Sort of.
I think a nonzero amount of it could hit way closer to home than I'd bargain for right now.
Plus, I'm...chronically empathetic, for lack of a more proper term. Wouldn't be the dumbest thing I've gotten emotional over.
Nah, that's OK, I was a bit hesitant to try the game myself. I couldn't actually try it at first because my laptop was kinda being repaired at the time so I just watched a playthrough with commentary (multiple ones actually). I eventually played the game myself with my unwitting friend, and we kinda had a blast doing funny voices for the characters.
The game made me a bit introspective for a bit, and some of the jumpscares spooped me mostly because they capitalised on specific irrational fears of mine, but ultimately I just valued it as an artistic experience and it had a positive effect on me. I can totally understand avoiding it though, I probably should have considering some of my own experiences but my curiosity got the best of me.
Doki Doki Rainclouds though? That's the fan game I'd say stay FAR away from if the original DDLC is too much. I played the entire thing in one sitting and had a constant, well, "raincloud" over my head for at least week or two, and the game still comes back and haunts me sometimes, on top of everything else. It's a fantastic game and I might even play it again one day for an analysis, but it's oppressively depressing. Like the game is actively seeking to make you feel depressed.
" games and people ate it up and now they'll eat up an actual dating sim as well.
