Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is a visual novel, horror and anime game developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.
Released on November 13th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 1,424 reviews of which 1,378 were positive and 46 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP
  • Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL Compatible Card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu or equivalent
  • Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
  • Storage: 512 MB available space

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Jan. 2025
higurashi have a serious pacing problem but its ok i think keiichi is funny
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Dec. 2024
Most elements bar the story and plot are common with the other Higurashi iterations. The focus is on the story itself, which is very well written, and artwork is secondary to the novel. Great music and sound effects that fits in with the story at hand. No CGs, no voice acting, rough backgrounds, and the sprites of the characters themselves appear less often then just big plain wall of texts, often with not even background at all. As for the story itself, this is where the novel excels at. Great story telling, deep character and story development that gets progressively darker and thrilling as it progresses. Like the first half of the series, some story content requires reading the sequels in order to be understood. Overall, a great novel, if for the story alone. Rating: 7/10.
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Dec. 2024
I honestly can't recommend this highly enough. I've already read it on youtube but I want to buy it all to support the writer because it's just that good. Seriously. Check out the first chapter for free. If you're at all interested after that, you're in for a hell of a ride! I introduced it to my friend who doesn't even like visual novels and now he loves it, too. I'd recommend it even if you've seen one or both of the animes since there is waaaay more story in this than in either adaptation.
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June 2024
Wow, this chapter was actually SO much better than 'Onikakushi'. The first chapter was really tedious at times with its overblowing slice-of-life sequences (they are essentical for characters' development and buidling up the anticipation, that's for sure, but the author was REALLY demoned away in them a lot, making the length way too big or adding several SOL sequences back-to-back). So in order to get to the best part you had to literally fight your way through until the second half of it. But the second chapter cut short the majority of lengthy SOL scenes as it considered that you were already introduced to the characters well enough, and finally focused on the environment and the village lore instead, and that's where the novel truly started to shine. The SOL scenes became much more balanced and adequate, and when the heat starts building up, it doesn't stop until the end which made reading this chapter after Watanagashi night one of the best horror experiences I've ever had. The mystery was smartly convoluted and it tries to fool you until the very end. The madness and cold logic of an isolated village with its ancient not-very-kind history gets twisted just like the twin sisters the mysteries (and miseries) of which you are still about to unfold. I also loved how this chapter showed the emotional side of the horror going on, and the writing was excellent in here. The only problem is (if it's a problem at all though), is that Keiichi is still dumb as a brick but that's okay. He's just a boy after all, ke ke ke. I hope that the next protagonist(s) will be a little bit smarter...
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May 2024
I will not say that I don't recommend this, because I think it's important to read every chapter in the Higurashi VN, including this one. But I personally found it extremely boring--it took me months to finish it because I really couldn't focus, as it didn't interest me. For reference, I finished ch. 1 within... 3 days? I also didn't find the ending of Watanagashi to be particularly worth all the boring buildup, unlike in the first chapter. This chapter involves more actual lore for Hinamizawa and such, but honestly all the ramblings were just so... idk. If you care a lot about lore, and Mion, then you'll enjoy this chapter. Unfortunately the only parts I found enjoyable were club activities--in chapter 1, I wished they would end, but here, nothing else managed to capture my attention. The voice actors did a great job as usual, though, and I loved the whole introduction to Shion's character. tl;dr - Most of Watanagashi is meh, but it's still a necessary read.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
9.2
1,378
46
Online players
13
Developer
07th Expansion
Publisher
MangaGamer
Release 13 Nov 2015
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