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How to get to grips with Touhou - general hints, tips and advice!
ChocolateLily:
Thanks :) now hopefully I can beat Utsuho on normal.
nintendonut888:
--- Quote from: Drake on September 02, 2011, 12:32:53 AM ---It actually isn't recommended to stay completely flat against the back wall, ever; in all cases it's much more advantageous to have the room to back up if needed.
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I disagree. While it's good to use the entire screen, you can only move most precisely at the bottom of the screen. I dunno if this FAQ has covered this, but by holding down while at the bottom of the screen and moving left or right, you can move even more slowly than normal focus speed (you can also do this at the sides, but this is less useful).
DarkslimeZ:
--- Quote from: nintendonut888 on October 10, 2011, 12:49:22 AM ---I disagree. While it's good to use the entire screen, you can only move most precisely at the bottom of the screen. I dunno if this FAQ has covered this, but by holding down while at the bottom of the screen and moving left or right, you can move even more slowly than normal focus speed (you can also do this at the sides, but this is less useful).
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The problem with saying this in a "how to get to grips with Touhou" thread is that this should under no circumstances be used as an excuse for new players to plop yourself at the bottom of the screen and sit there dodging. It's going to teach bad habits and ultimately hinder the person from reaching higher difficulty levels. Also remember that people "just getting to grips with Touhou" are not generally playing difficult spellcards that should require more precision than using Reimu and holding the focus button.
Due to the very slow, precision-based gameplay of Touhou, there might be times(at harder difficulties) where you'll benefit from this. But I haven't seen any other shmup outside of Touhou where this is recommendable at all. (though I am fairly inexperienced with shmups)
Zil:
--- Quote from: Zil on September 02, 2011, 12:10:26 AM ---I don't think you mentioned this, but it might be good to say how you can further slow your movement by moving diagonally into the bottom of the screen, if focused movement is still too fast. Essentially you just hold the down arrow, then move left and right as you normally would.
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What I had in mind when I originally mentioned this was that it ought to be used for streaming. Very often you you want to stream as slowly as you possibly can, in order to avoid having to do a nigh-impossible "turn" or something similar. Also, against spells which involve streaming as well as random bullets, moving forward can cause the aimed bullets to "fan out" behind you, preventing you from backing up if you have to, so you may as well have stayed back anyway. A good example is Heaven's Dragon "Source of Rains" in Mountain of Faith.
Luna Scarlet:
I want some more advices on Kanako's and Suwako's spellcards...
they really giving me a hard time...
tnx...