Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

81 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“WOW, JUST WOW. This is my second experience with a visual novel (first was tsukihime), but this one was MUCH, MUCH more immersive; the voice acting, the change of BGM to enhance the feeling that something was off. It…”

“If you watched the anime before this and you think it's not worth it to play the Visual novels as well,fear not,because it IS worth it,even in the first chapter stuff is done differently,though it is the same…”

“The VN starts out pretty slow for the first three hours, but after that, it's hard to put down. The atmosphere of Hinamizawa and the slow rise in tension are perfect. I would recommend this to anyone, since it's free,…”

10 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“WOW, JUST WOW. This is my second experience with a visual novel (first was tsukihime), but this one was MUCH, MUCH more immersive; the voice acting, the change of BGM to enhance the feeling that something was off. It…”

“hauuuu this game is kyute~ btw play higurashi w 07th mod”

“HIGHLY RECOMMEND USE 07TH MOD TO GET VOICE ACTING + LIP SYNCING + ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK… OH YEAH THE DEFAULT SPRITES ARE CHOPPED AS ♥♥♥♥ LMAO... OTHERWISE GREATEST VN INTRODUCTION I'VE EVER READ USODAAAAA”

7 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“Incredible game. I have fallen in love with this story so quickly. I cannot wait to finish this series. It starts off slow with a decently long slice-of-life bit, but you begin to notice something is going on behind the…”

“8.4/10 [spoiler] Nothing except slice of life for the first 3 chapters, which was done well enough to not be boring. The remaining chapters are a very captivating mystery, although I thought it could be more captivating…”

“Starts off pretty slowly but around the chapter 6 mark it really becomes very interesting and is genuinely creepy without showing anything more than text and some character sprites”

5 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“really good! they managed to fit a lot in only just the prologue. unfortunately its incredible and now i have to stop hating on it... sorry fakekeiro... nope! trash game”

“One of the few games I feel like everyone who likes VNS needs to be required to play at least once. It's so good, personally I can't tell if I was satisfied with the ending or not but it leaves you wanting to read even…”

“Minor spoilers ahead (nothing to do with the plot) If you, like me, ended up here after watching the anime, you will very quickly realize that the Visual Novel is vastly different from the anime adaptation. The anime…”

4 of the 103 reviews raise this.

“brilliant game, to anyone who says the text format is weird, you are WRONG, and in any case, you need to download 07th mod whether you like it or not!! i cant stress how nice it is to see CGs, voice-overs and have the…”

“Cannot express enough how much this game means to me. Definitely play with the 07th-Mod, which will give you the best playing experience with better art, voice acting, and CG scenes.”

“peak, story is real intriguing and looking forward to rest of series, original sprites are better dont forget to change to them 😉😉”