ok just so i dont forget to mention stuff, im gonna split higurashi and umineko into seperate posts, and also split their vn and anime/manga adaptations into seperate posts too (I did a lot of research w this so please bear w me, im excited to show process related stuff too but yea hgfjdkhfkds)
OK SO… higurashi when they cry was written by R07 and made on a program called NScripter, which basically means vanilla higu is really, really jank… but i swear there is a genuine charm to it that just cannot be replicated in the console port or the modded pc port. I did also forget to mention that both higurashi and umineko are sound novels (when they cry series has a third instalment called ciconia but i have not read that as of yet and so can’t give much information on it. i wont be including more than maybe one post on it as i only really used it as inspiration for character design)
OK ANYWAY back on topic… ngl adfter the amt of medical withdrawals i was in ive stopped medicating for adhd bcs i rly just can’t deal with it so.. it rly shows i fear DFSHJKGL anyway. higurashi vn.
Higurashi runs in whats known as NVL Mode vs ADV mode (attaching visual examplees of this rn)
i think its best explained in this post here.
I’m also linking a post from my blog last year that goes into more detail on both higurashi’s visual novel form here.
anyway yeah so vanilla higu runs in NVL mode, which is pretty good for long form stories with less interactive elements like higu. the issue is that its not really clean and it Really makes the doujin part of the production clear. which isnt such a big deal for a niche game but higurashi got Really Popular especially after the anime adaptation’s release (which I’ll get to in a later post)
because of this, the console ports got released, which look VERY different than base game. I go into this briefly in the blog post i linked earlier, but while it looks cleaner i personally find that the original has this character to it that gets lost when made to look more like your typical vn. i wish higu had stayed niche im ngl dfsghjks
ANYWAY i keep going on tangents i love being able to focus guys its rly fun.
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