A Japanese anime visual novel that pretty much looked like a dating simulator? How on earth would he assume I would be into this? Yet, he insisted I go into the game without knowing anything about. I honestly thought my colleague, John O’Leary was absolutely batshit crazy for recommending this game to me over the holiday. If you genuinely want to be surprised, play it first and then come back to read this later.I promise you it’s worth it as a gamer, and you’ll appreciate these insights even more. It’s free and it’ll take you no more than 4 hours to finish. Doki Doki Literature Club is one of the biggest surprises for me from last year, so before I even go dive into this topic any further, I urge you to play before I spoil one of the most interesting games on the market.