Oh, gosh, this was FANTASTIC!! I'm still shivering a bit sitting here writing this now. Everything from the music and sound, to the voice acting, to the art and story and just VIBES was brilliantly done!
Something about stories involving sacrifice really cut right to the core of me and turn my stomach cold for some reason (and I mean that in a way that I love it because they can be so delightfully creepy and ripping of my soul dlkajfsldka). There's just... such a sense of helplessness to them. Of a weird innate sort of evil that exists in large groups of people that feel like they're doing something "for the greater good" and that leads to them to do horrible, terrifying, and sometimes gruesome things. And that, tbh, is scarier than any demon, any supernatural entity, any monster that might be out there. So I really felt myself right away feeling terrified and sorry for the boy. Then when the demon appeared -- GOD. MY GUT DLKAJLFDS. I LOVE the use of the mirror to set up the boy and the demon talking to each other. And the demon's expressions were so delightfully creepy -- coupled with that VOICE, GOD. The voice acting was so well done guhhhhh. The difference between the scared boy and the sardonic charming demon was excellent. And especially the visceral fear in the boy's lines. Just. Absolutely wonderful.
I don't even know what to talk about next it was all so good LOL The art??? HELLO???? I'm in love with the sketchy grittiness of the art and the composition of the shot. And the colors? SOOOOO CREEPY AND AMBIENT. The darkness of the roomed paired with the sharp orange of the setting sun outside and the lines of light it paints across the room. It made my heart thump-thump thinking about how close it must be to the time of the sacrifice and really amped up the tension and aura of unease just painted across everything. Also the music?? slash... sound effect? LOL I think it was all one track? The way it changed, the subtle ins and outs of the semi-melodic parts with the ambient sounds. It was the perfect track for this and was so subtly unnerving.
Overall, just fantastic. I will try to stop rambling here a bit. I ended up choosing to put my hand against the glass first. I couldn't help it LOL I was angry at the villagers for wanting to sacrifice the boy and drawn in too much by the demon perhaps LOL Though I did go back to play the other option out, too, afterwards, just because I was curious what would happen. OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION I LOVED THE LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FARM BOY'S CRUSH AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS TAKING HIS PLACE IN THE SACRIFICE THAT REALLY GUTTED ME GOD. See I knew I would miss something.
ANYWAY I WILL STOP NOW. I just loved this so much. Amazingly done and a fantastic, eerie, visceral experience that will sit with me for a while!!