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>>9734755
Umineko, the game: Episode 1-4 is almost universally seen as great. Opinion on episode 5-8 is very much divided; I personally love it, but others seem to hate it. Ep1-4 is a great mystery with a twist, but 5-8 shift away from the mystery and focus more on fantasy drama, to the disappointment and ire of some. Like with Remember11, the entire story is awesome, but you'll be sorely disappointed if you wanted clear answers to everything. Things generally praised are its writing, story and especially its music (I personally consider it the best soundtrack ever); criticisms tend to focus on its lack of answers, its pacing, lack of character development for many characters (as the cast is pretty huge, growing with each episode) and the way it pushes the message it's trying to convey in 5-8. Opinion on the art is mixed; there's no CGs, backgrounds are filtered photographs and the sprites are of unimpressive technical quality; however, many feel that from an artistic perspective the sprites do convey emotions, character and the like far better than commercial art.

As for the anime, imagine a story with many good and memorable aspects. Great music, great atmosphere, great writing, awesome scenes. Then imagine an adaptation took the plot, and only the plot, and made something that completely omits everything else that's good about the story. The Umineko anime technically adapts everything perfectly, but it just feels soulless. Scenes that were mindblowing in the VN feel underwhelming in the anime, and as a whole the experience isn't anywhere close to the original experience.