I've been obsessed with this series since I was 13, starting with the anime, then MangaGamer's original translation, then waiting on the slow releases of the re-translations. Heck, I even had Daybreak on PSP, a fighting game that features Higurashi's main cast, and it was dope as hell.
Literally no complaints, i've even come to love the flaws and think it's part of the doujin charm. I love the lore of the village, every single character, everything is just so fleshed out like nothing else I've seen. Hinamazawa feels like a living, breathing wolrd. I could feel the cold air conditioning in Ooishi's car, the hair raising chilliness of the shrine..just chef's kiss Splended use of sound direction The way Ryukishi utilizes the Key formula in the first half of the game except replacing the romance aspects with more denpa-ish aspects, is just...it works so well.
Of course, things change rapidly in Kai, the horror takes more of a backseat in favor of Ryukishi's worldview, which some may find cheesy and overly shounen-esque, but I honestly love it.
Ignoring my raving and how I personally love everything about it, some things people find flaws in the game is Ryukishi's nature to constantly repeat himself/hammer a single theme in to the point of redundancy, which is valid but like...he does it far worse in Umineko, he's definitely getting worse at it as he gets older, if Ciconia is anything to go by.
Anyway, 10/10 Please read
Literally no complaints, i've even come to love the flaws and think it's part of the doujin charm. I love the lore of the village, every single character, everything is just so fleshed out like nothing else I've seen. Hinamazawa feels like a living, breathing wolrd. I could feel the cold air conditioning in Ooishi's car, the hair raising chilliness of the shrine..just chef's kiss Splended use of sound direction The way Ryukishi utilizes the Key formula in the first half of the game except replacing the romance aspects with more denpa-ish aspects, is just...it works so well.
Of course, things change rapidly in Kai, the horror takes more of a backseat in favor of Ryukishi's worldview, which some may find cheesy and overly shounen-esque, but I honestly love it.
Ignoring my raving and how I personally love everything about it, some things people find flaws in the game is Ryukishi's nature to constantly repeat himself/hammer a single theme in to the point of redundancy, which is valid but like...he does it far worse in Umineko, he's definitely getting worse at it as he gets older, if Ciconia is anything to go by.
Anyway, 10/10 Please read