Saccharine Echo

Saccharine Echo has an interesting premise and lots of potential, but it is very short and the big reveal at the end is very disappointing. There is a lot of buildup leading up to the reveal, but it's very anticlimactic and the game ends almost immediately after. There's about 2 different choices that actually impact the end of the game, so most of the choices you make feel pretty pointless. I love dating sims and visual novels and I was very excited to play this game, but the story was just unsatisfying. I think the pacing of the story was also not great. The ending is very abrupt. I will say that the art is absolutely beautiful though. I just wish I got more satisfaction out of the story.

I'm mad that I don't love this game.. The art is so beautiful and the concept is very promising, but this is not a finished game and certainly not one that should cost this much. The game is way too short and way too fast paced, when you reach the end on either endings it feels incredibly incomplete and confusing. There's no build up and the writing can't handle the heavy topics it want to portray with the main character Alice. The choices are also very minimal with two endings with very little change. The game also have quite some odd glitches with choices not showing and the phone being on the screen where it shouldn't. I try my best to be so constructive with my review as possible, because this is obviously the developers first game. I will definitely keep a lookout for more of their future games, because the concept is there and the artistic level is fantastic. But this game would had benefited being a free visual novel on itch.io or having a longer development with more polishing.

well... there is a good and a bad ending... but who promised a happy ending? it was a beautiful game.

A dark and visually gorgeous story. Our character definitely is going through some dark emotions. It is a pretty quick play but it was enjoyable. I do wish it was a little longer.

This was a really neat little visual novel, and I really adored it. Overall, I would highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy a bit of a dark romance aspect to your visual novels, although it is a bit short and I would have loved to see a bit more story. The visuals are gorgeous and I love the difference in the illustrations and the pixel art and it was super adorable. The music was really nice and the story was decently easy to follow and an interesting take. Over all, I really enjoyed the game and I hope to see more and hopefully longer games.

Hello, hey :)) Welcome. I see you are interested in playing this game. Okay, let's see. This is NOT a romance novel, there is no drama or big choices. All takes around 1 hour at most, to get all achievements. It took more from me only because I was watching a movie along it xDDD Anyways, main hero is very nice, their LI is .. attractive, if you like this type of person. Some twist exist and there were some moments when I slapped my face and some moments when I laughed. but, like I said it isn't a romance story, it is rather [spoiler] a romance between MC and a entity she imagined, with a lot of red flags, so if you are against manipulation, forced romance and/or going trough something close to it, I'd advise against playing it. BUT! it is mind warning, nothing too concerning. I'd say "this is how someone would manipulate you, if you have victim mindset/fear of abandonment" [/spoiler]