Lacoste Posted November 15, 2015 Posted November 15, 2015 Developer: 07th Expansion Genre: Adventure Specification: All Ages, No voice Category: Bizzr Mystery , Horror , Suspense , Doujin , All Ages , SteamKey Price: $7.95 MG point:39 On Sale: Nov 13, 2015 OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, OS X, Linux Description: A re-release on a new engine with updated art and a complete re-translation. The updated art contains only all-new sprites contracted by MangaGamer, drawn by Kurosaki of Caramel Box. No CGs or new backgrounds have been drawn. Players have an ability to switch between old and new art, and English/Japanese languages. The original soundtrack and content, previously cut from the English release of the game, have been restored. Has been released on Steam as well as MangaGamer's site. Each chapter will be released separately as translations are completed. Summary: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni takes place during June 1983, at a fictional rural village called Hinamizawa, which has a po[CENSORED]tion of approximately 2000. The main character, Keiichi Maebara, moves to Hinamizawa and befriends his new classmates Rena Ryugu, Mion Sonozaki, Rika Furude, and Satoko Hojo. Keiichi joins their after-school club activities, which consist mostly of card and board games (and punishment games for the loser, usually him.) Hinamizawa appears to be a normal, peaceful, rural village to Keiichi. However, the tranquility abruptly ends after the annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local god, Oyashiro-sama. Keiichi learns that every year for the past four years, one person has been murdered and another has gone missing on the day of the Watanagashi Festival. Keiichi himself soon becomes drawn into the strange events surrounding the Watanagashi Festival and Oyashiro-sama. In each story arc, he or one of his friends become paranoid, and a crime is committed. Usually, the crime involves the murder of one of their own friends. While it seems impossible to tell their delusions apart from the mystery of Hinamizawa, slowly the truth is revealed. Rena Ryugu Rena is the main heroine of this story. She’s a classmate of Keiichi’s. She is quite interested in his everyday life, possibly because of an inherent urge to look after people. She comes with the standard-issue honesty, earnesty and blushes that you find in many heroines. However, her only reward for taking care of Keiichi is an incessant series of pranks. It really is unfortunate for her. She likes anything and everything she considers adorable, and this is also a very typical trait in a heroine. But that is also her greatest weakness... Mion Sonozaki Mion is one grade higher than Keiichi. She is the class representative. She is the active class representative type, which is the second most common type. She is a leader, someone who makes friends with everyone, regardless of gender or age. Because of her high-strung, easy-going, hyperactive personality, those around her never have to be bored. She is about the best kind of friend anyone could wish for. Her personality is somewhat marred by a tendency to sound like an old man, but that’s something to be forgiven. Mion likes games of all kinds, be they card games, board games or video games. Because of who she is, her games tend to be high-tension. It’s to be expected. She plays with her friends in the context of club activity. Satoko Houjou A girl one grade lower than Keiichi. She is usually very polite, but because she is still young she sometimes has difficulty with grammar. However, behind her innocent exterior lies a personality that loves setting traps for other people. You could call her a trickster. She tries her utmost to snare Keiichi, but she has only limited success. Although the result of failure is easily imaginable, Satoko doesn’t like to lose, and she doesn’t learn from experience. That is why she keeps confronting him, with all due consequences. Even when she realizes her skills are insufficient, her smile never wavers.Rika Furude Rika is a grade lower than Keiichi, and thus is a classmate of Satoko’s. She is very quiet and reserved for her age, which makes her almost the polar opposite of Satoko. However, the two of them can often be found in each other’s company. Whenever Satoko is in tears after losing against Keiichi, it is Rika who cheers her up. When Satoko wins, Rika comforts Keiichi instead. When Keiichi teases Rena, Rika comforts her. In fact, Rika comforts whomever is in need of comfort. She seems happy with it. System Requirement: MINIMUM: OS: Windows XP Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL Compatible Card DirectX: Version 9.0 Hard Drive: 500 MB available space RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 7 + Processor: Pentium 4 1.4GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL Compatible Card 2
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