Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Someutsushi-hen (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Someutsushi-hen

A port of the extra arc and the first in the Advanced Story saga originally included in Kizuna Volume I, partially adapted from the manga-exclusive arc Onisarashi, for modern consoles in widescreen.

12 March 2015

What Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Someutsushi-hen is

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Someutsushi-hen is a visual novel game developed by 07th Expansion and released in 2015. It was published by ENTERGRAM. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A port of the extra arc and the first in the Advanced Story saga originally included in Kizuna Volume I, partially adapted from the manga-exclusive arc Onisarashi, for modern consoles in widescreen.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Higurashi When They Cry series

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Someutsushi-hen is the 71st of 107 entries we hold in the Higurashi When They Cry series. The next entry was Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Alternative Hirukowashi-hen in 2015.

See all 107 Higurashi When They Cry games in release order →

What it launched against

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Someutsushi-hen launched on 12 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.

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