Thoughts on Umineko no naku koro ni
Umineko no naku koro ni is the newest game by the makers of Higurashi no naku koro ni. It was shorter than I thought, only lasted for 3 days. It wasn’t scary like Higurashi was years ago, but I am glad it looks more like a real serial murder now as compared to the cases in Higurashi where they weren’t much so.
Natsuhi is wonderful. I already have an idea of who could have done it and have some theories on how some of them were done, but the game has too little details on the crime scene, though that is probably also a hint in itself…
The characters weren’t awesome like in Higurashi, but the characters in Higurashi didn’t become awesome till several games into the series anyway (K1’s reality marble didn’t even activate till Higurashi3). And I like dai’s music. The music sounds cheap but I love it.
And Bernkastel! I thought it was really cool for her to appear. The next few games should be interesting.
September 1st, 2007 at 12:56 am
Ah, so dai did do the music. I was wondering about that.
I heard something about Ryukishi not planning to write an “answer arc” for Umineko. Is this true?
September 1st, 2007 at 1:29 am
I didn’t see anything about Ryuukishi not planning to write an answer arc, but looking at the 2nd tea party at the end of the game, it does basically say that the story will continue till there is an answer like in Higurashi.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:55 am
you will realise exactly how the games will go from the start of game 2,
as in how the world (worlds/events) go. but one of the main mysteries will be finding out “how”
based on what I have seen, and what I have read. it will get fairly awesome