For once I don't think I have the words to truly say how I feel, this chapter made me feel pretty much every emotion a piece of art can make you feel and this was only the last chapter. The whole game as a whole is just something else, and it was 100% percent worth all the time it takes to read it (and also Higurashi) if for some reason you're reading this and haven't read Umineko (or Higurashi) I highly advise you to go read it all, it's very much worth the time sink.
Since it's one of those stories you'll think about forever I'm going to end up writing a full review of the entire thing at some point I'm sure, much like how I still want to write up a whole review for Higurashi as well. One day I'll get there when I'm able to sort out my feelings in a way I'm happy with. Again I love this chapter and the story as a whole, there's still loads of mysterys I'm sure I missed but I'm for sure going to go back and try and solve them, you can really think about this game in every way, from just the themes, the characters & the mysteries themselves.
In a slightly spoiler part of my review but not really I also got to applaud Ryukishi07 because comparing this to Higurashis finale it's night & day, Higurashis finale is pretty good but it kinda falls apart halfway through in order to wrap everything up which in a way is due just due to the way the storys told, and since Umineko is different in that way it makes sense, but this finale was truly near perfect in so many ways. I really can't tell you a issue I had with it.
I cried multiple times throughout the game, and I cried multiple times throughout this chapter alone. Again truly a masterpiece. And I suppose as they say "Without love "it" can't be seen"
Since it's one of those stories you'll think about forever I'm going to end up writing a full review of the entire thing at some point I'm sure, much like how I still want to write up a whole review for Higurashi as well. One day I'll get there when I'm able to sort out my feelings in a way I'm happy with. Again I love this chapter and the story as a whole, there's still loads of mysterys I'm sure I missed but I'm for sure going to go back and try and solve them, you can really think about this game in every way, from just the themes, the characters & the mysteries themselves.
In a slightly spoiler part of my review but not really I also got to applaud Ryukishi07 because comparing this to Higurashis finale it's night & day, Higurashis finale is pretty good but it kinda falls apart halfway through in order to wrap everything up which in a way is due just due to the way the storys told, and since Umineko is different in that way it makes sense, but this finale was truly near perfect in so many ways. I really can't tell you a issue I had with it.
I cried multiple times throughout the game, and I cried multiple times throughout this chapter alone. Again truly a masterpiece. And I suppose as they say "Without love "it" can't be seen"
God I'm tired... pretty good ending though. I can see how folks got pissed off back when it released, but I was already Very Mad at the end of ep 6 and 7 and pretty checked out. A lot of this ep surprised and delighted me in comparison. Once I'd found my solid ground (a character I like is on the literal precipice of an important choice) I could finally just roll with the story and enjoy it, I found the stakes and could enjoy the magic finally.
It's a good ending to a different visual novel. I think he figured out too late what his story was REALLY about and couldn't go back to edit the earlier eps 'cause they were already released. Umi feels at war with itself on the mystery/truth stuff, I just don't think it's all the way there. But like, I ended eps 6 and 7 really pissed off and thinking this whole thing was a disaster, "not all the way there" is a big upgrade from that.
I thought ep 8 would reveal once and for all that the mystery box was empty, that the story really didn't have a heart; instead it did the opposite. I'm glad I stuck it out and read the last two eps. If you're willing to do a lot of the work yourself (too much IMO) and fill in the gaps I can see being really moved by it.
Ultimately still too little too late for me, sorry. I hate getting jerked around and umi Jerks You Around. And christ alive why is it 120 hours long. "In retrospect that holds together in a pretty neat way" isn't what I want out of an eight book series -- I want to fully enjoy it as I'm actually reading it, like I did with ryukishi's previous series.
It's never gonna be one of my faves but I can understand and appreciate why friends adore it now. If you tell people to skip higurashi and read umineko first then we're Eternal Enemies though.
It's a good ending to a different visual novel. I think he figured out too late what his story was REALLY about and couldn't go back to edit the earlier eps 'cause they were already released. Umi feels at war with itself on the mystery/truth stuff, I just don't think it's all the way there. But like, I ended eps 6 and 7 really pissed off and thinking this whole thing was a disaster, "not all the way there" is a big upgrade from that.
I thought ep 8 would reveal once and for all that the mystery box was empty, that the story really didn't have a heart; instead it did the opposite. I'm glad I stuck it out and read the last two eps. If you're willing to do a lot of the work yourself (too much IMO) and fill in the gaps I can see being really moved by it.
Ultimately still too little too late for me, sorry. I hate getting jerked around and umi Jerks You Around. And christ alive why is it 120 hours long. "In retrospect that holds together in a pretty neat way" isn't what I want out of an eight book series -- I want to fully enjoy it as I'm actually reading it, like I did with ryukishi's previous series.
It's never gonna be one of my faves but I can understand and appreciate why friends adore it now. If you tell people to skip higurashi and read umineko first then we're Eternal Enemies though.