Very hard for me to give 5 stars to a visual novel but this game delivers on every aspect. Story was great. Game had very few choices but made you actually think. This story could only be told in a game like this. The voice and music (I used 07th mod for japanese voices) was some of the best I've heard in any game. Artwork was good and there are a few different styles you can pick from with the patch I used. (I chose the pachinko sprites because it gave the females the largest breasts).

1. How To Play
There are a few ways to play umineko (Played mine on Deck with 07th)
- 07th (Options between Classic, PS3, Pachinko Sprites, argueably the Pachinko sprites are the most lifelesss, like what they were made for)
- Umineko Project (More Animations, Different translations)
- Umineko Switch (More Contents, you get Tsubasa, Hane and Saku)

Regardless of what ways you play, make sure you have the japanese audio, they have a lot of legendary VA in this, Miki Itou (Android 18), Horie Yui, Rie Kugimiya and Sayaka Ohara (Yuko Ichihara) are my favorites in this, and voiced their characters perfectly.

2. Game Review
Umineko is a masterpiece and way ahead of it's time considering when it was released. I would recommend the game for anyone who's a fan of the mystery genre, if you love Higurashi like me, you would love this as well. If you have watched the anime, forget the anime, the anime didn't do the game any justice.

Game Length: Quite long and hence worth every money you spent.
Characters: All characters are written and voiced well, loved the work that Miki Itou, Sayaka Ohara and Horie Yui did in the voice acting.

3. Closing Rant
After playing a few of his games, I can say that Ryuukishi (Director/Writer), is a what-if, if George Lucas has actual talent and skill to direct and write the story, to back up his world and character building. He does have his faults, like George Lucas, some of the filler conversations are awkward (it's not the translation, i listen to the JP audio as well), not as bad as George Lucas "I hate sand, it's course and it's rough", but this is also me nitpicking. He also has a habit of pushing a character to the wayside after building them up. My poor favorite character have nothing to do after her arc than acting stupid and shouting supporting lines, I also have some peeves on ending B as well, but he did warn us we won't like the end. In the end. But i am pretty glad i played both main games.