Decided to try this because I love the Higurashi Anime, but I've never really played/read a pure visual novel before (played games like 999 and VLR that are VN combined with puzzle elements ). Not really convinced yet; the story is progressing very slowly and the presentation doesn't really help with that, and the localisation isn't very good. But I finally finished the first episode so it's starting to get interesting. Thewas hilariously weird.teaparty
Just a warning: the beginning of Episode 2 is one of the slowest parts of the whole series. Power through it.
Decided to try this because I love the Higurashi Anime, but I've never really played/read a pure visual novel before (played games like 999 and VLR that are VN combined with puzzle elements ). Not really convinced yet; the story is progressing very slowly and the presentation doesn't really help with that, and the localisation isn't very good. But I finally finished the first episode so it's starting to get interesting. Thewas hilariously weird.teaparty
Decided to try this because I love the Higurashi Anime, but I've never really played/read a pure visual novel before (played games like 999 and VLR that are VN combined with puzzle elements ). Not really convinced yet; the story is progressing very slowly and the presentation doesn't really help with that, and the localisation isn't very good. But I finally finished the first episode so it's starting to get interesting. Thewas hilariously weird.teaparty
I haven't checked on this thread in a few days.. Is there any news on modding in the PS3 art/voices?
Apparently not coming for a while, some difficulties modding this version it seems.
Progress is being made on the modding front:
Lots of progress on Umineko's patch. The script with voice files should be around 95% complete. I'm going to start working on graphics now.
Let's see how long it takes to release a beta version. I still need to find where the resolution is to manually fix it before releasing
noted. What webpage to see the progress?Progress is being made on the modding front:
Progress is being made on the modding front:
It basically picks up all the way through the first 40 or 50 hours (though there are some slow parts in the beginning of each chapter).Just finished the first episode too. Took me a bit because of my vacation beforehand, but holy shit this game picks up so much after the first ten hours or so. Stoked to play more.
16-17 hours later and I'm finally finished with the first episode. Much better than I expected. If this was just the beginning I can't wait to see how much better things get as I go along.
Just finished the first episode too. Took me a bit because of my vacation beforehand, but holy shit this game picks up so much after the first ten hours or so. Stoked to play more.
Just repeating my warning from before: EP2 beginning is one of the slowest parts of the entire game but after you get through it you could say ''the real Umineko starts here''.
Plus you will be rewarded with EP3 right after which is my favourite episode of the first arc!
I'll wait until all voices and art are added, because I need my PS3 experience.
The intense parts around episode 3 and 4 get pretty damn intense though. Pretty damn intense.
Just repeating my warning from before: EP2 beginning is one of the slowest parts of the entire game but after you get through it you could say ''the real Umineko starts here''.
Plus you will be rewarded with EP3 right after which is my favourite episode of the first arc!
Just repeating my warning from before: EP2 beginning is one of the slowest parts of the entire game but after you get through it you could say ''the real Umineko starts here''.
Plus you will be rewarded with EP3 right after which is my favourite episode of the first arc!
The OP videos and theory discussion remind me of how this game consumed me when the episodes were first being released/translated.
I find it hard to imagine it'll be worse than the beginning of Ep. 1. But thanks for the heads up!
This. While i was waiting for Witch Hunt translations i spent so many hours that amaze me to this day... I think i visited every little community or blog about umineko plot at that time.
There are answers but I'm not sure you want to know, if ya know what I mean.OK, I've not finished episode 4 yet I just got to the first twilight, so keep that in mind as I ask this question.
Why on earth did Kinzo not summon Ronove, the Chiester sisters or Virgillia in the other episodes if he has the power to do so?
And I thought in Episode 3 Kumasawa and Virgillia were the same person but now they're not?
And now Beatrice is claiming to have set up the idea of smashing people's heads only halfway so Battler can identify them. But how?? She wasn't the one to kill them it was Kinzo who did it??
There are answers but I'm not sure you want to know, if ya know what I mean.
Just so you know you might have a bit of blue balls moment at the end of ep4 if you expect much to be resolved . But then again I think Umineko is much stronger in the journey rather than all the answers.ok, if there are answers for these to come then great I'll hold off.
I'm really enjoying this story (more than higurashi) but the vagueness of how the machinations of magic/witches/spirits work etc when its so integral to the plot is starting to become quite irritating.
Just so you know you might have a bit of blue balls moment at the end of ep4 if you expect much to be resolved . But then again I think Umineko is much stronger in the journey rather than all the answers.
I have no idea how long until 5-8 get released but you can always get the japanese version and fan translation (which will likely be extremely similar to the "official" translation since it's based on it. But then again it would be nice for the official release to get as much support as possible.
Argh, I'm so confused!!!
so Kinzo was always dead?? The why did we see him in each episode!!??
Argh, I'm so confused!!!
BIG SPOILER
so Kinzo was always dead?? The why did we see him in each episode!!??
O__O
Argh, I'm so confused!!!
BIG SPOILER
so Kinzo was always dead?? The why did we see him in each episode!!??
O__O
Argh, I'm so confused!!!
BIG SPOILER
so Kinzo was always dead?? The why did we see him in each episode!!??
O__O
Argh, I'm so confused!!!
BIG SPOILER
so Kinzo was always dead?? The why did we see him in each episode!!??
O__O
Argh, I'm so confused!!!
BIG SPOILER
so Kinzo was always dead?? The why did we see him in each episode!!??
O__O
If I can still remember shit from years and years ago, then there's still the Tea Party and ??? to play. They should have been unlocked after you finished the episodes.Was I supposed to have already unlocked the Game Master LV1 achievement or am I missing something? I've read all the episodes but it's still locked. I tried Googling around but I think I may have unintentionally spoiled something and I'm afraid to look further.
If I can still remember shit from years and years ago, then there's still the Tea Party and ??? to play. They should have been unlocked after you finished the episodes.
I did complete all of the Tea Party and ???? episodes as well. Looking at the global achievements, more people have the Game Master LV1 achievement than the achievement for completing Episode 4. I know you can unlock the episodes at any point with the unlock button but I wouldn't think that would account for such a difference.
The description for it is "Read EP1-4" so my first instinct was to click the first episode and skip to the fourth option, thinking it was the game trying to pull one over on me.
I'm just so frustrated, haha. I'm not sure if it's the game bugging out or if this is a puzzle I'm meant to solve. I even re-read everything in the tips section of the menu.
Steam achievements sometimes bug-out if you play the game while offline. Did your connection drop for some amount of time while completing an Episode?
It's been QUIIITE some time since I've played it, what do you mean bySo, it turns out the issue was related to one of the hidden achievements. Specifically, the one related toGame Master LV1 unlocks afterwards. I had to turn to MangaGamer for the solution to this.the sound test.