Watch it without the expectations of Higurashi and it is a good show to watch.
I loved the story for what it was(and the fact that I was so hooked up to it because I felt like I was reading a murder/mystery novel 8D).
This is an anime that takes more time to understand than the time you put in to watch it <3
Although the story was very different from Higurashi's, I'm still persuaded that some of the characters had something to do with Higurashi ^^
yeh, namely, voice actors ?
well the characters are a bit like in Higurashi, but nothing beats Higurashi story, the two titles are their own unique things, l like both of them, surprisingly l don't see much hentai about both titles, and there is huge room for it, maybe it's for the better.
altough in Higurashi l found myself liking all female characters and the main guy, in Umineko l only like Beato Maria and that furniture chick, nothing else was good enough to me, altough the bunny servants and the purgatory sisters were sexy and cute, there wasn't anything remarkable about them.