My full review of Purist Mod

Sayori:
I'm so surprised that the bad end had Sayori surviving and Anon taking his own life. It was a surprising little twist that caught me completely off guard. Even before that though, the scene with Anon shouting throughout the halls about Sayori's big secret had me saying "oh shit" out loud to my monitor. That whole route was so cute, and it was such a great experience watching not only Sayori open up more to Anon, but also to herself, accepting her emotions and learning to trust again. I only wish that we had gotten some more CG scenes, but it is just a mod. Hopefully I'll get some CGs in the other routes but it is just a mod.

Yuri:
I was really disappointed with this route. After the magical experience I had in Sayori's route, I was certainly expecting much more. Is it just me, or was this one shorter than Sayori's?
I think the biggest problem I had with this one was the lack of any "real" growth displayed by any of the characters. Sure, there was growth at the end, but it felt kind of, forced. Sure Yuri and eventually Anon got bullied in the route, but it seems like that doesn't really affect their personality at all. They apologize a bunch to each other, meet up at a graveyard, apologize and kiss some more, and all of a sudden Yuri is like "Hey I cut myself" and Anon is like "NIGGER FUCKING HUH?!?!?!" And then like 5 minutes later Yuri is like "Yeah i should probably see a therapist about this." Like Anon is some magical cure-all for deep rooted mental issues that barely even involve him just because she wants his tiny Asian cock. Like in Sayori's route it kind of made sense because in a way, Anon was the root or at least a big part of Sayori's depression and inner turmoil. She wanted him to branch out more and meet new people because she cared about him, but she also didn't want him to abandon her. By showing Sayori that he was capable of loving her while looking for other friends, she was able to gain back some trust in people a bit more. With this Anon basically said "YRUI ARM CUT BAD" And Yuri was like "Oh shit u right my b."
It almost reminds me of Hanako's route from KS where they get together, fuck around for a bit, play pool, and all of a sudden her deep-rooted trauma from LITERALLY LOSING HER MOM IN A FIRE is gone or at least dampened because Hisao has a fat dick.
I guess to wrap things up, it just wasn't as believable or relatable as Sayori's was, which really sucks. And of course this one gets the CG, like c'mon, Sayori deserved it.

Natsuki:
Like I said, this one was a lot better than Yuri's. Cute, gripping, and insanely silly, Natsuki's route had me giggling like a storm and fearing her father's wrath at the same time. I feel Natsuki's character was perfect here. That adorable smug Tsundere we all grew to love was fleshed out so well, and done so without taking too many liberties into her character. Her father was an amazing villain, as both a constant shadow looming in the back of everyone's minds, and as this brooding and wretched hermit tormenting Natsuki. The turn around in the ending was great, but I think what shined a lot more in the story was the way Natsuki grew to trust Anon more and more. I loved this whole theme of trust, and seeing Natsuki break out of her own impenetrable mental fortress was like watching a time lapse of a rose.
It wasn't perfect though. It felt a lot shorter than what it was due to a lot of the story being kind of nothing. A lot of the story felt quite rushed, and combined with the, honestly weird sprite choices for certain scenes made the final product feel a little unfinished, especially for a ten month project.
All in all, it was pretty good! I think there were some parts that could have been improved on, like the fact that Natsuki and her father literally told the same exact backstory, (I would've liked to see Natsuki take on a more opposite side instead of being only a little bit off the beaten path from her father's, but what can you do?) but it made me feel stuff so it's a good in my book!

Monika:
I really wish [4chan] hadn't been right. From the beginning I felt this really trolly, cheeky feeling where Monika was confused by the monotony breaking, it gave me this almost teasing vibe, but that was the first and last smile I gave to the route. The feeling of Monika slowly losing herself as she was tortured in a foreign world disguised as her own destroyed my heart, I couldn't even finish it. I could go on about how this feeling actually is a sign of good writing by the author, but that point is completely made moot by the fact that the MC, in yet ANOTHER mod, became at least somewhat sentient for some reason, and stopped being a vehicle for the player to drive to be with their doki. In certain mods where the appeal is the MC, this would be an okay thing (as much as [4chan] hates it) but in a mod literally designed to turn DDLC into a dating sim, it makes absolutely zero sense. Instead of being this fulfilling story where I saw Monika and I go on cute dates, and at least pretend that I could be there for her, instead we got a tortured Monika story, with a sentient MC and a feeling of being on the sidelines, and that has to be the worst feeling you could ever convey in a dating sim.
It's almost like at one point the writers of Purist Mod forgot that their dating sim was supposed to include Monika too, and instead of getting a dating sim, we get a sad shell of what it should have been. It would have been so easy to throw together a story arc where Monika is depressed that because this is a game, this is the closest she'll ever be to you. None of this talking to/through MC shit, none of this "learning to love MC" shit, as vague as it was. Me and Monika, that's all I wanted, but of course because I have the meta waifu, she gets a meta easter-egg story.
It's just not fair bros... At least in the Yuri mod I still felt like I was her lover...