SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim Steam-Diagramme & Statistiken

no bad no bad 9/10

Good

For fans of the genre this game is an absolute must, especially considering the lack of giant content. The game stays true to its promise of survival horror and especially the interations with Saeko provide a terrifying sense of helplessness and are the absolute highlights of the game. The drawer minigame is loaded with cringe worthy, over the top characters. Very fitting for mangas or anime but not my cup of tea. On the other hand they where a nice reflection of the community at large I am at my 2nd playthrough and looking forwards to see a different ending and other dynamics between the tiny people.

I played through the game yesterday and i bought it again on steam to support the game. First off - i realy like the art and artstyle. Its very unique and beautiful. Although i realy would have wished there was more unique art/animations regarding Saeko. The gameplay is repetivite yes, but with more unique animations/art with her, that would have been fine. Like for example - its the same art every day when she eats someone. The same facial animations and the same sequence. If that would have been more varied, it wouldnt have felt so repetitive. I would have wished for more events like the shoping or the night scene at the beach. Those scenes where clear highlights of the game! The real highlights where the endings for me. All 3 feel very unqiue and heavy. Realy liked them. A few more endings would have been awesome aswell! Like a way to save everyone or atleast a few tinies. Or one where Saeko shrinks you down even further like she did with the surving tinies at the end. Or having the possiblity to chat and play a bit more with the tiny Saeko, that was a realy cool twist. The music realyl is great! Especialy that emotional soundtrack when you decide to feed the girl with the green eyes to Saeko. That one touched me on an emotional level. The sound design itsself was alright, but the scene where Saeko comes towards the drawer and the tiny people feel her footssteps, realy should have some soundeffects - it felt weird to not hear any booming footsteps, that would have made the scene way cooler. The character of Saeko is well written, escpecialy towards the end, as you can realy understand her fucked up mindset. So to sum it up: - more unique animations - more unique events - playing around more with saekos shrinking/growth powers and unique size dynamics - better sound design emphazizing the size difference - more choice/different outcomes/endings and this game would have been a 10/10. As it stands for me personaliy, i would give it a 7.5 out of 10. I thank you all for the effort and i realy hope we will get more of you all in the future! Maybe Saeko 2 or a DLC for the game ^^ And i realy hope you will add an artbook and soundtracks aswell, that would be nice!

This game just kind of pisses me off in its philosophy of killing and the unavailability of certain choices.

While it ended up being a bit short, even when going for all endings and achievements, and the management system doesn't feel fleshed out enough, I was still fully invested in the events of the game thanks to great character writing and atmosphere, both amplified by a really wonderful soundtrack, that I can't wait to buy, should it be released on Steam! The eyecatching, gorgeous art and animations do an amazing job in selling the scale and making clear just how fragile you are. The game manages to make all the characters memorable in very little time and especially the titular Saeko ended up being a lot more complex than I thought, exceeding my expectations by quite a bit, as I still don't know what to make of her besides the painfully obvious. However where the game falls short is the gameplay. Choices are not much of a factor besides scene variations, making the experience very linear, since the stats (appeal and health) are predetermined. Choices are only really good for getting some extra character or lore bits, but have no major impact on the story, save for comparatively few instances. The game has a clear structure that you are forced to follow as anything else leads to a game over. And while the characters do make a lasting impression in short time, I still think they should've been given more of it to really flesh them out, since there is a lot of untapped potential there and depending on who the character is, the first impression could make it a bit too easy what choice you'll make (the few times the game doesn't railroad you into one, that is), cutting all of that potential extremly short. The phone strangely has some options locked away for later, only for them to be nothing of note at all. Makes you wonder why they were locked away to begin with. The night segments where you listen to Saeko's thoughts are pretty intense, because she has a very short fuse (maybe shorter than your body) and does not take being challenged well at all. On top of that, you have to be careful not to talk too much, but also not too little and not too fast, making the the conversations a dangerous tightrope act. There are still opportunities to get different dialogues out of her that tell you more about her, but overall only the final two conversations matter in the grand scheme of things and the rest is just there for character development. But again, more time should've been spent in that regard, to make the buildup to the final ones more natural, as it may feel a bit rushed. I noticed all these things, but didn't mind it too much, since I was still interested in the story and its characters and wanted to see how things unravel, but I can understand people feeling misled by the description of the game and being disappointed by the lack of meaningful differences between choices and the short length. In fact, now that I think about it: I feel most of the flaws of the game boil down to its short length. If the game was just a few hours longer, I feel like the experience could be a lot richer, developments more natural and choices more pain- and meaningful. I would still recommend the game, if one is interested this kind of story, but wait for sale. Personally, I enjoy whenever a game does something different for a change, whether it's in the story or the gameplay, so I think my time was still very well-spent and I still had fun playing it. I wish the developers good luck on their future endeavors! Hopefully their next release goes more smoothly on Steam than this one's! ^^' Thank you for reading and have a good one! :)