A Light in the Dark

Why, oh why, did I turn down that dark alley. It's a faster route home, but no one else travels through it. Despite how safe the world might be, it is cruel and unfair. Many people are in situations where they are barely surviving while others are better off. Some are fighting to get out of loans that they will never get out of unless they suddenly happen upon a large sum of money. Even if you’re secure financially, you or your family can die by something you would have never foretold. Worse yet, you can get kidnapped and your life be in the hands of your kidnapper, never to see those you know or love and they desperately try to find you. The Light in the Dark jumps right in as we take the role of Hao-Chen waking up to an old and unkempt apartment staring at him and rope biting into his skin. The last thing he remembers is getting out of cram school and heading towards home before he b

Don't buy this if you're looking for softcore porn like a Sakura VN. Don't buy this if you're looking for a moege like KaraKara. Don't buy this if you're looking for a nakige like a Key VN. Don't buy this if you're looking for an "epic awesome" experience like the Grisaia series. Buy this if you're looking for a VN that portrays realistic, empathetic characters, thought-provoking themes, meaningful choices, and significantly different endings based off of those choices, ranging from unpleasant to bittersweet--because that's just life. Minor criticisms: the intent of some choices isn't immediately obvious (usually when the character winds up being sarcastic), and there's a noticable amuont of typos. Pretty short, only a couple backgrounds, not a lot of music, and no VO--but all that's an issue of budget rather than quality. Praise: As mentioned, the characters, the themes (a little hea

Time spent until first ending: 2.5 hours. No loads, no pauses, no breaks. A friend surprised me with a key for this. The game is so far very good. It is an interesting mix of survival and mystery. There is a bit of violence in that if you say the wrong thing or if the situation sours then the player character might be hurt. Otherwise, in my first run at least, the story presented is simply a bitter one where the past is a miserable place no matter who you are and everyone hopes that they will end up better at the end of the day than they currently are. To give details would risk spoilers.

So, somehow I expected A Light in the Dark to be slightly different although I appreciate the serious topics it describes. Sometimes we just think way too little about people who might have it a lot harder than we do and instead just nitpick about small happenings. Of course, I think achieving complete happiness sounds a bit unrealistic as stressful situations will always come up, yet there is still a difference to just appreciate what we already have. However, during playing, I didn’t exactly agree to every point, yet it’s still pretty interesting to see another point of view, regardless. A Light in the Dark opens with Hao-Chen Jiang waking up in an unfamiliar area. Since he isn’t at home, he realizes soon enough, that he has been kidnapped. Still processing the happenings, a mysterious girl shows up and explains to him that she is using him to blackmail his father so he would pay a he

“A great combination of compelling dark visual novel and intense choice elements” This review is categorized into two sections for English and Thai users. การรีวิวนี้แบ่งออกเป็นสองภาษา อังกฤษ – ไทย ---------------[English]--------------- A Light in the Dark is visual novel Kickstarter project developered by CreSpirit and Storia (both are Taiwanese developers) in past February. You are Hao-Chen Jiang, who has been kidnapped on his way home by a mysterious girl for the ransom. Experience and learn the cruel world while struggle the situation. The game doesn’t hesitate to jump straight to the point of event while expanding character background via dialogue choices and observation mode. Both features are highlights of this visual novel, because some actions can give use useful information (both characters and environment) to adapt in next encounter or even impact different outcome of the

A Light in the Dark is a short psychological drama visual novel published by Sekai Project featuring nice artwork, nice BGM, interactive plot. It tells the story of a young man called Hao-Chen (protagonist); son of a famous CEO who is constantly busy with business and due to this reason, his parents rarely stay with him, making Hao-Chen independent and living by himself. Being the son of a famous CEO and living alone turn him into an easy target. Someday, when he was returning from his cram school, he was kidnapped and wakes up in an old apartment, here will start the game. In the apartment, he will meet his kidnappers, a girl with the last name as Huang and her little sister that due to a huge debt left by their father, living in poverty and harsh environment, chasing by debt collectors, see kidnapping as the last resource to clear the debt and change their lives. With the rich boy st