Long story short, after a recent trip to DLSite it came to my attention that I now own, in some form or another, every "main" Windows Touhou title, from 6 to 18. In the wake of said incident, it occurred to me that despite this state of affairs, plus the fact that on defaults these games generally aren't considered overly difficult, I've only got a handful of clears therein under my belt, and even those are from so darn long ago I barely remember them, despite always including a couple of Touhou entries in my Top 25 votes.
This being the case, yeah, I'm going to actually attempt a more-or-less focused effort to add a few hopefully-obtainable 1CCs to my chronically malnourished tally, and post some thoughts and such here along the way as I go, in case anyone else wants to observe, offer input, or simply point and laugh. The "conditions", such as they are, are as follows:
- I'm just going for "standard" 1CCs here, Normal difficulty, default amount of lives and such (that muffled gurgling sound you hear is the Lunatic players choking in disbelief on their drinks); there's always the possibility I could try something on Hard if the mood strikes me, but for the most part I'll just be sticking to the basics.
- Limiting the scope to the thirteen "mainline" entries here, as I don't own most of the "official spinoff" titles, and it's sure to take me long enough just to have a proper go at the stuff I already have. I'll attempt to go in chronological order, starting with Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and ending with Unconnected Marketeers, but I might skip around a little if I really get stuck and/or need a change of pace for a bit.
- Obviously not going to attempt any high-level scoring here, but I do hope to exploit the systems in each game enough to 1) Earn some extends, where applicable, and 2) Just make the trip a bit more interesting and enjoyable. I'll be recording my top scores in the table above for posterity and embarrassment. Not entirely sure what I'll do if my highest score for a game is not the one I actually clear it with.
- Not giving myself any sort of time limit, there's a decent chance the thread will go dormant for awhile if I don't have time or feel like a break from my 1CC pursuits, though I'll try not to slack off too much, just to stay in the proverbial "zone" to some degree.
- According to my ancient, outdated post in this thread I already cleared the first three games way back in the day, but as mentioned above that was ages ago, so I'm starting fresh and going through the whole list regardless.
- Aside from not being the focus of this exercise, I just plain know very little of the series' lore - this will actually be the first time I've bothered to install a translation patch for any of them, and mainly for the purposes of being able to more quickly reference the in-game manuals of entries that have them - so don't expect too much from me on that front, and whatever does pop up from yours truly is in all likelihood incorrect.
- Alongside records of my progress (or lack thereof), I'll share some noobish thoughts on each game as I go, likely including but not necessarily limited to: 1) A quick summary, for any interested parties who might not be familiar with the basics of how each game works, 2) Thoughts on trying each character and picking a favorite or two, 3) Wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding trouble spots, and 4) Just general opinions about each game, and how I personally regard it.
Oh, and scandalously NSFW armpit photos.
That's about all I can think to say about this whole mess, so my next post/chart update should be my first entry, on EoSD. Hopefully at least a few people will find this interesting and/or amusing, and I might even actually be able to claim to have accomplished something, kinda. Thanks much for reading, now let's do this.
Managed to make it through the earlier stages with minimal stupid mistakes (first death on Patchouli, IIRC), and kept the bomb trigger finger itchy to push through to the end. A few ending thoughts:
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. It was definitely before Mountain of Faith came out.