/jp/ - Otaku Culture

My favorite game actually is DDC. I know it's probably not the 'best' game in the series, but I personally like it a lot. The gameplay is fun and the gimmick with the point of collection encourages being aggressive with item collection and rewards skill at the stages with lots of resources. The soundtrack is very underrated and has some really great tracks such as the Extra Stage theme and Stage 5 theme. Really, I think a lot of the stage themes in the game are great (not that the boss themes are bad or anything.) The game has a lot of cool and unique shot types, and even though some of them are pretty bad (Hakkero Marisa I'm looking at you...) that's to be expected with variety. People might say DDC leans too much into the gimmicks, especially with things like the controls getting flipped and your hitbox changing size, but I liked them and found that they never overstayed their welcome.

>Before playing the game, I never even heard of any DDC character despite being in the fandom for years.
I find this strange to hear, since I would expect you to have, at the least, heard of Seija and Shinmyoumaru. Not only do they appear in other games like 14.3 and the recent fighting games (not mainline, but still), but they are decently popular in the fandom. It may not be for everyone, but I know, for instance, there's a lot of yuri doujinshi with Seija and Shinmyoumaru. This includes Vector Spectacle, which I think is probably the best Touhou manga out there and is generally centered around DDC. I could probably gush about just Vector Spectacle and why it's so great, but this post has already gone longer than I wanted.

Anyway, the newer games are definitely worth playing if you've played the original games and enjoy them. A lot of them are more in the direction of having gimmicks or weird things, but that's okay. As somebody who has played games like EoSD and IN for years, I appreciate the effort in changing things up and find that more often than not it ends up for the best.

>it'll never be finished
Breaks my heart every time

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It's non-h but a very fun read