Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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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 horror, visual novel and adventure 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 794 reviews of which 775 were positive and 19 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 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: 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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Life changing. It's crazy to me how chapter 5's are the best in both Higurashi and Umineko. These are the times when Ryukishi had that dawg in him. Also Festivals is one of the best BGM of all time and despite this game having one of the best main casts in history, Shmion is definitely outstanding.
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Meakashi. I am kinda speechless towards this one, while i did enjoy it, and found it to be quite heartbreaking. Meakashi didnt give me the same ''feeling'' from the other chapters, thus i will be putting it as my least favourite, BUT STILL GREAT, entry of the Higurashi:When they cry series.
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Pheeeeeeew.....now this was THE wild ride. I never had my brain so active in my entire life trying not to lose anything and recalling events of Watanagashi + the prior chapters just in case.
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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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Higurashi when they cry Meakashi is 5th part of legendary series. It’s the beginning of “Detective Arc”, 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 doesn’t require this review. Previous parts already spoke for themselves. You shouldn’t need encouragement. However, I would like to mention few more. The music is really pleasing and catchy. I couldn’t stop myself from pausing on the Tips screen just to listen to it. It’s fun and I really like it. Most of the time, it’s very simple, but it doesn’t 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 aren’t state of the art by any means, but they are doing they job, the way they should. I don’t 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 didn’t 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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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi received 775 positive votes out of a total of 794 achieving an impressive rating of 9.12.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi was developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is a single-player game.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi does not currently offer any DLC.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi does not support Steam Remote Play.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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10
Developer
07th Expansion
Publisher
MangaGamer
Release
28 Apr 2017
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