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Umineko When They Cry series

Umineko no Naku Koro ni

Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in 1986 on October 4 and 5 on a secluded island called Rokkenjima. The head of a wealthy family named Ushiromiya Kinzou, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, is near death, and…

85 15 October 2010

Umineko no Naku Koro ni is an adventure developed by 07th Expansion, released 15 October 2010 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 52.6 hrs to finish.

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What Umineko no Naku Koro ni is

Umineko no Naku Koro ni is an adventure game developed by 07th Expansion and released in 2010. It was published by HOBIBOX. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on NScripter.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Umineko When They Cry is a Japanese dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. Its first episode debuted at Comiket 72 for Windows in August 2007. The story focuses on a group of eighteen people on a secluded island for a period of two days, and the mysterious murders that befall them. Readers are challenged to discern whether the murders were committed by a human or some other, supernatural source, as well as the method and motive behind them. The eight main Umineko games are split into two sets of four, which are considered the third and fourth titles in the When They Cry series, preceded by the two sets of Higurashi When They Cry games and followed by Ciconia When They…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business, drama, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Umineko When They Cry series

Umineko no Naku Koro ni is the eighth of 62 entries we hold in the Umineko When They Cry series. The next entry was Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Majo to Suiri no Rinbukyoku in 2010.

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How it was received

Umineko no Naku Koro ni holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 52.6 hrs.

What it launched against

Umineko no Naku Koro ni launched on 15 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition, God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Umineko no Naku Koro ni — frequently asked questions

When did Umineko no Naku Koro ni come out?
Umineko no Naku Koro ni was released on 15 October 2010 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Umineko no Naku Koro ni?
The main story of Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes around 52.6 hrs.

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