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This is almost like the Bizarro World version of Doki Doki Literature Club: Instead of being cute girls and horrifying twists, it's horrifying demons in a cute, wholesome dating sim. (Though, the demons are actually also cute.) In a very strange way, it's the most classic ren'ai game I've seen in a long time: Despite the parody premise, it's a straightforward dating sim where the character personalities clearly map to classic VN archetypes, ex. Cacodemon is the bossy but well-meaning leader. The music is great, the art is strangely endearing, making even the demons oddly adorable, and the writing is surprisingly good; it's easy to make shallow parodies, especially with VNs, so it's refreshing to see something that's both a parody of traditional romance VNs and a well-done example in its own right. There's also plenty of humor mined from the DOOM setting, from the Revenant being a dedicated trumpet player to the Mancubus' flamethrower-hands making everything difficult. I also enjoyed the Cyberdemon's cameo role as the Mean Girl!

Unexpectedly cute and a lot of fun, but I think one of the best things about this game is its version of that iconic DOOM artwork on the title screen, which looks like a horde of demons trying to ask Doomguy to Prom the Icon of Sin Festival. Did one of those demons make him a mixtape?

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you know, when I released this game I saw some VN fans angry at me because they thought I was making fun of their genre without actually playing it. So this comment really warmed my heart, thank you.

I'm glad my comment had such a positive effect! Visual novels, like any niche genre, is easy to mock from an outsider's perspective, so I can see why those critics might have been on the defensive, but that's not the right mindset for a fair critique. I've seen enough low-effort parodies and "wacky" VNs that I usually skip over anything that even sort of seems like one, but I enjoyed Doomed Love and I'm glad I played it. Thanks for putting it (and yourself) out there!