Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

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Ib Nov 3, 2020 @ 6:46am
No dub for PC version?
It really feels lacking. I'd pay for it.
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Replicator Nov 3, 2020 @ 6:51am 
You can use a mod to add japanese voice acting, just look up 07th-mod
Veltharis Nov 3, 2020 @ 6:59am 
The original games didn't have voice acting, and the console versions' content (including Japanese VA) isn't available for the PC release in an official capacity due to licensing issues.

Perhaps one day, but for now you'll have to mod it in.
Last edited by Veltharis; Nov 3, 2020 @ 6:59am
fllthdcrb Nov 3, 2020 @ 7:02am 
Higurashi doesn't have voices originally, though some versions do. The rights for them, though, were owned by Alchemist[vndb.org], maker of the PS2/3 ports, and from what I understand, MangaGamer can't license them. Just use 07th Mod[07th-mod.com]. It's a fan mod to turn this Steam version into something closely resembling the PS3 version. All it's lacking now, AFAIK, is the music from that version.

Be sure to read the instructions. There are quite a few options and controls the mod adds. One of particular interest is text matching. The Alchemist ports censored the script a little, removing/replacing the lewd bits (e.g. Mion joking about Keiichi taking out his you-know-what, and in Zombie Tag, spreading rumors of Keiichi wearing girls' panties, etc.), as well as potential trademark violations (Kenta-kun/Colonel Sanders, replaced by "Randy-kun/Colonel Randy"). You can't just slap the voices on top of MG's text and expect it to work, so the mod offers variable matching, going all the way from changing the text to match the spoken dialogue and skipping the parts Alchemist removed entirely; to having the full original text, even if it doesn't match, and passages with no voice. None of the choices are perfect, but you can choose what to sacrifice.
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