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>>46413770
>First time I've heard of a someone already into STGs eventually getting into Touhou.
Well I'm not really an STG player (besides Touhou and Seihou)... I just had some shmup games in my childhood along with most other genres except RPGs. We were primarily a consolefag household until a shift in interests to PC around 2007, and I wasn't exposed to the greater realm of shmups on the internet either.
In fact my first exposure to Touhou was this thing https://gamebanana.com/mods/194523 until I met the series again 3 years later with that IN Extra clear video. Another fun fact I got into Touhou because I thought it was Rozen Maiden after somehow mistaking Meiling for Suiseiseki here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLiyglcRcCA..
Anyway, another game I had was Raycrisis on PS1, I couldn't find the name of this one for decades. The graphics are dated of course but damn the last time I remember playing this everything seemed like PS5 level of graphics. Kept getting the 100% encroachment bad end of course thinking it was a valid clear lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieK0XTvjQH8

>I feel like prior STG players tend to not like it very much.
It baffles me too, but look at it this way:
1. Hugely popular series with big cultural impact and presence across all media, while other games' fame don't go beyond the genre itself
2. Interesting cast, engaging narratives, and dedicated world-building; compared to relatively barebones plots of other games
3. Much easier and beginner-friendly compared to true STGs
4. Has an terribly large secondary/tertiary retard audience
5. Most of it's players claim to be "STG players" while not playing other STGs at all
Any of these could be reasons for its derisive reception in the community. It's not "I hate popular thing" contrarianism, it's just that Touhou casualizes or de-values the eliteness of the genre that can promote itself as being hardcore. It's drawing the dimes away so to speak

>>46417836
Of course