Higurashi series, which relase should I play

I wanted to get into the whole Higurashi visual novel thingy for quite some time so I finally decided to give it a try. Gathered some food supplies and decided that I'd play trough all of it regardless of how long it might take. As I prefer to play games on linux since I am bound to use that trough my work I decided to go with the steam version V down there as it would run out of the box

store.steampowered.com/app/310360/Higurashi_When_They_Cry_Hou__Ch1_Onikakushi/?curator_clanid=34658240&curator_listid=45152

my friend mentioned something about the graphics looking to modern but I didn't mind, after finishing chaper 1 I talked to said friend again who appeared to have played the game on her mobile phone who told me that my death was most likely due to making the wrong choices in the game ... thing is I never got to make any choices which seems weird. So it appears that I must have played the wrong release of the game since the graphics look different and the gameplay wasn't as interactive.

So basically my qustion is if anyone can provide me with a source on where to find the original or best received release I should play to get the most out of the series. I figured I should ask here since someone might be able to give a a hint on what I should play optimally.

(sidenode: I would prefer using steam or something which would allow me to play it on linux though if the version that I should be playing optimally isn't compatible straight out of the box I wont mind playing it on windows its just more bothersome having to reboot constantly or configuring my vm's with audio passtrough)

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there are no choices, the steam release is fine
there's a console version that added choices but they're not part of the original and not necessary for the story, and really doesn't add anything of value
on the steam release you can change the sprites to the original or the new ones

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>Cringe pedophile game
Dumped

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there have not been any pedo scenes so far. The only lewd scene was borrowing that swim suit form Mion but she is far from a loli

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Patch the game with 07th mod and you can switch between all three sprite styles and backgrounds at will, it's worth it alone to restore the songs removed and replaced by the most recent steam/gog update

The PC release is unmistakably the worst because the artstyle is just dog-ass. But they're all serviceable. I'd personally mod the original sprites in if I were you Like the other person said I'd do the R07 mod even if it's kind of a pain in the ass.

Wait for the golden smurf sprites
Is like ryukishi made them but he know how to draw

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Also if by finishing chapter 1 you meant finishing Onikakushi, Keichii always dies there. The rest of the chapters explore alternate possibilities of the story's path, until you have a cohesive understanding of what's really happening. You can probably guess what's responsible for everything by watanagashi-hen if you think hard enough, but you won't understand why until it's over.

uh she does look that old though. Plus that is not pedophilia anymore since pedophilia refers to prepub girls/boys (she has clearly defined secondary sex characteristics as boobs/hips)