/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>17780051
Now the screenshot doesn't even have bullets in it, great.

>>17780051
Pure reaction speed. Slow but dense and/or multi-directional reading. Changes all the time but the current favorite is MoF.

>>17780077
You had like 5 hours to make the OP yourself if you actually cared at all.

Why are there no vsync patch for DDC but there's one for LoLK? Are there any for HSiFS yet?

>>17780051
I think the thing i am worst at is keeping the right momentum when dealing with bullet clusters and other similar patterns.

>>17780077
There was no thread up and it was the only one I had in my files.

filename related

>>17780579
Comic meme chart

>>17780051
Doing what I know I need to do during a pattern.
Reflex dodging.
Probably EoSD, at least until stage 6/extra. Not having the sprite is kinda fun.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Getting nervous and losing control or not getting to focus completely so I do dumb things like lose lives to stray bullets, bomb prematurely or not bomb when I should.
>What are you best at?
Memorizing the patterns
>Which game is the most fun?
IN is fun and comfy

MoF Hard done, now not sure if I should go for IN or TD.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Following routes.
>What are you best at?
-
>Which game is the most fun?
Hard to tell, but PoFV is fun to be a completionist on, and IN is great.

Posting progress from >>17741549
getting anything going from SA to LoLK is hard to me.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Ragebombing
>What are you best at?
Randomized patterns
>Which game is the most fun?
PoFV followed closely by EoSD and GFW

I'm at Clownpiece, and I haven't bombed a single time yet. Which spellcards should I bomb on? Normal modo.

>>17781212
She has two (2) timeout Spell Cards, and bombs won't be much use for them.
As for her other three spell cards, Striped Abyss is probably the most doable.

When you get to stage 6 you'll be glad to have many bombs left.

>>17781212
I've been told to bomb at Apollo, but try not to bomb too many. You won't want to end up at PBH/PDH without a bomb.

>>17781233
>stage 6
I'm assuming you mean the boss, but do you mean stage 6, the boss, or both?

>>17781280
Not him, but he means Junko, specially the last two spellcards. Stage 6, like most of the final stages, is really short and there is no real danger, you are playing PD right?

DUDE
LMAO

Wow, seriously? I'll take it but I'm definitely not Lunatic-tier.
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=44067

>>17781299
Yeah, I am. I took a break at Apollo, which I have attempted before, and struggled greatly. I think I died against it for 45 minutes or so before I gave up.

>>17781315
Er, sorry, not Apollo but her first spellcard.

>>17781305
>I'm definitely not Lunatic-tier.
I'll be the one to judge that, rev up that chart

>>17781335
Dude, it's literally my first Lunatic "clear" ever. And I fought pretty fucking tooth and nail to get it, even with Reimu C being broken as shit.
At least, that means I can still improve, even if ever so slowly.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
lack of talent
>What are you best at?
restarting stage 1 and 2
>Which game is the most fun?
i don't think any of them are fun

>>17781434
>i don't think any of them are fun
Why do you play, then?

>>17781548
because i hate myself

makai

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
NOT

BOMBING

I'm not good at danmaku STGs. The most fun is ISC. Main series, perhaps HSiFS or LoLK

>wanting to 1cc GFW
>no practice mode
Just break my heart

Wanted to unlock stage practice on RaymooB for fun because I always play on SakuyaA and somehow manage to almost scrape an LNB. Fuck. If only I died 2 times less. 10MNB would have still been better than nothing. Fuck.

Mother of god, Junko doesn't fuck around at all. She just come in and take away all of my lives like it was nothing.

Finally I managed to beat her. Although I got a bit disappointed and surprised at how weak the final spell card was. She put up a good fight nonetheless.

Quick question, can we still use our season barriers in HSiFS Extra stage?

>>17782820
Congrats man, I still can't get pass that stupid fairy.

/jp/ what are some danmaku patterns that trigger you?

>stars
>curved lasers
>arrows

>>17781342
ReimuC's bomb is legendary. One of the "secretly broken" shots that nobody really peeks an eye at.

>>17782968
Random flurry attacks like Scarlet Gensokyo and Buddhist Diamond. I love them in practice mode but on runs I'm just begging for them to disappear the whole time. At the same time they seem to be my strength as well though so that's good.

>>17782968
While I do hate curved lasers, I think they're the most beautiful danmaku out there. I wish there's a fangame where all the enemies use curved lasers.

>>17782968
Ever since I fought that shitty tiger, I hate the very sight of crosses.

>>17783035
I thought Reimu C being broken was common knowledge?

I've just lost my last life on Byakuren's last spell for two times in a row. I don't even know anymore.

>>17783829
Boo hoo, cry more. I'll have you know I died two fucking times by a random bullet after finally defeating Kanako. Two fucking times.

>>17782968
Shou had me complaining to others about "fucking bullshit curvy banana lasers" for quite a while

>>17783970
There's no need to be edgy. Too bad for that Kanako spell tho, I was lucky enough to get it on my first attempt.

>>17782968
The only one that triggers me is the one with lasers that on the first ten attempts appear to leave no room for you to survive, and then I either figure it out or give up and go to youtube to find the solution. Curved lasers are fine, I think they are kinda cute.
Stars in the PC-98 games triggered me too because I can't see them very well and underestimate their size, but they don't bother me anymore.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Thinking "I can capture this spell, I can capture this spell", then dies with full bomb in stock,
> What are you best at?
Uh, dunno. Micrododging maybe?
> Which game is the most fun?
Changes everytime. For now it's HSiFS and DDC

>>17782968
>/jp/ what are some danmaku patterns that trigger you?
Criss-crossing diagonal patterns. I still can't get past Tewi and Momiji without bombing.

>>17782968
Anything involving bullets that bounce on the edges of the screen. And lasers

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
I suck at playing danmaku games.

>What are you best at?
I'm bad at everything.

>Which game is the most fun?
GFW.

>>17782968
Whatever those shots with the long tails are called. I always die to them.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?

Curved lasers, crisscross, reverse-axis

>What are you best at?
I'm don't think I have a best anything.

> Which game is the most fun?
HSiFS, and SA for the challenge (that game was an insurmountable wall to me for years).

>>17782968
>/jp/ what are some danmaku patterns that trigger you?

-'Whirlpools' like Remilia's '12 second' card in ISC (no item). I can barely hold out till the pattern becomes steady, then it all goes down the crapper.

-Shou's laser cross. I somehow beat that once by fluke.

>>17781342
If you 1cc'd Lunatic SA, even with Reimu C, you should be able to at least get a lunatic on some of the easier games.

>>17782820
>how weak the final spell card was
Who did you shoot at?

I thought I don't have enough autism to 1cc anything but here it is: babby's first 1cc. yay~

https://i.imgur.com/H2BViO9.png

>>17784500
Junko. So, obviously I thought it was weak. I do realize that going for Hecatia is a different story though.

>>17784591
Congrats Anon. Here's the full chart if you want one. Go for TD next.

>>17784621
https://imgur.com/a/LmjDC
Can't believe I forgot it

>>17784629
thanks, I made my own from that one.

In general, is it harder to 1cc hard or clear extra?

>>17782548
I don't think Stage Practice is that necessary for a 3 stage long game.
>>17782640
On the other hand you are now aware that you can get LNB with some practice? Unless you already had an LNB there.
>>17782841
You can use release, yes.
>>17784466
Cease.
>>17784591
Congrats on your first 1cc anon! That's a nice looking chart you got there. Don't worry about not including all of the games, people like >>17780838 and >>17780960 don't do either, it is really up to whatever you like playing.

>>17784606
Yeah, Hecatia's version is much harder, I don't know why there is such a huge difference between the two.

>>17784671
Extra is harder

>Biggest weakness
After a failed run I'll proceed to excessively restart the first two stages trying to "rush" back to the later stages of the game and screwing up

>Best at
Muscle memory

>Funnest game
PCB or SA

>>17784671
Most games have a hard mode harder than the extra mode.
>>17784722
I guess that explains

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Crisscross.

>What are you best at?
Fast patterns, I guess.

Which game is the most fun?
From the ones I've played so far, I would say EOSD.

>>17784466
Could you not use the red colour for every game? even this anon did the job for you >>17784690

fuck this game dude

>>17784671
Most people say that Extra difficulty is equal to stage 4 hard mode, but I haven't tried more than a handful of times, so I couldn't tell you for sure.

>when you get a 1m sakuya at killing doll
>get that all-too familiar wave of adrenaline and concentration

You can say I deserve it from not properly greentexting, but that felt refreshing

Fuck this stupid fucking rabbit bitch, I was having a perfectly good run and this bitch flies in and eats three of my lives, one just by entering the stage. goddammit she is the absolute worst character

>>17785943
Tewi is nice and you should not blame her for your misplays.

>>17785943
Tewi is easy, what are you talking about

>>17785943
git gud

>>17785942
who are you quoting

>>17785943
looks like somebody cant handle the bunny cunny.

>>17786717
Good GOD, how can Tewi be so incomprehensibly LEWD?

>>17786791
Well first
Tewi Inaba is a bunny rabbit
second
Tewi Inaba is Tewi Inaba
and third is gambling

I've been trying to spell practice "Behind You", but every time I get her to low health she suddenly disappears from the screen, no more bullets are added, and the timer runs out. I don't remember this happening in the story. Has this happened to anyone else?

Is it even worth doing the eternal meek safespot in lunatic difficulty with reimu's speed?

Tewi is for hugs and snuggles and friendship, not for lewds.

>>17785943

>>17784671
Depends on the game. To me extra feels somewhere between stage 4 normal and stage 4 hard. I almost always clear extra before clearing hard. It definitely takes less time to clear extra, because it is so much shorter than a normal run.

>just completed SA
>decide to play TD out of boredom
>NB first try
Huh, it was much easier than I expected.

I hadn't played Touhou in 2 years until 16 came out.

LoLK was so much worse than I remembered. Pointdevice mode was a mistake that ZUN seems to have acknowledged, and the patterns in Stages 5 and 6 are pretty BS.

On the other hand DDC has aged well.

does score do anything gameplay-wise besides giving lives in EOSD?

>>17788687
Lives in a few games, and proving you're not a little bitch.

>>17788687
Lives in MoF and HSiFS as well.

>>17788687
yeah, it's the main objective of playing so there's that

>>17788611
Honestly I have been giving LoLK a second chance after dropping it and am having a pretty good time.

>>17782640
Ahaha well I did say a 10MNB was better than nothing but this is kind of depressing. At least I'm done with PCB for now, though maybe I'll do some box ticking.

>>17789029
I love what you did for ISC
Impressive as always anon

My first lunatic clear. This took longer than I would have liked, but regardless I am very satisfied.

Why don't you do Nightbug Tornado like this /jp/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w7dGFwlt8

>>17789427
Congrats anon! great shot choice btw

>>17789434
Because that way you lose on some graze/time.

>>17789465
Couldn't you actually get more graze that way if you timed out the spell?

>>17789469
Not really, you need to circle between the bullets instead of standing in the middle

>>17789469
https://youtu.be/HctKAMF-D7M?t=3m45s

>>17789483
Well. That proves >>17789478 wrong at least.
I'm content at least knowing that I have the right method in mind, even if I'm woefully out-skilled.

>>17789494
The time stamped doesn't show the same spell, and the WR does exactly what I said. How does that prove me wrong?

>>17789503
I may have misunderstood you then when you said "circle between the bullets".
I thought it was implied that what I did could be clearly improved by moving closer to the bullets and overall getting more graze, but still doing that same basic method instead of dodging from the bottom.

How many of Clownpieces spells/nonspells are static? I've heard she has RNG on earlier difficulties.

>>17789665
First, fourth, and fifth are static. Third is "static" in the sense that if you can replicate your exact movements every single time, it will work every single time, but it'll almost always be slightly different.
Talking about lunatic though. No clue if it's applicable for lower difficulties.

>>17789769
Yeah I'm playing Normal.

>>17789815
Okay, the stars in the first spell look random. Everything else follows lunatic. Now I'm not even sure if the stars on lunatic are random but if they aren't, there's very little variation.

Fuck vampire illusion, I rather do meister 2 times than this piece of shit

>>17790242
And now it's the other way around

>>17785943
>getting wriggle kicked
>by tewi

>stuck on IN stage 4 marisa for a while, keep losing half my lives and thus my 1cc runs to her
>manage to clear it perfectly in a once in a lifetime performance
>lose everything to tewi and raisin because I haven't actually gotten to their spellcards on normal ever before
just

Fuck meister, consistency goes out the window, 10+ tries for a single cap, it might as well be books for me, aka uncappable and max lives now 7

>>17790641
>and max lives now 7
what

i'm the absolute king at dying stupid deaths by running into bullets I wasn't paying attention to in ten desires

>>17790697
Assuming default lives for eosd, you get 9 lives total, from the score you receive

9 - (meister and books) = 7 lives

>>17790741
this isn't a problem in any of the other games for me but for some reason ten desires is a bullet eating party

and it's extra insulting because TD is such an easy game otherwise but I can rarely get runs going because I die a stupid death somewhere in the first 2 stages

just got my second 1cc (PCB), am i good at touhou yet? Looking at other people's charts makes me feel like it'll take a long time to get there.

>>17792186
>am i good at touhou yet?
w
>it'll take a long time
Don't worry, you'll accelerate.

what's harder: SA normal MarisaC or SA hard ReimuA?

>>17792186
>am i good at touhou yet
Depends on who you're comparing yourself to. You're probably above average within the population of "people who've played touhou even once". Keep going and you'll be able to shrink that reference population. I'd estimate the /jp/ STG thread average to be around "has some hard 1ccs and working on lunatic".

>>17792894
Tfw I have some lunatic 1ccs and working on hard

tfw weren't born talented

>>17787432
It's a known bug.
ZUN do his best now and is preparing, please wait warmly until patch is ready.

>>17792731
Is MarisaC on SA bad?

I just completed SA's extra with her because everyone and their mother use ReimuA on that game, and it was the closest thing with a bomb that's actually useful for extra bosses

>>17794481
>Is MarisaC on SA bad?
Yes

Thanks to the anon who convince me to do PCBs Extra. I thought this would of taken me much longer, since I've only been doing normal 1cc's for all shot types since HRtP up to this point.

Still need like 20 sum spellcards to unlock Phantasm stage though. Maybe another time. I want to move on to IN.

>>17794481
MarisaC is solid. It is MarisaB that sucks balls.

>>17794894
You're playing them all in release order? most people start with 6, 7 or 8.

>>17794968
Marisa sucks balls for fun in general.

>>17794894
I would advise playing Phantasm while Extra is still fresh in your mind, since they're pretty similar.

I was looking in SWR's file and found an image in it, some guy had a photo of himself in it. Did anyone else know about this?

Also, how do you get through spellcards in SWR? there's no graze mechanic, right?

>>17795037
Yep, I started from the beginning (about 4 months ago I think?), never played any proper bullet hell in my life.

PC-98 Touhou is plain fun and teaches you a bunch of things as a beginner. Also too many people shit of HRtP, I found it really enjoyable and quite easy, even if wasn't a normal vertical shmup. PoDD seems is alright too, but it better if you have someone else to play with. Those CPUs have god mode enabled, even on normal. LLS and MS are solid (though I remember the ranking system in LLS being kinda harsh). All the music great too.

>>17795062
But those spellcards anon, I only have like 40 of them and I need 60 for Phantasm . I'm a little burnt out on PCB as of now and want something new.

Ahhh... Dammit, maybe I should get those extra spell cards if Phantasm is really that similar to Extra.

>>17795093
>>17795133
Keep in mind that capturing spell cards on practice mode counts toward the 60 spell card requirement, or alternatively you could just play the first 2 or 3 stages in other difficulties as per pic related.

>>17795142
Oh, that's a god send that practice mode in included. That makes it less grindy that than I thought, thanks.

>>17782548
There exist practice hacks if you're determined.

is fairy wars the doujinshi of the official touhou games?

let's take a look at some FACTS:

GFW has the strongest OST out of any other touhou game. the music is very atmospheric, which really adds to the whole experience of playing. the themes have the power to draw you in and make you feel like you’re actually bathing in a sea of fairies. personally, i sometimes get goosebumps whenever i listen to the OST: the prospect of playing with fairies is just that exciting.

GFW has the strongest story out of any other touhou game. the whole idea of the three fairies of light destroying cirno's house is brilliant. ZUN took a classic premise and made it his own. not only that, but he added a touhou twist—cirno and the three fairies of light ACTUALLY become friends. this is the only touhou game to have such a shocking plot twist, let alone one at all.

GFW arguably has the strongest cast of characters. the designs are impeccable as well as their personalities. each character leaves a lasting impression on you. the cast is practically BEAMING with color, not to mention they’re badass: a fairy dressed in blue? check. fairy dressed in red? check. ANOTHER fairy dressed in white? check. lily white is back but now she's black? check.

GFW has an ICONIC character: cirno. the only other game in the series that has an iconic character is EoSD (also cirno). the fact that GFW was able to reuse an iconic character like cirno for the 4th time shows how much of a phenomenon this game really was.

GFW has the strongest gimmick out of any other game: impossible controls. it's a challenging game mode that encourages you to actually learn things and not ragequit, which is very useful when it comes to touhou, not just GFW. not only that but because the controls are impossible, practically no one will play the game but the most dedicated fairy worshippers. you can also freeze bullets.

>>17795914
GFW has the strongest stage designs out of any other touhou game... the lively forest of magic? check. a vast field of flowers? check. a lake?? check. not only are the locations amazing, as you can see, but the backgrounds change color depending on which order you do the stages in as well. the stages have so much dimension and depth, it’s makes the game almost feel like a disney movie.

GFW has the strongest bullet patterns out of any other game. it’s very clear that ZUN took his time with this. each spellcard is SO unique and SO memorable. not only that, but they’re very pleasant to look at. i’d argue that each spellcard has it’s own personality, if you know what i mean. just look at fatal flash, this spell perfectly showcases sunny milk's repressed desire of joining ISIS as she goes low on the screen with a warning flash and then explodes in a shower of glowshit, truly the pinnacle of danmaku and storytelling.

GFW has the strongest playable cast: cirno. this character here is important canonically and has a great shot-type. this shot-type is PERFECT, as it features the greatest scoring system known to both man and fairy.

GFW has unarguably the strongest art out of any other game. one may not argue that the art looks the same as the art from the other older games: as ZUN has finally been replaced. TH12.8's art is done in a special way that completely replaces ZUN's artstyle with actually good art and with the added bonus of a little chub? the fairy of your dreams has been created. you'll never see better art in any other game, period. Hirasaka Makoto is GOD.

P.S: no, the difficulty is not "cheap". there is absolutely nothing "cheap" about having a laser pass through your ice and spawn a pellet 2 pixels away from your hitbox. there is nothing "cheap" about being killed by a stage fairy that you killed with a freeze but it shot its pattern in the same frame as its death and the bullets were never frozen. there is NOTHING "cheap" about having the boss go low on the screen and make the pattern three times harder than it needs to be.

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Too much of the unnecessary and stupid mistakes.
Also, not bombing, or bombing too late.
Little bit of an issue zoning out and just playing.

>What are you best at?
Dunno.
Maybe if it weren't for fucked keys, I'd be able to play a little more efficiently. But i do have faults.

>Which game is the most fun?
I have yet to find my favourite.
----
Practice makes perfect.
I, however, am just a fuck up.

Crash course on those large ass spheres? Remilia for refrence.

>>17797394
The white outlines can't kill you.

>>17797394
Their hitbox is much smaller than the actual sphere size. Once you figure it out, they are quite easy to predict and dodge, if you don't get caged in by multiple spheres that is.

>>17797409
Kk. Thanks.

>>17797414
Alright.
Thanks for the info. Usually, I'd just avoid them outright

>>17797414
This is simply not true in EoSD, they have some of the most "accurate" sprite to hitbox ratio out there, rest of the games this is true though, with them being borderline non-existent in PCB and IN

>>17797479
Only in certain spellcards

It wasn't until now that I realized just how bad I am at touhou

>>17797545
Endure, and in enduring, grow stronger.

>>17797562
I'm trying but god damn. I managed her next spell card in only 93 tries, but this nonspell is killing me far more. Are her non-spells the most difficult part about her? I really want to bomb, but knowing that Junko might be far worse is holding me back.

>>17797571
Junko isn't too harder on normal mode, her spells depend a lot on small movements. I wasted a good chunk of bombs on Clownpiece and managed to get through Junko with 2 bombs fine.

If you're having trouble with the nonspells, you're going to have more trouble with her laser spells. It's fine to waste a few bombs on Clownpiece.

>>17797582
I was told to only use 2 for her, but I think I can afford to at least use 3 and still get to Junko with 5 in stock, depending on how many i can get from junko and stage 6. I guess I'll try to endure the non-spell and hit her with a bomb in her lasers. I already got close enough to beating this non-spell to say I would have won if I had more power.

>>17797545
same desu

>>17797598
Which nonspell are you talking about, by the way? I can try to offer a few tips on them that might help.

>>17797645
first and second, but I managed to get through them (and her third relatively easily).

I just got to Inferno "Striped Abyss" and I am completely stunned on what the fuck I'm supposed to do to dodge these. Sometimes there are gaps to dodge into, and other times I just get crushed by the lasers. How do I figure out what areas are safe, or is it just memorization?

>>17797672
The only tip I have is to stay near the center horizontally and remember that you should be making vertical movements. The spellcard feels particularly long but you can make it through.

>>17797672
Scratch this. I managed to capture it. Final spell card, baby!

>>17797687
I managed it with circular movements. It was a lot easier once I glanced at how someone else did it.

Am I allowed to post a stream here?
Havent played in over a year, cant even 1CC normal modo eosd now
you can all bully me

>>17797762
How good were you before you stopped playing?

>>17797811
not particularly, i could 1cc eosd pcb and a couple others on hard
feel like ive forgotten all the patterns and stuff

>>17797562
That's only 163 pics, what are you complaining about?

The feeling of having a perfect run, completely jobbing, bringing it back, jobbing again and then finishing the final boss with no bombs or lives is amazing. I can now say I have a double digit number of 1ccs.

1cc'd GFW, only to find out I have to 1cc other two routes too to unlock extra stage. Why is this so hard? I have many hard 1ccs in other games and even came close to a lunatic 1cc in pcb, yet I struggle in gfw in normal

>>17799065
learn2route

>>17799065
GFW is a lot different from the other games, which I assume is why people have such different opinions on it.

>>17780051
Everything
Dying
Hisoutensokou

Been playing LoLK. After a bit of a break in the middle of Clownpiece, I beat her and stage 6, and am at the beginning of the Junko fight. My bomb meter is full, so I probably have enough bombs to bomb every spellcard. Any tips? Like,
>Definitely bomb x
or
>You can do y without bombing

>>17800659
If you manage two bombs for pdh(final spell) it would be a cakewalk. One is also alright but it will make you break a sweat.

Is the frustration with not being able to beat a boss correlated with the demand and creation of porn with them?

>>17801067
Of course, since fapping to a boss gives you the power to defeat them.

>>17800659
I can't even get to junko, I'm having trouble on that survival section right before, the one with no enemies.

>>17801420
Keep at it.

>>17800659
Only use the bombs in the final two spellcards

>>17801420
It's just focusing and moving from the left of the screen to the right, then when you reach the wall in right side of the screen go back to left, don't take too much time doing this or else you will get surrounded by the falling stars.

How long did it take you to achieve a LNB? How long have you been playing touhou when you started on this goal?

Reimu is such a terrible character, makes you unlearn the whole game

>>17801441
>>17801532
Thanks, I managed to get through, and I think I'm around the midway point of Junko now (she's surprisingly a lot easier than Clownpiece was) and had to use a bomb on her lilies spell. Right now I'm at Trembling, Shivering Star with 3 bombs in reserve, so I'm not going to use any more.

I've managed to find a way to dodge most waves without moving, but it doesn't help much midway through the card. Is there still a way to just sit between the bullets, or should I stop looking for a way?

>>17802666
Just zig zag those white and blue balls, the next spellcard (pristine lunacy) is static and easy, then after that one you will encounter the survival spellcard, up to this point you may either: use two bombs in this spell, then try to do the last spellcard with one bomb left (not recommended) or use 1 bomb here and the other 2 in the final spell, as long as you DON'T end up in her final with 0 bombs you are good to go.

>>17802666
I gave it about 20 tries (on normal, which is what I assumed) and the furthest I got was like ~80% through the card. I think with some luck you could do it but it's pixel perfect stuff. The regular way is much much easier.

>>17802777
Pristine Lunacy is static? I'm glad to hear that, I was told it was some RNG pixel perfect type shit

>>17802778
Alright. I'm taking a small break, but I'll keep at it and make sure I get through it tonight. Thank you, friends.

I was playing EoSD, and got backed into a corner on stage 5. I was about to use a bomb, but then midboss Sakuya showed up and started talking, so I couldn't bomb and got hit. Does this ever happen to you?

more than 99 attempts. Really starting to regret using that bomb on Doremy, or just in general not doing enough grazes to have more bombs.

>>17802834
Man. Just play Legacy and bomb your way through.

>>17802838
I can't get anywhere close on Legacy.

>>17802834
https://a.pomf.cat/kmhqgs.mp4
Line up with a gap, left right left right. Line up with a gap, left right left right. Get a rhythm going. You can do it anon I believe in you.

>>17797562
You mean be born talented

>>17802834
Move juuust a bit, Anon. If you have to use just one arrow it's possible and a bit easier too if you see it

>>17802964
>>17802861
I'm gonna take a break, might continue later tonight or tomorrow because damn, I'm on tilt and my finger's hurting.

I did attempt a legacy run with Reisen though and got almost to Clownpiece, so Pointdevice is at least helping me get better. I fucking wish I knew better grazing when I started this file, having even one more bomb would have made this so much easier.

>>17803054
I couldn't have done my Legacy 1cc without playing the shit out of Point Device so yeah, it's good practice, after you are done with PD with all the girls you may try Reisen again in Legacy, just graze everything you can and use all of your bombs from Ringo onwards.

I ended up bombing Shivering Star. I almost beat this thing several times, and then actually beat it only to die because I completely forgot I could still die. Goddammit.

>>17803289
>Used all bombs
Anon...
I hope you understand you have to git gud now

>>17803289
So you are at Purely Bullet Hell with one bomb left? have fun.

>>17803301
I have one bomb.
>>17803303
I managed to beat it once, while dying simultaneously, and I've nearly beaten it several times. I'm so salty that I can't play competently, but I'm also too salty to quit. I backed up my old save though so I can go back if it turns out I really can't do this with one bomb. But so far I'm having better luck against this than no-bombing that fucking star

>>17803311
If you are mad right now I'd rather quit and try again later, that's what PD is for.

>>17803331
You're right, if I keep doing this I'm probably going to have a fucking stroke.

cancer

Is it pathetic to have never beaten an extra stage before or is it fairly common for most players? I'll try to get at least one down one of these days.

>>17803817
Try Ran and then Yukari.

>>17803817
I had lnbs in two games before I got my first extra clear, clearly extra is harder

>>17805027
I have all extra clears only excluding LoLK, and I have only a few Hard clears and no Lunatic clear.
Clearly extra is easier.

>>17803817
Dude "most players" of Touhou games are very causal and likely have not been able to 1cc Hard mode on many if any games.

t. shitter who can 1cc Normal on a few games but have never beaten or come close to an Extra

>>17803817
I play on Normal and I've cleared 3 Extra stages + Phantasm.

>>17803817
Its just one stage. You get another ending scene for basically free.

What emulator do you use for pc98 games?

>>17805492
It's at least as long as two stages, though, given the length of the bosses. But yeah, it shouldn't be so long that it's more difficult than a Hard run.

>>17805495
Anex98 anon. You should have it.

One question.
Is DDC really this slow?
I mean, it seems easy enough to warrant the complaints that came before LoLK.
I'll play some more when i have time to come to a final thought, but what are your opinion on it /jp/

>>17805495
If you have the torrent, you should have it. No excuses since everything is explaied in the txt file.

>>17805777
Are you playing SakuyaA?
As for what I thought of DDC, I think it's pretty good. The resource system is fantastic and its spell cards are good, but its shottypes and to an extent the entire game, are badly balanced and the characters are only "okay". My favourite shot was ReimuB.

A break was all I needed. I don't even care if it's not a 1cc, Junko can eat my ass. This game is far, far beyond my fucking skill level.

>>17805495
T98-Next.

>>17805495
I used T98-Next for a while. It does the job.

But I switched to Neko Project II after finding out you can change to the correct resolution sizes and change the sound modules. Also I wanted to get MIDI to work for SoEW and NP2 seems to be only one that can do this.

Anex98 is light weight, but is complete ass compared to the other two.

>>17805917
MIDI works for me using Anex98, but NP2 is better.

>>17805856
Legacy is easier than pointdevice

>>17805931
I couldn't get it to work for me for whatever reason, but I guess i just didn't configure it right. I disregard Anex98 after hearing its sound, how it looked, and how I couldn't change the resolution, when compared to T98-Next.

Also forgot to say, I used joy2key for my gamepad.

>>17805856
Good! now do it with Reimu Marisa and Reisen.

>>17806008
It's boring to just get 1ccs over and over again, what's the point.

>>17805983
That depends on the character though, right?

>>17806008
Halfway through a Marisa run already. This time I actually know how to properly graze for points and where to bomb, so next time I get to Junko I'm going to save two master sparks for her final card.

>>17806015
No, it's not boring, it's fun! plus you get to practice more.

>>17806019
Great, it might take you less attempts now.

>>17806015
What's the point of playing those games when you abuse the most busted shottype and call it a day.

>>17805847
No. It just feels slow paced.
Mightve been becaue i had been moving around a bit beforehand.

>>17806076
This, just cause I beat it with sanae on pd doesn't mean I have mastery over a game.

Woah, there's a Touhou GAME now?

tfw you get 2MNB up to Shou and suddenly start playing like a retard on the easy part of the fight, die twice, and then get finished off by byakuren
literally the only death that didnt feel like shit during the whole run was good omen

>>17805383
That's a really nice customization there anon, Kaguya is cute.

Done with this shitty game

>>17806431
>suddenly start playing like a retard on the easy part of the fight, die twice, and then get finished off by byakuren
Same shit, different games.

>>17806785
Iteams fall fast in the PC98 Era.
Still bugs me.

>>17803817
I didn't clear any of the extra stages because I ritualize my gameplay.

Due to these restraints, I usually reach the final spell card in any extra boss, then promptly ram myself into a bullet because of such rituals.

>>17806390
What is this supposed to mean?

>>17807161
Stop asking these questions for once.
Lurk.

>>17807225
The fuck are you talking about, I only asked what that post is supposed to mean.

>>17807250
It's a shitpost, probably poking at the fact that there's so many goddamn secondaries.

Is SA harder than LoLK?

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Bullet walls coming from two different directions. HSiFS has a lot of spellcards like that, especially with the dancer twins.
>What are you best at?
Structured patterns, as opposed to random dodging. For example, I find Reimu in Imperishable Night way easier than Marisa, but most other people seem to find Marisa way easier. I just can't deal with her shaky random stars.
>Which game is the most fun?
Imperishable Night, super fun and fast ost, super fun and fast stages, and it really feels good to learn the enemy spawns and how best to kill them in a way that their familiars pop a ton of bullets on the screen, making the actual dodging part in a lot of sections pretty trivial. But it makes me feel powerful and like I earned the right to not have to dodge bullets.
Also the whole moon setpiece and Princess Kaguya mythos are really cool setpieces.

>>17782968
>curved lasers
THOUSANDS
OF
TINY
MIRRORS
It's the only possible explanation, really.

>>17785943
Wriggle was supposed to teach you to dodge boss kicks.

>>17807434
>most other people seem to find Marisa way easier
I thought I was the only one. I cannot handle Reimu, but I guess I also fought Marisa twenty billion times on my BT/NT runs.

>>17807444
I usually get through her without using lives or bombs. But that day she was not having it.

Now that I cleared all the lunatics the ordinary way (also perfected a couple of extras), I want to try some LNB. What's the best game to begin? I was thinking about PCB, but some parts of stage 4 and Youmu really didn't like that idea.

>>17807434
every marisa non is static based on her movement you retard

>>17805786
Both NP in the new torrent and anex 86 in the old feel sluggish.

>>17808136
PCB or MoF are the easiest in my opinion. If you can handle Satono&Mai pretty well then HSiFS isn't bad either. The other option is to just pick your favorite game since it can be a frustrating grind and you don't want to burn out playing a game you don't like.

>>17808304
NO bullying.

>>17807434
Something I learned from playing as NT is that some of Marisa's non-spells can be utterly crippled by being unfocused. Might not work as well with BT as with NT, though, but you can destroy the familiars that spawn the bullets.

>>17808136
>dat completion %
when did you start playing, how much do you play per day?
Feel like ranking the games based on personal enjoyment?

>>17808136
fairy wars is free lnb

How to get good at bosses without using continues?

>>17809721
Practicing.

>>17809721
Use continues to unlock all the stages in practice mode, then play the boss that gives you the most trouble 10000000 times in practice mode.

>>17809113
I see, guess I'll stick to PCB than, I really like that game, just gotta do some practice on Youmu.

>>17809683
I started way back in 2010, slowly cleared most of the content in 10 months, then didn't play regularly. I get back to games 1-2 times a year, play for a month to clear something new, a few days ago I got the dreaded UFO lunatic that haunted me for years. I really suck with ufos.
As for ranking the games - I never really made a list of most to least likeable, but my favorite is probably PCB, I also really like photo shooters, I like scoring them and do some fun challenges like clearing spells with no charge. Generally I have fun with all the games mostly, otherwise I wouldn't have cleared so much I guess.

>>17808136
What are those extra 7 spells in ISC? time outs?

>>17810340
Oh damn I'm retarded. For some reason I thought that there were 85 spells in ISC. What I meant is that I have 72/75 spellcards cleared. Here's the fixed version of a chart.

>>17810521
Good luck anon, I can't even start EoSD without it fucking crashing.

>>17810521
You gonna do it eventually, believe me. Just keep on pleyin' loser

>>17780051
>What's your biggest weakness as a player?
Being too good.

>What are you best at?
Not getting hit.

>Which game is the most fun?
I've only played 3 games but Flimflam of Flowerville or whatever the fuck is the only one I liked, so that. It had a unique concept I hadn't seen in any other dodge-the-dots games I've played. The regular Touhou bullet hells don't really do anything interesting and are out-shined by better games, so I don't think I'll be going back to them. And I doubt anyone plays these for the dialogue.

>>17811452
post your WRs and LNNs

>>17811495
I have the odd habit of alt-f4-ing after every high score page so I can restart sooner. Believe me if you will or won't.

>>17811452
>And I doubt anyone plays these for the dialogue.
You'd be surprised.

>>17811506
>I have the odd habit of alt-f4-ing after every high score page so I can restart sooner.
So you game over?

>>17811610
>>17811506
Play a round and post your high score then.
1 hour should be enough right?

>>17811644
Me being shit doesn't change the fact that his "odd habit" makes no sense unless he game over'd.

Here's my HSIFS high score though.

>>17811644
>>17811660
Why the fuck do you keep replying to that idiot are you fucking retarded?

How do i tell myself that im shit and should never play again?

How do I move around more confidently? I often find myself standing still and waiting for the bullets to fly past me instead of moving past them myself unless I am in focus mode. Also whenever I watch good players they seem to be able to seamlessly alternate between focus and standard (I guess) as they move and whenever I try to do this, I just run into a bullet.
Basically how do I move weightlessly.

>>17814449
Have you tried gitting gud?

>>17814449
play more, I got my first lnb when I was in your seat, just sat still at the bottom and the patterns fixed themselves, not like it's a large problem for survival

>>17814449
That comes with practice. There are some patterns that help you with it though, MoF/VGoW comes to mind.

Fuck you Marisa and FUCK YOU Meira, I finally 1cc'd SoEW on lunatic. Now I just gotta do it with the other two shot types.

>>17812836
Play Eazy Modo and lose all of your lives before the midboss in one of the easier games like EoSD, or IN.

>>17812836
play for score
condition: be untalented westerner

>>17816239
>untalented westerner
Define untalented, nip.

>>17814449
Practice spellcards that demand you to move around the boss/screen a lot. Extra Stage bosses are typically very good for this, like a lot of Mokou's stuff and Flandre's Maze of Love in particular.

>>17816245
>Define untalented
westerner

How do I practice micro?

>>17817223
Just play some micro.
Scarlet Gensokyo, PWG, VoWG while restricting yourself to fewer macros, PoFV anything without lv2 spamming, Hell's Tokamak while being in the middle, Devil's Recitation timeout, Futo's Overdrive card timeout after dealing like 80% damage, ISC 4-3, 8-6, 10-5 and probably a bunch of others, PDH, Behind Festival, Okina's spring final spell... etc etc.

What's your opinion on NOT splitting IN 1cc chart into A and B and just have either count as clear?

>>17817899
You didn't solve the incident, Reimu.
Jokes aside, for gameplay purposes it definitely counts as a clear. The player data and replay data does not differentiate between the two finals.

My LoLK is lagging when there are more lasers on the screen, which leads to unplayability. Even on my new Laptop. Why

>>17816245
still shit after 1000-2000 hours in a single game

>>17817899
But both of them already count as clears. They're just separate clears. Nobody said you had to clear both A and B to be considered to have "beaten" the game.

>>17780051
Biggest weakness is attacks with shots that cross over each other (FUCKING TEWI, for example) - they're just really hard for me to read. I also need to get better at deathbombing.


I'm probably best at streaming and aimed attacks.


Most fun is probably Double Spoiler.

>>17818129
>people require 1000 hours to clear everything in a single game
Unless you're trying to lnb or something, how is this possible?

>>17818500
no one mentioned clears but you, are you retarded?

>>17818526
Maybe, please explain how it is possible to be bad at something you have spent one thousand hours on?

Stop replying to him already.
His modus operandi are so damn transparent you should have them memorized by now, but in case you don't: this will segue directly into the usual "only scoring matters" and go nowhere.

>>17818601
I wouldn't mind discussion of scoring at some point, even if I'm trash. A new high score always feels good.

>>17818592
"Bad" is not objective, for all you know this person could have a god score by others standards, but awful for his own.

If you want an example of being bad at something after 1k+ hours, take a look at real life.

How big exactly is the difference between Reimu and Reisen's hitboxes compared to everyone else?

>>17819589
bout three fiddy

what am i supposed to do??????literally played for 5 hours in a row and i always lost all lives before stage 5 fucking bullshit game i will never beat this

>>17820778
dont use reimuA & press x

>>17820778
You're moving way too fast, slow down.

>>17820778
hold shift for focused movement

>>17820778
Don't move so much, hold shift by default, letting it go when you need speed, not the other way.

>>17820839
i think this is game issue, when i try to tiny movements, my character always make it too big

>>17820882
>>17820840

I don't get when the game gives me Final A and when FInal B in IN. Is it just once A, once B? Hell...

>>17818050
Stop hooking multiple monitors. Restart game.
Stop fullscreen as well.
See if that works, then work your way back up. Restart your computer if necessary.

New=/=better in all circumstances.

>slow down
>Don't move so much
Heresy.

>>17821289
When you beat Final A you unlock Final B. When you beat them both you get to choose whether you want to go for Final A or Final B.

Does anyone know what the save file is called for Impossible spell card? For some reason the game is acting like I've never played it before, I want to see if my save was somehow corrupted or deleted or whatever.

>>17821289
You have to beat A before you can play B. You get A if you use a continue or the timer runs out. Once you have both unlocked you can pick whichever you want.

>>17821732
>>17821913
Yeah, but I don't see how can I choose. Am I just blind or retarded? Or both?

>>17821958
When you reach Stage 5 you will get the option.

>>17821964
What? I haven't noticed anything. Ugh, I do not understand...

>>17821974
You have to 1cc or you'll keep getting B. You only get A the first time around with a team, whether you 1cc or not.

>>17821974
Excuse me, you have to beat Stage 5. Then directly afterwards you will be presented with two options in the dialogue box which will ask if you want to go for A or for B. Also, make sure you have 1cc'd.

>>17821984
>>17821997
Now I understand, thanks. That system is a bit weird...

>>17822020
I got confused aswell when I first played it. Good luck to you now.

>>17821457
Apparently it only happens with raisin.
Reimu works perfectly fine

>>17821799
It's in ~\AppData\Roaming\ShanghaiAlice

>>17821974
He's a bit off. You get the option once you beat Reisen, but you have to be on a 1cc run.

Well, I decided to try some no-bombs UFO extra, and on the second try I actually managed to perfect everything except survival, on which I lost four fucking lives
It's the second phase that gets me every time for some reson, I get super confused and/or fuck up the route. Sometimes I also get smashed by two bullet trains from different sides. Am i doing something wrong?

>>17823301
You died four times, you should be asking if there's anything you're doing right

>>17823329
Wording doesn't really make any difference, in the end I am still asking for some advice on this spell which is probably not as hard as I think it is.

Does anyone have any general advice for 1ccing LoLK on legacy? (Marisa, Normal Mode)
My current status:

Last run I did I got the furthest: about halfway through CP fight. My last death was stupid, I was trying to go to the top of the screen to get the P items and ran into clown piece with 3 bombs left.

Sagume rapes me. I can only do her last and second to last spellcards, even her nonspells rape me, I'm practically bombing the entire fight. I honestly find CP to be equally challenging as Sagume. Tips?

I've never done a lunatic 1cc in any game, only hard in the easier games, so this will probably be my newest, greatest achievement, if I manage to pull it off.

Holy shit I did the whole survival and last spell with 0 lives, still don't know how to capture Frog Hunting "The Snake Eats the Croaking Frog" though, so I just died and bombed till it was over.

>>17823670
Hang back at the bottom until the middle turn of the spiral is in place. Then, before the outer turn gets to you, sneak up into the middle one. At that point, the inner turn will be starting to explode, so wait in the middle turn for just a moment if you have to, then move up right in front of Suwako before the middle one starts exploding. Then simply move back down to the bottom before the next spiral starts, rinse and repeat. Easy peasy. Now that you know, you should be able to capture it every time.

>>17823541
Does "play as Sanae or Reisen" count as advice? Reisen especially. Pop her shield and graze like crazy everywhere for extra lives. Might be a little hard to do on normal, funnily enough, but on lunatic you can pretty much fail every spellcard and still get a clear.

!!!

>>17818592
i'm a walking example of this

>>17818592
Maybe by being born with inferior genes? Are you new or just too talented to understand?

Is 286m CirnoWinter any good on Normal?
I decided to get a 1cc for the heck of it and it turned into a score run, I'm not sure if it was a good score run though.

>>17823670
Congrats!!

Fuck yeah! Finally 1cc HSiFS. Now to UFO.

>>17823670
I wish I were you. Congrats man.

>>17794894
Same guy here. So I finally did it after like 400 tries. Shit score and those last spell cards were ass, but I got through none the less. Thanks again to these anons. >>17795062 >>17795142

>>17806446
Thanks!
>>17823670
I just beat it under the exact same conditions. Huh.
>still don't know how to capture Frog Hunting "The Snake Eats the Croaking Frog" though, so I just died and bombed till it was over.
The way I did it was: find a gap, and once you're close to Suwako, move in a circle to avoid the explosions.
>>17824764
Congrats!

>>17823920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPx4o8tI8fM
LoLK Lunatic gives you a frankly outrageous amount of resources if you know how to milk the system.

>>17825278
I know, but it's somewhat restricted to Sanae and Reisen since Reimu and Marisa can't abuse their bombs for graze nearly as well, which is why I recommended him to play them.

>>17823920
>>17825278
>>17826128
Usually, my philosophy on shot types is that if there is one that is better than the others, I usually play that one: my favored shot type in DDC is Sakuya A, my favored shot in SA is Reimu A, etc.

This shit is just busted though. I refuse to play these shot types.

I got a new PC and everything is fine aside from the fact that I can't change the window size of any of the PCP and IN through vsync. They open in 640x480 and I can't change it. Anyone know what's up?

I got a new PC and everything is fine aside from the fact that I can't change the window size of PCB and IN through vsync. They open in 640x480 and I can't change it. Anyone know what's up?

>>17826890

>>17823670
Congrats.

For me it's always nerve wracking when I'm on a final spell card with no lives.

HSiFS was my only extra clear after IN, now I'm trying TD extra spell practice (it seems to be around the same difficulty as), and try to put it all together for an extra clear.

>>17824485
Tell me what the secret is to SoEW extra.

>>17827679
>>17824782
>>17823670
Your skill level with full lives will never match your skill level with 0 lives. Final life hype is when you're at your strongest.

>>17824485
My high score for cirno winter is 250m, it's at least decent.

Does anyone have a link to the Christmas PCB patch?

>>17827979
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nn22aymzz3y/th07exmas.dat

>>17824506
>>17824754
Thanks! prepare for a long ride with UFO btw, is there any other game left to 1cc?

>>17823704
>>17824782
Thanks, I'll watch some replays and get to practice later, this time with ReimuB.

>>17827679
Have you tried PCB's Extra? I think you won't have trouble with it.

>>17827943
Damn right.

I idly tried HSiFS's extra, along with a few others. I got to the third to last spell. I think I'm actually gonna go for it, since I haven't beaten or really put effort into an extra yet.

any tips on her?

Yay.
Maybe Yuyuko anon will be proud of me.

>>17829230
That's an incredible 1cc anon, congratulations!!!

>>17829391
Thanks! Your cute Yuyuko pictures always cheer me up for some reason.

>>17831554
This, having a Yuyuko greet my first 1cc made all the frustration worth it.

Using Reimu still counts as clearing an Extra, right?

>>17831554
>>17831738
tfw Yuyuko anon will always cheer for us when we accomplish our achievements.

>>17829080
>Have you tried PCB's Extra? I think you won't have trouble with it.

I've tried it a few times, but that was when my skill level was lower than it was now (at that time I couldn't even 1cc SA normal).

I'll give it a go.

>>17831934
No

>>17831934
Yes

>>17829086
This is vid of my one capture of that spell card with Aya (third to last):
http://webm.land/media/GXzX.webm

>any tips on her?

In general, there's nothing really complex about her spell cards, but when you get to the second to last spell card and have to avoid the sweeping laser, pay attention to the bullet stream emerging from the very bottom. You have to judge as to whether you can stick to the bottom corner before the stream catches up to you or closer to Okina.

>>17832469
>>17832492
I'm getting mixed signals here, but it's my first extra so I'll take it.

>>17832501
I noticed a few issues with the laser on a few of my attempts. Sometimes I'd just die, and eventually I realized the laser was invisible on some rounds. I don't know if that's a consequence of her being vulnerable due to me deathbombing/using a release or what, though. But thank you, I'm gonna go through with Cirno and beat her for real.

I got a gamepad recently, and it works wonders for Touhou. But it doesn't register the dpad at all. How do I get it so I can use both the stick and the pad?

>>17831934
A clear is a clear, it's just that homing shots make some of the spell cards trivial.

>>17832508
> eventually I realized the laser was invisible on some rounds.
Yeah, probably from bombing.

For me, clearing extra was easier in this order:
Reimu, Cirno (wide shot lets you get away with quite a bit), Marisa, Aya.

>>17832582
Cirno's a good choice then? I assumed since this extra actually lets me shotgun the bosses, her normally low damage output wouldn't be a factor. That's good to know, but I'll probably let it wait a bit, more than half my chart comes from one game so I should probably move on and do it later.

>>17832775
You know what they say about people who assume, anon.

>>17833231
I mean some of her spell cards won't get the benefit, but a few of them, like the first one, let me hit her with my full frontal attack, so Cirno's damage output isn't as pitiful. Being said, it does seem Extra Season does more damage.

>>17780149
Those games don't really need it. Be sure to check the fast option in the custom.exe tho

is touhou double focus fun?

After being frustrated about not getting a NMNB sakuya today for practicing roughly 1 hour (fuck the 1st spell, 2nd non, and kd), I at least beat Patchouli's dumb, fat ass on my first try NMNB after roughly 2 weeks without practicing her at all. The feeling of dopamine and adrenaline was slight, but still there. I also got QED cap 1st try on my warmup.

Fuck SpoilerAL for not being able to practice with rank NOT decreasing when you die.

>>17833481
What the fuck is that?

Also please don't abuse the spoiler function.

>>17833604
It's pretty obvious he means Double Spoiler

>>17831554
>>17831738
Yuyuko is happiness!
>>17832205
qt Reimu pal

>>17832524
JoytoKey