TH13.5: Touhou Shinkirou ~ Hopeless Masquerade web demo released

[cuc]

This demo sounds like it has the same characters as the Comiket demo, with network capacity added, and I presume, more polish?

http://www.tasofro.net/touhou135/index.html#130412

The download might be quite a trouble for people outside of Japan, so... perhaps you should wait for someone with a fast connection to Japan to download it and host it at a better place.

Mirror by koumakan.jp:
http://shinkirou.koumakan.jp/files/th135_trial.zip

Mediafire (thanks to the uploader):
http://www.mediafire.com/?6lqvsn67ongivu1

[cuc]

Known new content:

-Netplay
-Faith system implemented?
-Same 3 characters, more skills
-New stage: Human Village, Marisa's stage, BGM: Magus Night

Human Village bystanders: Rinnosuke, Suika, Yuugi, Eirin, Tewi, Kaguya, Udonge, Mokou, Keine


Snazzy new logo!

[Kilgamayan]

> Rinnosuke in a game

wat

EDIT: Actually, Yuugi is WAY more surprising. What's she doing on the surface, let alone traipsing around the Human Village?

[Piranha]

I wonder if Mokou and Kaguya will fight in the background?

[Zengar Zombolt]

Forget everything else, it's the faith system that has baffled me big time. Hopefully we will know what does it bring now!

[AJS]

Faith system?  By that do they mean those charts on the character profiles?  I wonder how that'll work in-game... and if it'll interact with the approval system somehow.

[Kilgamayan]

Since I can't grab the game until I get home and I do not have the mental capacity for analyzing fighting game mechanics, here's some initial speculation on characters conspicuous in their continued absence. (With nothing yet revealed about Taoist involvement, I'm holding off there, and Shou and Byakuren are obvious future inclusions.)

- Youmu and Yuyuko: We now have full (or nearly full) turnouts from SDM, Mayohiga, Eientei, and the PrismReznors. So where are these two? Possibly future Spirit Mausoleum spectators, but given their involvement in XD, I wouldn't be surprised if at least Youmu was playable.
- Aya: Would havd expected her to be a Human Village spectator. Could be a Spirit Mausoleum or Moriya Shrine one instead, but she may get more directly involved.
- Mamizou: Not a Human Village spectator despite FS stuffs, and not a Palanquin Ship spectator. I expect her to be somewhwre, but she's running out of locations.
- Kasen: Recent events in WaHH combined with not being a Hakurei Shrine spectator now make me wonder if she's willing to show her face in front of Suika and Yuugi. Could be a Spirit Mausoleum spectator, though.
- Akyu: Rinnosuke's presence and her absence confirm her for IaMP-Meiling-tier participant. :colbert:

[Tiamat]

> Rinnosuke in a game

wat

EDIT: Actually, Yuugi is WAY more surprising. What's she doing on the surface, let alone traipsing around the Human Village?

The youkai of the overworld are not allowed to go underground, but the youkai of the underground are allowed to go above ground. The deal was just that the underground youkai would take care of the earth spirits and the overground youkai wouldn't bother them for it.

Yuugi actually tells Nitori and/or Aya that she'd like to come up to drink with them some day. So clearly she's allowed to come up in any case.

I suppose this particular event was just noticeable/FUN* enough for her to decide to come up to see it.

Actually, Suika came from the underground too.



Relevant quotes

Yukari "No, I can't do anything. Only humans can go to the underground.
 Besides, this might be a trap to draw us in."

The sealed youkai awoke together with the violent geyser. (guess that means the seal was broken?)
 The memories of the earth began to awaken, and Gensokyo would probably regress into an older period from its history

The youkai of the underground were cast into the depths because of their abominable powers.
 It couldn't be a fortuitous thing for humans or youkai if they were to appear again. "

Yukari: (I promised not to let any youkai from above down here.)
(And then you all built a great city underground.)
(But, in return I believe you promised to make sure the
evil spirits underground would remain pacified.)

Yuugi: Well, I can't think of
Many people who've left the Former Capital to go above ground...
I only know of one,
But she's...  (presumably talking about Suika)

Yukari: (She's got nothing to do with this, I'm sure.)



Aw, no Kosuzu or Akyu in the Human village.

Mamizou: Not a Human Village spectator despite FS stuffs, and not a Palanquin Ship spectator. I expect her to be somewhwre, but she's running out of locations.

There's always the chance she'll be playable, I guess.  I wouldn't have put her high on the list of the probabilities but the vast majority of the rest of the Myouren gang have been confirmed as spectators leaving very few left to be playable (assuming spectators aren't playable). Given that Mamizou is a trump card, it wouldn't be surprising if she were called in to fight on behalf of the Myouren Temple, although I imagine her own personal reasons for doing so would differ from Shou's or Byakuren's (which would make her a more interesting choice as well, storyline-wise).

[cuc]

Faith:

Shintoism - shooting range specialization.
More bullets, better homing; lower capability to destroy other bullets, bullets have greater tendency to disappear after being grazed.

Taoism - shooting speed specialization.
Better speed and penetration, greater grazing friction; worse homing.

Buddhism - close combat specialization.
Larger bullet hitbox; significant lower range. "High speed attack" (arrow key + strong attack) can be comboed.

[N-Forza]

Man, way to outdate my physical copy.

[cuc]

Chicken Guard:
Press "attack" to defend (?), audience dislikes it.

Brave Guard:
Press "back" when the attack is about to hit, audience likes it.

[Gpop]

Can anyone give a translation of the config menu again. The game is running at 30fps all the time

edit: nevermind I managed to find the option that halves the framerate but keeps the speed.

[Suikama]

Ultimate spellcards are now all four buttons at once for all chars (ie. XFACTOR)

also looks like Youki is in the kourindou bkg?

[sako145]

i played the demo.the graphics are messed up.take a look

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/601961_595961240415943_1495635630_n.jpg

my pc graphics are not the issue.i can easily play dead space 3 and dmc without problems.and the pic above is mild compared to wat i seen later.the whole screen is filled with mish mash garbage.help?

ps:the facebook logo is on the game.lulz.even if i off everything except 13.5,it will show those in game art assets scattered everywhere when fighting

[Formless God]

And here I was wondering if they fucked up the bottom part of the old logo on purpose.

Faith system
more skills

:getdown:

-Same 3 characters
BGM: Magus Night

:fail:

[KrackoCloud]

Ichirin feels faster now I think. That's a good thing.
Hakurei Shrine's music changed a little? The main guitar sounds different.

I noticed that holding an attack button creates a blue field. What's this about?

So apparently Marisa's gimmick is that every time she uses a special, she gets a star. When all her stars are filled up, her next special is more powerful.
also wow Marisa's tornado attack

[MaStErSpArK94]

I like the Magus Night remix.

Also the generic humans with beer in the Human Village background are just priceless. :getdown:

also wow Marisa's tornado attack

Marisa Kirisame: now with 120% more spinning broom techniques. xD

[Gpop]

Looks like they changed some things with the characters in terms of move properties now. I was mostly experimenting with Reimu and here's what I found out.

- A lot of combos in my second combo video with Reimu doesn't work, like the first one as the opponent will tech out before being able to connect the second projectile attack. The second combo in the video I can't end the same way with two forward cards, as the opponent will be put into white stun much earlier, so you can only end it with dial forward A into cards.

- White stun is A LOT shorter, so for most cases you have to declare the spell card BEFORE the combo to connect. Reimu is somewhat lucky because in the corner she CAN declare and connect spell cards after a combo from white stun if you're quick enough. I'll probably show it off in a video sometime.

- Reimu's ultimate attack seems to be an instant command grab as well. So it's both a counter and a grab at point blank. This is good for wake up grab, if you're fortunate enough to have enough popularity to get the ultimate though :V

[Formless God]

welp the Magus Night remix is actually pretty nice

The in-battle screen has artifacts all over the place and fullscreen outright doesn't work :V

[teefa85]

Oooh I love the new Magnus Night remix.  And Suika and Yuugi having a big old drinking party while the combatants are fighting is amusing.

[Shizzo]

*Makes entirely Buddhist deck*

*Marisa's laser is now a weird blue spread thing and her stars' range is reduced by 90%ish*

*Checks anything new with this setup*

*CHARGED BUTT SLAM*

Totally worth it.

Edit:

Shinto deck makes her laser stop midway and -track the opponent-.  Wow.   

The stars seem to spread too, shooting three small stars up down and forward instead.  Didn't notice anything different with Tao though.

[Minus+]

Can someone post a screenshot of the Human Village stage?

[EthanSilver]

Hrm, this new version runs at almost half speed. The older demo ran just fine on my PC but this is painful to play. Hopefully the engine will go through some optimizations before the final release. Too bad - the human village looks great but seems I'll have to wait to enjoy it (also, no Suika in this one? C'mon, she's a staple of the fighting games; background presence is not good enough!!)

Can someone post a screenshot of the Human Village stage?

Gotta say I'm more than a little surprise not to see Akyuu.

[Tiamat]

Ooo, Yuugi's alternate outfit is now canonized in game!

The girl behind Rinnosuke kinda sorta maybe looks a teeny bit like Akyu if you squint and tilt your head in the right direction while dreaming of butterflies.

[DX7.EP]

Brave Guard:
Press "back" when the attack is about to hit, audience likes it.

Sounds like Garou's Just Defended system there. Now we need more SF3-style parrying and cross counters. :V

Haven't played it yet, but will give it a shot soon.

[LadyScarlet]

MARISA'S THEME IS MAGUS NIGHT HELL YES 8D

Sorry, but that was what I was really hoping would be Marisa's theme in this game; I'm glad they went through it. I'll play some more when I'm done fangasming this miracle.

[Agent of the BSoD]

Really laggy for me. I put the fps cap at 1/2 as well, so it's a bit better, but the blue aura takes off 10 fps. The game seems to be going too fast when I put it into that mode as well, where the game counter ticks faster than my watch. I still can't see half the bullets on there, but it's better. Also that Magus Night remix is awesome.

I've got a few graphical bugs as well. The config screen is completely messed up, and the character portraits are still too high (Ichirin's being higher than Reimu's and Marisa's) but at least it's slightly more playable. (fullscreen is fine for me)

[Shizzo]

Any thoughts on marisa's new portrait?  It looks super pretty for me, but those bushy eyes...

[helvetica]

Frontpage'd!

[LadyScarlet]

Well, really enjoying the new demo. The fighting is fun and I like all the customization. I've never seen something like it, but I wouldn't know, because I haven't played too many fighting games. Here's hoping Hatate will be in the final version! /I'll be proven wrong