Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi
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. 5 Meakashi is a visual novel, adventure and horror game
developed by 07th Expansion
and published by MangaGamer.
Released on April 28th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 710 reviews of which 692 were positive and 18 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. đ
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: 128MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.8+ Mountain Lion
- Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 128Mb Video Memory
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
- Processor: 1Ghz or Faster Processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 128Mb OpenGL2 Or Higher Compatible
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Pulse Audio Compatible
- Additional Notes: Not Tested with Distros other than Ubuntu
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Let me start by saying that I didnât initially think to write a review when I played through the Question Arcs. My emotions were a tangled mess, mostly because I couldnât grasp what was happening in Hinamizawa. These feelings stemmed from the nature of games with multiple overlapping narratives, where one suddenly introduces a new character with no prior mention in the earlier chapters, leaving you to think, âWait, who is this guy?â. For a brief moment, I was really confused and thought, âHow is the author going to tie these pieces together if they donât even happen in the same universe?â Sigh. Look, Iâll enjoy the story just as much as anyone else, but these feelings wonât just vanish, and I donât think they will. Regardless, Iâm still eager to see what wild side of the story Iâll experience in the next chapter. If youâre reading this and still undecided about whether to continue, that depends on whether you want answers (or are content living with the mysteries, like Miyo). However, if youâve made it this far, you might as well keep going, because the quality is exactly what youâd expect from a Higurashi game â and thatâs a damn good one.
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hey it's the chapter that made me love mion more than i already did! I had an inkling that something more involved was happening in watanagashi-hen but the fact that mion was completely innocent of the murders of satoko and rika and was completely genuine about her love for keiichi and the rest of the friend group was just the icing on the cake. clearly mion is not completely absolved of responsibility, as she continued to uphold a lot of the toxic traditions that come with being part of the sonozaki family, but the events of meakashi really hammer home the fact that she's only a teenager dealing with this metric ton of responsibility shion also gets a huge amount of development here, and it did help increase my enjoyment of her character a little bit. mainly, it was cool to get to see a chapter pretty much entirely in another character's POV and with so much content from before the events of 1983. and unlike a certain horrendous reboot series, even though quite a few scenes (particularly the last third) mirror the events of watanagashi, meakashi isn't just a straight retelling of a previous chapter from shion's eyes. there's many similarities, enough to give the audience the key as to what was really going on during that chapter, but the overall narrative and information gleaned is different enough to be thoroughly engaging on its own. satoshi also finally gets to be a character rather than a hushed whisper amongst the main cast! I find it interesting too that so much of his thoughts and motivations are completely assumed by shion, so we ultimately don't get to learn too much about him, at least on a deeper level. it's great though that we at least get a little time with him, and the scene where shion is finally able to reveal who she really is to him is quite gratifying. this is also the first chapter where ryukishi07 presumably now had the budget to hire a composer to do the music for the series going forward, rather than the royalty free stuff that was used all throughout the question arcs. I think ultimately this was a good direction to go in, especially considering how many amazing songs dai would go on to compose for umineko, and there's quite a few standout tracks here. it sets such a warm, but melancholic mood befitting shion's return to okinomiya and her subsequent need to hide herself away. fitting that satoshi's first appearance would be scored to the series's first appearance of you and its leitmotif, basically a ray of warmth in song form to break up the monotony and loneliness of shion's day to day life I won't lie though, i do miss a lot of the royalty free tracks, and luckily a few still pop up here and there. the "replacements" for some of the more iconic tracks (ie where paris a go go would have played before, boy in the windmill now takes its place) are very good and do evoke a similar mood to the originals. anyway I've rambled way too much for a review that I'm really only writing for my own self-satisfaction lol 8/10, very strong start to the answer arcs. loved the new vantage point we got to view watanagashi-hen from, as well as the overall tone.
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this chapter is the definition of OHHHHH SO THATS WHAT HAPPENED, I love shion and after this chapter....its hard too but i still love her. I feel like at times the chapter gets a lil edgy and over the top but shions thoughts are interesting the whole way through. This chapter made me love every cahcrter more and want to keep reading to figure out more. Also no i didnt guess like anything that got awnsered here lol
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Higurashi when they cry Meakashi is 5th part of legendary series. Itâs the beginning of âDetective Arcâ, which suggests us that we are getting closer to figuring out, what is the source of the strange things, that happen in Hinamizawa. Like it became a tradition with previous parts, this one is also focusing on another member of our beloved crew. Maekashi story wise reminds more of the first and third part, with it being a bit more dark in the tone. Like always, it provides the reader with a well written plot and characters, that are playing well of each other. We get chance to learn more about the main characters, that grew so dear to us and discover new, never seen before side of them. Ryuukishi like in previous Higu parts delivered us great story, that to be honest doesnât require this review. Previous parts already spoke for themselves. You shouldnât need encouragement. However, I would like to mention few more. The music is really pleasing and catchy. I couldnât stop myself from pausing on the Tips screen just to listen to it. Itâs fun and I really like it. Most of the time, itâs very simple, but it doesnât stop it for being satisfying and boosting the mood of the scene. You can really see the beginning to development to the Meister-stuck of BGM, that 07th Expansion provides in Umineko. The visuals depend on which version of them you are using (You have 3 options), however the standard steam ones are pleasing. They arenât state of the art by any means, but they are doing they job, the way they should. I donât have anything to complain about. Only thing I can complain about is, that you need a review for this part in the first place. If the 4 previous parts didnât explain it well enough, then I will do it right here. Maekashi is a must read and is the pillar to the greatness, that Tsumihoroboshi(6) and Minagoroshi(7) are preparing for us. Because this story achieves something, that is hard for many other. Making the story even better the further it goes. Rating for Maekashi is without a hesitation 100/100
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Oh boy....buckle up, cuz this one is the DEFINITION of a roller coaster ride. Couple things I want to be known. I was very skeptical about Shion being the main character of this one. I got used to Keiichi and did not know exactly where the story was going. Thankfully, I was very wrong. Having this chapter being told from her perspective was so refreshing I did not mind it one bit. She is (obviously) really different from Keiichi so the inner dialogue moments are unique in this chapter. I really don't want to spoil anything story wise because this one is just so like peak and "wtf coded" that all I can really say is play it! Also, Satoshi is one of my favorite characters he did nothing wrong :( (this chapter has also surpassed chapter 3 in the amount of crying I did while playing it too :D)
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Online players
8
Developer
07th Expansion
Publisher
MangaGamer
Release
28 Apr 2017
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