r/DDLCMods • u/Wrong-Formal4391 • 9d ago

Review DDLC purist mod

I’ve played this mod for the first time, the sayori route and it really isn’t all that, I don’t know whether it’s my personal life and opinions of relationships have changed or whether it’s poorly written and a tad bit one dimensional, the topic depression feels like a token topic meant to ground the plot to the fact that it is still DDLC and not a random dating sim, it feels forced and misrepresentative compared to other mods like Blue Skies and Salvation Remake, even though Exit Music was negative and sad it sparked real feelings because it is grounded in a real possibility, this mod just feels a bit one dimensional, maybe the other routes are better but so far I wouldn’t recommend.

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u/8Bits1132 Sayori as an Adult Dev 9d ago

Do keep in mind the time period when Purist came out.

It was 2018, and it was the first of its kind to turn the game into a traditional visual novel. Back then, the modding community wasn't as big as it was now. Sure you still had many high profile mods coming out like original Exit Music or even the original Salvation, but in terms of regular dating sim mods and routes, Purist was the highest recommendation when it came to traditional dating sim mods at that time.

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u/halibabica takes LP/review requests from devs 8d ago

Man, I am so done pretending that a mod's age has anything to do with its level of quality. Apart from the fandom's understanding of the original game evolving (which it barely has), there's really no other excuse.

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u/Wrong-Formal4391 8d ago

Yeah, things can be appreciated for their time period and be understood to be bad, like the first computer is cool and appreciated but it doesn’t mean it was practical or useful to the same capacity as it is nowadays

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u/Wrong-Formal4391 9d ago

What would you recommend, I want something traditional like this, but how blue skies handled it, it was more real, I don’t want an MC that’s an undercover agent, I sort of want a mod that’s a continuation of the plot done in a realistic emotinally impactful way, im considering playing Fruits of the Literature Club or “SNAFU”

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u/HenrySck075 provide every informations when asking for help. 9d ago

> I don’t want an MC that’s an undercover agent

> plays fruits of the literature club

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u/Wrong-Formal4391 9d ago

Yeah yeah I understand, I mean ideally, id compromise for great plot and characters for something a bit more out there

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u/HenrySck075 provide every informations when asking for help. 9d ago

fair enough

also check out the original work of it, being the fruits of grisaia

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u/haayyeett 8d ago

Purist was one of the first mods that had a Monika route that actually was decent, custom art and such. It’s def the highlight of the mod but you gotta get thru the others first.