of the most innovative horror games of the year, this seemingly happy-go-lucky graphic novel will catch you by surprise.
