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jimmydorry has Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

4 Nov, 2015 @ 8:23pm

Why isn't this a DLC in the original app?

I wouldn't have even seen this if a friend had not told me about it.

How are you planning to raise awareness about this chapter for all the people that own the first one?

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TrickZZter has Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

4 Nov, 2015 @ 8:29pm

They can make an announcement. And obviously it'll be one of top sellers, so you can't miss it anyway.

Last edited by TrickZZter; 4 Nov, 2015 @ 8:30pm

megabyte

10 Jan, 2016 @ 12:23pm

If I had to guess, it's probably technical issue. The original game was windows only. I think they made a new engine from scratch that would work on OSX and Linux, as well as support the text and sprite swapping features. With all that work and the uncertainty that the first part would sell well enough to justify retranslating the rest of the series, they probably figured it would be easier to release each episode as a standalone game.

Again, that's all speculation based on my experience as a programmer. I don't have any evidence to back it up.

jimmydorry has Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

11 Jan, 2016 @ 2:40am

You can do pretty much anything with Steam's app and DLC system. It's rather flexible.

CipherZero has Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

21 Jan, 2016 @ 8:53pm

DLC implies you need the base game inorder to enjoy/interact with said content. These are stand alone stories/games

Orni51

28 Jan, 2016 @ 4:29am

Originally posted by Dhalmel:
DLC implies you need the base game inorder to enjoy/interact with said content. These are stand alone stories/games

I imagine you haven't played the rest of the chapters but this is wrong.

Ragdamar 3 Feb, 2016 @ 1:06am

There was a patch on chapter 1 today, made me think about "when will chapter 2 come out?" I guess raising awareness about it would be a good idea.

QuantizedAnson has Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

1 Jun, 2016 @ 6:28am

It's all about money.

Cap'n

23 May, 2018 @ 12:08pm

Originally posted by megabyte:
If I had to guess, it's probably technical issue. The original game was windows only. I think they made a new engine from scratch that would work on OSX and Linux, as well as support the text and sprite swapping features. With all that work and the uncertainty that the first part would sell well enough to justify retranslating the rest of the series, they probably figured it would be easier to release each episode as a standalone game.

Again, that's all speculation based on my experience as a programmer. I don't have any evidence to back it up.

I think all the games are made in Unity.