Author Topic: Touhou 15.5: 東方憑依華 (Eastern Blooms of Possession) ~ Antinomy of Common Flowers  (Read 520217 times)

Spectral Nexus

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They're playing the game live on the Nico Nico stream now~! :)
http://live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv294989011 for anyone who wants to check it out.
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Spotty Len

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Possession lasts until you get hit.

Also, tag combooooos.

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« Last Edit: May 06, 2017, 09:20:43 AM by Spotty Len »

Drake

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- Assists
- Perfect Possession are temp switches as expected
- Spell Card Possessions by pressing a button during the Spell

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Flandre5carlet

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Touhou mahvel let's go.

cuc

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Throws are back, they said.
Touhou Fantasy News: twitter

OrbOrigin

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IT'S FREE-PAIR

And that means we can mix-and-match our pairing.

Throws are back, they said.
I don't think any Touhou fighting game ever had normal (as in, not special) throws until this one.

Speaking of, how will the characters be? As in moves, damage, combos and such? Are they likely to reuse what was in the most recent Urban Legend in Limbo patch, or will everything have been redone?

I sure hope so. ULiL was an unbalanced mess.

Are they still playing it live?

EDIT: Unfortunately, it has finished.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2017, 12:53:34 PM by jhun »

cuc

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I don't think any Touhou fighting game ever had normal (as in, not special) throws until this one.
If we look at Tasofro's entire history, Eternal Fighter Zero had normal throws.



Also they may have said the game is 25 to 30% complete. If so, it's going to miss the simultaneous Summer Comiket release with Touhou 16.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2017, 03:28:52 PM by cuc »
Touhou Fantasy News: twitter

Did anyone manage to record the stream?
Also by assists are we talking single-move assists or full realtime character switching?
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If we are looking at Tasofro's entire history, Eternal Fighter Zero had normal throws.

The moment the first throw happened:


Also they may have said the game is 25 to 30% complete. If so, it's going to miss the simultaneous Summer Comiket release with Touhou 16.

I doubt it, otherwise it would mean 15.5 is releasing after 16, which would likely cause massive confusion.

cuc

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Recorded videos: 1, 2.

Also by assists are we talking single-move assists or full realtime character switching?
Temporary switching. In the stream (which showed Practice mode), it seems to last until the Slave is hit after the Perfect Possession gauge is depleted.

I doubt it, otherwise it would mean 15.5 is releasing after 16, which would likely cause massive confusion.
Touhou 7.5 IaMP was released half a year after Touhou 8 IN.

With that said, things have greatly changed over the years. Touhou's story is now tightly woven between games and manga, so it's harder to imagine there being such a huge timeline gap happening today. We might be able to better infer how close the game is from completion based on tomorrow's demo.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2017, 04:23:01 PM by cuc »
Touhou Fantasy News: twitter

I missed the stream. Is story mode free pair, or just practice mode? If it's story mode.... good luck tasofro lol.
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cuc

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Yes, I can confirm Unabara said "25 percent" when asked about completion.

Since Tasofro is a small team that can't divide themselves on multiple games the way huge developers can, the real production of AoCF probably began almost immediately after they wrapped up ULiL PS4 (they started the project before that, according to a Strange Creators interview). Which means it took them less than 5 months to reach 25%. And the remaining tasks don't have to take the same amount of time to complete. Still...

I don't think they can make it to Autumn Reitaisai.

EDIT: And this means for the purpose of the non-game media, either AoCF will have to take place after HSiFS, or they will have to dodge the topic of what transpired in AoCF.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2017, 01:24:33 AM by cuc »
Touhou Fantasy News: twitter

Anyway, it's 7th already here lol, but a few more hours, then I could see the demo. I missed the stream T.T

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Throws being a thing is going to be huge, because it makes offense and mixups a thing now. Now we can mix it up between projectile/melee/throw pressure.

nyttyn

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okay now i have some hope in tasfro they're not just THROWing away hopes and drea-

i'll show myself out.

Here's a link to the vod of the stream for those who missed it:  http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv294989011

AoCF demo gameplay begins at around 1:11:30.

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I just love how Reisen's hair is longer than her full height now.

Plubio

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ZUN was right when he said visuals are very important this time.
Title screen, character select and HUD overall look beatiful.

ToyoRai

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Some gameplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzUHjR6Ve4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzUHjR6Ve4

I find the "revealed background" effect on Spellcards interesting.

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In addition to all the Possession gauge stuff that's already been detailed in this thread, holding down B continually fires a modest spray of projectiles now. I know next to squat about fitegame strategy so I don't know if that actually makes a difference gameplay-wise, but it looks cool so I love it.

I find the "revealed background" effect on Spellcards interesting.
That just seems to be a problem with the greenscreen they're using for the broadcast. The background showing through is the one behind the guy during the last second of the video.

What was that thing Reimu did when she blocked, the background dimmed, and she exploded? Well, I guess not exploded, but you know what I mean. It seemed like she was invincible for a second, since Reisen's bullets passed through. Marisa also jumped out of a block and there was an effect.

What was that thing Reimu did when she blocked, the background dimmed, and she exploded? Well, I guess not exploded, but you know what I mean. It seemed like she was invincible for a second, since Reisen's bullets passed through. Marisa also jumped out of a block and there was an effect.

That appears to be some sort of guard cancel switch. Speaking of mechanics, in addition to normal throws, we also appear to have throw escapes, as seen in the 1:15 mark.

Recorded videos: 1, 2.
Temporary switching. In the stream (which showed Practice mode), it seems to last until the Slave is hit after the Perfect Possession gauge is depleted.
Thanks for the links!
Fascinating new mechanics. Looking forward to the shenanigans.
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Normal 1CC: EoSD, PCB, IN, PoFV, MoF, SA, UFO, TD, DDC, HSiFS, CtC.
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So Border Escape returns? And I assume the white HP is similar to Immaterial and Missing Power where declaring a Spell Card recovers the other HP bar.