it's fine. i played the base game years ago on PC and find that the attempt at technological scares is mostly diminished on switch. the atmosphere has shifted as such, and any tension from the previous "errors" is pretty much gone by the time the text scrolls again.
the new content is side stories and new 'lore', presented as new files on the virtual machine DDLC runs on in your console. the side stories are of surprisingly good quality, allowing for each of the girls' personalities to shine enough that you realize what their strengths and weaknesses are. the new lore is confusing at best and pointless at worse; chunks of it are already things people knew or suspected, but i guess it's nice to have it be canonical within the DDLC timeline.
my primary issue with DDLC is it's use of suicide and mental illness as shock value. i can't say it doesn't take the topics seriously, though, so perhaps it's best described as clumsy commentary on the stigma that continues to affect mentally ill people in society. i did find the depictions of anxiety and depression to be extremely fair in the side stories, although pretty twee at times, and the base game focuses on a character's psychotic breakdown. the latter of these things i always actually found far more relatable than media that goes out of it's way to depict it. on some level, it's hard to critique this aspect of the game without mentioning that the demonization and shock value the characters go through is intentional, and something you're likely supposed to feel bad and weird about. it doesn't entirely feel like intentional or deserved commentary, however, even if i do appreciate the attempt at it. at no point did it feel like a bad faith take, merely one that was hot potato'd.
despite what i said here, though, i do love this little romp, and monika is one of my favorite characters of all time. i can only really recommend DDLCPlus to people like me, who still enjoy DDLC after all this time. if you're new, i don't think that the switch version is for you. the psychological horror of a game crashing your PC just doesn't come across on the switch.
ultimately, i'd say this is mostly a collector's item for people like me, who already love the game and were just excited to see it in physical form finally.
the new content is side stories and new 'lore', presented as new files on the virtual machine DDLC runs on in your console. the side stories are of surprisingly good quality, allowing for each of the girls' personalities to shine enough that you realize what their strengths and weaknesses are. the new lore is confusing at best and pointless at worse; chunks of it are already things people knew or suspected, but i guess it's nice to have it be canonical within the DDLC timeline.
my primary issue with DDLC is it's use of suicide and mental illness as shock value. i can't say it doesn't take the topics seriously, though, so perhaps it's best described as clumsy commentary on the stigma that continues to affect mentally ill people in society. i did find the depictions of anxiety and depression to be extremely fair in the side stories, although pretty twee at times, and the base game focuses on a character's psychotic breakdown. the latter of these things i always actually found far more relatable than media that goes out of it's way to depict it. on some level, it's hard to critique this aspect of the game without mentioning that the demonization and shock value the characters go through is intentional, and something you're likely supposed to feel bad and weird about. it doesn't entirely feel like intentional or deserved commentary, however, even if i do appreciate the attempt at it. at no point did it feel like a bad faith take, merely one that was hot potato'd.
despite what i said here, though, i do love this little romp, and monika is one of my favorite characters of all time. i can only really recommend DDLCPlus to people like me, who still enjoy DDLC after all this time. if you're new, i don't think that the switch version is for you. the psychological horror of a game crashing your PC just doesn't come across on the switch.
ultimately, i'd say this is mostly a collector's item for people like me, who already love the game and were just excited to see it in physical form finally.