One of the most misunderstood games ever done. First i wanna start this review by saying im a huge yume nikki nerd. Thousands upon thousands of hours into the original game, fan games, information, music etc, and it was today when i ended dream diary, and i really think this game has a barrier of entry, where if you have just, played a bit of yume nikki, you would hate it, but as someone who has spend so much time on this game i think is lovely. The whole new design of the game is conflicting by many, but i think it works, it's charming and i love how they addapted some of the stuff from the original. This should not be taken so much as a remake, but as a reimagination of the original, with different ending, rooms, events, all, is a different view on a game that should not be taken literally. You should not be playing the original as "a girl who dreams", the whole game is a metaphor, madotsuki is not a character but a way to tell you something, like paper works to write a story. And this is too, and i think it is charming, and really gives you an even better experience by knowing the original game, underrated gem