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I don't know who I am
Haven't played this yet, but played the previous ones (Higurashi and Umineko), just asking if this has some mindfuckery stuff like the previous two, since this looks like it's going to be more focused sci-fi rather than horror.
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Jeferson Almeida
I literally loved each of all 07th Expansion releases so far, but I got the felling this one will let me down, as I can't bring myself to enjoy this kind of sci-fi-ish plot :/ we'll see
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H fb
huh, i thought his visual novels would look more modern now. Guess not. Its's still probably good.
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soniiiety
can someone tell is this a shmup? can t\you move around? or is this just a visual novel?
also is there a family friendly version with bad parts blured , i want to play, but idk if its worth it
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I don't know who I am
I'm guessing you haven't played any of the When They Cry series?
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soniiiety
no i havent played any of them
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I don't know who I am
They are pretty much family-friendly. So you don't have to worry about bad parts. I recommend playing the first 2 series but each part is mostly stand-alone, so you can just play this one first.
And to answer your first question, it's just a NVL-style (text in center) visual novel. It's worth it if you're into solving some mysteries.
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SupaPhly
you fucks better buy this when it goes on sale
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Sandy Soxx
I know that I sure as fuck will, I love this series <3
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Lop Mop
Guys come join us if you want to talk about When They Cry: https://discord.gg/zKMyx3W
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Condescending Otaku
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Lop Mop
Thank you!!!!!
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jgamefan
*This game includes scenes that can potentially trigger mental breakdown, even for veteran gamers.. Viewer discretion is advised. LoL
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Zero Kurapika
I reached a scene where people were feeling happy and tried to be friends with each other.
Man, the falldown is gonna be excruciating. My hands are trembling.
The Higurashi flashbacks oh my
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Pamela-chii
Oh... I did not know 7th Expansion made another series after Umineko, Higurashi and Higanbana.
That is very nice, I must say. (^~^)/
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Grim Tower
They also did Rose Gun Days.
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Draykoe
Does this have horror elements like Umineko and Higurashi?
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Marwan A. Mohamed
Nah, it's just another military post-apocalypse story
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Zero Kurapika
Bought the shit out of this instantly when it got released a couple hours ago.
I bet it's gonna be awesome. Already played the demo and it was a delight.
Gonna play it right when i get home.
Then the waiting game begins until the next chapter release.
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suicidal thought 4 today
Oh not another loli game.
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Zero Kurapika
Hahahaha, man, so naive.
Ryukishi doesn't fuck around.
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suicidal thought 4 today
I'm fine with gore. I just hate this "loli-like" artstyle.
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sos
Oh no, you have no idea what this is capable of.
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Grim Tower
Nope, this is from the creator of Higurashi and Umineko. It will feature no pornographic content, but could potentially scar your mind, instead.
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suicidal thought 4 today
I have finished Saya No Uta. Just like that game the "weird unsettling gory imaginary" didn't bother me much, but the artstyle. I hate loli artstyle.
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Raccoon Child
This takes me back. Saya no Uta is a joke... It has really nice suspense at the start but the cardboard cutout characters soon prevent it from ever becoming a good story. It tries to have this grand, climactic emotional moment at the end (or one of the ends) but it just clashes too much with everything preceding that point so it ends up feeling meaningless and bizarrely disconnected, like something taken from a different piece of media, with better writing and genuine emotional weight, where a scene like this would actually feel like some kind of reward. I'm sure it tried to go for some cognitive dissonance ("Oh man, I'm getting feels but that's actually horrifying from an outside perspective") but it didn't work the intended way, because in the end I just didn't care; all I got was essentially a supposedly touching moment between two characters I never grew attached since throughtout the whole novel they didn't show any charm or redeemable qualities.
The soundtrack slaps though, nearly fooled me a bunch of times into thinking Urobuchi might be a pretty good writer after all.
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Grim Tower
The funny thing is that these aren't even lolis. That's just the way Ryukishi draws. And it used to be a lot worse.
Saya No Uta is tame compared to Ryukishi's stuff. You can't even put them in the same category. But there's no way that you should start out with this. Read Higurashi first. It's been remastered with better looking sprites.
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anatakotogasuki
is her chest bigger than her face ? ๐Ÿค”
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sssssstupid bloody horse
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soniiiety
LOOOOOOOOL do it again!
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Nifft Batuff
Cicoria, when they cry?
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TilusBlazk
The character artwork is fucking horrendous.
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Zero Kurapika
It's the story what matters when it comes to visual novels.
Then again i love that Ryukishi keeps on writing and drawing this by himself, years since Umineko came out.
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Grim Tower
Hey, Ryukishi tries. His artwork is a hell of a lot better than it used to be. It's an acquired taste.
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Amadeus
I don't know, its more like its the When they cry style
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Tanya Degurechaff โœ“แต›แต‰สณแถฆแถ แถฆแต‰แตˆ
When They Cry ?
so its a psychological horror too ?
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Zero Kurapika
Yep, same quality content. It has great comedic scenes too. I laughed a lot.
It only makes the horror scenes more crude and visceral.
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Nabiel Faiz
+18??
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Grim Tower
No, this nor anything else in the 07th Universe has ever had pornographic content. Instead, you will get psychologically damaging content. So enjoy! ๐Ÿ˜‰
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GuyWithAGun1214
You had to say "Yes and it's already uncensored"
He would've got the true experience, happened to me once when I though I was playing an Eroge and instead it was a psycho-horror (How to date a magical girl). SOOO much better to be unprepared
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Nabiel Faiz
Naahh, i prefer 18+ of loli
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Grim Tower
I guess lolis being killed in gruesome ways isn't for everyone then. ๐Ÿ˜„
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zeta307
oh shit its out.
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boneknock
is it good ? or another regular indie again ?
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Kundaime
when they cry is a good series
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zeta307
This is from the author of Higurashi.
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Grim Tower
And Umineko.