r/TrueTouhou • u/MustyBoi69 • Aug 12 '24
Game Discussion What’s a Touhou Game you wan’t to appreciate more but can’t?
For me I always wanted to appreciate UFO more since I’m one of the few members who actually appreciate the UFO mechanic & hard pattern combos. The only problem is that regardless of the difficulty I’m playing (Normal, Hard, Extra) then Sanae B is the only viable and practical choice for me which I find extremely lame in a game that has 6 shot types.
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u/InTheSunrise Aug 13 '24
11, 12, 15
They are the trifecta of tough Touhou games, but I have slightly different reasons why I dislike them.
12 and 15 has a shitty resource gathering system. Chasing after UFOs is one of the worse, only closely followed by 15's grazing system.
11 just feels like a massive drag to play overall, due to just how everything in the game seems to be set up to screw you over at every turn. Otherwise, the game is quite good.
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u/MustyBoi69 Aug 13 '24
Yeah, I wanted to like 11 too, especially after figuring out the method to most of the spellcards from stage 1 to Blazing Wheel. Only problem is that the shot types available are probably the most repulsive in all of Touhou and Utsuho is a literal tumor to fight against
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u/aethyrium Aug 13 '24 edited Aug 13 '24
TH12: UFO and TH17: WBaWC. I just hate those collection mechanics so much. UFO especially as the stage design is built around them so you just have these long boring yin yang spam sections. Combined with some of the series' most garbage-tier music (ugh stage 4) makes it a chore to play and easily my least favorite of the series. I didn't feel any elation when I got my 1cc, just relief I wouldn't have to touch it again. It's a bummer too as I love the TH5 reference in the final boss using one of her moves. TH5's final boss is one of my favorites in the entire series (whole PC-98 era doesn't get enough love imo)
WBaWC is a little better about the mechanic being a bit more optional and having stages that are actual stages, until the final boss where the whole screen is just filled with bonking blinking icons. The sound design is so bad I had to mod both games to remove the sounds as they were driving me crazy. Had to do that with TD's spirits and LoLK's (I <3 LoLK though in general) super graze sounds too.
TD is one that's just kinda... there. Don't have much to say about it good or bad.
My favorites are 11:SA, 15:LoLK, and 8:IN. I have nothing bad to say about any of them. They're the 3 S-tier games in the series. Well, I got some opinions on SA's shot types, and 10/11/12's cancerous bomb system, but it's not enough to detract from just how godly SA is in every other way.
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u/SlowStarts IN Sep 22 '24 edited Sep 22 '24
PCB. I know a lot of people love it, and to me is the actual “transition” to Windows, but a lot of it is so underwelming to me. Especially the music. Stage 2 theme, and Chen’s theme is really the only ones I like. I’ve tried to like it, and beaten it a couple times, but just never found out why people like it so much. The game feels too easy, which is great because it brought a lot of newcomers, but I can’t enjoy that like I can with TD. Until Yuyuko shows up and the massive difficulty spike ensues.
Maybe it’s the fact that in the trilogy, I find both EOSD and IN to be much better games.
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u/MustyBoi69 Sep 22 '24
Yeah, I want to appreciate PCB too but the game is pretty easy, even on the higher categories like Lunatic 1cc and LNB. Not to mention the shot diversity is honestly pretty poor in that game too since once you harness Sakuya’s focused speed, there’s no going back to Reimu or Marisa
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u/RodrigoPuga Aug 12 '24
Hopeless Mascarede, I love the music and visual art but the gameplay is kind of awkward for me, so I decided to come back to Soku