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Rias · 2011-01-04, 16:30

Umineko. 4 years. Same style you expect from Ryukishi07.

Overall Story

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Characters

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As the episode count increased, the cast size also increased. Some characters remains somewhat the same, while other goes thru different changes. My top 5 character of the series would be:

5. Beatrice
There are lots of Beatrice, and I'm not saying all of them are awesome. The one I'm mostly referring to is the one that served as the GM for EP2-4. Back then, she was full of character. She has tsun, she has dere. She can act innocent, but also is shown to have an innocent heart. While she did go overboard in EP2, ep3 and 4 was probably the high point for her. She's not as good afterwards, when she's not herself (ep5-6), or when she doesn't do much (ep8).

4. Battler + GM Battler (but not including Touya-Battler)
Yes, he's useless. Yes, he might've committed the perfect crime and never got caught. Either way, he's been an awesome character. Whether he's acting all cool and coming up with logic, or just getting whipped around like a play thing. Lots of character there.

3. Eva+ Eva-Beatrice
It's hard to separate the two, especially after ep8. Granted, I never cared for Eva much, but I always thought that Eva-Beatrice was awesome in ep3. Ep8 definitely is the high point for her to recover the popularity. Eva, shouldering all the hate to protect Ange, is definitely one of the nicer twist of ep8.

2. LD
Granted, I didn't like her much from the start, as I also speculated that she might've been Takano from Higurashi. However, her role throughout the series has been solid, and always adds the nice surprises from time to time to balance out the two sides. While her performance in ep8 definitely helped, I think I've gradually started to like her more and more since ep4.

1. Erika
As said before, I think Erika is an awesome character. Very unique character with a very good twist on your good old detective type. Her reason for wanting to reveal the truth, her execution, and logics are awesome. Even as a "bad guy", she added much flavor to the episodes that she was in.

Come to think of it, many characters that I liked at the start aren't here. Bern used to be one of my favorite, but I get more and more confused by her (not because she's playing the bad guy). Many of the human characters just gradually did less, and mainly were used as pieces for the game only. Although if I were to have a #6, it would probably be Natsuhi.

Technical Stuff

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--I am going to leave it at this for now, maybe add more when I can think of more to write--

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Rias Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003	Umineko. 4 years. Same style you expect from Ryukishi07. Overall Story Spoiler: Personally, the series has its ups and downs for me. If I were to rank the 8 epsiodes, from my favorite to least favorite, it would be: ep5>ep4>ep6>ep1>ep3>>>ep8>ep2>ep7 Come to think of it, Erika definitely made the series more interesting. I did enjoy those logic battles, but wasn't a big fan of the fantasy fighting scenes (some are awesome, most are just a drag to read). I don't know if it's because Ryukishi07 had a good time writing it, but it gradually gotten boring. And he kept adding more and more fantasy characters, which started to dilute the series. EP7 had a bunch of farfetched logic, which didn't sit well with me. EP2 was an overkill with the fantasy horror, which I felt it went overboard. Ep8 had the obvious problem of not being able to provide the solution to existing problems and questions, and looking down on the readers as goats/pigs just doesn't help. Characters Spoiler: As the episode count increased, the cast size also increased. Some characters remains somewhat the same, while other goes thru different changes. My top 5 character of the series would be: 5. Beatrice There are lots of Beatrice, and I'm not saying all of them are awesome. The one I'm mostly referring to is the one that served as the GM for EP2-4. Back then, she was full of character. She has tsun, she has dere. She can act innocent, but also is shown to have an innocent heart. While she did go overboard in EP2, ep3 and 4 was probably the high point for her. She's not as good afterwards, when she's not herself (ep5-6), or when she doesn't do much (ep8). 4. Battler + GM Battler (but not including Touya-Battler) Yes, he's useless. Yes, he might've committed the perfect crime and never got caught. Either way, he's been an awesome character. Whether he's acting all cool and coming up with logic, or just getting whipped around like a play thing. Lots of character there. 3. Eva+ Eva-Beatrice It's hard to separate the two, especially after ep8. Granted, I never cared for Eva much, but I always thought that Eva-Beatrice was awesome in ep3. Ep8 definitely is the high point for her to recover the popularity. Eva, shouldering all the hate to protect Ange, is definitely one of the nicer twist of ep8. 2. LD Granted, I didn't like her much from the start, as I also speculated that she might've been Takano from Higurashi. However, her role throughout the series has been solid, and always adds the nice surprises from time to time to balance out the two sides. While her performance in ep8 definitely helped, I think I've gradually started to like her more and more since ep4. 1. Erika As said before, I think Erika is an awesome character. Very unique character with a very good twist on your good old detective type. Her reason for wanting to reveal the truth, her execution, and logics are awesome. Even as a "bad guy", she added much flavor to the episodes that she was in. Come to think of it, many characters that I liked at the start aren't here. Bern used to be one of my favorite, but I get more and more confused by her (not because she's playing the bad guy). Many of the human characters just gradually did less, and mainly were used as pieces for the game only. Although if I were to have a #6, it would probably be Natsuhi. Technical Stuff Spoiler: Since I played this mostly on a Mac laptop (as I'm usually away from home when the game comes out), I know I've definitely missed some graphical effects in the game, as the onscripter for mac doesn't support all the scripts. Overall I think the effects are done alright for a sound novel game. The effects for fight scenes are well done, no complains there. Music. I liked many songs from dai, zts, -45, and Luck-Ganriki. My top 5, not including zts' songs (since I like most of them and they will all fill up my top 5 ), would be: 5. Engage of Marionette. Slower version of happiness, I like it better because it gives me a feeling of achieving something after working at it for a long time. 4. Ep8 ED. I have no idea what she's singing, but it sounds nice. Also, it reminds me of Ar Tonelico. 3. Happy_Maria!. I still have a hard time figuring out what the lyrics are, but magical gohda chef is definitely there. Plus it has a happy mood that went well with the fantasy elements. 2. Aoiro no Reishou (Blue jeer), Furuto Erika's theme. Not to be confused with "Meitantei wa shitteiru" (great detective knows), which is Detective Erika's theme. The music is nice and funky, and always makes me think of Erika's personality. 1. Final answer. It's fast paced, and used really well with the scene were Battler's resistance were proving to be fruitless against the court. There are many more songs I like, tons from dai. If I were to say the song that's my least favorite, that would be... Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/J530ixtKxPY">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> --I am going to leave it at this for now, maybe add more when I can think of more to write-- __________________ Last edited by Rias; 2011-01-05 at 01:09.