Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel

I played YangYang Mobile’s first game, The Letter: A Horror Visual Novel and absolutely loved it. It was so creepy, the tension and mystery were high and there were fabulous different endings. Thus, when I found out about Saint Maker, I was intrigued. However, I initially read reviews and saw people were complaining that the game wasn’t as long and didn’t feature as much horror. I was confused because this was obviously a different game and it never said it was going to be a clone. Eventually, a sale came around and I picked it up and I am so glad I did! The characters are really interesting and the game featured awesome ways to slowly learn each of their backstories and how it got them all in this one location today. There were freaky moments and sweet, but heartbreaking, moments. Unlike The Letter, this game does not feature branching paths, but that does not do this game a disservice. There is the ending and then there is a further section added to the ending if you choose the right choices in your friendship with the other girl. I got the full ending on my first playthrough. I would absolutely recommend this game if you enjoy well-crafted visual novels. Sometimes it’s nice to play a shorter one. This one didn’t take me months nor require me to keep all the branching paths straight in my head.

The voice acting and sound design is excellent, and gives this visual novel a lot of character. It's a heavy story, difficult to get through. Well written and thoughtful. The art is unique and fits well. An interesting choice to depict religious trauma within a male-centered and misogynistic religion with an all-female cast without much mention of the contrasting gender roles. In a way, it's bold to isolate the experience. Because of that, it really emphasized on the "mother issues/parental trauma", rather than get too deep into the critique of misogyny in the religion. It's a beautiful coming-of-age story anyway.

从《鬼来信》入坑，无脑相信了开发商，并且购买了本作，于是上当了！ 这作怎么回事啊？！从立意、到恐怖程度、到剧情的精彩程度都比不上《鬼来信》一点！ 三个小人物发生的小故事，对这三个人一点都不了解的时候就让我强行共情他们来推进游戏了，我真的完全代入不进去。 玩完本作一丝波澜都没有，大高潮的中心人物是一位游戏中后期总共出场没有说过20话，中文版还有大量文本bug的陌生角色 如果满分100分我打1分。这1分给在游戏文本量够短，没有耽误我五六个小时后再告诉我这是一坨垃圾。

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配音演出太好了，让我身临其境般绝望和无助，半个月当中，好几次中断了游玩。 看着文本、听着配音，我也觉得喘不上气，可能是我太容易被心理暗示了。

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过程虽然算不上完美，但好在最后两人互相抱团取暖，互相依偎，砥砺前行