About the game
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
June, 1983.
The summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
Gameplay
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Someone who was supposed to be there... isn't.
Someone who wasn't supposed to be there... is.
Someone who was alive last night is now dead, and someone who is here right now isn't alive.
There is no way to avert this tragedy. There is no choice but to give up trying.
But even so... please don't give up.
Background
For the past 4 years, someone has died, and someone else has gone missing.
This series of deaths and disappearances is connected to the local resistance against a now-abandoned dam construction project.
A murder during the construction, covered up by the local authorities, is being re-enacted year after year.
Complete official description
June, 1983.
The summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
By day there are cicadas, and by night, the higurashi.
Hinamizawa, a small village in the Japanese countryside.
While there are fewer than two thousand people there, every year, 'something' happens.
For the past 4 years, someone has died, and someone else has gone missing.
This series of deaths and disappearances is connected to the local resistance against a now-abandoned dam construction project.
A murder during the construction, covered up by the local authorities, is being re-enacted year after year.
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Someone who was supposed to be there... isn't.
Someone who wasn't supposed to be there... is.
Someone who was alive last night is now dead, and someone who is here right now isn't alive.
There is no way to avert this tragedy. There is no choice but to give up trying.
But even so... please don't give up.
Official videos
Gameplay video
System requirements
Windows
Minimum requirements
最低配置: 操作系统 *: Windows XP 处理器: Pentium III 800 MHz 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: 128MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) DirectX 版本: 9.0 存储空间: 需要 600 MB 可用空间 声卡: Any
Recommended requirements
推荐配置: 操作系统 *: Windows 7+ 处理器: Pentium 4 1.4GHz 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: 256MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) 存储空间: 需要 600 MB 可用空间 声卡: Any
macOS
Minimum requirements
最低配置: 操作系统: Mac OS X 10.8+ Mountain Lion 处理器: 1 GHz or faster processor 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: 128Mb Video Memory 存储空间: 需要 600 MB 可用空间 声卡: Any
Recommended requirements
推荐配置: 操作系统: Mac OS X 10.8+ Mountain Lion 处理器: 1 GHz or faster processor 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: 256Mb Video Memory 存储空间: 需要 600 MB 可用空间 声卡: Any
Linux
Minimum requirements
最低配置: 操作系统: Ubuntu 12.04+ 处理器: 1GHz or Faster Processor 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: 128Mb OpenGL2 Or Higher Compatible 存储空间: 需要 600 MB 可用空间 声卡: Pulse Audio Compatible 附注事项: Not Tested with Distros other than Ubuntu
Recommended requirements
推荐配置: 操作系统: Ubuntu 12.04+ 处理器: 1GHz or Faster Processor 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: 256MB OpenGL2 Or Higher Compatible 存储空间: 需要 600 MB 可用空间 声卡: Pulse Audio Compatible 附注事项: Not Tested with Distros other than Ubuntu
Supported languages
英语, 日语
* Indicates full audio as listed by the store. Interface, subtitle or audio support is not inferred when unspecified.