I'm just gonna vent if that's okay. Spoilers ahead. I randomly checked this game out after hearing about it's distrubing nature and was morbidly curious. I didn't even play it, I just checked a let's play which was probably saved my full sanity. I don't in anyway think of this as a one in a million masterpiece. In fact it's very simple and says more about me that such a simple thing could affect me in such a way.

Basically i was cruising along fine inpatiently waiting for the creepy stuff so i could find out what all the fuss was about. It was an eye rolling experience most of the time cause the overall nature of the game is really not my cup of tea. But when it finally got the point of Sayori confessing her depression it hit me hard. I didn't expect it and I could relate to it so damn hard. Most of the time my anxiety and depression is repressed pretty well, i'm aware of it and if any piece of media blantantly is depressing I can prepare myself and deal with it. This time I could not prepare for it and of course the game never let up and got even more fucked. I got to the point of Sayori's suicide and tapped out so damn fast.

But i think what played an even bigger role was Monika's reveal to be a complete sociopath who (the way I see it) pushed Sayori to suicide. And for some reason the line "you left her hanging" got me the most. The very fact she was aware of it and reveled in the fact she could tease you about is just so damn fucked. And i'm so goddamn disgusted.

Congrats game, you managed to break a jaded, 19 year old guy through nothing but some simple story telling. It's the day after and i didn't sleep well so i'm somber af. What a ride holy fuck