Purist Mod - After Action (long review) 1/4
Review
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HOLY WALL OF TEXT BATMAN!
I know, If you can't read the whole thing, just scroll down to your favorite Doki and read that.
TL DR: Overall this is a very good mod and I would play 3 of the 4 paths again happily.
This is my frank and unfiltered opinion on the 4 paths in the the Purist Mod.
FIRST - huge salute to the makes of this mod. Clearly A LOT of work went into it and I DO recommend it.
I expect many of you to have very different experiences than I present here, and I encourage your opinions.
I'm very curious to hear your experiences as well.
>>> SPOILERS BELOW <<<
It started off with MC & Just_Monica, but I immediately went off script with Just_Moniika. In the mod she is colder and dismissive than in cannon. But I can attribute that to her putting distance between us for her own sake, and to hide her vulnerabilities from me, the player, who knows all.
I said "I told you Monika, I will do everything to rescue my girls. I am back and I intend to keep this promise."
I don't think she realizes that she is also one of my girls...
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Sayori Path - ★★★★★ (5 stars)
1st play-through - Sayori!
TL DR: I was completely immersed in every moment this entire path. I have nothing but praise for the Sayori path.
I needed to heal that scar on my soul from what the cannon game did to me.
What I did not expect was falling so deeply in love with Sayori. There were times when I was truly agonizing over choices... paralyzed and unable to move forward for fear my misstep would leave us fractured, and finally break my psyche in half. I'm so happy with every part of this route.
1) Go Monika!
I really liked when I decide to blow off the other girl who's coming over to prep for the festival to stay with Sayori, and I text Monika - and she right away is like 'totally understand, don't worry, I'll cover this, do what you need to do!"
It was fulfilling to remember that she was listening in and totally had our backs. Good contrast to her coldness and distance and the opening and end. Shows shes even more complex a character.
Nicely written in.
2) I cried....
I freely admit, in the scene after Sayori gets her phone stolen, and I race to her house to find her on the floor next to her bed, and MC says "Don't push me away, don't break up with me because some assholes told you to"
I said that line with tears streaming down my face. ...and I don't mean that big-girl we're out of ice cream cry - I was BAWLING. Snot. Heaving breath. I was an unapologetic mess.
3) The other mention-able moment was the recap scene where Sayori tells the club about her depression...
It starts out with the whole club in the classroom, and Monika seems to be looking at MC with the expression (and I'm sure this is all me projecting) like she's trying to sus-out if MC has really committed to Sayori, or is just playing the game. I went off-script again and said "Don't look at me like that Monika*, I told you I AM KEEPING this promise."*
Damn, but those green-eyes do seem to pierce me.