Touhou 16 Steam release in 2018

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Re: Touhou 16 Steam release in 2018

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5th place in Top Sellers on Steam as of this post.
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Re: Touhou 16 Steam release in 2018

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i saw an article saying this like dark souls meets undertale
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Re: Touhou 16 Steam release in 2018

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Picked this up to encourage ZUN and any other developers who might be watching to send more stuff our way, but with heavy misgivings...is it me, or has visibility taken a major hit in this installment? The constant clouds of petals and whatnot already take some getting used to (as if the game didn't have enough falling items to keep track of amidst the bullets before), but it feels to me like there was absolutely zero consideration given to making enemy attacks stand out from the background - yellow, purple, blue, whatever color the backdrop is, there are pretty much guaranteed to be a whole bunch of enemies around spewing similarly-colored bullets at you. Oh, and why is the "boss indicator" at the bottom of the screen so much harder to follow these days than it used to be? I seriously wonder if it's my imagination...

A shame, as I rather like the other stuff going on; I like being able to use "releases" either as a quick save-my-butt maneuver or just to build up the score items' value, as well as weigh whether or not I need a stronger secondary shot at the moment. Here's hoping the "we're here, and not all of us pirate everything" message got through, at least...
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Re: Touhou 16 Steam release in 2018

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yeah, the visibility is shit, the boss indicator is barely visible and the release mechanic is very much forced on top of a game that didn't need it
a step down even from lolk and generally considered to be crap by anyone who isn't a touhou fanboy
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Re: Touhou 16 Steam release in 2018

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First time playing 2hu. I dunno what I was doing but the patterns were nice, bullets were hard af to see though.
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