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My first lunatic 1cc
Lunatic_Reimu:
--- Quote from: Dreamleaf on May 25, 2019, 01:52:34 AM ---Even if you look at the story content we have I think 27 games with a 28th coming out, multiple printed works and whatnot so I did kind of just want to jump into some of the story content a bit, at least when it came to the main games. When it comes to the printed works and spinoff games I'm willing to take things a bit slower and meet the characters as they show up (like I haven't met Kokoro properly ingame but I have seen her in Forbidden Scrollery and fanart and whatnot). I can see why you go about the no bomb runs like you do with going through the lower difficulties/characters/shot types and just kind of building up to and finishing with that Lunatic Reimu no bomb run and then just whatever other characters you might find interesting. I'd definitely want to pick and choose a bit with games like 8 or 9 too with how many different ones there is XD I wouldn't want to do all the singles in 8 with a no bomb run, although it could be interesting too try a few of them since the singles gameplay really does change up how you need to deal with a lot of the attacks in 8. And jeeze, I can imagine the games with more limited lives must be scary on a no bomb run! I believe 3 and 9 are similar in that sense where there's far more emphasis on reflexes over memorization. It's one reason I focused on 9 for my first lunatic/extra 1cc since I felt like only needing to rely on my reflexes and intuition made things a bit simpler for me. It still requires me to constantly doing quick plans but it's a lot less worrying about certain spellcards and more trying to control the flow of the fight.
I did check out the T98 and I was having the same issue with 2, 4 and 5 so I figured it might be a case where the game files themselves were corrupted. I tried finding another package for the games and tried that and it seems to work, only thing is these ones aren't translated, but at least now I know it was the games themselves and not the anex or T98. Now I just need to sit down and figure out how to patch the games to English. I found a guide for it but I haven't sat down and tried it yet, but at least I know the issue was with the games and not the emulator.
And yes! I think 7 is a fantastic intro the series and I really need to give it credit for being able to initially hook me onto a genre I never thought I'd be able to get into. The gimmick is very noobie friendly and in general it's just an all around really solid Touhou game and it also has some of the more iconic characters within the series. Plus it lets me play as Sakuya so big plus there :)
If you ever do decide to check out Madoka Magica just prepare to strap yourself in because it's a little bit more of a ride than most shows within the genre. Completely worth it though! It's one of those stories that just has so much love and care put into it at every angle from the animation to the music and the story. And yes! I have seen Little Witch Academia :) I enjoyed it a lot! I watched another anime by the same studio called Kill la Kill many years ago and really liked it so when LWA first was announced I was excited and watched it as it aired. Just like in Touhou that's one of those series where all the characters are so likeable. Even the side characters are great :D and ditto on the huge anime list to watch... More then I could ever possibly finish in fact. It's why usually I prefer the shorter but sweet kind of animes rather than the ones that span hundreds of episodes and take forever to watch. Also as a side note I've always liked ZUNs art, even when it was admittedly kind of bad it still had a lot of charm to it :) He has gotten a lot better over the years though. I still need to try 17 myself! I noticed when the demo was released but I figured I'd wait until I could play it translated.
If it makes you feel any better I was 29 when I first found it so I feel your pain! On the one hand it's kind of exciting because there's just soooo much I haven't experienced yet which means there's equal amounts of stuff to look forward to but I still can't help but wonder how much further I'd be along if I had started this series 5 or 10 years ago. When you're pushing yourself to your limits and trying to see how far you can go it sucks to think of all the potential time and practice you could have had to refine your skills if you discovered it earlier. I totally get what you mean about this series bringing back that magic and spark, I've had series that have really meant a lot to me in the past, but this series is truly something special that I don't think can be replaced or even surpassed for me at least.
I checked out the dBU white lotuc track you mentioned and it was absolutely fantastic. There's such a range to this piece that makes it special. Yuyuko's theme is really beautiful which I feel fits her fight perfectly, in general I think it's one of the most pretty fights in the series. Oh and the other piece I feel has so much range to it similarly to Emotional Skyscraper is Necrofantasia, absolutely love that piece. I also recently listened to a haunting remix for Kagome Kagome ~ Cinderella Cage I thought was great too that I'd recommend if you're interested! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkML_4j586Q
If I had to guess I'd say this Extra stage is going to go on for about 20 minutes from the looks of it :o It's almost like a whole game within a game! Ah yes, many clip deaths, also sometimes you misjudge when an enemy is going to die and starting moving away too quickly, or sometimes you get trapped and squished ect. I just try and always look at it as practice regardless. Over time my general odds of capturing a spellcard seems to rise so I try not to get too caught up in stressing over individual attempts although I'm sure everyone knows what it's like to have those deaths that make you yell "what?! That's complete bullshit!" at their screen from time to time lol and those off days where you just can't seem to get a good attempt can certainly be frustrating. I think the worst is when you start off amazingly, conserve most your resources quite far into the stage and then have things go horribly wrong later on. It's painful to make it really far into the stage without using a bomb only to suddenly get 2 misses back to back in a single attack. I am at the point where I think this is probably the most I've ever attempted a single thing in a game before. I can really see the effects of refining the muscle memory over the countless times I've slammed Reimu face first into a bullet :V I can't say I'm feeling burnt out though, I'm actually enjoying this a lot and I'm not necessarily in a rush to finish it and I feel like this is really effecting my overall skill with the series.
Doremy has a few spellcards like the one you mentioned with Patchouli. I really like her extra stage fight one like that even if you have to be pretty careful not to get trapped in it which can happen very quickly. It wasn't that long ago that I usually would just sit myself on the bottom of the screen and try to play it safe. I've long since come to realize that mentality simply just won't fly at all in the higher difficulties. The series really pushes you to be willing to use the entire screen. I've become much more comfortable doing that over time but initially it was really tough. Hell, even using the top of the screen to collect items use to terrify me. You really need to be able to adapt in this series, as there's a lot of parts that will punish you for trying to approach everything with the same mentality.
I'm excited to get eventually try out 6's extra stage, it seems like it's one of the most iconic in the series. I know Flandre's theme is probably the single most well known Touhou track and probably the first from the series I ever heard myself. I'm also kind of curious about the no bomb runs. What made you decide to focus on those over normal 1ccs? I'm guessing being able to experience each game a bit deeper probably has something to do with it? Also how much practice does that usually involve to complete a game like that? Also good luck on getting through Flandre's last 3 spells, you can do it! :)
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Oh yes indeed, there definitely is a lot of story and characters to meet, so your way has it?s benefits over the way I play the games. Also don?t forget to include the Seihou games, Samidare, Uwabami Breakers, and Torte Le Magic, ZUN had influence or the music composed for these games, apart from some cameos (in Seihou 1 the Extra Stage is vs Marisa and a very difficult Reimu back to back, in Seihou 2 you could control and fight against Yuuka from Touhou 4 and 9, and in Samidare you meet Yuki and Mai from Touhou 5, plus the Extra Stage is vs Gates and Vivit from Seihou). It?s a huge universe, so I completely understand your ?rush? to want to grasp as much as you could. Ahhh Kokoro is amazing, while I haven?t met her yet, I really like her, I?ve seen art of her and her Last Word on Youtube, and she?s a really cool character, I love how emotionless she looks. Yes it definitely helps stacking the difficulties as I do, although I just started Lunatic on Touhou 6 4 days ago, and damn, it?s quite a jump from Hard, and some parts need to be played completely differently to how you?d tackle them on Hard, but you get the jist of how the attacks work, just with more bullets, and slightly faster. Oh I find all characters interesting, I?d like to do Lunatic No Bombs with all characters if possible, but it just takes me too long sometimes, and I want to experience the other games too, cause there?s soooo much I haven?t seen yet. I?ll definitely look up that checklist in the future though and come back to tackle the ones I haven?t done :) Yes 8 and 9 have a ridiculous amount of characters, pair that with 8 having 2 routes as well to make it longer (Final A and Final B). Yes it definitely makes the game more difficult playing No Bombs since you have far less resources (in Seihou 1 for example you only get 5 lives, that was a doozy to No Bomb). Yes 3 and 9 are very close to gameplay (although thankfully in Touhou 9 you have focus which is a lifesaver, believe me you?ll miss it when you don?t have it). Yes true that about the reflexes vs memorization games, no need to plan out routes and position yourself accordingly when playing Touhou 3 or 9, since it?s all random, although I find it more fun on the other games to be honest, getting to that spot in time, preparing for a stream or a certain attack, etc.
Ahhh I?m glad to hear you got your issues with Touhou 2, 4, and 5 sorted :D They?re amazing games, although 4 is a bit on the easy side compared to 2 and 5 in my opinion. Still awesome though, and you get to fight against Reimu or Marisa in Touhou 4, depends on the character you?re using :) IIRC you need a small program called Edit Disk to be able to patch the translations into the games. It?s not as complicated as it sounds, and I believe there were instructions on how to do it in the English Patch Pack. Here?s a link to the English Patch Pack in case you don?t have it (got it from the wiki): http://www.mediafire.com/file/yxcg7mvg1lj1i6g/TouhouProjectPC-98-CompleteEnglishPatchPack100.rar Huge note, Reimu?s hitbox is way bigger in Touhou 2 than in the other games, you?ve been warned!
Oh yes definitely, 7 is simply beautiful from every regard, the music, the patterns, cherry blossoms, the story, the characters, it?s simply brilliant! Haha and yes, controlling Sakuya is lovely too, especially after facing her in Touhou 6, she?s such a cool character! xD
Oh I definitely will watch Madoka, I just need to get round to it, so many anime to watch! Haha I get what you mean about strapping yourself in, when I was going through Dragon Ball Z there were times where I watched 14 episodes back to back, get stuck in an amazing fight and just get glued to the TV xD Anime really is brilliant and wondrous. I?ve heard of Kill la Kill also but never watched it, it?s highly praised by everyone that mentions it. Oh yes indeed about everyone being likeable in Little Witch Academia, I really loved and enjoyed that anime. So much love went into it, you could tell. Hahaha I completely get you about preferring shorter anime to long ones, feels like you?re getting through more stuff and experiencing more different anime. When I went through Dragon Ball, I started from the roots (i.e. when Goku was a kid) and kept going to Z and all the movies, that was around 450 episodes combined and 15 movies, took me around 5 months to watch all that! xD Not complaining, Dragon Ball is awesome, and now Super is out too which I haven?t watched yet, so I need to find a time when to binge watch that. Oh yes don?t get me wrong, I like ZUN?s art too, the PC98 games have some very fine art, Touhou 6 took a small nosedive compared, but then started going up and even better as the games progressed. By no means am I dissing his art, Touhou is literally perfect in every way for me xD But that Touhou 16 and especially Touhou 17 Reimu is just tooooo adorable xD (I?m a huge Reimu addict in case you didn?t notice :P).
Haha your misfortune won?t make me feel any better mate, but I understand what you mean. I get the same thoughts too, if only I discovered this series 15 years ago I might be hitting Perfect Lunatics or Pacifists today :?( (plus would have cut a lot of the backlog of amazing fangames to play, the Touhoumons, Labyrinth of Touhou, and Gensou Ningyou Enbu which is the latest Touhoumon game, and the PS4 Genso Wanderers). But screw it, no use crying over spilled milk they say, we?re here now, and thankfully it?s made it?s way into our lives :D Indeed, I?ve been playing games for the past 25 years (seriously I picked up a NES controller when I was 4 years old) and from all those games I?ve experienced, NOTHING ever came close to the love I feel for this series. I literally boxed away my PlayStations and bought a powerful PC due to this series. I started off on my old budget laptop when I had seen that Koishi fight on Youtube (pc gaming wasn?t really my thing, preferred the simplicity of consoles where you just chuck the disc in and play) but this series COMPLETELY changed me as a gamer and as person :)
Ahhh, glad you got some time to check out that marvelous track, the part with the violin around 2 mins in is literally to die for. dBu are brilliant, almost all the tracks I hear by them I fall in love with. If you like that style, check out Arietta Incalzando by them too, it?s Reimu?s theme for the first 4 mins, and then it?s Marisa?s theme for the last 4 mins, the song really shines with Marisa?s theme, I think it?s the best arrange I?ve ever heard for her theme, and really takes me back to when I faced her for the first time in Touhou 2, such beautiful memories. Ohhh too true about Yuyuko?s theme, I think it?s one of the nicest themes in the whole series, simply heavenly. A cool rock arrange I heard of her theme is called Butterfly Delusion by J&B, worth checking out too. Oh yes, definitely agree with you on Necrofantasia, that theme has some powerful moments in it too which I really enjoy, and facing off against Yukari at the same time as hearing that is marvelous! Oh yes I?m definitely interested, I?ll check out the youtube link you gave for Kagome Kagome ? Cinderella Cage when I get home (I?m currently at work and Youtube (and some other social sites) is locked off here *yawn*, I hate this place with a passion, such a damn waste of time when I could be Touhouing instead, but f*ck it we need money to live).
20 mins for an Extra? Damn that is almost as long as a full game haha. Haha yeah you just mentioned my main causes of frustration, the clip deaths, moving away too fast, etc, but yes, keep at it and don?t abandon the run, it will serve as practice which will come in handy down the line ;) Yes in general me too, spell card capture rate tends to improve the more I face a card, with some of them even ending up trivial / 95% chance that I?ll capture it once I learned it, although some keep giving me trouble, like that damn Scarlet Meister that Remilia uses, just can?t grasp that attack at all. Hahahaha I get a bit more violent with my words than just ?what? this is bullshit? when I get hit in a run that was really going well haha. Yeah the off days are the worst, but don?t let them bring you down, tomorrow is a brighter future they say, so keep your chin up. What type of day you?ve had makes a huge difference in the way you play (i.e. didn?t sleep well, had a bad/busy/tiring day at work, something on your mind worrying you, etc). The part you mentioned when everything starts off well, and the goes to sh*t in an instant truly is the worst as you?re stating. That?s when I really get angry at it. Happened in my last Hard No Bomb run I did with Marisa B, all was going really well, I had only lost 3 lives in the whole run till I got to Stage 6, had 6 lives remaining, which in my head I said ?it?s a given, I?ve done it, impossible to mess it up with 6 lives in stock?, and damn I played the worst Remilia I?ve ever played since I?ve started Touhou 6. Ended up clearing it with no more lives left in stock!! Very close call. The profanity I was spewing at that point. . . let?s just say I?ve lost my soul lol. Yeah once you get it in your head that it?s that type of game, you get used to the countless deaths and multiple attempts, it still stays fun, although stressful, and yes what you?re accomplishing now will definitely help you down the line for what?s in store for you in the future! Keep at it! ;)
Ahh that sounds cool regarding Doremy, it was fascinating facing something like that with Patchouli in Extra for the first time. So I?m sure Doremy will provide the same experience, especially with Touhou 15 being regarded as very high up in difficulty :) The claustrophobic feeling of feeling trapped is amazing, really gets me immersed into the game. Oh no, that?s one of the biggest mistakes that people new to Touhou do, never just stay at the bottom. 1. You deal more damage the higher up you are (at the risk of getting hit quicker), so some parts like the 4 bullet spewing fairies in Touhou 6 Stage 5 (exactly before the Sakuya midboss) will die MUCH faster and shoot out way less bullet chains if you?re almost midway up the screen. 2. Sometimes you?ll need to back away. If you?re already at the bottom, you?re screwed from that regard. But yes, initial reaction, especially when new to a game and not knowing what to expect is to stay at the bottom and play it safe, it could feel overwhelming when you just started a game and go higher up on the screen. Haha yeah I agree with the point of collection being terrifying sometimes, if you hesitate, you?re probably gonna get rammed by a stage enemy, so timing is crucial in that regard. Yep, adaptation really is key to this game, which is what makes it fun, not just being lazy and staying at the bottom all the time.
Oh yes Flandre is very cool, and her stage portion is quite a doozy till you get used to it, very fun fight though! :D And yes she uses attacks which will make you need to use all of the screen as you stated in your previous paragraph, especially her 9th attack where she transforms into a ball of light chasing after you and leaving a bullet trail wherever she goes! You?ll certainly get walled in if you stay at the bottom. Well, I went for No Bombs cause I wanted to face every single attack in the game, as you said, experience the game deeper. I was feeling like I?m cheesing an attack out just by making all the bullets vanish by using a bomb, so I?ll gladly lose a life trying to power through it and know I tried facing everything, rather than clearing everything off the screen with a bomb. That, and also I feel like the game is a bit ?too easy/not challenging enough for me? with bombs, to the sense that I have too many resources. Touhou 6 for example, you get 9 lives, and 3 bombs per life: that makes 27 bombs and 9 misses, apart from the bombs you pick up during the course of the game also. No Bombs is a bit too tough for me then, which makes it seem like a worthwhile challenge which I could practice and keep persevering with. Don?t get me wrong, I?m not gonna try pretending I?m some godlike player or whatever like these guys that hit Lunatic Perfects, I know I?m nowhere near that level of perfection then, even No Miss instead of No Bomb isn?t my cup of tea, an accidental clip-death and back to the beginning. . . I just wanted to make the game a suitable challenge for me while still keeping it fun :) Well it takes me a while, but I don?t get to play too much (I play around 4 times a week, usually an hour to an hour and a half whenever I play, and I usually have a Touhoumon or fangame paired up too so time is limited), so YMMV, but it usually takes me 4 ? 6 months to hit No Bombs: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Extra with all characters, and Lunatic No Bombs with Reimu for sure and whoever else I pick, and also Lunatic Perfect Stage Practice all stages with Reimu (Remilia's Scarlet Meister is going to ruin so many of these attempts, followed by a very high rank Scarlet Gensokyo since I wouldn't have gotten hit). Touhou 6 I reckon I?ll Lunatic No Bomb with all 4 characters, since 2 of the characters are Reimu (A and B), and I want a Marisa clear too, so that?s 3 playthroughs, figure I?ll just do the 4th Marisa as well while I?m at it :) Oh yes, Flandre gave me the biggest heartbreak, No Bombs of course, no lives remaining at her final card Q.E.D., health bar is literally empty. . . she?s blowing up. . . and I clip-death. . . . seriously Flan, for 2 seconds till you blow up???? Oh well. I was also attempting Flandre?s Maze of Love differently. I want one run where I?m running around in circles like you?re supposed to, and another run sitting at the bottom dodging between the tiny gaps! I?ve seen someone do it like that on Youtube before and it looks awesome! I?ve actually abandoned the Extra for a while though and focusing on Lunatic. It?s giving me more trouble than I thought it would. Patchouli really got beefed compared to Hard.
Dreamleaf:
--- Quote from: Lunatic_Reimu on May 25, 2019, 12:04:15 PM ---Oh yes indeed, there definitely is a lot of story and characters to meet, so your way has it’s benefits over the way I play the games. Also don’t forget to include the Seihou games, Samidare, Uwabami Breakers, and Torte Le Magic, ZUN had influence or the music composed for these games, apart from some cameos (in Seihou 1 the Extra Stage is vs Marisa and a very difficult Reimu back to back, in Seihou 2 you could control and fight against Yuuka from Touhou 4 and 9, and in Samidare you meet Yuki and Mai from Touhou 5, plus the Extra Stage is vs Gates and Vivit from Seihou). It’s a huge universe, so I completely understand your ‘rush’ to want to grasp as much as you could. Ahhh Kokoro is amazing, while I haven’t met her yet, I really like her, I’ve seen art of her and her Last Word on Youtube, and she’s a really cool character, I love how emotionless she looks. Yes it definitely helps stacking the difficulties as I do, although I just started Lunatic on Touhou 6 4 days ago, and damn, it’s quite a jump from Hard, and some parts need to be played completely differently to how you’d tackle them on Hard, but you get the jist of how the attacks work, just with more bullets, and slightly faster. Oh I find all characters interesting, I’d like to do Lunatic No Bombs with all characters if possible, but it just takes me too long sometimes, and I want to experience the other games too, cause there’s soooo much I haven’t seen yet. I’ll definitely look up that checklist in the future though and come back to tackle the ones I haven’t done :) Yes 8 and 9 have a ridiculous amount of characters, pair that with 8 having 2 routes as well to make it longer (Final A and Final B). Yes it definitely makes the game more difficult playing No Bombs since you have far less resources (in Seihou 1 for example you only get 5 lives, that was a doozy to No Bomb). Yes 3 and 9 are very close to gameplay (although thankfully in Touhou 9 you have focus which is a lifesaver, believe me you’ll miss it when you don’t have it). Yes true that about the reflexes vs memorization games, no need to plan out routes and position yourself accordingly when playing Touhou 3 or 9, since it’s all random, although I find it more fun on the other games to be honest, getting to that spot in time, preparing for a stream or a certain attack, etc.
Ahhh I’m glad to hear you got your issues with Touhou 2, 4, and 5 sorted :D They’re amazing games, although 4 is a bit on the easy side compared to 2 and 5 in my opinion. Still awesome though, and you get to fight against Reimu or Marisa in Touhou 4, depends on the character you’re using :) IIRC you need a small program called Edit Disk to be able to patch the translations into the games. It’s not as complicated as it sounds, and I believe there were instructions on how to do it in the English Patch Pack. Here’s a link to the English Patch Pack in case you don’t have it (got it from the wiki): http://www.mediafire.com/file/yxcg7mvg1lj1i6g/TouhouProjectPC-98-CompleteEnglishPatchPack100.rar Huge note, Reimu’s hitbox is way bigger in Touhou 2 than in the other games, you’ve been warned!
Oh yes definitely, 7 is simply beautiful from every regard, the music, the patterns, cherry blossoms, the story, the characters, it’s simply brilliant! Haha and yes, controlling Sakuya is lovely too, especially after facing her in Touhou 6, she’s such a cool character! xD
Oh I definitely will watch Madoka, I just need to get round to it, so many anime to watch! Haha I get what you mean about strapping yourself in, when I was going through Dragon Ball Z there were times where I watched 14 episodes back to back, get stuck in an amazing fight and just get glued to the TV xD Anime really is brilliant and wondrous. I’ve heard of Kill la Kill also but never watched it, it’s highly praised by everyone that mentions it. Oh yes indeed about everyone being likeable in Little Witch Academia, I really loved and enjoyed that anime. So much love went into it, you could tell. Hahaha I completely get you about preferring shorter anime to long ones, feels like you’re getting through more stuff and experiencing more different anime. When I went through Dragon Ball, I started from the roots (i.e. when Goku was a kid) and kept going to Z and all the movies, that was around 450 episodes combined and 15 movies, took me around 5 months to watch all that! xD Not complaining, Dragon Ball is awesome, and now Super is out too which I haven’t watched yet, so I need to find a time when to binge watch that. Oh yes don’t get me wrong, I like ZUN’s art too, the PC98 games have some very fine art, Touhou 6 took a small nosedive compared, but then started going up and even better as the games progressed. By no means am I dissing his art, Touhou is literally perfect in every way for me xD But that Touhou 16 and especially Touhou 17 Reimu is just tooooo adorable xD (I’m a huge Reimu addict in case you didn’t notice :P).
Haha your misfortune won’t make me feel any better mate, but I understand what you mean. I get the same thoughts too, if only I discovered this series 15 years ago I might be hitting Perfect Lunatics or Pacifists today :’( (plus would have cut a lot of the backlog of amazing fangames to play, the Touhoumons, Labyrinth of Touhou, and Gensou Ningyou Enbu which is the latest Touhoumon game, and the PS4 Genso Wanderers). But screw it, no use crying over spilled milk they say, we’re here now, and thankfully it’s made it’s way into our lives :D Indeed, I’ve been playing games for the past 25 years (seriously I picked up a NES controller when I was 4 years old) and from all those games I’ve experienced, NOTHING ever came close to the love I feel for this series. I literally boxed away my PlayStations and bought a powerful PC due to this series. I started off on my old budget laptop when I had seen that Koishi fight on Youtube (pc gaming wasn’t really my thing, preferred the simplicity of consoles where you just chuck the disc in and play) but this series COMPLETELY changed me as a gamer and as person :)
Ahhh, glad you got some time to check out that marvelous track, the part with the violin around 2 mins in is literally to die for. dBu are brilliant, almost all the tracks I hear by them I fall in love with. If you like that style, check out Arietta Incalzando by them too, it’s Reimu’s theme for the first 4 mins, and then it’s Marisa’s theme for the last 4 mins, the song really shines with Marisa’s theme, I think it’s the best arrange I’ve ever heard for her theme, and really takes me back to when I faced her for the first time in Touhou 2, such beautiful memories. Ohhh too true about Yuyuko’s theme, I think it’s one of the nicest themes in the whole series, simply heavenly. A cool rock arrange I heard of her theme is called Butterfly Delusion by J&B, worth checking out too. Oh yes, definitely agree with you on Necrofantasia, that theme has some powerful moments in it too which I really enjoy, and facing off against Yukari at the same time as hearing that is marvelous! Oh yes I’m definitely interested, I’ll check out the youtube link you gave for Kagome Kagome – Cinderella Cage when I get home (I’m currently at work and Youtube (and some other social sites) is locked off here *yawn*, I hate this place with a passion, such a damn waste of time when I could be Touhouing instead, but f*ck it we need money to live).
20 mins for an Extra? Damn that is almost as long as a full game haha. Haha yeah you just mentioned my main causes of frustration, the clip deaths, moving away too fast, etc, but yes, keep at it and don’t abandon the run, it will serve as practice which will come in handy down the line ;) Yes in general me too, spell card capture rate tends to improve the more I face a card, with some of them even ending up trivial / 95% chance that I’ll capture it once I learned it, although some keep giving me trouble, like that damn Scarlet Meister that Remilia uses, just can’t grasp that attack at all. Hahahaha I get a bit more violent with my words than just ‘what? this is bullshit’ when I get hit in a run that was really going well haha. Yeah the off days are the worst, but don’t let them bring you down, tomorrow is a brighter future they say, so keep your chin up. What type of day you’ve had makes a huge difference in the way you play (i.e. didn’t sleep well, had a bad/busy/tiring day at work, something on your mind worrying you, etc). The part you mentioned when everything starts off well, and the goes to sh*t in an instant truly is the worst as you’re stating. That’s when I really get angry at it. Happened in my last Hard No Bomb run I did with Marisa B, all was going really well, I had only lost 3 lives in the whole run till I got to Stage 6, had 6 lives remaining, which in my head I said ‘it’s a given, I’ve done it, impossible to mess it up with 6 lives in stock’, and damn I played the worst Remilia I’ve ever played since I’ve started Touhou 6. Ended up clearing it with no more lives left in stock!! Very close call. The profanity I was spewing at that point. . . let’s just say I’ve lost my soul lol. Yeah once you get it in your head that it’s that type of game, you get used to the countless deaths and multiple attempts, it still stays fun, although stressful, and yes what you’re accomplishing now will definitely help you down the line for what’s in store for you in the future! Keep at it! ;)
Ahh that sounds cool regarding Doremy, it was fascinating facing something like that with Patchouli in Extra for the first time. So I’m sure Doremy will provide the same experience, especially with Touhou 15 being regarded as very high up in difficulty :) The claustrophobic feeling of feeling trapped is amazing, really gets me immersed into the game. Oh no, that’s one of the biggest mistakes that people new to Touhou do, never just stay at the bottom. 1. You deal more damage the higher up you are (at the risk of getting hit quicker), so some parts like the 4 bullet spewing fairies in Touhou 6 Stage 5 (exactly before the Sakuya midboss) will die MUCH faster and shoot out way less bullet chains if you’re almost midway up the screen. 2. Sometimes you’ll need to back away. If you’re already at the bottom, you’re screwed from that regard. But yes, initial reaction, especially when new to a game and not knowing what to expect is to stay at the bottom and play it safe, it could feel overwhelming when you just started a game and go higher up on the screen. Haha yeah I agree with the point of collection being terrifying sometimes, if you hesitate, you’re probably gonna get rammed by a stage enemy, so timing is crucial in that regard. Yep, adaptation really is key to this game, which is what makes it fun, not just being lazy and staying at the bottom all the time.
Oh yes Flandre is very cool, and her stage portion is quite a doozy till you get used to it, very fun fight though! :D And yes she uses attacks which will make you need to use all of the screen as you stated in your previous paragraph, especially her 9th attack where she transforms into a ball of light chasing after you and leaving a bullet trail wherever she goes! You’ll certainly get walled in if you stay at the bottom. Well, I went for No Bombs cause I wanted to face every single attack in the game, as you said, experience the game deeper. I was feeling like I’m cheesing an attack out just by making all the bullets vanish by using a bomb, so I’ll gladly lose a life trying to power through it and know I tried facing everything, rather than clearing everything off the screen with a bomb. That, and also I feel like the game is a bit ‘too easy/not challenging enough for me’ with bombs, to the sense that I have too many resources. Touhou 6 for example, you get 9 lives, and 3 bombs per life: that makes 27 bombs and 9 misses, apart from the bombs you pick up during the course of the game also. No Bombs is a bit too tough for me then, which makes it seem like a worthwhile challenge which I could practice and keep persevering with. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gonna try pretending I’m some godlike player or whatever like these guys that hit Lunatic Perfects, I know I’m nowhere near that level of perfection then, even No Miss instead of No Bomb isn’t my cup of tea, an accidental clip-death and back to the beginning. . . I just wanted to make the game a suitable challenge for me while still keeping it fun :) Well it takes me a while, but I don’t get to play too much (I play around 4 times a week, usually an hour to an hour and a half whenever I play, and I usually have a Touhoumon or fangame paired up too so time is limited), so YMMV, but it usually takes me 4 – 6 months to hit No Bombs: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Extra with all characters, and Lunatic No Bombs with Reimu for sure and whoever else I pick, and also Lunatic Perfect Stage Practice all stages with Reimu (Remilia's Scarlet Meister is going to ruin so many of these attempts, followed by a very high rank Scarlet Gensokyo since I wouldn't have gotten hit). Touhou 6 I reckon I’ll Lunatic No Bomb with all 4 characters, since 2 of the characters are Reimu (A and B), and I want a Marisa clear too, so that’s 3 playthroughs, figure I’ll just do the 4th Marisa as well while I’m at it :) Oh yes, Flandre gave me the biggest heartbreak, No Bombs of course, no lives remaining at her final card Q.E.D., health bar is literally empty. . . she’s blowing up. . . and I clip-death. . . . seriously Flan, for 2 seconds till you blow up???? Oh well. I was also attempting Flandre’s Maze of Love differently. I want one run where I’m running around in circles like you’re supposed to, and another run sitting at the bottom dodging between the tiny gaps! I’ve seen someone do it like that on Youtube before and it looks awesome! I’ve actually abandoned the Extra for a while though and focusing on Lunatic. It’s giving me more trouble than I thought it would. Patchouli really got beefed compared to Hard.
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I'll definitely have to look into the Seihou games because I don't know if I've heard of them! I definitely get what you mean when you say you want to do every character but in some cases it can take too long. Even with regular 1ccs in games like 8 it can take quite a while to get them all. Normal isn't that bad to do but when you start moving into the higher difficulties which require much more work I'd imagine you could spend ages just stuck running a single game with everyone, let alone trying to do no bomb runs! That said I do think you gain a deeper understanding of that game by playing it so much. I'm sure by the time you decide to move to the next game you know the previous one inside out :D I have to agree that in general I've found the other games more fun than 9, in fact 9 was one of my least favorites initially although it did grow on me. It's one of those games where every now and then I'll get an itch to play it a bit since it can be nice just going with the flow of combat.
I did see that guide for editing the translation of the game, and it did look slightly intimidating but I'm sure if I follow the instructions I'll be able to make it work. I'll keep that in mind with Reimu's hitbox in 2! And here I thought she wasn't suppose to gain weight thanks to her orbs :D (j/k)
My first 1cc I got was with Sakuya so I definitely have a soft spot for playing as her. Aside from just being so damn cool I also really liked how she had so many bombs in 7 starting out. It made me feel like I had way more room for error and also I liked that I could do a constant reliable stream of damage regardless of where I was onscreen which was useful when learning the patterns initially although I'd say I've changed a fair bit since then and would probably be best with a character like Marisa in PCB these days.
I was a huge Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z fan growing up. Ahhhh I remember the anticipation of coming home every day excited to see if a new episode was out yet. Back before streaming/downloading was a think so sometimes you were stuck months or even years waiting :( Super was a lot of fun! It sort of felt like a combination of Dragon Balls creativity and wackiness with DBZs more fight oriented focus which felt like a nice blend for the series. I think if you eventually watch it you'll enjoy it if you were a fan of the original series growing up. Also I don't blame you for being a Reimu addict! She's such a wonderful character and I can't really imagine why anyone would dislike her. I mean she can be a sliiiight bit of a jerk at times (sometimes just shows up and starts beating everyone up and asking questions after XD) in the story sometimes but she's got a heart of gold. I also love her ability to "float" it's one of those powers that sounds like it wouldn't be particularly effective but when you actually start looking into what she can do with it then things get pretty insane. I kind of feel like she's just the perfect main character for the series too, both her and Marisa I feel really encompass a lot of the philosophy present in these series well, particularly duality. Also she's just completely adorable in general.
I have to agree that there's never been another game series that came close to how amazing I think this series is for me. Don't get me wrong, there's tons and tons of absolutely fantastic games out there that are completely worth playing through, but Touhou is just like utter perfection. If I wanted to show people how games can be considered a form of art I'd show them this series, because I think it's one that has serious potential to inspire and change the people that play it like it did with you and me.
Going to listen to Arietta Incalzando right now! I really enjoy dBu's stuff and I got several of their tracks on my phone I listen to regularly when I go out for runs. They did one for Pandemonic Planet too which is from the boss of 15s extra stage that also uses a violin in it which does wonderful things to my ears :) I'll check out the Butterfly Delusion after too! There's a rock/metal artist I've followed for a number of years that does Touhou remixes named Richaad I also really like and anytime I see a notification pop up on my phone of him putting out a new Touhou cover. He recently did one for Flowering Nights in which he mentioned how much it hurt his fingers to actually play it on the guitar and I had to laugh a bit because I couldn't help but think "well, it wouldn't truly be Touhou unless you're suffering at least a little" :D And I completely get the hating going into work bit. My coworkers have heard the saying "I'd rather be at home playing Touhou right now" more than a few times >.> But yes need money so we can play Touhou. Also Touhou merch!
I'm quite pleased with my physical collection right now. I saved up for about 6 months and went a bit crazy at the anime con in our city last month. As of now I have 22 of the games (which I think is everything outside the PC-98 ones), 14 of the official music CDs, about 10 art books, All 7 volumes Forbidden Scrollery (7th volume just came out a couple days ago which I grabbed immediately), the official Grimoire of Marisa (which I can't actually read but I still wanted to have in the collection) a lovely Marisa figure with an awesome Reimu one currently on the way to keep her company :) Let none say I do not support the series! That said if I could find a way to live off just Touhou that would be like a dream. If I'm not playing the game then I can promise you at the very least I'm obsessively thinking about it lol. My sister recently told me about a thing some of the hardcore Tetris players would get if they played enough where they could actually be able to see the games playing out perfectly in their head even when they didn't weren't playing and I had to laugh, because yeah I get that exact same thing with this series too. I can't even begin to deny that I'm obsessed with this series because you almost start to see the patterns everywhere in life. It really does shape the way you think.
Unfortunately I broke one of my wisdom teeth last weekend so I've been taking a break from 15 while I wait to get it fixed this upcoming Wednesday since it's tremendously painful all the time and seriously effects my ability to concentrate. I figured I'd break away and try some less intense things until then so I hopped onto 7s extra stage just for fun just to see how it was and it's crazy that it took me about an hour of practice to hit the 3/4 mark through the entire extra stage where that took me a couple weeks to get to that point in 15. It's really giving me some perspective of just how hard 15s actually is. I really want to beat Ran in PCB though so I can unlock Yukari and see her fight and meeting with Reimu properly. I absolutely love Yukari and she's a serious contender for one of my favorite characters in the whole series. There's times I can be completely calm playing this series but I also know those times you want to freak out at your monitor too XD Clownpiece initially had me yelling some very colorful language quite frequently as I played. It does make sense with just how much we pour into this game that sometimes the frustration is just going to explode a little, especially when you're so determined. I can start getting really upset at myself as well when I'm dying lots on parts I feel I should know, which in turn seems to just make me play even more sloppy.
I *completely* get what you mean about the claustrophobic in some of those types of spellcards just completely immersing you in the game, and oddly enough they're some of my favorites too. I really enjoy the final spellcard Doremy has in the extra stage like that where I feel like I'm almost navigating a self creating maze. I remember first seeing videos of people playing in lunatic where they'd spend a ton of time at the time of the screen and I originally thought they were insane, but you start to realize by only using the bottom of the screen you're seriously handicapping yourself as certain spellcards can get a lot more dense the lower you go and as you mentioned enemies will die much quicker when you're right up to them, it also has a serious impact on your ability to collect resources when you're willing and confident enough to use the PoC line more regularly. Some of the later games really force you to use different parts of the screen too. Like the enemies that chase you or will actively attack the bottom more you're screwed on if you stay down there. It was a bit tough to break out of that initial mentality but once you do you can do so much more in this series :D Grazing is another one, while not directly important in most the games outside score, it is important to learn in 15 and it's something I can much more comfortably do than I use to. Back when I started the further I was away from bullets the better, unfortunately that mentality can also get you trapped quite easily too.
I really want to do Flandres stage since it seems like one of the most iconic in the series. 6 is a game in general I really feel like I haven't played enough of and is a bit higher up on my list of ones I want to sit down with in the nearish future and really work on more because outside not having your hitbox show in focus it still seems like one of the best in the series. I mean the artwork is a bit derpy but I still find it endearing XD Ah yeah I know what you mean wanting to fully experience every attack in the series. That's why I think pacifist would be incredible to try, but I can only imagine how hard that would become in higher difficulties. At that point though you really are swimming in an ocean of patterns. It's hilarious to just have Reimu do nothing but dodge and yet still have the ingame dialogue people complain what a bully Reimu is for beating them up XD Ah that's really painful when you're that close to beating a boss and you die, I've had that happen so many times and it kills me a bit inside every time. My first normal 1cc in PCB I had that happen several times with Yuyuko in the last few seconds of the fight before I had an attempt where I finally got it. I wanted to cry once I finally did get it though. I've heard Patchouli can get pretty tough. I've still only seen her in normal so I can't comment too much but I do know stage 4 bosses often tend to be a bit more on the brutal side. I've also heard Scarlet Gensokyo is a serious 1cc ender for people on higher difficulties too. I've stumbled on a few posts about people raging hard about dying to it in the past.
So if you make a significant mistake well you're working on your 1ccs do you keep going then? I admit a lot of times I'll just restart particularly if the mistake was early on because I know I'll need those resources. Usually if I'm in the later bits of the game or a level I'll just try and finish it though and do my best. Sometimes if you lose a lot of resources early and you make it like 95% through the stage before you die it just feels so heart breaking.
Just a few more days until I can get my broken tooth removed and get back to some of my more serious goals in this series. I can't wait at this point. It's pretty depressing when you have those moments you just cannot play and enjoy the series properly :( Plus even without being able to play tooth pain is agonizing in general. I'm going to be playing a bit this weekend but I doubt I'll do anything too serious since I can't properly concentrate. As soon as I'm better I'm going to continue pushing a lot more on some of these extra stages. Ah I did manage to make a coworker laugh quite hard though when he told me he was sorry to hear I was in such pain from the tooth I told him "that's okay, as a Touhou player I'm use to constantly suffering anyways" :P
Also I listened to the entire Arietta Incalzando album and I really liked it! :) Definitely one I'm going to have to download for my phone
Edit: Ahhhh managed to beat Ran too. Another Extra stage I can say I've completed! :D
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--- Quote from: Dreamleaf on June 01, 2019, 08:34:26 PM ---I'll definitely have to look into the Seihou games because I don't know if I've heard of them! I definitely get what you mean when you say you want to do every character but in some cases it can take too long. Even with regular 1ccs in games like 8 it can take quite a while to get them all. Normal isn't that bad to do but when you start moving into the higher difficulties which require much more work I'd imagine you could spend ages just stuck running a single game with everyone, let alone trying to do no bomb runs! That said I do think you gain a deeper understanding of that game by playing it so much. I'm sure by the time you decide to move to the next game you know the previous one inside out :D I have to agree that in general I've found the other games more fun than 9, in fact 9 was one of my least favorites initially although it did grow on me. It's one of those games where every now and then I'll get an itch to play it a bit since it can be nice just going with the flow of combat.
I did see that guide for editing the translation of the game, and it did look slightly intimidating but I'm sure if I follow the instructions I'll be able to make it work. I'll keep that in mind with Reimu's hitbox in 2! And here I thought she wasn't suppose to gain weight thanks to her orbs :D (j/k)
My first 1cc I got was with Sakuya so I definitely have a soft spot for playing as her. Aside from just being so damn cool I also really liked how she had so many bombs in 7 starting out. It made me feel like I had way more room for error and also I liked that I could do a constant reliable stream of damage regardless of where I was onscreen which was useful when learning the patterns initially although I'd say I've changed a fair bit since then and would probably be best with a character like Marisa in PCB these days.
I was a huge Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z fan growing up. Ahhhh I remember the anticipation of coming home every day excited to see if a new episode was out yet. Back before streaming/downloading was a think so sometimes you were stuck months or even years waiting :( Super was a lot of fun! It sort of felt like a combination of Dragon Balls creativity and wackiness with DBZs more fight oriented focus which felt like a nice blend for the series. I think if you eventually watch it you'll enjoy it if you were a fan of the original series growing up. Also I don't blame you for being a Reimu addict! She's such a wonderful character and I can't really imagine why anyone would dislike her. I mean she can be a sliiiight bit of a jerk at times (sometimes just shows up and starts beating everyone up and asking questions after XD) in the story sometimes but she's got a heart of gold. I also love her ability to "float" it's one of those powers that sounds like it wouldn't be particularly effective but when you actually start looking into what she can do with it then things get pretty insane. I kind of feel like she's just the perfect main character for the series too, both her and Marisa I feel really encompass a lot of the philosophy present in these series well, particularly duality. Also she's just completely adorable in general.
I have to agree that there's never been another game series that came close to how amazing I think this series is for me. Don't get me wrong, there's tons and tons of absolutely fantastic games out there that are completely worth playing through, but Touhou is just like utter perfection. If I wanted to show people how games can be considered a form of art I'd show them this series, because I think it's one that has serious potential to inspire and change the people that play it like it did with you and me.
Going to listen to Arietta Incalzando right now! I really enjoy dBu's stuff and I got several of their tracks on my phone I listen to regularly when I go out for runs. They did one for Pandemonic Planet too which is from the boss of 15s extra stage that also uses a violin in it which does wonderful things to my ears :) I'll check out the Butterfly Delusion after too! There's a rock/metal artist I've followed for a number of years that does Touhou remixes named Richaad I also really like and anytime I see a notification pop up on my phone of him putting out a new Touhou cover. He recently did one for Flowering Nights in which he mentioned how much it hurt his fingers to actually play it on the guitar and I had to laugh a bit because I couldn't help but think "well, it wouldn't truly be Touhou unless you're suffering at least a little" :D And I completely get the hating going into work bit. My coworkers have heard the saying "I'd rather be at home playing Touhou right now" more than a few times >.> But yes need money so we can play Touhou. Also Touhou merch!
I'm quite pleased with my physical collection right now. I saved up for about 6 months and went a bit crazy at the anime con in our city last month. As of now I have 22 of the games (which I think is everything outside the PC-98 ones), 14 of the official music CDs, about 10 art books, All 7 volumes Forbidden Scrollery (7th volume just came out a couple days ago which I grabbed immediately), the official Grimoire of Marisa (which I can't actually read but I still wanted to have in the collection) a lovely Marisa figure with an awesome Reimu one currently on the way to keep her company :) Let none say I do not support the series! That said if I could find a way to live off just Touhou that would be like a dream. If I'm not playing the game then I can promise you at the very least I'm obsessively thinking about it lol. My sister recently told me about a thing some of the hardcore Tetris players would get if they played enough where they could actually be able to see the games playing out perfectly in their head even when they didn't weren't playing and I had to laugh, because yeah I get that exact same thing with this series too. I can't even begin to deny that I'm obsessed with this series because you almost start to see the patterns everywhere in life. It really does shape the way you think.
Unfortunately I broke one of my wisdom teeth last weekend so I've been taking a break from 15 while I wait to get it fixed this upcoming Wednesday since it's tremendously painful all the time and seriously effects my ability to concentrate. I figured I'd break away and try some less intense things until then so I hopped onto 7s extra stage just for fun just to see how it was and it's crazy that it took me about an hour of practice to hit the 3/4 mark through the entire extra stage where that took me a couple weeks to get to that point in 15. It's really giving me some perspective of just how hard 15s actually is. I really want to beat Ran in PCB though so I can unlock Yukari and see her fight and meeting with Reimu properly. I absolutely love Yukari and she's a serious contender for one of my favorite characters in the whole series. There's times I can be completely calm playing this series but I also know those times you want to freak out at your monitor too XD Clownpiece initially had me yelling some very colorful language quite frequently as I played. It does make sense with just how much we pour into this game that sometimes the frustration is just going to explode a little, especially when you're so determined. I can start getting really upset at myself as well when I'm dying lots on parts I feel I should know, which in turn seems to just make me play even more sloppy.
I *completely* get what you mean about the claustrophobic in some of those types of spellcards just completely immersing you in the game, and oddly enough they're some of my favorites too. I really enjoy the final spellcard Doremy has in the extra stage like that where I feel like I'm almost navigating a self creating maze. I remember first seeing videos of people playing in lunatic where they'd spend a ton of time at the time of the screen and I originally thought they were insane, but you start to realize by only using the bottom of the screen you're seriously handicapping yourself as certain spellcards can get a lot more dense the lower you go and as you mentioned enemies will die much quicker when you're right up to them, it also has a serious impact on your ability to collect resources when you're willing and confident enough to use the PoC line more regularly. Some of the later games really force you to use different parts of the screen too. Like the enemies that chase you or will actively attack the bottom more you're screwed on if you stay down there. It was a bit tough to break out of that initial mentality but once you do you can do so much more in this series :D Grazing is another one, while not directly important in most the games outside score, it is important to learn in 15 and it's something I can much more comfortably do than I use to. Back when I started the further I was away from bullets the better, unfortunately that mentality can also get you trapped quite easily too.
I really want to do Flandres stage since it seems like one of the most iconic in the series. 6 is a game in general I really feel like I haven't played enough of and is a bit higher up on my list of ones I want to sit down with in the nearish future and really work on more because outside not having your hitbox show in focus it still seems like one of the best in the series. I mean the artwork is a bit derpy but I still find it endearing XD Ah yeah I know what you mean wanting to fully experience every attack in the series. That's why I think pacifist would be incredible to try, but I can only imagine how hard that would become in higher difficulties. At that point though you really are swimming in an ocean of patterns. It's hilarious to just have Reimu do nothing but dodge and yet still have the ingame dialogue people complain what a bully Reimu is for beating them up XD Ah that's really painful when you're that close to beating a boss and you die, I've had that happen so many times and it kills me a bit inside every time. My first normal 1cc in PCB I had that happen several times with Yuyuko in the last few seconds of the fight before I had an attempt where I finally got it. I wanted to cry once I finally did get it though. I've heard Patchouli can get pretty tough. I've still only seen her in normal so I can't comment too much but I do know stage 4 bosses often tend to be a bit more on the brutal side. I've also heard Scarlet Gensokyo is a serious 1cc ender for people on higher difficulties too. I've stumbled on a few posts about people raging hard about dying to it in the past.
So if you make a significant mistake well you're working on your 1ccs do you keep going then? I admit a lot of times I'll just restart particularly if the mistake was early on because I know I'll need those resources. Usually if I'm in the later bits of the game or a level I'll just try and finish it though and do my best. Sometimes if you lose a lot of resources early and you make it like 95% through the stage before you die it just feels so heart breaking.
Just a few more days until I can get my broken tooth removed and get back to some of my more serious goals in this series. I can't wait at this point. It's pretty depressing when you have those moments you just cannot play and enjoy the series properly :( Plus even without being able to play tooth pain is agonizing in general. I'm going to be playing a bit this weekend but I doubt I'll do anything too serious since I can't properly concentrate. As soon as I'm better I'm going to continue pushing a lot more on some of these extra stages. Ah I did manage to make a coworker laugh quite hard though when he told me he was sorry to hear I was in such pain from the tooth I told him "that's okay, as a Touhou player I'm use to constantly suffering anyways" :P
Also I listened to the entire Arietta Incalzando album and I really liked it! :) Definitely one I'm going to have to download for my phone
Edit: Ahhhh managed to beat Ran too. Another Extra stage I can say I've completed! :D
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Oh yes you definitely should. I only played the first Seihou game, but it?s brilliant, it focuses more on faster but less dense patterns, instead of Touhou which is slower but dense. It will also help in increasing your skills when you get used to dodging some it?s faster patterns. Yes believe me, the no bomb runs are quite time consuming, but fun nonetheless, and I get a huge sense of accomplishment once I finally get that clear. It?s like all that hard work paid off in the end :) Yes 8 has way too many characters and 2 routes to boot, so I?ll definitely have to be choosy on that one otherwise I could be stuck for a year trying to no bomb Lunatic with all those characters lol. Yeah true that about ?knowing the game inside out? by the time I finish it, it?s kind of required for a no bomb run cause I?ll need my lives for the parts I struggle with, so I need to know the rest of the game very well to save my lives for those bits. Yeah same here, 3 is very similar to 9, while I did enjoy it also, it surely is my least favourite one from the Touhous I played. But yes, still fun just relying on reflex and going with the flow of battle as you called it. I?m still looking forward to play 9, and Seihou 2 (it uses the same system) though, so by no means am I saying that I don?t like the versus shooters.
If it gives you trouble let me know and I?ll see how to help you out. I managed to patch the translations in them in the past, so I?ll have a look at it again if so :) Haha @ ?Reimu not supposed to gain weight from her orbs?, is that something you read in Forbidden Scrollery or something, or just made it up? (I wouldn?t be surprised if it?s official judging by how crazy Touhou humour could get). Yes the difference is quite noticeable in her hitbox size, even some of the bullet?s hitboxes are bigger than you?re used to from the other games, but don?t let that ward you off from Touhou 2, it?s purely magical, and surely one of my favourites from the series, the music is amazing too for it, and as I?ve stated before, it?s the start of a beautiful rivalry with Marisa, you just can?t go wrong with that game. You also get 2 soundtracks to choose from, and the MIDI (alternate) version is really worth a listen/doing a playthrough with it.
Ahhh that?s part of the reason Sakuya is so precious to you then, she was your support when hitting your first 1cc, and you?ll carry that with you through the entire series. I feel the same way towards Reimu, since I started from Touhou 1, followed by Touhou 2, only playable characters in those games are Reimu, so I really bonded with her, and through all that toil and struggle, finally pulled of my first Lunatic 1cc with her :) She saw some really hard times, I had never played a danmaku shmup before, but me and Reimu persevered through it till the end :) Definitely agree with you there on Sakuya being such a cool character, I just *LOVE* her fight in 6, all those knives freezing and changing direction, damn, feels so menacing, even using knives as her bullets. Yeah you adapt with time, as you stated you found it easier with Sakuya in the beginning due to being able to hit anything no matter where you are on-screen. That will make it easier/more helpful, same as using a homing Reimu. For bosses though, Marisa and needle Reimu will trump homing any day. I love the damage output of those characters, plus it feels more skillful having to maneuver under a boss to deal damage.
Haha yeah same here about Dragon Ball, used to watch it on Cartoon Network or Toonami back in the day with just an episode a day! Thank god for streaming and downloading services these days, that way we could binge it! xD (which let?s be honest, that?s how a Dragon Ball fight is meant to be watched). Yes a friend showed me parts of Super, it really does look ?super? (haha sorry for the lame pun lol), and I saw the Beerus movie, which was just ORGASMIC. I love how cocky and confident Beerus is, really amazing movie. Oh yes I will definitely watch Super, just need to get round to it, soooo many anime, my ?short list? is around 20 anime currently, and I know that Super is quite a good few episodes (I need to watch GT, and Z Kai before Super as well, so that?s gonna end up another 400 episode marathon I reckon). A friend showed me a new series they?re making called Dragon Ball Heroes if I?m not mistaken, it basically cuts lots of the filler, and focuses more on faster fights. Worth checking out if you haven?t already. Oh yes Reimu definitely is, I love her to bits, just adorable as you?re saying. Hahahaahah at ?being a jerk and beating up everyone and asking questions later?, typical Reimu and Touhou humour, love it. If you want a jerk though, look at Marisa. She makes me laugh with how troublesome and power hungry she could be, and she lies lol. Even when meeting Flandre, Flan asks ?who are you??, Marisa says ?I?m the shrine maiden, Reimu Hakurei?. Haha trying to pin the blame on poor Reimu lol. Yes definite duality between the two, which makes for such a good contrast, Reimu is more your goody-two-shoes shrine maiden to save Gensokyo, when Marisa is. . . Marisa I guess lol xD (troublemaker, lust for power, liar, kleptomaniac xD). Oh btw, yes Reimu?s float ability could even lift herself off of this plain, as you can see in spell card 215 in Touhou 8. It?s even stated in the wiki that if it wasn?t for a time limit no one could beat her: https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Spell_Cards/Last_Word
Yes I definitely agree with you there. There were good games back on my PlayStation days don?t get me wrong, but NOTHING ever came close to the love I feel for this series, so we?re in agreement there :) It really is perfect in every way, and I agree with you about describing the game as a form of art, both for it?s music, and the beautiful patterns it portrays.
Damn, Arietta Incalzando is an album? I never knew that! I heard the Reimu/Marisa track from it in one of the Touhoumons I had played, and thought it was the name of the song! I?ll definitely have to check out the full album then! Ahh I?ll check the Touhou 15 Extra arrange they did also, can?t go wrong with dBu! I?ll also have to check out Richaad, thanks for the info! Btw I listened to that Kagome Kagome - Cinderella Cage arrange you linked, it?s a haunting style, quite original, the only time I?ve heard something of a similar class was by O-Life Japan (this is a folk arrange instead but still sounds eerie at parts), an arrange of Koishi?s theme, which really fits being done eerily seeing as Koishi plays with the subconscious mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ofnslOBRs Haha good one about the suffering and ?it wouldn?t be Touhou if not?, haha so true. Oh yes, that?s the only good thing about work, the Touhou merch!!!! xD I?ve got this beautiful Reimu pre-ordered, really can?t wait for September to roll on!: https://myfigurecollection.net/item/604477 Sooooooo pretty!!! <3_<3
Ahh that?s quite a nice collection you got there! Well done, and keep it up! Always satisfying to add more to your Touhou collection! xD (especially when they take close to a month to get here from Japan!!). Which Marisa and Reimu figures do you have? This is my figure collection in case you want to check it out: https://myfigurecollection.net/users.v4.php?mode=view&username=lunatic_reimu&tab=collection&page=1&status=2&output=2¤t=keywords&rootId=-1&categoryId=-1&sort=category&order=asc I got my hands on the first print edition of Touhou 14.5 for the PS4 recently, which came with the 2nd OST for Touhou 14.5! (which is quite rare since it was a bonus for the first print edition). I was so happy when that finally arrived after a month and is safely in my possession xD Haha yeah same here mate, if I?m not playing the games, I?m obsessively thinking about them, not an hour goes by that I don?t think about Touhou, it really is life changing as we?ve been saying in this thread :) Hahaha what your sis told you about the Tetris players applies to Touhou fanatics like me and you for sure xD As you?re saying you start seeing patterns everywhere xD Especially in fireworks xD
Ouch dood, really sorry to hear about the wisdom tooth :/ I?ve never been through it but know someone that did, and they say those are really painful buggers. Really wishing you the best about that, and hope you got that sorted yesterday so you can focus back on Touhou again without that agony of the tooth pain! Ahh yeah, the stuff you?ve faced in Touhou 15 will definitely help you for Touhou 7?s Extra (and any other Touhous you?ll play), especially due to 15?s high difficulty. That?s awesome about clearing the Touhou 7 Extra btw!!! :D That was quite quick! So onto the Phantasm now then, or doing the Extra with other characters? xD Ahh yeah Yukari definitely is cool, especially her final spell card, and the Last Word version of it in Touhou 8 is even more beefed! Yeah I?m usually calm when I just started playing for the first half hour or so, but then when the silly mistakes start happening, and after I?ve been doing the same thing for a while, or ESPECIALLY dieing at something which I know I?ve beaten before. . . that?s where the curse words start following. Like making a silly mistake in the stage portion of the Extra gets me into mega rage mode cause I know I did it flawless several times before. And yes, anger will make you play more sloppy usually, rage takes over focus, so it?s important to keep the rage outbursts to as short a timeframe as possible so you could calm down and continue focusing on the run. There are times I get hit twice in close succession cause I?ll still be fuming from the first hit, so the second one could have been avoided if I manage to keep calmer (quite difficult though, especially on a Lunatic 1cc, the adrenaline coursing through your body at that point. . .)
Yes definitely a plus for the claustrophobic cards and the immersion they bring with them! My heart starts racing, I?m on the edge of my seat, usually on the tips of my toes for maximum alertness, it really is a wonderful feeling, I could almost feel the aura of the bullets passing right next to me haha. Yep I completely understand you from that regard about Doremy?s final card and navigating through a maze, you should enjoy some of 6?s Extra cards then if you like that style :) and also the sound the bullets make when lots of them spawn in succession is awesome, kinda like a mini-machine gun trt-trt-trt-trt-trt, gets me so much more into it! Yes I agree with you there, I used to think that only the most skilled players used to play higher up on the screen, but you?ll be doing this without even noticing on Lunatic cause you WILL get walled in if you just stayed at the bottom all the time. And yes, it definitely is a difficult habit to break, and scary going up higher on the screen when you?re not used to it, but it will come to you on it?s own, all you gotta do it play, you will adjust to it without even noticing. Yes grazing is important too even if not for score as it makes you feel more comfortable with bullets close to you, rather than ?the further away you are from a bullet the better? as you put it. Sometimes you will need to stay close to bullets on your left for example to give yourself space for something that you need to dodge to the right. It all comes naturally the more you play, just be sure to adjust yourself appropriately and be careful of clip-deaths when grazing.
6?s Extra is really enjoyable, and Flandre is awesome as a character, especially her Four of a Kind spell card, I love the ability of duplication, the stage portion is quite difficult though till you get to Flandre, the stage gives me more trouble than Flan usually. Ahh, 6 definitely deserves your time, it?s a really good kick off to the Windows era, and there?s quite some stuff to master in it, especially with Patchouli having 4 different fights depending on the character you?re using. Don?t worry too much about not having your hitbox show, you?ll adapt to it and learn where it is even without it showing :) (Reimu?s white shirt part, and the centre of Marisa?s pink bow). If you want a clearer indication of where it is, just graze one of Rumia?s lasers at Stage 1, the attack where she uses lasers and green circle bullets, you?ll see the hitbox flicker when grazing her lasers). Remember the PC-98 games don?t have visible hitboxes either, so if anything, 6 will help you for when you come to play those games :) Yeah that?s mainly the point of my no bomb runs, as you said, to fully experience each attack, even at it?s hardest moments, rather than clearing everything off-screen when it gets too tough. It?s nice seeing fully what this marvelous series has to offer :) Pacifisit would be such a beautiful achievement, but yes it could get very difficult, and long, I saw a pacifist for Koishi and it dragged the fight out for 25 mins!! Hahahaha at the dialogue, well I imagine your opponents must be exhausted after using up all that magical energy to attack you for such a long time xD Pacifist is really beautiful though and requires quite a level of mastery of each spell card since you need to know it well enough to time everything out! Yeah regarding Flan, it was quite a heartbreak, but I?m over it now, I no bombed Extra with Reimu A playing Maze of Love at the bottom (more difficult playing it this way than running in circles), and I did Reimu B no bombs Extra, in which I lost my first life at Flandre?s QED!!! So close to a Perfect!!! Would have been my first one :?( Still happy though, I was aiming for a no bomb run after all. But yes, I fully understand what you mean about it ?killing you a little bit inside? when a 1cc ends so close :?( Oh yes definitely understand you about Yuyuko, her final attack (with the beautiful Border of Life track, those trumpets!!) with those red-ish bullets that sway is very difficult to read, I could imagine how that could be a 1cc ender, and how many heartbreaks that could bring. Hahah I could imagine tears of joy after doing that xD Yeah Patchouli got seriously beefed, didn?t expect such a change, even attacks I had learned well on Hard were giving me trouble on Lunatic. Ahhh yes, Scarlet Gensokyo is gonna be rough, but I?m more worried about Scarlet Meister to be honest.
If I get hit in Stage 1 or 2 that?s an instant restart, I?ll need those lives for the stage 5 or 6 boss, as you said, I?ll need those resources (plus it looks damn ugly for my recordings getting hit so early on, especially when I do those stages perfect almost all the time). From Stage 3 I?ll cringe but I?ll tolerate it, but yes as you said, I?ll try doing my best to make up for the life lost. From Stage 4 onwards it?s completely acceptable and justified to me then, cause the game really starts picking up from that point.
Hopefully you got that sorted yesterday :) How does it feel currently? All pain subsided or still not 100% healed yet? Hahaha I agree with you there on what you said to your coworker, even my friends call me a masochist lol :P
Amazing work on the Touhou 7 Extra btw as I stated above, keep at it! Good things will come your way with the dedication and love you have for the series ;)
Thanks for keeping up with these chats btw, I know it takes quite a while writing all this (took me close to 2 hours typing this post), so I appreciate your time and love for the series to keep these chats lively :) Hope you enjoy writing/reading these posts as much as I do.
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--- Quote from: Lunatic_Reimu on June 06, 2019, 10:29:27 AM ---Oh yes you definitely should. I only played the first Seihou game, but it’s brilliant, it focuses more on faster but less dense patterns, instead of Touhou which is slower but dense. It will also help in increasing your skills when you get used to dodging some it’s faster patterns. Yes believe me, the no bomb runs are quite time consuming, but fun nonetheless, and I get a huge sense of accomplishment once I finally get that clear. It’s like all that hard work paid off in the end :) Yes 8 has way too many characters and 2 routes to boot, so I’ll definitely have to be choosy on that one otherwise I could be stuck for a year trying to no bomb Lunatic with all those characters lol. Yeah true that about ‘knowing the game inside out’ by the time I finish it, it’s kind of required for a no bomb run cause I’ll need my lives for the parts I struggle with, so I need to know the rest of the game very well to save my lives for those bits. Yeah same here, 3 is very similar to 9, while I did enjoy it also, it surely is my least favourite one from the Touhous I played. But yes, still fun just relying on reflex and going with the flow of battle as you called it. I’m still looking forward to play 9, and Seihou 2 (it uses the same system) though, so by no means am I saying that I don’t like the versus shooters.
If it gives you trouble let me know and I’ll see how to help you out. I managed to patch the translations in them in the past, so I’ll have a look at it again if so :) Haha @ ‘Reimu not supposed to gain weight from her orbs’, is that something you read in Forbidden Scrollery or something, or just made it up? (I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s official judging by how crazy Touhou humour could get). Yes the difference is quite noticeable in her hitbox size, even some of the bullet’s hitboxes are bigger than you’re used to from the other games, but don’t let that ward you off from Touhou 2, it’s purely magical, and surely one of my favourites from the series, the music is amazing too for it, and as I’ve stated before, it’s the start of a beautiful rivalry with Marisa, you just can’t go wrong with that game. You also get 2 soundtracks to choose from, and the MIDI (alternate) version is really worth a listen/doing a playthrough with it.
Ahhh that’s part of the reason Sakuya is so precious to you then, she was your support when hitting your first 1cc, and you’ll carry that with you through the entire series. I feel the same way towards Reimu, since I started from Touhou 1, followed by Touhou 2, only playable characters in those games are Reimu, so I really bonded with her, and through all that toil and struggle, finally pulled of my first Lunatic 1cc with her :) She saw some really hard times, I had never played a danmaku shmup before, but me and Reimu persevered through it till the end :) Definitely agree with you there on Sakuya being such a cool character, I just *LOVE* her fight in 6, all those knives freezing and changing direction, damn, feels so menacing, even using knives as her bullets. Yeah you adapt with time, as you stated you found it easier with Sakuya in the beginning due to being able to hit anything no matter where you are on-screen. That will make it easier/more helpful, same as using a homing Reimu. For bosses though, Marisa and needle Reimu will trump homing any day. I love the damage output of those characters, plus it feels more skillful having to maneuver under a boss to deal damage.
Haha yeah same here about Dragon Ball, used to watch it on Cartoon Network or Toonami back in the day with just an episode a day! Thank god for streaming and downloading services these days, that way we could binge it! xD (which let’s be honest, that’s how a Dragon Ball fight is meant to be watched). Yes a friend showed me parts of Super, it really does look ‘super’ (haha sorry for the lame pun lol), and I saw the Beerus movie, which was just ORGASMIC. I love how cocky and confident Beerus is, really amazing movie. Oh yes I will definitely watch Super, just need to get round to it, soooo many anime, my ‘short list’ is around 20 anime currently, and I know that Super is quite a good few episodes (I need to watch GT, and Z Kai before Super as well, so that’s gonna end up another 400 episode marathon I reckon). A friend showed me a new series they’re making called Dragon Ball Heroes if I’m not mistaken, it basically cuts lots of the filler, and focuses more on faster fights. Worth checking out if you haven’t already. Oh yes Reimu definitely is, I love her to bits, just adorable as you’re saying. Hahahaahah at ‘being a jerk and beating up everyone and asking questions later’, typical Reimu and Touhou humour, love it. If you want a jerk though, look at Marisa. She makes me laugh with how troublesome and power hungry she could be, and she lies lol. Even when meeting Flandre, Flan asks ‘who are you?’, Marisa says ‘I’m the shrine maiden, Reimu Hakurei’. Haha trying to pin the blame on poor Reimu lol. Yes definite duality between the two, which makes for such a good contrast, Reimu is more your goody-two-shoes shrine maiden to save Gensokyo, when Marisa is. . . Marisa I guess lol xD (troublemaker, lust for power, liar, kleptomaniac xD). Oh btw, yes Reimu’s float ability could even lift herself off of this plain, as you can see in spell card 215 in Touhou 8. It’s even stated in the wiki that if it wasn’t for a time limit no one could beat her: https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Spell_Cards/Last_Word
Yes I definitely agree with you there. There were good games back on my PlayStation days don’t get me wrong, but NOTHING ever came close to the love I feel for this series, so we’re in agreement there :) It really is perfect in every way, and I agree with you about describing the game as a form of art, both for it’s music, and the beautiful patterns it portrays.
Damn, Arietta Incalzando is an album? I never knew that! I heard the Reimu/Marisa track from it in one of the Touhoumons I had played, and thought it was the name of the song! I’ll definitely have to check out the full album then! Ahh I’ll check the Touhou 15 Extra arrange they did also, can’t go wrong with dBu! I’ll also have to check out Richaad, thanks for the info! Btw I listened to that Kagome Kagome - Cinderella Cage arrange you linked, it’s a haunting style, quite original, the only time I’ve heard something of a similar class was by O-Life Japan (this is a folk arrange instead but still sounds eerie at parts), an arrange of Koishi’s theme, which really fits being done eerily seeing as Koishi plays with the subconscious mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ofnslOBRs Haha good one about the suffering and ‘it wouldn’t be Touhou if not’, haha so true. Oh yes, that’s the only good thing about work, the Touhou merch!!!! xD I’ve got this beautiful Reimu pre-ordered, really can’t wait for September to roll on!: https://myfigurecollection.net/item/604477 Sooooooo pretty!!! <3_<3
Ahh that’s quite a nice collection you got there! Well done, and keep it up! Always satisfying to add more to your Touhou collection! xD (especially when they take close to a month to get here from Japan!!). Which Marisa and Reimu figures do you have? This is my figure collection in case you want to check it out: https://myfigurecollection.net/users.v4.php?mode=view&username=lunatic_reimu&tab=collection&page=1&status=2&output=2¤t=keywords&rootId=-1&categoryId=-1&sort=category&order=asc I got my hands on the first print edition of Touhou 14.5 for the PS4 recently, which came with the 2nd OST for Touhou 14.5! (which is quite rare since it was a bonus for the first print edition). I was so happy when that finally arrived after a month and is safely in my possession xD Haha yeah same here mate, if I’m not playing the games, I’m obsessively thinking about them, not an hour goes by that I don’t think about Touhou, it really is life changing as we’ve been saying in this thread :) Hahaha what your sis told you about the Tetris players applies to Touhou fanatics like me and you for sure xD As you’re saying you start seeing patterns everywhere xD Especially in fireworks xD
Ouch dood, really sorry to hear about the wisdom tooth :/ I’ve never been through it but know someone that did, and they say those are really painful buggers. Really wishing you the best about that, and hope you got that sorted yesterday so you can focus back on Touhou again without that agony of the tooth pain! Ahh yeah, the stuff you’ve faced in Touhou 15 will definitely help you for Touhou 7’s Extra (and any other Touhous you’ll play), especially due to 15’s high difficulty. That’s awesome about clearing the Touhou 7 Extra btw!!! :D That was quite quick! So onto the Phantasm now then, or doing the Extra with other characters? xD Ahh yeah Yukari definitely is cool, especially her final spell card, and the Last Word version of it in Touhou 8 is even more beefed! Yeah I’m usually calm when I just started playing for the first half hour or so, but then when the silly mistakes start happening, and after I’ve been doing the same thing for a while, or ESPECIALLY dieing at something which I know I’ve beaten before. . . that’s where the curse words start following. Like making a silly mistake in the stage portion of the Extra gets me into mega rage mode cause I know I did it flawless several times before. And yes, anger will make you play more sloppy usually, rage takes over focus, so it’s important to keep the rage outbursts to as short a timeframe as possible so you could calm down and continue focusing on the run. There are times I get hit twice in close succession cause I’ll still be fuming from the first hit, so the second one could have been avoided if I manage to keep calmer (quite difficult though, especially on a Lunatic 1cc, the adrenaline coursing through your body at that point. . .)
Yes definitely a plus for the claustrophobic cards and the immersion they bring with them! My heart starts racing, I’m on the edge of my seat, usually on the tips of my toes for maximum alertness, it really is a wonderful feeling, I could almost feel the aura of the bullets passing right next to me haha. Yep I completely understand you from that regard about Doremy’s final card and navigating through a maze, you should enjoy some of 6’s Extra cards then if you like that style :) and also the sound the bullets make when lots of them spawn in succession is awesome, kinda like a mini-machine gun trt-trt-trt-trt-trt, gets me so much more into it! Yes I agree with you there, I used to think that only the most skilled players used to play higher up on the screen, but you’ll be doing this without even noticing on Lunatic cause you WILL get walled in if you just stayed at the bottom all the time. And yes, it definitely is a difficult habit to break, and scary going up higher on the screen when you’re not used to it, but it will come to you on it’s own, all you gotta do it play, you will adjust to it without even noticing. Yes grazing is important too even if not for score as it makes you feel more comfortable with bullets close to you, rather than ‘the further away you are from a bullet the better’ as you put it. Sometimes you will need to stay close to bullets on your left for example to give yourself space for something that you need to dodge to the right. It all comes naturally the more you play, just be sure to adjust yourself appropriately and be careful of clip-deaths when grazing.
6’s Extra is really enjoyable, and Flandre is awesome as a character, especially her Four of a Kind spell card, I love the ability of duplication, the stage portion is quite difficult though till you get to Flandre, the stage gives me more trouble than Flan usually. Ahh, 6 definitely deserves your time, it’s a really good kick off to the Windows era, and there’s quite some stuff to master in it, especially with Patchouli having 4 different fights depending on the character you’re using. Don’t worry too much about not having your hitbox show, you’ll adapt to it and learn where it is even without it showing :) (Reimu’s white shirt part, and the centre of Marisa’s pink bow). If you want a clearer indication of where it is, just graze one of Rumia’s lasers at Stage 1, the attack where she uses lasers and green circle bullets, you’ll see the hitbox flicker when grazing her lasers). Remember the PC-98 games don’t have visible hitboxes either, so if anything, 6 will help you for when you come to play those games :) Yeah that’s mainly the point of my no bomb runs, as you said, to fully experience each attack, even at it’s hardest moments, rather than clearing everything off-screen when it gets too tough. It’s nice seeing fully what this marvelous series has to offer :) Pacifisit would be such a beautiful achievement, but yes it could get very difficult, and long, I saw a pacifist for Koishi and it dragged the fight out for 25 mins!! Hahahaha at the dialogue, well I imagine your opponents must be exhausted after using up all that magical energy to attack you for such a long time xD Pacifist is really beautiful though and requires quite a level of mastery of each spell card since you need to know it well enough to time everything out! Yeah regarding Flan, it was quite a heartbreak, but I’m over it now, I no bombed Extra with Reimu A playing Maze of Love at the bottom (more difficult playing it this way than running in circles), and I did Reimu B no bombs Extra, in which I lost my first life at Flandre’s QED!!! So close to a Perfect!!! Would have been my first one :’( Still happy though, I was aiming for a no bomb run after all. But yes, I fully understand what you mean about it ‘killing you a little bit inside’ when a 1cc ends so close :’( Oh yes definitely understand you about Yuyuko, her final attack (with the beautiful Border of Life track, those trumpets!!) with those red-ish bullets that sway is very difficult to read, I could imagine how that could be a 1cc ender, and how many heartbreaks that could bring. Hahah I could imagine tears of joy after doing that xD Yeah Patchouli got seriously beefed, didn’t expect such a change, even attacks I had learned well on Hard were giving me trouble on Lunatic. Ahhh yes, Scarlet Gensokyo is gonna be rough, but I’m more worried about Scarlet Meister to be honest.
If I get hit in Stage 1 or 2 that’s an instant restart, I’ll need those lives for the stage 5 or 6 boss, as you said, I’ll need those resources (plus it looks damn ugly for my recordings getting hit so early on, especially when I do those stages perfect almost all the time). From Stage 3 I’ll cringe but I’ll tolerate it, but yes as you said, I’ll try doing my best to make up for the life lost. From Stage 4 onwards it’s completely acceptable and justified to me then, cause the game really starts picking up from that point.
Hopefully you got that sorted yesterday :) How does it feel currently? All pain subsided or still not 100% healed yet? Hahaha I agree with you there on what you said to your coworker, even my friends call me a masochist lol :P
Amazing work on the Touhou 7 Extra btw as I stated above, keep at it! Good things will come your way with the dedication and love you have for the series ;)
Thanks for keeping up with these chats btw, I know it takes quite a while writing all this (took me close to 2 hours typing this post), so I appreciate your time and love for the series to keep these chats lively :) Hope you enjoy writing/reading these posts as much as I do.
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I'll definitely check them out! As someone who's still relatively new to the genre it's surprising how versatile bullet hell gameplay can get. Like how you can get a smarter character who focuses on tricking you and mixing you up or trapping you compared to a character who relies on more overpowering or fast kind of attacks. I definitely believe the no bomb runs can take a while. It seems like it's essentially just cutting your resources down to like 1/3 or 1/4 of what you'd normally get. I think of the amount of time and practice it takes to learn the attacks well enough to do them with bombs and imagine how much more practice is required to do it with so much less. The plus side with 9 is I don't think you'll struggle much compared to the other games doing a no bomb run, I rarely used them myself well playing since it drains all your power. You know, I think I'd like 9 a lot more if it had Yukari and Alice in it lol. Eiki is admittedly pretty awesome though. I like that her extra stage is just her going around on her free time lecturing people XD
I will! I was planning on trying to patch it last weekend but I ended up being out and about for most of it so I'm going to shoot for it this upcoming weekend. If I do I might even give Touhou 2 a shot finally! I'm excited to try it out especially since you're so fond of it. I'll also definitely try to remember to try the MIDI soundtrack out at some point with it. Oh so regarding the weight thing apparently according to one of the endings in SoEW that Genji tells Reimu that her Yin-Yang orbs have 3 abilites which are: The ability to eat sweets and never get fat, the ability to have whatever scent she wants, and the ability to turn into a cat. It's one of those random obscure things that is mentioned once in the series and then never again :P Still I've heard the dumb joke made that's why her hitbox is so small and I can't help but laugh XD
You're absolutely right, I think the fact my first 1cc came from Sakuya really has endured me towards her. Her time stop powers in general really make for a fascinating fight with her too. Her fight is easily one of the most memorable in the series. I can absolutely see why Reimu means so much to you. She's been with you since the very start of this journey you've been on since you started Touhou :) Plus I feel Reimu just really represents what Touhou is all about and what makes it so great. Most of the 1ccs I work on these days I do so with Reimu because it just feels right. I completely agree on Marisa and needle Reimu, it forces you to be extra aware of where you are in relation to the boss but it's also very rewarding since bosses will just melt once you learn what you're doing.
I haven't seen Heroes yet myself! I have heard of it from friends though. I've seen everything else. Only thing is I'd recommend watching Super first instead of GT. Frankly it's more worthy of your time. Kai you could skip as well unless you want a refresher to the series, although it's admittedly pretty polished up and nice! Super is quite long, well over 100 episodes but it does have some great moments. I really liked the Beerus movie myself! He becomes a main character so if you like him you'll get to look forward to seeing a lot more of him :D And yes, Marisa's lies so much! I burst out laughing so hard in 9 when she told Eiki she never lied. You ain't fooling anyone Marisa XD Plus don't forget she's a thief too! I remember one of the games (I think Mountain of Faith) mentions in her description that her ability for casual theft is second to none XD You got to give her credit though she's a damn hard worker! Reimu is like the laid back natural genius well Marisa has no where near the natural skill but makes up for it through her willpower. I remember hearing about that with Reimu floating above existence. That ability is one of the first things I learned about Reimu and I found it fascinating that such a powerful move could come from such a seemingly simplistic and basic ability. I really need to get back to the Last Words in 8. I've only done a few of them but I had a ton of fun on the ones I saw.
I really wish I could properly explain to others just how amazing this series is, but it's tough describing it to people not familiar with bullet hells, which I get since from the outside it can be a pretty intimidating genre. Getting into the genre was like discovering a whole new world for me, I wish I could share that feeling with more people since I don't think they realize just what they're missing out on :(
This is the Arietta Incalzando album I listened to if you're interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH2V6wnSZXI I noticed there was a 15 minute video one too but I'm guessing the album one has those tracks in it as well. Nice Koishi arrange too! I've heard a couple covers/remixes and whatnot for her theme and they're usually pretty awesome. Koishi is one of the best characters in the series and it's only fitting she gets one of the more cooler tracks to go with her too. It does fit that subconscious theme she has too.
I got the Ques Q version of Reimu and Marisa which I see you have as well! They're definitely high quality figures and also so adorable ^_^ I was considering getting that Reimu preorder you're getting instead of the one I got but I figured the Ques Q Reimu would go nicely with the Marisa one I already had (and it does). I really want to get that Koishi one you have from them too, as well as Satori's eventually. Oh you got a great figure collection yourself! I'm a bit jealous XD Also grats on the first print of 14.5! That sounds like a worthy addition to your collection. I haven't seen fireworks since I started the series but I can absolutely understand why those would remind you of the series. It makes me want to see a fireworks show with touhou music, how perfect would that be?
The tooth and the pain is gone now thankfully! It's fully healed up now so now I can actually fully focus on the game besides the usual things like work day fatigue or stress. Really makes me appreciate being able to enjoy this series when I'm not in constant pain lol. Thank you!! I'm working on the Phantasm stage now. I was pretty damn busy on the weekend but I managed to get a few attempts in and I freaking love it. I feel like I'm in gaming heaven in this stage. I even managed to make it to around the 80% point with 2 lives and a few bombs, but the spellcard with Ran bouncing around utterly destroyed me due to how differently she moves in that one compared to Chen. Thankfully I saved the replay and watched it right after so now I have a better understanding of how to avoid Ran next time I make it there at least. Working on this fight is a pretty big deal for me since beating this was one of my original goals in the series and it was only a few months ago that I still thought even beating Ran was beyond what I was capable of at the time. I want to try checking out Yukari's Last Word after I beat her in PCB. I'll need to see if I even have that one unlocked yet next time I boot up the game. Yeah, I'm very much the same way where typically the first 30ish minutes is when I'm at my best, but once you die repeatedly to those sections you already know and have done many times it really does throw you off and it can sometimes be tough to get back in the flow of things. I find sometimes I can almost immediately recover from my mistake mentally but over the course of a session it can become increasingly difficult to snap back after those kind of mistakes due to the adrenaline. Sometimes it hits a point where I know I got to step back and calm down a bit but that's where the overdetermination can work against me.
Ah I love that tick-tick-tick noise get when grazing tons of bullets in those claustrophobic kind of attacks myself. There's just something oddly satisfying about it and it really does add to the feeling of immersion. You're absolutely right about the top of the screen and tbh, getting into becoming more comfortable using the entire screen really wasn't that bad, it did come pretty naturally as I pushed into content that required it more. It was mainly just getting over that initial fear. I found it really helps to become comfortable doing these things once you realize just how much control you have over certain attacks. I think when I started I was almost under the impression the people who were doing stuff like that just had some almost superhuman like skills, but really even a beginner could get relatively use to it with just a bit or practice I think. Ah you're right though, all you really need to do is just play the game and pretty much all these skills you need to know will come over time, especially if you regularly do content that pushes you.
I've seen the Flandre fight before but not the stage portion, I've heard from a few people the stage bit can be pretty brutal though. This is something I struggle with in 15 as well where just getting to the boss with enough resources to properly attempt it in itself can be a challenge compared to some of the extra stages I've tried. The no bomb thing reminds me of how some attacks in the series bombs won't help at all and during rare times can actually end up feeling like they made things worse, like again in Virtue of the Wind God you're almost better off just dying than wasting a bomb. I notice extra stages tend to be very heavy on making sure you can't rely on bombs much either for most of it. That's incredibly impressive you've managed to do those though, I'd love to be able to play at that level eventually :) I suffered one of my most painful moments in this series the other week when attempting Ran myself. I got to the final spellcard with 1 extra life and 3 bombs which should have been an easy win, except when I went up to the PoC line to grab the items I slammed my character into the boss and lost my extra life (first time I've done this in about 6 months) and then immediately lost my final life 10 seconds (aka while it's still on the easy part) into the attack by a horribly dumb mistake. I've had a lot of dumb moments in this series but that one really hurt at the time and really demoralized me. Thankfully I was able to come back the next day fresh and beat it but at the time I was so incredibly angry with myself. Such is Touhou life, just to have my ego continually crushed and then rebuilt.
I'm the same way, deaths in stages 1-2 is an instant restart. I'll usually allow myself to lose a single life in 3 but I try to aim to make it to at least stage 4 before I start losing lives when I'm going for a 1cc, since as you said stage 4 is usually when the game starts picking up a fair bit. I try to avoid it as much as possible but sometimes I even find myself restarting out of pure frustration even when I'm still on track for getting a 1cc. It's just too frustrating when you have a 1cc fail at the end and you know if you didn't make some dumb mistake earlier you would have gotten it.
And yes, much better now! Pretty much fully healed at this point :) Now I just need a proper weekend to be able to sit down and do some 2hu'ing. I admit I get a bit antsy if I don't get enough time to play much for extended periods. Damn real life getting in the way of Touhou!
And thank you! I'm about 9 months into this journey so far and it's such a wonderful feeling to still be making so much progress and learning so much. It's incredibly satisfying finally being able to do some of the things that originally seemed so far beyond my skill not long ago and I can promise I won't be stopping anytime soon :)
And thank you for the conversations as well! I can't properly express how much I appreciate being able to talk so much with another person who gets that absolute love for the series and I've very much enjoyed it as well. Sorry for the long response time too, I just wanted to wait until I could sit down and write up a proper reply since its been crazy hectic lately here.
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--- Quote from: Dreamleaf on June 14, 2019, 05:33:54 AM ---I'll definitely check them out! As someone who's still relatively new to the genre it's surprising how versatile bullet hell gameplay can get. Like how you can get a smarter character who focuses on tricking you and mixing you up or trapping you compared to a character who relies on more overpowering or fast kind of attacks. I definitely believe the no bomb runs can take a while. It seems like it's essentially just cutting your resources down to like 1/3 or 1/4 of what you'd normally get. I think of the amount of time and practice it takes to learn the attacks well enough to do them with bombs and imagine how much more practice is required to do it with so much less. The plus side with 9 is I don't think you'll struggle much compared to the other games doing a no bomb run, I rarely used them myself well playing since it drains all your power. You know, I think I'd like 9 a lot more if it had Yukari and Alice in it lol. Eiki is admittedly pretty awesome though. I like that her extra stage is just her going around on her free time lecturing people XD
I will! I was planning on trying to patch it last weekend but I ended up being out and about for most of it so I'm going to shoot for it this upcoming weekend. If I do I might even give Touhou 2 a shot finally! I'm excited to try it out especially since you're so fond of it. I'll also definitely try to remember to try the MIDI soundtrack out at some point with it. Oh so regarding the weight thing apparently according to one of the endings in SoEW that Genji tells Reimu that her Yin-Yang orbs have 3 abilites which are: The ability to eat sweets and never get fat, the ability to have whatever scent she wants, and the ability to turn into a cat. It's one of those random obscure things that is mentioned once in the series and then never again :P Still I've heard the dumb joke made that's why her hitbox is so small and I can't help but laugh XD
You're absolutely right, I think the fact my first 1cc came from Sakuya really has endured me towards her. Her time stop powers in general really make for a fascinating fight with her too. Her fight is easily one of the most memorable in the series. I can absolutely see why Reimu means so much to you. She's been with you since the very start of this journey you've been on since you started Touhou :) Plus I feel Reimu just really represents what Touhou is all about and what makes it so great. Most of the 1ccs I work on these days I do so with Reimu because it just feels right. I completely agree on Marisa and needle Reimu, it forces you to be extra aware of where you are in relation to the boss but it's also very rewarding since bosses will just melt once you learn what you're doing.
I haven't seen Heroes yet myself! I have heard of it from friends though. I've seen everything else. Only thing is I'd recommend watching Super first instead of GT. Frankly it's more worthy of your time. Kai you could skip as well unless you want a refresher to the series, although it's admittedly pretty polished up and nice! Super is quite long, well over 100 episodes but it does have some great moments. I really liked the Beerus movie myself! He becomes a main character so if you like him you'll get to look forward to seeing a lot more of him :D And yes, Marisa's lies so much! I burst out laughing so hard in 9 when she told Eiki she never lied. You ain't fooling anyone Marisa XD Plus don't forget she's a thief too! I remember one of the games (I think Mountain of Faith) mentions in her description that her ability for casual theft is second to none XD You got to give her credit though she's a damn hard worker! Reimu is like the laid back natural genius well Marisa has no where near the natural skill but makes up for it through her willpower. I remember hearing about that with Reimu floating above existence. That ability is one of the first things I learned about Reimu and I found it fascinating that such a powerful move could come from such a seemingly simplistic and basic ability. I really need to get back to the Last Words in 8. I've only done a few of them but I had a ton of fun on the ones I saw.
I really wish I could properly explain to others just how amazing this series is, but it's tough describing it to people not familiar with bullet hells, which I get since from the outside it can be a pretty intimidating genre. Getting into the genre was like discovering a whole new world for me, I wish I could share that feeling with more people since I don't think they realize just what they're missing out on :(
This is the Arietta Incalzando album I listened to if you're interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH2V6wnSZXI I noticed there was a 15 minute video one too but I'm guessing the album one has those tracks in it as well. Nice Koishi arrange too! I've heard a couple covers/remixes and whatnot for her theme and they're usually pretty awesome. Koishi is one of the best characters in the series and it's only fitting she gets one of the more cooler tracks to go with her too. It does fit that subconscious theme she has too.
I got the Ques Q version of Reimu and Marisa which I see you have as well! They're definitely high quality figures and also so adorable ^_^ I was considering getting that Reimu preorder you're getting instead of the one I got but I figured the Ques Q Reimu would go nicely with the Marisa one I already had (and it does). I really want to get that Koishi one you have from them too, as well as Satori's eventually. Oh you got a great figure collection yourself! I'm a bit jealous XD Also grats on the first print of 14.5! That sounds like a worthy addition to your collection. I haven't seen fireworks since I started the series but I can absolutely understand why those would remind you of the series. It makes me want to see a fireworks show with touhou music, how perfect would that be?
The tooth and the pain is gone now thankfully! It's fully healed up now so now I can actually fully focus on the game besides the usual things like work day fatigue or stress. Really makes me appreciate being able to enjoy this series when I'm not in constant pain lol. Thank you!! I'm working on the Phantasm stage now. I was pretty damn busy on the weekend but I managed to get a few attempts in and I freaking love it. I feel like I'm in gaming heaven in this stage. I even managed to make it to around the 80% point with 2 lives and a few bombs, but the spellcard with Ran bouncing around utterly destroyed me due to how differently she moves in that one compared to Chen. Thankfully I saved the replay and watched it right after so now I have a better understanding of how to avoid Ran next time I make it there at least. Working on this fight is a pretty big deal for me since beating this was one of my original goals in the series and it was only a few months ago that I still thought even beating Ran was beyond what I was capable of at the time. I want to try checking out Yukari's Last Word after I beat her in PCB. I'll need to see if I even have that one unlocked yet next time I boot up the game. Yeah, I'm very much the same way where typically the first 30ish minutes is when I'm at my best, but once you die repeatedly to those sections you already know and have done many times it really does throw you off and it can sometimes be tough to get back in the flow of things. I find sometimes I can almost immediately recover from my mistake mentally but over the course of a session it can become increasingly difficult to snap back after those kind of mistakes due to the adrenaline. Sometimes it hits a point where I know I got to step back and calm down a bit but that's where the overdetermination can work against me.
Ah I love that tick-tick-tick noise get when grazing tons of bullets in those claustrophobic kind of attacks myself. There's just something oddly satisfying about it and it really does add to the feeling of immersion. You're absolutely right about the top of the screen and tbh, getting into becoming more comfortable using the entire screen really wasn't that bad, it did come pretty naturally as I pushed into content that required it more. It was mainly just getting over that initial fear. I found it really helps to become comfortable doing these things once you realize just how much control you have over certain attacks. I think when I started I was almost under the impression the people who were doing stuff like that just had some almost superhuman like skills, but really even a beginner could get relatively use to it with just a bit or practice I think. Ah you're right though, all you really need to do is just play the game and pretty much all these skills you need to know will come over time, especially if you regularly do content that pushes you.
I've seen the Flandre fight before but not the stage portion, I've heard from a few people the stage bit can be pretty brutal though. This is something I struggle with in 15 as well where just getting to the boss with enough resources to properly attempt it in itself can be a challenge compared to some of the extra stages I've tried. The no bomb thing reminds me of how some attacks in the series bombs won't help at all and during rare times can actually end up feeling like they made things worse, like again in Virtue of the Wind God you're almost better off just dying than wasting a bomb. I notice extra stages tend to be very heavy on making sure you can't rely on bombs much either for most of it. That's incredibly impressive you've managed to do those though, I'd love to be able to play at that level eventually :) I suffered one of my most painful moments in this series the other week when attempting Ran myself. I got to the final spellcard with 1 extra life and 3 bombs which should have been an easy win, except when I went up to the PoC line to grab the items I slammed my character into the boss and lost my extra life (first time I've done this in about 6 months) and then immediately lost my final life 10 seconds (aka while it's still on the easy part) into the attack by a horribly dumb mistake. I've had a lot of dumb moments in this series but that one really hurt at the time and really demoralized me. Thankfully I was able to come back the next day fresh and beat it but at the time I was so incredibly angry with myself. Such is Touhou life, just to have my ego continually crushed and then rebuilt.
I'm the same way, deaths in stages 1-2 is an instant restart. I'll usually allow myself to lose a single life in 3 but I try to aim to make it to at least stage 4 before I start losing lives when I'm going for a 1cc, since as you said stage 4 is usually when the game starts picking up a fair bit. I try to avoid it as much as possible but sometimes I even find myself restarting out of pure frustration even when I'm still on track for getting a 1cc. It's just too frustrating when you have a 1cc fail at the end and you know if you didn't make some dumb mistake earlier you would have gotten it.
And yes, much better now! Pretty much fully healed at this point :) Now I just need a proper weekend to be able to sit down and do some 2hu'ing. I admit I get a bit antsy if I don't get enough time to play much for extended periods. Damn real life getting in the way of Touhou!
And thank you! I'm about 9 months into this journey so far and it's such a wonderful feeling to still be making so much progress and learning so much. It's incredibly satisfying finally being able to do some of the things that originally seemed so far beyond my skill not long ago and I can promise I won't be stopping anytime soon :)
And thank you for the conversations as well! I can't properly express how much I appreciate being able to talk so much with another person who gets that absolute love for the series and I've very much enjoyed it as well. Sorry for the long response time too, I just wanted to wait until I could sit down and write up a proper reply since its been crazy hectic lately here.
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Yes true that about the versatility of the series, which is what makes it so fun! It?s not just always doing the same thing, lots of different characters and spell cards / stages which force you to learn new ways to adapt to them! I think you?ll enjoy Seihou also, you?ll notice it?s quite different from Touhou, yet also similar in ways, Vivit is a cute loveable little android too, so don?t let not having Reimu and Marisa as playable characters ward you off! Besides, that Extra is amazing, and soooooo difficult (it?s the only thing I?ve come across in the series so far which I couldn?t No Bomb, and can?t find anyone that did on Youtube, and would love to see a run where someone managed, Reimu has this RIDICULOUSLY DIFFICULT card with red and white Yin Yang orbs and these orange bullets which I just couldn?t grasp), you get to see a really different side to Marisa and Reimu in it, especially Marisa since she gets angel wings, and also uses duplication at the end, I don?t think she ever did that in the Touhou games, so it will have some nice surprises in store for you :) Yeah the No Bomb runs really do cut your resources down to 1/3 or 1/4 as you?re saying, while I appreciate the challenge it brings with it, it?s not the lack of resources which really makes me love them though, it?s facing the spell card fully, even at it?s hardest points. Regarding what you?re saying about Touhou 9 No Bombs, well it depends, Touhou 3 without bombs was very tough at the later stages (Chiyuri and Yumemi), cause it?s very difficult surviving those fights with just your 5 hearts! Those 5 hearts go down quite quick, especially as the fight progresses more and you take more damage as everything speeds up. And also, No Bombs on Touhou 3 locks off Charge Max for you (you activate this by pressing the bomb button when you have no bombs remaining and a full charge bar). Touhou 9 looks more refined than Touhou 3 though, so I?m also thinking it wouldn?t be as difficult as Touhou 3 (and it has focus thank god). Hahaha about Eiki and her free time, something similar happens in the Touhou 4 Extra with Marisa, she just wanders around into the Extra stage just to kill time xD
Glad you finally got to experience Touhou 2 and am enjoying it! Don?t forget to try out the MIDI soundtrack! It has quite a nice arrange on certain tracks and well worth another playthrough with it! Damn, I forgot about the Touhou 2 endings, it?s been around 4 years since I played that one! Thanks for clarifying where it?s from! xD Haha good joke and reference to Touhou 2 about Reimu?s hitbox, yes Reimu?s hitbox is a tad smaller than the other characters? in the Windows games, so this joke makes sense lol.
Yes it will have an impact and make you bond with that character more, especially if you had never played a danmaku shmup before as I did and felt overwhelmed with everything around you! As I said in my previous post, Reimu saw some hardships being controlled by a newbie at shmups, let alone danmaku, but I was extremely happy when I finally cleared (no bombed) Touhou 2 (especially on Lunatic) for the first time, and she was with me throughout the whole ordeal! Oh yes true about Sakuya?s fight being memorable, everything about it is just ultra cool, the music really fits her, the time freezing, pointy knives as bullets . . . she just really fits the role of Remilia?s bodyguard and a Stage 5 boss :) Yes I too see Reimu as the icon for Touhou, it just fits as the shrine maiden ?exterminating? the youkai causing trouble. Ahh yes, while it requires more skill to work your way through the ocean of bullets to get under the boss, I appreciate needle Reimu and Marisa?s power (as you said the health bar melts), it?s like your reward for managing to work your way there :)
A friend showed me the first 5 episodes of Heroes (we were out for a pizza, but were just glued to his phone lol watching that in awe). Yeah lots of people didn?t really click with GT overall, heard lots of negativity about it, but I heard there?s a cool fight against Shenron in it that?s not worth missing out on! Z Kai is drawn differently though, so I wouldn?t mind giving that a rewatch, especially since Dragon Ball Z is just epic all-round! Thanks for the heads up about Beerus becoming a main character, makes Super sound even better! Hopefully him and Goku will get a rematch again at some point!! Yeah you just can?t go wrong with the Beerus movie, that fight is just epic in EVERY WAY: ?I will not let you destroy my WOOOOORRRRLLLLDDD!!?. Brr, gives me chills down my spine just thinking about it! Hahahaa yeah true that about Marisa, she?s your typical trouble maker, and it?s what makes her precious in her own way xD Haha didn?t know that about Marisa saying that to Eiki, definitely got something to look forward to then when I play 9! xD And yeah, completely agreed, ?you?re not fooling anyone Marisa? :P Haha yeah definitely a thief, poor Patchouli and her books lol, and who knows what else she steals that I don?t know about :P She?s such an amusing character xD Yes it definitely is fascinating as you?re saying that such a simple ability ?float? could become so powerful, makes you see what a genius ZUN really is to read into something so much and amplify such a basic ability! Ahhh the Last Words are amazing, I haven?t experienced them yet personally, but saw most of them on Youtube, and they look incredible! Touhou 8 is gonna be loads of fun!! xD
Yeah I get what you mean, all my friends and coworkers just see it as ?extra stress? rather than mega fun like we do :( Even one of my biggest friends tell me ?I want to relax and kill something in a game after work, not do something that?s more stressful than my work day!?. I really don?t get why most people see difficulty as stress, I believe a challenge is healthy and keeps you motivated, plus the sense of accomplishment and self-worth after beating these games is unrivaled by ANYTHING I have ever done in life.
Thanks for the Arietta Incalzando album link, I?ll definitely have to give that a listen (been really busy these past couple of days). Yes I quite enjoy that Koishi arrange as it sounds eerie at points which I feel really fits her. I love Koishi?s theme, it?s one of my favourites, amazing how it could go from menacing to cutesy in a heartbeat. Plus Koishi is very special to me since I told you it was the first thing I had seen about Touhou, and started playing these games cause of her fight! Check this out if you like Koishi?s theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-RF-q7RmI It?s called Paranoia by Digital Wing. I love the slightly warped voice, and how the song starts with the DJ giving that small introduction in English, to then just getting sucked into Koishi?s theme in Japanese vocals!
Ahhh brilliant, the Ques Q Kourindou versions of Marisa and Reimu really are high quality figures! I love mine to bits, especially the Reimu one, she is just too damn adorable, and the attention to detail is astounding! (the creases in her dress, the stitching on her cute red and white shoes, her flowy hair, the small crosses on the ends of her hair bangs, real big well done to Ques Q on this one!). I?m hoping you?ve received yours by now and am happily enjoying her accompanying Marisa :) Yeah as far as scales go, that Reimu will compliment your Marisa, cause then the Reimu I have pre-ordered is huge at 43cm!! Really can?t wait for her to arrive!! She?s got such a cute face, and those beautiful long legs *rawr* ;) Ahh yes that Koishi is awesome too, almost all Ques Q figures are brilliant, I love how attentive they are to small details like a heart under her shoe for example! Haha I?ve been figure collecting for 3 years, you?ll get a collection like that in time don?t worry ;) Plus I have a VERY generous sister who while she doesn?t play Touhou, loves watching me play it and loves the characters, so she always dives in and gets me a couple of figures for birthdays and Christmas :) Plus I?ve got some of them that are dirt cheap, like the SEGA prize figures or the fuRyu ones, those only set me back like 30 Euros including shipping. The Ques Q ones then. . . go for like 150+ Euros as you already know. Doesn?t help getting slammed with an extra 20% duty/VAT from customs as well :/ The trick is to try pre-ordering when possible. If you miss the pre-order period, the prices shoot up on the second hand market then :( Ques Q have this *AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL* Yuyuko, but I could never find her anywhere for less than around 400 USD :( https://myfigurecollection.net/item/102204 I only found her cheaper used, but I?m scared she?ll come with a broken butterfly or something and I don?t want to risk that! Ahhh yes definitely about fireworks, I had read about it somewhere ages ago, and kept it in mind, and it really does fit (albeit being quite an easy and simple spell card compared to what we?re used to haha) :P Haha definitely accompanied by Touhou music, and the more colourful the better! xD
Really happy to hear that you got the tooth pain sorted out! Now yes, you can get back to focusing on your original goals without that mind-numbing pain! Touhou is tough enough as it is, last thing you need is pain to distract you :/ Ahh that?s brilliant about the Touhou 7 Phantasm, and am also glad to hear you also cleared it in the Personal Message! I know Yukari is one of your favourites, and also it being one of your original goals, so it must mean a lot to you to have that cleared! (same as it would for me once I take down Koishi, so I truly get what you mean!) Well done on also using your own replays to learn the attacks that were giving you trouble, I do that too but with recordings instead of replays. I record every gaming session I do, and when something gives me lots of trouble I just sit there and watch my recordings and study the attack to see if I could understand how it?s working, which parts of it are aimed at me, why certain bullets act the way they do, etc. It really helps! Yeah your skills will definitely shoot up in a couple of months as you?re noticing yourself! That?s why you should never feel disheartened with the series, as you?re seeing for yourself, things you thought you were incapable of suddenly became reality in just a few months! :D Really happy for you my friend, I know this fight means a lot to you! Yeah the Last Word version of Yukari?s last spell card is amazing, so many different patterns in one card! It?s a really cool spell card which will take some good practice to learn it all (plus the Last Words have to be done Perfect if I?m not mistaken so no room for error!). Yes definitely understood on the adrenaline and rage and lack of focus, I?m my own worst enemy sometimes and the damn rage I produce, and the closer I am to beating the game, the more adrenaline is pumping through me (only 1 life left against a final boss, remember no bombs to fall back on, so it?s literally do or die here!!). It is a wonderful feeling at the same time though, kinda like what Goku was going through vs Beerus in the movie, alone in space fighting against a terrifyingly strong opponent!! True that about the overdetermination working against you, it can?t be helped though, cause it?s something that we want SOOOO MUCH, so no wonder we get so fueled with adrenaline!
Ahh yes definitely, both the bullet spawning in rapid succession sound, and also the grazing sound I love, something so miniscule, but makes it so much more immersive at the same time! Glad to hear you didn?t find the transition to using more of the screen so difficult! That will really help you in certain parts on Lunatic, especially getting up closer to a boss when you see your openings to deal more damage! Yes a beginner might be able to pull off playing higher up on screen, but initial reaction of seeing all those bullets will be to stay at the bottom, especially if someone is new to bullet hell / started a new Touhou game and not knowing what to expect next. Yes definitely, that?s what makes Touhou extremely fun, you just keep playing and eventually you?ll see the solution to something that was troubling you before on your own. Like the ?green wall? in the Touhou 2 Stage 3 boss, at first I just used to get hit EVERY SINGLE TIME I get to that attack on Hard/Lunatic, one day I?m just sitting there waiting for my inevitable death, and I finally saw the gap!!! Trivialized it every time after that! xD
Yep, as I?ve mentioned before, the stage portion actually gives me more trouble than the Flandre fight! (except her final spell card QED). Lots of Flan?s attacks are easily memorizable, so once you get to grips with them you could do lots of them perfect most of the time. Ahh yeah, I get you about the getting through the stage portion with enough resources, especially on Touhou 15 which is regarded as so difficult! Yeah I understand that about the bombs not being so useful, I?ve seen vids where Flan even turns into a bat if you trying bombing against her, and she doesn?t take damage in her bat form. Why better off losing a life for Virtue of Wind God rather than bombing? (cause your power drops with each bomb used?) You stated ?That's incredibly impressive you've managed to do those though, I'd love to be able to play at that level eventually?, thanks for your compliment, I appreciate it that someone appreciates all that effort that goes into hitting these No Bomb 1ccs, well, you could play at that level whenever you want to! Remember, I had no prior experience to shmups or danmaku before, I just started off No Bombs instantly. I didn?t like the feeling of clearing everything off of the screen, and had seen someone do the Koishi fight PERFECT (my god what skill!!!), and Jaimers doing several of the games No Bombs, and as soon as I saw that these things are achievable by others, I just decided to start playing the games like that straight away. Sure it was a VERY difficult road (especially Lunatic for the first time), so don?t get me wrong, but all you need is lots of determination, patience, and practice! If anything, you?ve got an advantage over how I started, cause you?ve got almost all the games cleared on Normal I believe, and quite some Extra experience, so you?ve already experienced the story that the official games have to offer, plus also faced a variety of different spell cards :) So No Bombs might not be as far away from your reach as you?re thinking if it interests you that much. Ahhh, I could imagine crashing into the boss when going above the PoC being very frustrating, and rather than frustrating, feeling disappointed in yourself for doing such a silly mistake. Happens to the best of us mate don?t worry too much about it, we all get derp moments, thankfully you came back fresh the next day and got your clear ;) Ooooh so true about the game continuously crushing your ego. Someone in the comments on Youtube once said ?Touhou is a soul crushing game?, and I greatly agree with that statement. But we keep at it, and eventually we trump over those bosses that gave us such heartbreaking failures :)
Fully agree with this whole paragraph here. What?s worse than that though is going extremely well, and to ruin a run at Stage 5. I remember one of my attempts at Touhou 5, I lost my first life at Yumeko (the Stage 5 boss), so the run was going perfectly till that point, with a very high chance to get my 1cc, and that?s it, once I lost that life it?s like I snapped out of my zen state, and she r*ped my stock of lives. I just lost my flow completely. That is just soul-crushing and frustrating beyond belief.
Really happy to hear about the tooth pain completely healed!! So now you?re back to focusing on the actual game without any external factors in the way! :D Ahhh, real life problems, everyone has some of those, and unfortunately yes, they will get in the way of HOW WELL you play, and HOW MUCH you play. Speaking of real life problems, life had to kick me where it hurts deepest, last week I was in the middle of a gaming session, and my TV suddenly got these green and purple lines, and *boom* keeps switching on and off every 3 seconds or so :?( So I?m Touhouless currently :?( I?m getting by watching anime on my laptop (15? compared to my 46? TV, not happy!!!), and getting some more time with Touhoumon on my PSP, but I *GREATLY MISS* bullet dodging (I play on my gaming pc which is powerful enough to record gameplay also, my laptop is just a weak i3 for casual emails and day to day stuff). It?s at the TV repair guy?s at the moment, got a call from him today morning, he thinks it?s the main board, he managed to procure one and is going to try replacing it tonight, and said if it was the problem I should have it in my hands this weekend / early next week. Fingers crossed. . . . cause I?m going crazy here and life feels so empty :?( Oh, about getting antsy when not playing for a while, 100% agreed there, I?ll be at work like a bundle of nerves, constantly tapping my fingernails against the desk, and my foot rapidly on the floor, all my coworkers notice something?s up and not right. Gaming does have addictive properties, cause they make us feel good. I mean let?s face it, in real life, I?m a clerk that deals with purchasing spare parts and invoicing *yawn*, in the virtual world, I?m a magical girl with powers flying around dodging hundreds of bullets in these ultra epic fights! . . . Which would you prefer??? :P
Ahh that?s awesome, you?ve got some very nice progress in in 9 months, and there?s no shortage of things to learn, believe me, you?ll keep improving. I keep seeing growth in myself after every Touhou game I clear (most notably Touhou 3 and Seihou for me were my biggest boosters), so we?re constantly getting better and better! Especially once you start hitting more Hards and Lunatics, your skill level will shoot up too, all the Extras you?re doing (especially your 15 one) will also come into play ;)
Same here my friend, no one I know (both in real life, and online) loves this series as much as you do, so I?m also happy that I found someone to talk to that just adores everything about it as I do :) Coincidentally I was talking to my sis about our posts yesterday, and I said it?s a real damn shame we live in different countries, cause we?d be mega good friends if we could meet up! Strange how you can feel so close to someone you never met, and in such a short time period too. No worries about the delay in replying, I know these posts got quite huge in a short time span, and yes, I?d want these posts to stay fun and reply when you feel like sharing, not ?something you have to do? against your will just cause it?s been a while since you last replied.