I finished the first chapter of Higurashi When They Cry a few days ago. Boy was that something.
It is really crazy how much of a wall to get past the first few hours are, and how much whip-lash it gives you when, the second you are past it, you know you're reading everything.
I played it vanilla on steam first, with the remaster sprites. After reading it I tried out the mod to compare the different spites, backgrounds, voice acting.
Original sprites are unhinged - they should exist is my thought there.
The remaster sprites are better than the console ones. Amazing you get three choices with the mod and none of them are a good art style. And that's just fine for this game.
The altered-photo backgrounds are way more compelling than the anime backgrounds, that is a straight downgrade the mod applies that you seemingly can't adjust. They fit the feeling of the story WAY WAY more strongly.
The music is good so far. I especially like the theme they would play during a "challenge" or similar circumstances. I look forward to more jams.
I don't think I've ever seen a piece of media that better crafts a sense of total, inescapable, understandable paranoia for the protagonist. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss to the extreme.
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I finished the first chapter of Higurashi When They Cry a few days ago. Boy was that something.
It is really crazy how much of a wall to get past the first few hours are, and how much whip-lash it gives you when, the second you are past it, you know you're reading everything.
I played it vanilla on steam first, with the remaster sprites. After reading it I tried out the mod to compare the different spites, backgrounds, voice acting.
Original sprites are unhinged - they should exist is my thought there.
The remaster sprites are better than the console ones. Amazing you get three choices with the mod and none of them are a good art style. And that's just fine for this game.
The altered-photo backgrounds are way more compelling than the anime backgrounds, that is a straight downgrade the mod applies that you seemingly can't adjust. They fit the feeling of the story WAY WAY more strongly.
The music is good so far. I especially like the theme they would play during a "challenge" or similar circumstances. I look forward to more jams.
I don't think I've ever seen a piece of media that better crafts a sense of total, inescapable, understandable paranoia for the protagonist. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss to the extreme.
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