A new website has revealed that a virtual reality game is coming to the beloved Higurashi series entitled “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Utsutsu”, unveiling a virtual reality demo of sorts featuring a surplus of scrolling text in classic visual novel style and some occasional jump scares – likely suggesting that this upcoming title will possess these elements.
The game was announced during the (for different reasons equally foreboding) Super Pachinko and Pachislot Festival 2017; a video of the website’s virtual reality demo:
Unfortunately details are scarce, such as if the game will be an adaptation or an entirely original story; a launch date and possible release platforms have also gone unmentioned.
Damn it Hanyu, I musta gotten to like level 3 and am now hallucinating s♥♥t, because I could swear that footage looks like PS1 era s♥♥t..
VR footage doesn’t start until 3:23 into a 4:15 video, and when it starts you realize it’s just a static panoramic 2D drawing. Terrible.