Siren's Call: Free Beta Edition

so good i bought the dlc and listened to nothing but the soundtrack on loop for like 3 weeks. finishing touch spoilers below ---- IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMIL AND ASHTON 😭😭😭 anyway. loved the game, the horror bits were well done :) florida is important to me, as is this game <3 can't wait for escape velocity!

I originally found this game via the voice actor Casting Call, and had *no* idea what I'd be getting into. A new game with interesting designs and fascinating reviews, my friends and I decided to play it to see what it was all about. We left with having experienced a fantastic game with an amazing soundtrack, fantastic story and characters, beautiful CGs and sprites, writing that is able to hit great comedic beats yet able to handle the serious moments with all the gravity they deserve, and haunting moments that I still think about. This game was able to make me cry at the end - no easy feat, something has to be very well written and genuine for it to do that, and at the very last portion I was left silently crying. The disabled narratives in particular are authentic and real, and as a disabled neurodivergent individual this was especially important to me. The fact that the whole game also is mildly based off of a popular trope and pulls it off spectacularly is amazing and notable. It's definitely rough at times, the audio-mixing could be better (I had to have the sound effect volume at 3/50 - the opening scene was definitely rough before I lowered the sound effect volume, and the music often fades in focusing solely on one ear, which my left earbud is damaged so it was always a bit odd sounding), some of the fonts are hard to read coming from the perspective of someone with vision impairment (potentially a dyslexia friendly mode for the commercial release would be amazing, although I don't have dyslexia I just found the vaporwave font frequently used as well as Oliver's handwriting were difficult to read), and the first chapter can trail on for a bit, but this is a game that you can absolutely feel, sense, and see the absolute *love* and passion that went into everything about this game. The problems are minimal and can absolutely be altered for the full version. If you want a psychological horror game that leaves you with a sense of dread at times, yet delightful comedic moments, genuine characters, and a fantastic narrative about grief, high school friendships as well as featuring narratives about living with disabilities (I do love how the devs note that it is not a game About disabilities and neurodivergency, but rather features it. This is such an important thought process) as well as featuring a banging soundtrack and wonderful art, take a visit to Siren's Call. The rocket launches visible from Cape Canaveral are truly a sight to see.

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amazing game, so damn underrated.

great game and storyline

One of the best VN i played. The story was really well put together, not too linear but also not too confusing, rarely missed some important detail. Really liked the journal, i loved trying to piece the story together as i played. And also loved the themes and how they were presented.

Not at all what I was expecting and well worth the play. I can't think of any game that touches on the coming-of-age time period so well, as well as its specific subject matter, in a manner that this game does. Some of the dialogue does go on for too long, and I did skip a lot of it trying to get to the point of some of the conversations; that said, I was greatly touched by the story, and some of the quotes will stay with me forever as someone who struggles with depression and the interpersonal challenges that come with it. 4.5/5