Good video, I agree with everything here. I think another thing that makes Touhou so good is how much replayability each one has. While not inherently unique to the genre at all, I think the way shot-types are designed usually makes it a lot of fun to try new characters/shots out and replay and see how you do with them. Even really "bad" shots like TH12 MarisaB, TH14 SakuyaB, TH14 MarisaA, etc. are still pretty funny to mess around with and going through the game with them can add a new challenge to a playthrough which is pretty cool. Especially cause some might promote a different kind of playstyle, i.e they do noticeably more damage while shotgunning, making you play at different places on the screen to do more damage and so on. Then there's also obviously getting better at higher difficulties, learning scoring routes, and other stuff. It always feels like there's something I wanna come back to in Touhou, which is a p cool feeling that I haven't really gotten with many other game series.
Yeah, the shot types feel so different honestly. I can beat th8 normal with Youmu/Yuyuko consistently with like 2-3 extra lives but I game over on like stage 5 with Scarlet team lol.
Good video, I agree with everything here.
I think another thing that makes Touhou so good is how much replayability each one has. While not inherently unique to the genre at all, I think the way shot-types are designed usually makes it a lot of fun to try new characters/shots out and replay and see how you do with them. Even really "bad" shots like TH12 MarisaB, TH14 SakuyaB, TH14 MarisaA, etc. are still pretty funny to mess around with and going through the game with them can add a new challenge to a playthrough which is pretty cool. Especially cause some might promote a different kind of playstyle, i.e they do noticeably more damage while shotgunning, making you play at different places on the screen to do more damage and so on. Then there's also obviously getting better at higher difficulties, learning scoring routes, and other stuff. It always feels like there's something I wanna come back to in Touhou, which is a p cool feeling that I haven't really gotten with many other game series.
Yeah, the shot types feel so different honestly. I can beat th8 normal with Youmu/Yuyuko consistently with like 2-3 extra lives but I game over on like stage 5 with Scarlet team lol.
banger video