Let's Read Higurashi When They Cry! - Ch.1 Onikakushi

Feel the hype! Time to re-read onikakushi. This time with ps sprites. I like them more than the brand new sprites for some reason

Better backgrounds and sprites with the patch tbh. Here’s hoping they get the new patch out in time.

Am I the only person who genuinely prefers the steam sprites over the PS2 ones??? I would like voices tho

The steam sprites are good too but why don’t they have CG’s? The ps version has some and that’s why I prefer this one. And yeah, voices would be nice

I don’t even know why I don’t like the steam sprites, I just look at them and think ā€œā€¦nahā€, maybe it’s because I had the PS sprites when I first read it and now those are ā€˜normal’ for me? Didn’t have CGs back then though
And I’ll probably still leave voices disabled, I’m too used to reading it without voices^^

Wait… There’s no CGs?

The original release doesn’t have CGs, being a doujin production where all the art was done by Ryukishi himself. The console releases add some in addition to creating new spritework specifically for those releases. Personally, I don’t see why Higurashi needs CGs; it’s not like the story already does an excellent job of describing what’s happening. :confused:

I don’t think I would ever be able to get used to a Ryukishi07 work that has CGs. I kinda like those textured photos as it adds to the feel of the novel.

I don’t like the potato sprites tho xP

Now that you mention it, that was a silly question, lol. The original didn’t have CGs after all.

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You’re right, it doesn’t really need CG’s. I didn’t even notice that there are none until I finished reading and someone here mentioned it. But I think they’re a nice extra. I’m a CG fan in general, everytime I get one I do a little dance of joy in my mind. :stuck_out_tongue:

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So, Watanagashi is out, and the sprite mod is being made, keep an eye on https://github.com/higurashi-mod/watanagashi

I’ll get Watanagashi for rereading in a week or so, or later if the mod isn’t out by then

I wanna keep the steam sprites but… Looking forward to the voice patch! :smiley: Muh Nakahara Mai

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Muh Nakahara Mai
[/quote]Speaking of her, (Day 11 spoilers, I think?) I tried skipping to the first instance of Yandere Rena in order to hear her voice, and I’ll be honest here: she sounds about as threatening as a thrown pillow. I’m starting to think Higurashi works better without voices for me… :confused:

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I’ve opened a topic for Chapter 2 discussion! Check it out here: Let's Read Higurashi When They Cry! - Ch.2 Watanagashi

I think the point was not to be threatening, but simply to be a total reversal of what Rena was presumed to be… well I’ll give it a shot when I start episode 2!

I have acquired the Ch 1 - 4 Question Arc of Higurashi from Steam and would like to start it soon but my question is whether I am better of waiting for the whole of the Answer arc to come out first? I have Ch 5 and perhaps it won’t be a long wait for the rest but does it matter if there is a long gap between reading the Q & A arcs?

I’d suggest to read what you have, considering that way back when there was also a considerable time gap between chapter releases. If you want to also tell us your thoughts after each chapter, now, a year and a half later since this topic was made, there’s actually an entire forum dedicated to 07th Expansion, so give that a visit if you like. You’ll see a bunch of familiar faces, considering that the admin is the same.

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Oh man 2+ years later and you have yourself a less but in some way equally unlucky guy :uee:
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I just finished Onikakushi and it was pretty fun, an enjoyable experience to say the least. I didn’t know about the patches though, good thing I saw this only halfway through Ch.2 :ahaha:
I personally don’t like the ā€œupdatedā€ sprites, felt like the ā€œoriginalā€ set the mood better, but I quite like the PS sprites, will use mod in the future.

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