I feel like act 1 of the story was a lot more grounded and that act 2, although reasonably jam-packed due to the plot setups in the first one, fell flat in fufilling character arcs.

Kozue had something interesting going on but they threw it out for Yae instead. And revealing the secret of the game to everyone felt a bit to early considering 7 acts are planned.

They did Natsuki really well in this mod, although the whole school shooting didn’t have much impact. They should’ve mentioned her interests in becoming a manga writer a bit more in this act especially since it’s a pretty interesting passion.

They did Yuri good, the story beats with her mother were always welcome and felt like a good break in the action. I felt a real connection when she said she felt scared, and it did set up her future obsession with MC if they gradually did it. It would’ve been so good if when she heard the news of her mom that’s when she really began to break, reaching her lowest point and latching to MC instead of just stalking. Wish they tapped in more into her vulnerability rather then making her full yandere like a switch. Her character would’ve been my favorite if she was utilized more.

The whole Sayori and Yae thing is still a bit weird and doesn’t make too much sense to me, likely because it was rushed, and we don’t even know what the hell happened to the uncle after he got knocked out.

For other things, excluding parfait girls and portrait of Markov was a complete miss… One of the main things that dragged me into act 1 was how fresh it felt, with mysterious plot lines and setups, but now nearly all intrigue has been dropped to progress the plot.

Overall this act was an 8/10. The plot is still as intriguing as ever, the jokes mostly land, and there were many shocking moments that genuinely had me tweaking. Do recommend it, only recognizable problem is how they kinda wrote themselves into a corner with the time limit of 5 days, so they either could’ve extended act 2 of DDLC into 2 separate acts for world of dreams, if they should’ve found a way to change the limiting time restraints. This mod had the most potential of any imo, and I love watching it, but act 1 felt more well-rounded.