![]() It was however only after the second twist of the initial playthrough (3 hours for the playthrough in question) that I realized just how I played just into the games expectation. Alongside the players I was expectant of a sudden step-up in dramatic tension. Initially, the game seems silly and lighthearted, but the 2 players were promised that “this game fucked me up” – implying a sudden twist in the narrative. I encountered it by watching a playthrough of the game on Youtube ( ). I admit I have not played this game myself. ![]() Underneath it quickly reveals itself as a brilliant parody on its genre however, a satire of (interactive) narratives through a double twisting of its theme and, more importantly, with the construction of a negative “deus ex machina” that complicates rather than concludes the narrative. ![]() Initially, Doki Doki literature club would seem a caricature of visual novels, with all its usual caveats. ![]()
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