This is a quite decent game that combines folklore and horror!
I highly enjoyed the visuals, music and captivating atmosphere, also the setting and world-building are very well done. The story is overall pretty intriguing too, though sometimes it felt a bit underwhelming due to some lack of mystery and build-up (the plot is rather straightforward). I was still very interested in learning about the lore and generally enjoyed the game's whole vibe, it has a pretty unique feel to it. The minigames and timed events often tend to be challanging but in my opinion they greatly contribute to the atmosphere and made me feel like I also experience the character's anxiety lol.
However admittedly, I think that the game could profit from including even more horror elements, I definitely enjoyed the horror a lot and would've loved to have more of it (the last chapters do a great job at it though!).
In conclusion, I believe that some aspects of the story could get improved in order to become more impactful, considering the excellent potential offered by the concept, but I'm still quite content with the current state of the game!

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If you like Paganism, the Occult, and immersive, well-thought out world-building and you enjoy a good read, this game is a no-brainer. The art and atmosphere is beautiful and the writing is stellar. The setting alone explores a very interesting premise, and shows the lengths to which a village may follow superstition into tragedy. Every character is written with a unique voice, there are some instances of lovely humour and just so so much detail put into the lore and belief system present in the village. Til the very end there remains doubt whether the supernatural powers you become familiar with during the playthrough are real or mere superstition.

There are mini-games accompanying dialogue that present a nice level of challenge whilst conveying the pain and struggle of the characters. The map-based puzzles are also enjoyable, and nothing takes all that long to accomplish so that you'll generally have an easy time progressing through the visual novel.

My few gripes with the game are that:

- The English translation is a little awkward, but perfectly readable. Might throw you off at first, but the essence of the writing shines through and is well worth reading to the end.
- The game doesn't really communicate what decisions you ought to take in any given situation to achieve a good outcome, which would be fine, only the lore is rather obscure when you get started and the characters have a lot of knowledge you don't, so it feels like you are aimlessly traipsying around in the dark a lot. Whether you get a good ending or not relies on you making cumulative good choices throughout your playthrough, so when answers feel very obscure and arbitrary it's very easy to lock yourself out of a bad ending. That being said, the ending is not that significant to the story.
- overall the ending didn't leave me too satisfied. It felt like there were a lot of narrative threads that could have been tied up a little better, or themes that could have come to more fruition, because there are so many beautiful things going on in the story.

This project was developed by a very small team and deserves support. It's an incredible ambitious and beautifully written project that explores paganism in a way I've never seen before.