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.
Nevertheless, this is a game, not a novel. As the player, you will be able to unravel the mystery surrounding the events in the game as the scenarios unfold.
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.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Pentium III 800 MHz | Pentium 4 1.4GHz |
| VRAM | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| RAM | 512 MB RAM | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows XP | Windows 7+ |
| Graphics Card | 128MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) | 256MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) |
| Direct X | Version 9.0c | Version 9.0c |
| SOUND CARD | Any | Any |
| HDD Space | 500 MB available space | 500 MB available space |
| Game Analysis | The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 6200. To play Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz to play the game. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi system requirements state that you will need at least 512 MB of RAM. If possible, make sure your have 4 GB of RAM in order to run Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi to its full potential. You will need at least 500 MB of free disk space to install Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi will run on PC system with Windows XP and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions. | |
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 1 Ghz or faster processor | 1 Ghz or faster processor |
| RAM | 512 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| OS | Mac OS X 10.8+ Mountain Lion | Mac OS X 10.8+ Mountain Lion |
| Graphics Card | 128Mb Video Memory | 256Mb Video Memory |
| SOUND CARD | Any | Any |
| HDD Space | 500 MB available space | 500 MB available space |
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 1Ghz or Faster Processor | 1Ghz or Faster Processor |
| RAM | 512 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| OS | Ubuntu 12.04+ | Ubuntu 12.04+ |
| Graphics Card | 128Mb OpenGL2 Or Higher Compatible | 256Mb OpenGL2 Or Higher Compatible |
| SOUND CARD | Pulse Audio Compatible | Pulse Audio Compatible |
| HDD Space | 500 MB available space | 500 MB available space |