Erokawa Reviews: Saya no Uta ~Song of Saya~

Author – JAST USA/Nitro Plus

Style – Multi-path eroge visual novel (Interactive)

Rating - 18+ (Eroge and Gore)

Trial – No

Price- $24.95(PC)

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Story- The story is where this game really shines! Written by Gen Urobuchi (creator of the hit series Madoka), this is the story of Sakisaka Fuminori (the protagonist) who's life takes a turn into the land of WTF after he gets in a bad car crash. An emergency new brain surgery is performed to save his life but unfortunately, the treatment wasn't exactly FDA approved and has some less than ideal side effects... After the surgery, something happens in his brain to make the world look completely different. Everything is now a horrifying mess of soft meats. Meaty organ shaped blobs and pulsating veins now cover the world in a terrifying reality. And now his friends are horrible deformed monsters with their human words skewed into a gross vomit of horrifying sounds. Nothing is normal any more... expect one thing. Saya, An adorable girl (who's totally over 18 you guys) has moved in with Fuminori becoming the one shining beacon in his transformed life.

The story unfolds as Fuminori struggles through life and to help Saya with her one request, to find her dad. Truths darker than Fuminori's skewed world come to life and vault his own life out of control. It's an amazing story that is very different than your standard eroge. Unique and exciting, weird and out there. If you are tired of standard eroge with similar plots, then this is for you. 10/10

Graphics- The art in this game is drawn in a much more realistic style with Saya being the only character to come across as less realistic and more anime-esque. Saya is super cute but still sexy when she takes her clothes off. It's a great balance. I also like the way that Tonoh Koji and Takahata Omi (Fuminori's college friends) are drawn, kind of dark and sketchy even though this is the real world and not the messed up world that Fuminori sees which makes the game still unsettling looking through anyone's eyes. I will say that I do not like the character design Tsukuba Yoh, Fuminori's college friend that has a big crush on him. It's the way her boobs look in her shirt (put a freakin' support bra on woman!)... but then again I'm not a guy. Maybe it looks better when you don't know how much it'd hurt not to have any support on those thing. I really think that's the only gripe I have with the art. And I LOVE how the art in the backgrounds and cgs of what Fuminori sees. The backgrounds make me feel like I am in this disgusting world (I use disgusting because it's supposed to be but that's really the bg art's charm) It's absolutely fascinating and creepy! 9.5/10

Music/SFX- To start out with- I looooooved Saya's theme. It was creepy, eerie and pretty all at the same time. I actually opened the music box just to hear Saya's theme. This game does well on the other eerie tracks, making it very fitting for a much more somber game. The one thing it lacks is quantity, there just aren't that many tracks. It is a short game but I still want to hear more creepy and unsettling songs! 8.5/10

Voice Acting- I love Saya's voice! It's cute and really fits her. It's sweet enough to make her sound extra cute when screwing Fuminori. Also, all the other voice acting is good enough. All the voices fit the characters but they don't scream super awesome the way Saya's voice does. I did like the creepy “voice acting” that was from the point of Fuminori for all his monster friends. Very unsettling and creepy (like WTF is that sound coming out of their mouths?). 9/10

Characters- To start off with, the protagonist has a great personality. Not great as in cheerful but a deep character who has many layers to him. You have the cracking outer layer which is to put up a semi normal front to fool his friends and other people even though he despises the monsters that he sees them as. A loving layer that is reserved for Saya only as she is his saving grace. And at the core you have one very confused man dealing with the messed up world that he was thrown into. Also Saya is precious, cute and almost innocently naïve. Something really strikes me that she is a great character, I think it's that she seems the only pure thing that is left in Fuminori's life. The side characters are good as well, but the story is really about Saya and Fuminori anyway. Favorite Character: Saya Least Favorite Character: Tsukuba Yoh 10/10

H- Great H-scenes for the type that love their girls slender and little (I like it because that is my body type as well, which make it all the more easier to get into the scenes.) If you go the right way on the path, you get scenes with one of the other characters, but I'll let you find out which one it is ^^;. There aren't that many H scenes but again this isn't a very long game. But I think that there is a good variety of different positions and they are all rendered beautifully. I like the color schemes for the scenes as well, I think that they fit the mood of this game (A light and dark theme). 9/10

Setting- The world is sooo unique, you can definitely feel unsettled when looking through Fuminori's eyes and see the creepy meaty world that he sees. I think that for most people this unsettling reality would drive most people insane. Fuminori would have been himself if not for Saya. The world is just fascinating, I don't think that I would have ever thought of something so weird and different. Delightfully different! 5/5

Originality- Man I think all the comments before have summarized what I think about the originality of this game. But I will add that it is really out there and is probably not for everyone. The endings are really different than your standard endings in eroge as well. 5/5

Game play– Standard game play, you make choices to get determine the path of the story. Nothing really extra beyond choices (And not that many). Maybe it would have been a bit nicer if there were more choices, even if it's just a small bit of dialogue, it can spice up a story. I will say that the choices and what they lead to made sense so it wasn't annoying or stupidly hard. 3/5

Extras- There was the standard extras in the game. A gallery with the ability to go back to the scene and a music box. But in an eroge a gallery is a must! I love music boxes so I'm always happy when they include it. But pretty standard for any visual novel. 3/5

Overall- As most people know this is a very unique game but for a certain audience. If you don't like weird and creepy this game isn't for you. But if you do it's a gem. I LOVE this game. I preordered it like a year in advance when there was no clue of a release date even though I had played it with an unofficial English patch like 5 years ago. The only thing I would change is to make the game longer! I was sad when it ended so fast!

Score- 72/80 - 90% - One of a kind! IF YOU LIKE CREEPY THEN STOP READING RIGHT NOW AND GO BUY IT! NO SERIOUSLY! WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS? BUY IT ALREADY!