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Favorite Touhou game?
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Mima-sama
Sep 23, 2023, 1:52:17 AM9/23/23
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I like Touhou 5 the most as it has the most polished gameplay out of the
five PC-98 games, a good gimmick (rewarding more risk by encouraging
players to collect point items as close to the top of the screen as
possible) and has really great music (even includes all of the PC-98
games). Touhou 2 comes close for me in the PC-98 era, since despite the
poorly aged gameplay (doesn't even have death bombing which is just a
pain), the music is fantastic, with some being better than TH05 in my
opinion (stage 1 and extra stage theme for example) or coming toe-to-toe
(stage 4 theme for example).
Though if I'm gonna choose a Windows era game I'd say Touhou 8 for the
classic era (seems to be similar to TH05 with TH08 being considered the
peak of the classic era of Windows) since it has again very great music
compared to other games (stage 4 is a fucking banger man), and has very
great replayability (so many character options for the main story, the
extra stage, and capturing each spell card and Last Word). For the more
modern era, I'd say Touhou 14 for being the least gimmicky and closest
to Touhou 6 (which is also well-received).
P.S. I'm really surprised to see pretty much nobody talking about Touhou
here in Usenet. Not even the japan.* hiearchy has a dedicated newsgroup,
which you'd think it would have (even for a short time) considering how
Touhou became very popular in the early 2000s in its homeland...
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Mima
Reincarnated Legendary Evil Spirit of Complete Darkness
five PC-98 games, a good gimmick (rewarding more risk by encouraging
players to collect point items as close to the top of the screen as
possible) and has really great music (even includes all of the PC-98
games). Touhou 2 comes close for me in the PC-98 era, since despite the
poorly aged gameplay (doesn't even have death bombing which is just a
pain), the music is fantastic, with some being better than TH05 in my
opinion (stage 1 and extra stage theme for example) or coming toe-to-toe
(stage 4 theme for example).
Though if I'm gonna choose a Windows era game I'd say Touhou 8 for the
classic era (seems to be similar to TH05 with TH08 being considered the
peak of the classic era of Windows) since it has again very great music
compared to other games (stage 4 is a fucking banger man), and has very
great replayability (so many character options for the main story, the
extra stage, and capturing each spell card and Last Word). For the more
modern era, I'd say Touhou 14 for being the least gimmicky and closest
to Touhou 6 (which is also well-received).
P.S. I'm really surprised to see pretty much nobody talking about Touhou
here in Usenet. Not even the japan.* hiearchy has a dedicated newsgroup,
which you'd think it would have (even for a short time) considering how
Touhou became very popular in the early 2000s in its homeland...
--
Mima
Reincarnated Legendary Evil Spirit of Complete Darkness
Kijin Seija
Sep 23, 2023, 2:06:05 AM9/23/23
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Yeah it's very new and has balance issues but I'm having a blast with it
Never really like Touhou 9's fast-pacedness
Mima-sama
Sep 23, 2023, 2:08:10 AM9/23/23
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On 9/23/2023 14:06, Kijin Seija wrote:
> I like Touhou 19
>
> Yeah it's very new and has balance issues but I'm having a blast with it
>
> Never really like Touhou 9's fast-pacedness
Well TH19 is not too bad. Just really hope it gets updated by ZUN. Not
> I like Touhou 19
>
> Yeah it's very new and has balance issues but I'm having a blast with it
>
> Never really like Touhou 9's fast-pacedness
just the balance but also bring back the replays.
Takane Yamashiro
Sep 23, 2023, 2:27:52 AM9/23/23
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TH13 is my favorite. Very easy to play with! The resources you get sucks
but if you play well enough (which the less dense bullets would allow
plenty of newbies to do) you should be able to clear the game.
but if you play well enough (which the less dense bullets would allow
plenty of newbies to do) you should be able to clear the game.
Kijin Seija
Sep 23, 2023, 2:36:16 AM9/23/23
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Takane Yamashiro
Sep 23, 2023, 2:37:11 AM9/23/23
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Haha true! Doesn't help that her boss theme is pretty forgettable too.
Mima-sama
Sep 23, 2023, 2:39:25 AM9/23/23
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> Doesn't help that her boss theme is pretty forgettable too.
Newer Touhou games have lesser and lesser memorable music as time goes
on unfortunately.
Kijin Seija
Sep 23, 2023, 2:43:23 AM9/23/23
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Mima-sama wrote:
>> Doesn't help that her boss theme is pretty forgettable too.
> Newer Touhou games have lesser and lesser memorable music as time goes
> on unfortunately.
>
Hey TH19's music is pretty recognizable. Reimu's theme? Zanmu?
>> Doesn't help that her boss theme is pretty forgettable too.
> Newer Touhou games have lesser and lesser memorable music as time goes
> on unfortunately.
>
Mima-sama
Sep 23, 2023, 2:46:02 AM9/23/23
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> Hey TH19's music is pretty recognizable.
Well that's why I said *lesser*. Doesn't mean there are games that have
no memorable music at all. There will be one. Always, hopefully.
As people say, it's not the rule, it's the exception to the rule.
> Reimu's theme? Zanmu?
Well yeah but who remembers say Son Biten's theme? The girl herself is a
meme, but can't really speak the same for her music...
Takane Yamashiro
Sep 23, 2023, 2:48:24 AM9/23/23
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On 9/23/2023 14:08, Mima-sama wrote:
> Not just the balance but also bring back the replays.
For me it's the scoring. Though I wonder if it's because there are just
> Not just the balance but also bring back the replays.
so many bullets in so many matches that ZUN decided to just not bother
calculating for it
Mima-sama
Sep 23, 2023, 2:50:00 AM9/23/23
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> For me it's the scoring. Though I wonder if it's because there are just
> so many bullets in so many matches that ZUN decided to just not bother
> calculating for it
Why would the number of bullets be a factor? And I remember TH09 having
> so many bullets in so many matches that ZUN decided to just not bother
> calculating for it
the same problem as TH19 too when it comes to the absurdly huge number
of bullets being thrown at the screen.
Takane Yamashiro
Sep 23, 2023, 2:51:46 AM9/23/23
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On 9/23/2023 14:49, Mima-sama wrote:
> Why would the number of bullets be a factor?
Grazing?
> Why would the number of bullets be a factor?
> And I remember TH09 having the same problem as TH19 too
played Flower View much.
Mima-sama
Sep 23, 2023, 2:53:39 AM9/23/23
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> Grazing?
Don't implement grazing then. :P TH10 didn't have grazing as a score
factor, so TH19 can get away with it.
(Did TH09 even score grazes?)
Don't implement grazing then. :P TH10 didn't have grazing as a score
factor, so TH19 can get away with it.
(Did TH09 even score grazes?)
Kijin Seija
Sep 23, 2023, 2:59:24 AM9/23/23
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Mima-sama wrote:
> (Did TH09 even score grazes?)
Doesn't seem so, TH17 also didn't score graze btw
> (Did TH09 even score grazes?)
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