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>>15488206
>It was nice to hear him go in a different direction as his style was getting a little stagnant by TD.
As much as I love our Crown Prince and Futo, this. TD was stale and its introduced mechanic was a hit-or-miss, depending on your attitude.

DDC meanwhile, to me, is a return to glory. The music is different, sure, but it isn't bad. The cast is again comprised of regular, run-of-the-mill, low-ranked youkai, who are more or less who Gensokyo was created for in the first place. It was a return to the roots after goddesses, shikaisen, zombies, youkai-ified thieving hags and other powerful personae. "The weak are rebelling" was a genius move to bring the series back to what it was originally about: youkai doing youkai things and the heroines smacking them into obedience.

As for gameplay, I enjoyed how "video gamey" the spellcards were: you had the regular first stage boss, a boss with a detachable turret/weak point, a boss that transforms and goes apeshit all over the screen, a boss that messes with the game's mechanics, and a boss that messes with your player character. Compared to plain old patterns it was a nice change of pace.