東方心綺楼 Hopeless Masquerade (TH13.5) - Discussion

[Ikari]

Ikari, even with Touhou having an actual plot arc now, I don't think you realize how little that narrows it down. :V

Pfffff, the twirling makes her all unique.

Koishi can be the walking irony of the game :V

*twirling irony.

[Prime32]

Koishi is the new Suwako?

I... don't understand the analogy here ^^;

Suwako uses Confusion Fu, except that it's confusing even to the person controlling her.

[Amraphenson]

It's just a stance system. 

[Sinis]

Touhou SHINKIrou
Shinkirou = Mirage
Mirage = Illusion
Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being
Go wild, gentlemen.

[MaStErSpArK94]

Go wild, gentlemen.

Challenge accepted!

Touhou 13.5
1 + 3 + 5 = 9

Dammit Cirno

[Tsalop]

Touhou SHINKIrou
Shinkirou = Mirage
Mirage = Illusion
Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being
Go wild, gentlemen.

This proves it all... New Year has been saved.

[shadowbringer]

Touhou SHINKIrou
Shinkirou = Mirage
Mirage = Illusion
Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being
Go wild, gentlemen.

Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being
the game has infinite combos

there

(I noticed that there was a video showcasing the games that would be in the C83, and there wasn't a trailer for 13.5. Hopefully that video doesn't showcase all of the games.)

[game2011]

Touhou SHINKIrou
Shinkirou = Mirage
Mirage = Illusion
Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being
Go wild, gentlemen.

Welcome to the first day this game got revealed.

[Amraphenson]

heart skipped for a moment.
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=32345122
fake. but so close. sooo close.

[Ikari]

heart skipped for a moment.
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=32345122
fake. but so close. sooo close.

Oh hey heart, how are you doing? Uh, why aren't you answering me? Oh, right!

BECAUSE YOU'RE BROKEN.

[Validon98]

Welcome to the first day this game got revealed.

They're still going to say it. Over and over again until the game actually comes out and proves them right or wrong.

I think no one is serious here xD Koishi just seems funny in perspective because unlike any factions, she wouldn't even have a goal; She'd waltz in, beat up people and happily walk away while twirling.

I wish. She'd actually be a fun character to play. I wonder how her subconscious powers would be implemented if she was in.

[Amraphenson]

Arakune invisibility, unblockables, mirages, lots of stuff to work with.

[Tiamat]

Koishi's ending would probably go something like

Spoiler:

And the humans  of the human village cheered for this unknown youkai!  They applauded and whistled at the amazing being, finally coming to a revelation that this was the philosophical answer to their questions all along! The only problem was they didn't know who or what they were cheering for. Days passed, and soon the human village was filled with discussions and whispers of "What were we cheering about, again?"  It came to be known as "That event where everyone thought there was an event, but no one can remember what it was."

[Sinis]

Welcome to the first day this game got revealed.

I know that she won't appear, sir.  :V

Koishi's ending would probably go something like And the humans  of the human village cheered for this unknown youkai!  They applauded and whistled at the amazing being, finally coming to a revelation that this was the philosophical answer to their questions all along! The only problem was they didn't know who or what they were cheering for. Days passed, and soon the human village was filled with discussions and whispers of "What were we cheering about, again?"  It came to be known as "That event where everyone thought there was an event, but no one can remember what it was."

You're the most awesome person ever.

[Alicirno]

Why does that Koishi ending actually sound like something that would happen in a Touhou game?  :V

[Gpop]

Subconsciously we all want Koishi in a fighter

Spoiler:

my plan is working out perfectly :3

[cuc]

Tasofro has updated the HM site with recommended system specs for the demo.

Important items:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz and above, or equivalent
RAM: 1 GB and above
Video card: Shader 2.0, VRAM 512 MB and above (onboard chip not guaranteed to work)
Resolution: 1280*720

[homing curvy laser]

Important items:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz and above, or equivalent

And I guess I'm out, just as expected in fact, I should be thankful to the universe for letting me play every Touhou game so far with this tiny little and ancient Duron 1600, and with his best buddy the GeForce 6200.
That's quite a jump in minimum specifications from SWR/12.3, though. I thought the doujin scene was mostly friendly to old hardware, and then things like this happen.

[Aya Reiko]

Brainwave here

Part of the game's mechanics supposedly involves winning over the crowd.  Aside from the religious factions, I just thought of two additional groups that'd fit that bill;  The Prismrivers and Choujuu Gigaku.

Perhaps maybe Lyrica and Mystia are 13.5 bound....

[Earthsiege]

And I guess I'm out, just as expected in fact, I should be thankful to the universe for letting me play every Touhou game so far with this tiny little and ancient Duron 1600, and with his best buddy the GeForce 6200.
That's quite a jump in minimum specifications from SWR/12.3, though. I thought the doujin scene was mostly friendly to old hardware, and then things like this happen.

If those are indeed recommended and not minimum specs you might still be in luck, especially since full releases are often (but not always) better optimized than betas/demos. You're right though, those specs are a bit steeper than what I'd have called. Just have to try it individually down the line, I guess.

[teefa85]

The only sticking point in specs for me is the CPU...I only have 2.3 GHz on my laptop.  Though the family computer has 3.10 so I could use that if it came to it.

[Alicirno]

I can just barely run Hisoutensoku on this pathetic excuse of a computer... Looks like I might have to miss out on HM  :ohdear:

[Critz]

Welp, I have little delusions with AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 1GB Ram and Radeon X1650 AGP 512 MB VRAM. Still, it would be really, really nice of them to include the frameskip option from Soku, which propably would be enough for the game to be at least playable.

Then again, considering Grief Syndrome doesn't even boot up , telling me it has encountered a problem and needs to close  :ohdear: ... Though the config tool does exactly the same thing, so maybe it's a program error, not a specs related one.

[Tsalop]

Then again, considering Grief Syndrome doesn't even boot up , telling me it has encountered a problem and needs to close  :ohdear: ... Though the config tool does exactly the same thing, so maybe it's a program error, not a specs related one.

Most likely...
Personally I had problems with Dynamarisa: menus run with low fps and it took nearly a 30 minutes to load a single level.
Then I tried running the game with my other computer and there were no problems (though there should have been as
this other computer is much older and barely met the requirements).

[Tsalop]

I wonder whether we see Meiling in 13.5... She might have nothing to do with religion, but she could fight for being recognized...

[Tiamat]

Meiling will be the final boss when

Spoiler:

it's revealed that she's a dragon.

  And

Spoiler:

Mima, the god of the Hakurei shrine

can be the extra boss.

[Tsalop]

Meiling will be the final boss when

Spoiler:

it's revealed that she's a dragon.

  And

Spoiler:

Mima, the god of the Hakurei shrine

can be the extra boss.

I like this idea... Now make it happen.

[AJS]

Meiling will be the final boss when

Spoiler:

it's revealed that she's a dragon.

  And

Spoiler:

Mima, the god of the Hakurei shrine

can be the extra boss.

Don't mean to burst your bubble, but fighting games don't have extra stages...

Spoiler:

Unless Mima breaks that trend, cuz she's Mima... :V

But in all seriousness...

I wonder whether we see Meiling in 13.5... She might have nothing to do with religion, but she could fight for being recognized...

If Koishi were to appear in the game, I would think that she would be the one fighting for getting recognized.  After SA's events, she did start to show an interest in people again after meeting Reimu and Marisa...  It could culminate in this!

[Tiamat]

Don't mean to burst your bubble, but fighting games don't have extra stages...

Spoiler:

Unless Mima breaks that trend, cuz she's Mima... :V

Well, it's an all-new fighting game engine so I figured it could buck the trend...

Alternatively, one could be the penultimate boss while the other is the final boss, kinda like Yukari + Suika or Iku + Tenshi (in most routes).

Spoiler:

The dragon likes her worship too, you know?

[Mr. Sacchi]

The dragon likes her worship too, you know?

I was actually thinking of this, how likely would it be for Iku to make a comeback in this game since she's the Dragon's spokesperson and this is a Religious battle? The Dragon, being Gensokyo's Deity, should also live off of Faith, no?