Indie Game Playtest - When They Cry

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Visual Novel Game with RPG sections. Homage to Deen Animation of Higurashi as it gives a new retellings plus unique stories, with different endings and choices. You play various characters in attempt to stop a girl named Rika from dying. But a strange paranoia that cause even the mundane to look dangerous and monsters to appear helps complicate the task. Besides various chapters, there is a free-play failed world area to gain experience, gear and unlock characters. As you complete chapters, new chapters unlock and treasures appear in other chapters to help replay the different endings. Each character has their own playstyle and types of gear.

OH BOY was this an experience! Ton of fun, great story, enjoyable combat. Everything about this was a lot of fun and I recommend giving it a try yourself. The controls and mechanics were easy, combat made sense, the various enemies were fun to fight. Even the frequent encounters weren't very bad thanks to how quick each fight went. Overall, 8/10 game to mess around and enjoy the story.

Game:
https://daisu1.itch.io/higurashi-kakera
https://higurashirpg.blogspot.com/

The goal of this video is to show a blind run of my first time playing the game while giving commentary about the experience. If possible, I will be working with the game's developers and help them locate any issues, with a focus on bugs and smaller errors. Feedback is intended to be constructive, with suggestions being given from a fellow game developer with experience.

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