Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is better than I anticipated.

I don't like the cutesy visual novel part of it, Act 1 is a drag to get through, but I firmly believe that the horror wouldn't be nearly as effective without it - keep in mind, though, the psychological horror is very much overrated. It's decent for the short length of the game (I believe I did everything but the good ending in under 3 hours, I'm a relatively fast reader), but nothing much beyond that.

I would bump this down to a 2.5 stars but I really appreciate the effort and thought that went behind this title, and I commend Team Salvato for their skill in subverting player expectations and the game's uniqueness.

I didn't play the substories in Plus! and I have no intention of doing so - personally, I feel that all of the characters are developed enough during the main game, albeit requiring some inferring from the dialogue, but I'm much more interested in DDLC+ as a HORROR game and nothing else.

High 5/Low 6 / 10