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Are garbage, Right? The games look awful, the fanbase seems creepy and clueless.
Has anybody played these? Any redeeming qualities?
Has anybody played these? Any redeeming qualities?
Shit's homocrack.
The Touhou games are impressive considering one guy does everything (programming, gameplay, story, artwork, and music), except for a couple of the games. His music is alright, but his artwork isn't very good. As for being a game designer, he's got his ups and downs.
I dislike Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
Perfect Cherry Blossom is ok.
Imperishable Night is good.
Phantasmagoria of Flower View is a decent Twinkle Star Sprites clone.
Shoot The Bullet is pretty good.
Immaterial and Missing Power is more of a projectile-heavy versus fighter, but it's alright for what it is. Unlike the other Touhou games, this one was developed by a group of people rather than one person. This one is lot easier on the eyes since the sprites and character art were done by people that can actually draw.
I couldn't really get into the older games, and haven't played any of the others.
ZUN's artwork is pretty bad, and i have no idea how his characters have become so popular, i mean even the Fan artwork (and there was even an anime) has become more popular than the creator's original art!
What, is there like a huge following of fans for these things that hang out in some forum somewhere? What do they do that's so creepy?
If you're ever in Japan, be sure to check out some of the doujin shops. Weird, creepy artwork, comics and games involving the (very young) girls from the Touhou series. The series is massive here - The characters are plush toys, adorn soft drink cans, star in videos, and even have their own brand of rice. It's bizarre really.