Sunlight Scream is a visual novel set in a small town university. The story and visuals seem heavily inspired by anime. There is one major problem however. The original language was not English and let’s just say the text feels like it was made using Google translate sometimes.
The inconsistent translation makes reading the novel very awkward at times. The occasional spelling error and sloppy grammar would have been OK but the word choices definitely take you out of the story. They use words the average English speaking person would not have in their daily lexicon. Those words may have fit in the narrative exposition of Sunlight Scream but not so much in the dialogue between people. No sane person would speak like that.
The pacing could also use some slight improvement. Once you get into the main story it actually starts to be interesting but the beginning is a very slow. Some minor edits to the start of the story to make it more concise would be beneficial in my opinion.
Other than that, the rest of the game seemed to be well done enough. The art, sound, and music were acceptable. They did update the game fixing some translation errors but it still felt pretty awkward to me. Most of the reviews were positive and the game is only three bucks so others may find it worth checking out.
Additional Info
Steam Store Page : https://store.steampowered.com/app/2608440/Sunlight_Scream/
Review Score: 100% positive with a total of 22 reviews as of this writing (12/11/23)
Developer: Faithy
Publisher: Faithy
Release Date: Oct 2, 2023
MSRP: $2.99
I received a key from Keymailer. Thank you so much for the key!
Time spent: 1.9 hours
Achievement Score: 1/23
Ducky Obrien 