Higurashi Daybreak Overview
Higurashi Daybreak Free Download for PC is a Japanese dōjin third person shooter developed by Twilight Frontier, first released on August 13, 2006 and is based on the popular visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. The game is Twilight Frontier's first attempt in making a 3D game. 07th Expansion, the creators of the original franchise, assisted in making the game — most notably, Ryukishi07, the writer of the original game, provided the script for Higurashi Daybreak. Also, this game uses the same voice cast as the drama CD of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
In the title, the «Bu» is made red (ブ), a practice similar to the original material. In Japan, the game is also called Hidebu, by taking the initials of the game (which, coincidentally, is homonymous to a well-known phrase in Fist of the North Star, where the nonsensical phrase is uttered by a fat grunt before he explodes).
Hirukowashi-hen of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, released on December 31, 2006, is a novelization of this game. Also, a related short story, «Higurashi Outbreak», was included in the original soundtrack of the game, which was released on April 22, 2007 along with the expansion Higurashi Daybreak Kai (ひぐらしデイブレイク改?).
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In April 2008, Alchemist announced that they would be porting Higurashi Daybreak to the PlayStation Portable, and released the port on November 27, 2008. Higurashi Daybreak Download free Full Version.
Gameplay
The game is a 2 vs. 2 versus third person shooter based on the system of the Mobile Suit Gundam VS Series. Each of the four players can be played by humans (either together locally or through netplay) or controlled by the computer. Each character has a choice of two to three different weapons, with vastly different properties. Actions such as dashing, guarding, jumping, or flying through the air are restricted by a «stamina» gauge — once that gauge is depleted, none of the said actions can be carried out, though the gauge refills itself when it is not in use.
Also, a «charge» and «main» gauge determine what kind of projectile the player fires, and how many he or she can fire. And finally, there is also a «limit gauge» that can be charged in one of two ways: when the player is damaged, or when the player deals damage. Once the gauge is full, the player can go into Hypermode and receive some stat bonuses for a limited period of time. The game ends when a team's balloon reaches a preset limit (default at 100%); the percentage increases when a team member's HP bar gets depleted.
In the story mode, there are initially three storylines to go through, while more can be unlocked after the initial three has been played through. The teams are preset in the story mode, they are:
The protagonists team (これぞ！主人公チーム) — Keiichi Maebara and Rena Ryuugu
The twin sisters team (迷惑双子姉妹チーム) — Mion Sonozaki and Shion Sonozaki
The chibikko team (頑張れちびっ子チーム) — Rika Furude and Satoko Hojo
The lovers team (熱愛アベックチーム) — Jirō Tomitake and Miyo Takano
The Okinomiya Police investigator team (興宮署特命刑事チーム) — Kuraudo Ōishi and Mamoru Akasaka
The Hinamizawa School teachers team (雛見沢分校先生チーム) — Kyōsuke Irie and Rumiko Chie
The Sonozaki yakuza team (武闘派園崎組チーム) — Akane Sonozaki and Tatsuyoshi Kasai
The club leader's private team (部長さん内緒チーム) — Keiichi Maebara and Mion Sonozaki (expansion only)
Together with Nee-nee team (ねーねーと一緒チーム) — Satoko Hojo and Shion Sonozaki (expansion only)
Rena's take home team (レナのお持ち帰りチーム) — Rena Ryuugu and Rika Furude (expansion only)
Although the teams are preset in the story mode, a team can consist of any two characters in other matches. Higurashi Daybreak Game free Download Full Version.
Plot
In a peaceful day like any other, a small box was dropped on Rika Furude's head when she was sweeping in the Furude Shrine. In it was a pair of magatama, one red and one white.
The magatama are actually the sacred treasure of the Furude Shrine. With its magical powers, the holder of the red magatama would unconditionally fall in love with the holder of the white one. Upon testing its effects on the school faculty, the club members of a Hinamizawa school decided that they should duel each other to see which pair gets to keep the magatama. In the beginning it was only an afterschool club activity, but their game eventually engulfed all of Hinamizawa. Higurashi Daybreak game free Download for PC Full Version.
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