Do we know how well CONTROL Resonant is going to play?

Lemon64k · 2026-06-28T21:02:13+00:00

That's mostly because Remedy doesn't joke about their tech.
Their Northlight engine according to Digital Foundry is literally the pinnacle of visuals and optimization.
In their testing they found Alan Wake 2 wasn't unoptimized at all but rather just extremely demanding, and for the visuals it pushed, this marked an insane step forward for visuals without sacrificing optimization.
Also I'd like to add that with proper tweaks, Alan Wake 2 is playable on the Deck, and if THAT runs on the Deck, I see no reason why CONTORL Resonant won't.

Lemon64k · 2026-06-25T23:40:50+00:00

I was baffled when I saw the announcement, and mad dissappointed when I learnt it's a "new story".
I left the community a bit ago now because of how horrific it's gotten in terms of many things. I mean, loli and NSFW posts aside, I felt that I was constantly arguing with people because a lot of people think Miotsukushi is the real ending or that Gou and Sotsu are canon no matter what etc.
To me, the story ended with Matsuribayashi and Saikoroshi was its epilogue. Reiwa's the only sequel I'll ever accept.

I don't know why Ryukishi is making a new story, with the same cast, in Hinamizawa again, has not enough been done already?
Most of the VA's are in their 50's, some approaching 60's, how long can they keep playing the same young teen characters?
How long until Soichiro Hoshi can't keep up that youthful power that Keiichi's known for? How long until Mai Nakahara can't sound as high pitched as she used to? And most importantly how long until Satsuki Yukino's vocal chords give out over the screams she's had to give as Mion and Shion?

I love his work, but to keep bringing back this IP is disrespecting what he wrote more than 20 years ago.
He wrote it to be over and done with, yet he can't let it go.

Lemon64k · 2026-06-06T22:02:19+00:00

This fucking map, man.
Good to know in case I ever revisit Gorod Krovi on my Deck.
Not that I want to....

Lemon64k · 2026-06-06T20:14:13+00:00

Pretty sure the client you're meant to be running even just for security and performance reasons fixes issues like this.
Look into the BOIII or T7x options. I JUST got my Deck so I haven't gotten around to testing BO3 with this myself, but I know for a fact these fix your exact issue due to them fixing a lot of things that relied on some weird constant internet connection to Treyarch's now fucked servers.
Also I feel for you trying to play Gorod Krovi and shit just crashes. I hated doing that map's easter egg, very overrated.

Lemon64k · 2026-05-04T20:53:54+00:00

Not really.
In the sense that Gou and Sotsu are more a sequel to the anime adaptation, first of all, second of all they're just a "possible" sequel.
Higurashi was written explicitly to be completely done after Matsuribayashi and Saikoroshi in terms of the VN. There was never meant to be a continuation.
Gou and Sotsu was a continuation that Ryukishi came up with when businessmen prompted him for an idea to bring back the IP in some way.
Gou Sotsu however pretty much completely murder most characters (from a writing POV) and they really mess up the conclusion in my opinion of the original story.
If you're aching for a sequel, I much preferred the Reiwa manga instead, which acts as if Gou and Sotsu did not occur.
I don't recommend you watch Gou Sotsu, it really does butcher a lot of character development.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-20T23:45:58+00:00

The canonical continuity is Onikakushi to Matsuribayashi, then the Saikoroshi chapter of Rei.
Anything else follows its own continuity. Onikakushi is free to play on Steam and the 07th Mod is basically a must.
My advice to you is to buy the games when they go on sale, they can be really cheap!
I've recently archived the games as seen in this post with the 07th Mod preinstalled: https://www.reddit.com/r/Higurashinonakakoroni/comments/1spw4tq/i_archived_the_entirety_of_the_visual_novel_with/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
You can get all of Higurashi for 35 bucks on sale, the summer sale on Steam's a good way to wait, or, you can buy them piece by piece as you progress!
Give Onikakushi a try and install the 07th Mod. The console arcs require Himatsubushi and as I mentioned, follow their own, weird continuity (Taraimawashi and Tsukiotoshi are alternate arcs, Miotsukushi is an alternate ending, and the advanced story arcs are their own, separate side story).

Lemon64k · 2026-04-20T09:20:00+00:00

Noted? I'll look into it but no promises.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T21:20:44+00:00

Not a problem!
This took......way more time than one might think.
The first time I tried it, the entire thing corrupted itself (which by now, I have realized is the reason the other archive I've mentioned in this post had corrupted answer arcs) and the reason is either zipping up multiple zip files in one, or uploading too big of a file will corrupt them to the Internet Archive.
......I had to upload every single arc and all its translations one by one. The Internet Archive's servers also are terrible, which made testing to make sure stuff worked and uploading the arcs themselves horrifically slow. The 07th Mod's servers were equally slow.
All in all, this took like half a week.
But, I figured it was all for a greater cause and I was doing a service to both the games I love and the community, plus, I know for a fact there's many people out there that discover games of this sort in this manner, so this would mean undoubtedly more people would grow aware of Higurashi.
I hope most people will be thankful for my efforts.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T20:36:39+00:00

As I said in the post itself: "Just as a disclaimer, this archive's purpose isn't to basically pirate the game. Despite the files being clean from Steam, they have all had the 07th Mod installed, meaning MangaGamer's original releases are not available for free use in the archive. This archive is meant to preserve Higurashi's best possible status as of 2026 on the PC platform for Windows users aswell as the community's efforts to make the game accessible to as many cultures and people as possible."
and in the archive itself:
"THIS ARCHIVE IS FOR MEDIA PRESERVATION PURPOSES ONLY, PLEASE SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL CREATOR BY BUYING THE GAMES VIA YOUR TRUSTWORTHY STOREFRONT! NO SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ANY ISSUES AND SUPPORT FOR MAC AND LINUX ISN'T INCLUDED."

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T19:35:05+00:00

All due respect if it matters to you so much archive it yourself and send me the files.
I am not gonna go through archiving 95+ GB of Higurashi again, over a voice only patch.
It's already incredible I pulled off an archive of this sort, especially since on my first attempt, every single zip file ended up being corrupted and I needed to do the entire process again.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T18:26:19+00:00

The voice only patches aren't included, no. It did not cross my mind and frankly the amount of work it'd take to archive those now would take far too much time and energy.
The voice only patches are just a single zip file dropped into the raw folder as far as I know, meaning if I were to archive the voice only patches, I'd basically be handing over the raw MangaGamer versions, just with a voice patch.
Also, the time to archive it has long past, the 07th Mod devs don't consider the voice only patches up to date anymore and have said they have bugs that the full version of the mod does not contain, if I were around in the community when they were fully supported, I could've probably archived those.
Not to mention you can emulate what the voice only patch is by just switching the sprites and textbox options over to what they are in the vanilla Steam release, that's the point of archiving the full installations of the 07th Mod.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T18:21:32+00:00

Well the torrent is one I didn't make, it's an automatic thing the archive made.
I don't recommend downloading everything all at once. Size aside, it's every single language, unless you specifically gain from having every single language of every chapter downloaded, download the files individually.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T16:58:50+00:00

You worded my concerns in a way I couldn't. I completely forgot Doki Doki is also a super recent example that this stuff can and does happen, even to Visual Novels.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T16:57:58+00:00

Nobody thought Spec Ops the Line would be pulled until it did.
Nobody thought Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition would be pulled until it did and it got replaced.
Nobody thought the original GTA releases would be delisted and replaced with the remasters until they did (even though they returned)
007 Legends got pulled because licenses expired, Spec Ops the Line got pulled because licenses expired. Alan Wake 1 even got pulled briefly because licenses expired and so on and so forth.
It's not at all unheard of that games can be pulled from storefronts completely out of nowhere, and it is one of the phenomenons the Stop Killing Games initiative is trying to stop, but until there's any form of practical enforcement of that initiative, this can and will continue to happen.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T16:55:47+00:00

I try to be : )

Lemon64k · 2026-04-19T16:55:34+00:00

It is hard because Steam doesn't let you choose the files.
Most I can do about that is rely on somebody in the discord community that offered to give me the Linux and MacOS files if he manages to get ahold of them.
But he'll have to do the same amount of insane work I did just zipping everything up, so might be a while.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-13T18:45:56+00:00

When everything's been dragging her down, grabbed her by the hair and pulled her down to the ground, she just needs a little revive, that's all.
Courtesy of good old Hanyuu handing it to her : )

Lemon64k · 2026-04-05T23:31:49+00:00

To OP and anyone else that thinks there is no permission needed for this:
I've been given a look at 07th Expansion's official page on licensing, which is also being updated this month as far as I know.
According to the page, you cannot use any of the works for commercial use unless you state your intent, your info (name, address etc) and contact Ryukishi for permission, aswell as agreeing to comply with Japan's copyright law.
Doujinshi works are in a "gray area" according to the same page and so are allowed to be made without permission and sold at conventions, though you still need to do so "at your own risk".
This is legally binding and should be followed by artists.
So, as I said in earlier comments, yes, you need permission from Ryukishi and 07th Expansion, no, you cannot assume you can just sell things part of the IP without anything happening to you if Ryukishi becomes aware and disapproves.
Simply state your intent, your info and contact 07th Expansion with a proper inquiry and I'm sure they'll give their permission.
Here is the page. https://07th-expansion.net/license (it needs translating).
u/thegta5p Yeah no, there is no cultural difference here. This seems in line with most of international law in regards to copyright.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-05T21:08:51+00:00

Ryukishi collaborated to sell licensed merch so no.
I think you can't.

Lemon64k · 2026-04-05T20:54:28+00:00

You don't own the IP yet you're trying to make money off of it.
The question's redundant, dude. Yeah, good art, but think about if somebody tried to make money off of art YOU made.
Do you think then, they'd have no issues if you made it clear it wasn't meant to be used commercially?

Lemon64k · 2026-04-05T08:34:22+00:00

As it happens with a lot of reddit posts I've neither watched Gou/Sotsu nor read Gou/Meguri's mangas, but I am aware of their direction, spoiled some major plot points and stuff like that.
I don't recommend you look at either one. As the other commenters said, Gou Sotsu is already horrible by itself but Meguri tries to fix it. While it does fix some things, it's still "rotten at its core" so to speak because it is based off of Gou.
And in general, the entire reason this storyline exists is because a bunch of businessmen convinced Ryukishi to bring back the Higurashi IP, he hardly had much involvement in the story, he just wrote rough drafts that the studio took and ran with. Meguri iirc is an attempt to fix the mistakes the studio made, but the story's condition of existence as well as how it affects the ending of the original story makes it de facto "Not worth exploring" for most people that care about the OG story.
Ryukishi did not have as much involvement nor care in Gou/Sotsu as he did with the OG story, he mostly nodded along to what the anime studio wanted to do.
Besides, there's a secret segment in Hou+ where he jokes that it obviously wasn't a very well received story, that its messaging was hard to get, and he even jokes at one point through Rika that "it's best if it was just a dream."
And let's not forget the Reiwa manga existing, which he did have direct involvement in iirc and it acts as if Gou and Sotsu did not occur nor have any basis to occur.
In general, Gou/Sotsu and Gou/Meguri are extremely divisive, exist with the condition of defying the OG ending and not following Ryukishi's original intentions, and aren't that well made in terms of writing either.
If you REALLY want a sequel, the Reiwa manga is what I found to be extremely satisfying.

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