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...Is what I'd like to say, but I'll just shamelessly ask for help.
I'm stuck in Matsuri's underground waterway. I've been here for hours and I can't find the exit. Anybody remembers where it is?

>>13441195
I'm afraid I've lost my save file so I can't guide you through it, but will this be enough?

Light blue is your starting point
Purple are treasure boxes
Orange is recipe item(iirc, the silver box)
and Red is the exit

Oh yeah, forgot to say.
Yellow is hidden doors, usually blocked by movable walls or pillars

>>13441195
>>13442254
This looks like A Link to the Past: Touhou Edition. What's it like and how good is it?

>>13442254
>>13442267
Oh, man, thank you. I'm so retarded. I never thought of keeping the direction key pressed. I thought about checking the front of the pillar, the back, going up, down, everything, but not moving it. Damn.

>>13442329
They're pretty standard RPGs, not Zelda-like.
This one, Touhou Gensoumaroku ~ Devil of Decline is pretty fun, 7/10.
Ichigo Bose's first RPG, Touhou Soujin'engi ~ Genius of Sappheiros is outstanding 10/10. I'd show you a screenshot of my play stats with 250 hours on it but I can't be arsed.

>>13442425
>Genius of Sappheiros

Does it get any harder later on? I've just hit Yuyuko's area and so far every random encounter is a chore, and every boss fight ends in a few turns of spamming the most powerful attacks.

And I definitely haven't been grinding, since I wanted each area over with ASAP.

People keep saying it's a great game, but I'm not seeing it.

>>13442462
I'm not sure I remember the difficulty curve but I'd say that yes, it does get harder later on.

If you're not liking it it can't be helped, but it's probably the RPG I've had the most fun with.

>>13442481
I'll probably stick with it, at least for a little while longer.

If anything I'm probably expecting too much from it.

With that said I'm looking forward to trying Devil of Decline, since the translation seems to have picked up again.

>>13441189
Whoa did POP draw that?

Is Fushigi no Gensokyo 3 good? and is there an english patch for it?

>>13442462
The first Yuyu boss fight is when the dificulty start ramping up. But it isn't that bad until the temple, since that is the last area in the main game.

Then the last boss rapes you for a while...
The x-pak is manageable until the last area, but don't even try the endless dungeon. It is just super super super tidius than hard. I got a few rooms in and just dropped the extra area.

>>13442329
That area look more like the underground monkey area of Earth Bound. And I hate that place.

>>13441195
Is the Translation for this done yet?

>>13442988
I think the first difficult boss in GoS is Alice, and Yuyu is relatively easy as long as you have Mokou or someone who can survive no matter what.

>>13443015
I didn't even have trouble with the end part, the fight was just hard for me. Alice was a joke though.

>>13443036
It's strange then, I spent more time with Alice and her fucking doll phalanx

>>13443040
Ya, I don't know. I had a harder time with Alice in the X-pak. Though that fight still wasn't that bad, and the Yuyu fight in the X-pak was a complete joke. They should have gotten 2 turns each to make it even remotely threatening.

>>13443086
Well, yeah, Marisa and Alice are kinda challenging, but with Reisen's debuff I can do it.

>>13443095
Reisen was broken.

>>13443119
Yah, I fucking love Reisen, Byakuren and Youmu combo.

Just buff, debuff and critical.

>>13442462
Are you playing on easy, by any chance? It's turned on by default in the weekend version for some reason.

>>13443137
Not him, but what is the difference between difficulties?

>>13443137
Nope, first thing I did was turn that off.

Pretty ridiculous that it's enabled by default too, considering what it does.

>>13443151
>On easy mode, you deal more damage, take less damage, your status effects have a higher chance to work and the experience penalty on killing enemies at a lower level is reduced

From the wiki.

>>13443221
People were complaining about the difficulty of the game, even the japs.

>>13443221
As long as I keep my items after I die on normal, I might play it again. That was just super fucking annoying in the original game...

>>13443248
I'll admit, toning down the requirements for some of the crafted items, and increasing the odds of learning some of Satori's skills (no more 1% odds) is more than welcome.

>>13443254
Yeah, that's gone too. Another welcome change.

>>13443254
That's the most primal change in Weekend aside from better drop rate and less requirement for drafting.

>>13442566
It's pretty OK. It's not as hard as the first game and not piss easy as the 2nd game. It's on the middle ground.

Also Enemy Ran is my worst nightmare.

>>13443258
I learned vortex originaly from the first final boss when I beat her, I was so super hyped I kept playing all night. This was without any extra learning patches.

what's a good game to start with out of the RPGs?

What's the best character to pick as your starter in Devil of Decline? Seeing stats for a game I haven't played on the wiki doesn't mean much. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the 4 choices?

>>13444766
For traditional RPG by Strawberry Bosse, I recommend Devil of Decline. Genius of Sappheiros is a bit too hardcore, and though Nightmare of Rebellion is an improvement from DoD, it's better to start from the easier one.

If it's from another developer, the Touhou Labyrinth series are very good, if you're used to Etrian Oddysey mechanics.

Fushigi no Gensoukyo series are rather different since they are a roguelike, but if you like that type of game then try the 2nd game first.

The words were mentioned to manifest this image.

Is that Mima on the cover?

Gensou Shoujo Taisen/Fantasy Maiden Wars is very good. Hurry up with the translations of the sequels already.

>>13444916
Pick whichever you like. There's no difference apart from which main character you get and a few story scenes.
Again, pick whoever you like most.

>>13445103
Yes, she seems to be the mastermind in the expansion. But there's probably some original boss character behind her.

>>13445503
Need translation NAO! My bones can't take it!

>>13441189
Oh shit, did POP illustrate that? Looks like his style.

>>13441195
Style looks similar to GoS but more refined.

>>13445701
I prefer the GoS sprites.
Byakuren was so cute.

>>13445705
word

>>13445705
>Byakuren
>cute
I get it that you're into grandmas because you want to have sex with your own mother, but bitchkuren can't be cute.

>>13445816
>grandmas
Tertiary.

>projecting this hard

>>13445883
>"NO U"
Nice job kid. It's not like that's older than the internet. What a repartee, clearly.

>>13445886
>"I'm retarded."
Thanks for clearing that up.

>>13445883
>>13445886
>>13445932
Who are you quoting?

>>13445932
At least you admit it. That's a start.

Oh dear god, the spankfags contaminated Byakuren.

Did they make another game after the Marisa one? I didn't play anything from them since the NoR expansion.

1 post for Mocool, the bestest of all Touhous. Until she runs out of bombs again.

>>13451461
Fwoosh
Boom boom boom
Pew pew
Schwing
RHEEEEEEYYEAAAAAA

...I don't have any GoS Mokou shots. Damn it.

>>13445701
I dunno, the DoD and beyond sprites seemed to have so much less character and effort put into them. They honestly looked really, really generic.

>>13442462
I remember it being pretty tough the first time I played it, but on a recent attempted playthrough I quit over how easy it was. I wonder what it is?

>>13451461
Wish I had my external HD, then I could dump some GoS. Regardless, good times.

>>13451534
>character
Agreed. GoS had this in spades.

Also I know I'm asking in vain here, but do any other games compare to GoS? From what I've heard SB's other RPGs don't quite match up to it. Nightmare of Sleeping girl and the LoT series are both great, but not quite there either.

Am I fucking dreaming here? Looks like Devil of Decline translation is actually making progress again. There's already a (mostly) complete functional patch: https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,18295.0.html

>>13444957

>>13451608
This can't be real. I've been following that project for fucking years and this is beautiful

>>13451608
I was about to post that...

>>13451461

Such obvious cut content is pure evil.

>>13451608
The best.

>>13455701

This looks like Kiki Kaikai/Pocky&Rocky. Does it plays the same ?

>>13453243
The game already had enough in it, but just 1 room full of stuff wouldn't have hurt.

>>13455701
What game is this?

>>13455917
Pocky & Rocky was good stuff.

>>13457802
More than just some treasure room. Akyuu was was slated for playability; if I had to guess, that door would be related to how you get her.

>>13457837
Now I feel sad.
It makes sense though, since there was 1 more slot not used.

>>13445701
>>13445705
The same artist that did sprites for GoS did the backgrounds for DoD, that's why both of those areas are so damn good. The music for both games is amazing as well.
It's a shame that some point after that card monsters game with recycled sprites, Ichigo Bose decided to go full Flash (and added that accursed DRM).
>>13445647
Yup.

>>13442462
Someone who understands

>>13441189
So why is it the OCs in their RPGs never seemed to get a lot of fanart?

It's odd, they seemed neither intrusive or godawful like most donutsteels tend to be.

>>13461902
It's really a mystery, I don't know much about NoR because I gave up pretty early on that game but everyone from GoS and DoD is pretty good.