I played through the question arcs of higurashi and they were really good. It probably helped that it is a long time since I watched the anime.. It is basically the same but it is more mysterious since it is only question arcs.. the higurashi anime had 2 answer arcs mixed into the first season, and there was alot taken out, so they had to make an anime original arc to cover it(in season two). Anyway, the VN was definitely worth reading even if I had watched the anime beforehand. Lots of humor in it too. Probably going to buy the answer arcs when they come out sometime in february. What really makes this game stand out is the characterization, which is true for the anime too.

I downloaded a mod that changed all the character designs and backgrounds to the ones in the PS2 version, words cannot describe how much more enjoyable the game got(no more monster chubby hands). People are complaining that there are a lot of spelling errors, but I didn't notice that many.. People with English as their first language probably will.