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WitchTrap came off as too much of a first draft to stick with me. From strange writing on all fronts to uneven presentation, this project fails to make much good on a pretty interesting set-up. The game actually takes quite a while until it gets to the core of the narrative: a "werewolf-style" deduction game between four friends. While I believe the VN is correct in spending time setting up these characters before this, it errs on two fronts in my opinion. Firstly, it only really establishes two of the four "players" (MC included), weakening the sense of doubt and dread that the switch up could evoke in readers. And secondly, I found these characters are plain unlikable; they constantly argue and mock each other to the point one has to wonder if they are friends at all. Perhaps some of this could be course-corrected or explored in a longer format, but the current word count just doesn't make a great first impression. Presentation is actually far stronger, its use of transitions and visual effects managed to wow me. This VN is just not a strong package and is hurting for many more revisions. Hopefully it can improve with future updates.