I will, at some point, write a long essay on my thoughts on this game, but I want to note that more games should be like this. More games should be personal stories. More game should be full of emotions that don't wrap up in an easy package. More games should be about our experiences with other games. More games should pull from points in our lives.

Madotsuki's Closet is a magnum opus in the game essay, and I think we as a games culture still have not fully embraced the game essay as a viable genre. As a result, I think many will not really know how to look at this game without viewing it through the lens of how emotional stories "should" look or how a game story "should" look. However, years from now, when we look back on Madotsuki's Closet. We will know that it was setting the stage for a style of game that truly changes what we can expect from the medium.