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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi

07th Expansion · released May 13, 2020

Adventure

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

88
VGC Score
Stablemedium confidence
82%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
96%
Recent sentiment

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Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews95%90436
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)96%917
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 18 reviews sampled · 19 total reviews in window · weighted 15.3 up / 0.6 down · computed 7h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

No patch announcements found on Steam yet.