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Higurashi When They Cry - Question Arcs

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, ひぐらしのなく頃に, Le sanglot des cigales ~cycle des énigmes~, Higurashi - Quando piangono le cicale - Archi di domanda, Gdy zapłaczą cykady, Когда плачут цикады, Kogda plachut cikady, Khi Ve Sầu Khóc, 寒蝉鸣泣之时 出题篇, Hanchan Mingqi zhi Shi Chuti Pian, Higurashi When They Cry

2002Main GameReleasedFirst personText
AdventureVisual Novel

Summary:

Hinamizawa, a small rural village in Japan, circa 1983. The village is known for its annual Watanagashi Festival, which honors the local deity, Oyashiro-sama. The story follows Maebara Keiichi, a teenage boy who has recently moved to Hinamizawa with his family. He quickly becomes friends with a group of local girls: Ryuuguu Rena, Sonozaki Mion, Houjou Satoko, and Furude Rika. On the surface, Hinamizawa is a peaceful, tight-knit community. However, Keiichi soon discovers that the village harbors dark secrets and a history of mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders that occur each year around the time of the Watanagashi Festival. [Based on Wikipedia] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is the first set of stories, the "Question" arcs, comprising: -Onikakushi -Watanagashi -Tatarigoroshi -Himatsubushi

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Ratings:

IGDB

9

VNDB

8.6

11260 ratings

VNDB:

Average length
50h

Achievements:

Steam
15

External pages:

Links:

07th-expansion.neten.wikipedia.orgalchemist-net.co.jphigu.bizweb.archive.orghinamizawa.friphone-product.matrix.jpmarket.android.comamazon.comtaito.co.jpentergram.co.jpbooks.rakuten.co.jpja.wikipedia.org

Details

Companies:

07th Expansion, Alchemist Co., Ltd., MangaGamer, Pbsaffran, SEAMS Inc., Taito Corporation, KAGA CREATE, ENTERGRAM, Kuihai Jihua

Franchises:

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Game modes:

Single player

Themes:

Thriller, Drama, Erotic, Mystery

Game engines:

NScripter

Languages:

English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Age ratings:

CERO: D, PEGI: 7

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