/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Gamers assemble.

Reminder that "Flandre" is NOT a correct romanization of フランドール and "Maribel" is NOT a correct romanization of マエリベリー
Get your shit sorted out.

>>21140358
>History 01/01

>>21140456
A-Are you implying bad things? Please don't imply bad things.

SA hard is fucking bananas how do you even deal with Orin and Komeiji

>>21141654
Yeah, I'm getting my ass kicked as well. Practice, I guess.

>>21140406
Reminder that it's the official romanization of them, and as such is correct.

>>21141980
There's no official romanization. It's just 2hu fans being retards.
>>21141654
>Orin
Drag the zombie fairies at the top, and then go back down the screen, keep firing at Orin. Heavy micrododging is required for the non-spells. For the spell with the "clouds", they are aimed and regularly spaced: try to figure out the hitbox and find a way to the left or right and keep your ears open for the spawning sound. The last spell is bullshit, bomb it.
>Satori
Heavily depends on your shot.

>>21142281
>there's no official romanization
Are you actually fucking retarded? Their names are shown romanized in the Japanese versions of the games.

>>21142308
Maribel has never been in any game (Yukari aside) and has never had her name romanized by ZUN anywhere
EoSD doesn't show romanized names of the bosses when fighting them and the same is true of all the other games Flandre appears as a boss in. In addition "Flandre" is only one of the ways ZUN has romanized her names over the years

Fucking secondaries

>>21140406
What would be a correct romanization?

>>21142419
Frandle

>>21142419
Furandoru

>>21142419
Flanders

>>21142281
>Heavily depends on your shot
ReimuA, by the way what's the pattern for her first spell? I've seen replays where the player somehow manages to pass the lasers after they stop moving, but how much time do I got before they "activate"?

>>21144593
The lasers activate roughly two seconds after they stop. Don't move against them (I mean, in the opposite direction of their rotation before they fire) or else they will "shuffle". Just wait until right before they fire (there is an audio cue) and micrododge in the same direction they rotated. This keeps the pattern unmoved and it gives you extra space to manoeuver against the yellow bullets (which are actually the most annoying part). Avoid large movements, this is ALL about taps.

>>21140358
*** STYLISH! ***

>>21140358
Why do these webms always look better than youtube videos or when I play the games myself?

>>21144638
>Don't move against them (I mean, in the opposite direction of their rotation before they fire) or else they will "shuffle".
Not him, but I never knew about this. Thanks, I'll give this a try.

Can anyone spoonfeed me how to play POFV online ? Specifically have someone connect to me ? I tried everything I could think of but nothing seems to work.

>>21144638
Thanks anon, helped a lot. Now I just gotta figure a way to deal with the spam in stage 4 until Satori.

Does keeping your pubic hair shaved improve performance in Touhou and Touhou related activities?

>>21149956
>touhou related activities
Does that include jerking off to illustrated stories about your favorite characters growing cocks and fucking each other?

>>21150128
Sure, does it improve your performance in those matters?

>>21150145
A little bit, yeah. But I haven't shaved it in months.

>>21140358
Is vpatch important for MoF and later?

>>21150733
It helps me a lot for MoF but not for anything after it.

>>21147268
>>21148180
TO be honest, it's almost impossible not to make them shuffle since you have to dodge the bullets as well.

I was going to make a post about how I thought PCB was harder than EoSD but then I switched to Sakuya. 4 bombs is almost too much.

>>21156150
It's not even the bombs that make Sakuya easy. Her shot is fucking incredible in that game.

Have people figured out anything on VD' score system?

Why is UFO Marisa B's shot type so contemptibly horrible? Why do backward shot types exist at all?

>>21157276
>Why do backward shot types exist at all?
well some games don't have drunk people as the bullet pattern designer

I passed the big 2K today
kill me bros

>>21160065
Do you have a route or are you just winging it every time?

>>21141654
unironically by getting gud
also satorin is not hard for a stage 4 boss, though some shots have it easier (desu yukarin is the easiest, I love doing her last spell)

>>21140406
also Lumia is the correct name for eosd stage 1 boss

>>21160240
there really doesn't seem to be a route for this
the blue figures all take random paths, and mamizou randomly moves left or right. The only aimed thing is the yellow bullets, and no matter what I do, eventually I slip up and take a hit
I've had slightly better luck attempting to manoeuvre in a square shape, but it falls apart nine out of ten attempts.

>>21160971
You are not staying under mamizou the whole time right? Its easier if you get out of the human circle every time they appear by going around the screen

>>21162071
I try to get out of the circle and much as I can, but from the recordings of myself that I made, it seems to just result in me not hitting at all until I eventually go down, even with that doll that widens shots

So I've always been curious about these games. Is it possible to easily play the whole series without having to go to dingy 2006 forums with links to rapidshare?

>>21162373
https://nyaa.si/view/979648

>>21162446
Thx bby. I will think about you next time I fap to reimu.

>>21162460
Isn't it a bit gay to think about a man while you're getting off?

>>21163584
Yeah? Get over it.

I just died in the last quarter of Yuyuko's final attack
That's the furthest I've ever hotter with no continues
I'm fucking irate

Alright that was quick.

there are actually people that think IN is easier than EoSD?

>>21167823
EoSD without vpatch was slightly harder than IN for me, but patched it's way easier

>>21165458
You made progress and you are angry?

Any of you stream their touhou stuff on twitch or yt?
I'm bored, entertain me.

>>21168495
I would but my upload's too slow to stream so I only ever upload videos of runs.

Serious question. How do I saciate my daily touhou new content dose without learning japanese?

>>21168537
Porn, search for new stuff being upload on twitter and pixiv

>>21168495
I also wanted to and literally just downloaded OBS because I'm extremely bored, and do have a twitch account, but running OBS and the game makes my CPU and motherboard 75C because my shitty 5 year old laptop is dying, and I'd be hesitant to run it at those temperatures for long as I haven't built a new PC yet and I don't want to fry my motherboard. I'm dogshit at Touhou anyway.

>>21168554
Aside from porn, obviously.

I've found content I can quite understand intuitively thanks to the numerous manga, games, etc...like:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22451897
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm23680634
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18607070
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17598903
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22947551
Am I missing something important?

>>21167823
way way easier
>7 lives
>always able to deathbomb
>deathbomb usually instantly kills that stage of the boss

>>21168624
>7 lives
bad bait

>>21168624
Who are you quoting?

>>21168537
Why don't you want to learn Japanese?

I'm not going to make it, am I bros? I have the final day unlocked but it still feels bad I haven't fully cleared Day 4.

>>21168958
Not gonna lie, 10-4 and 10-7 are probably impossible at your current level if you can't handle those. No iteming everything is pretty hard though so don't feel too bad.

How do I get good at the fighting games? I'm able to easily beat up the CPU right up until they pull out a spell card, any tips?

>>21168458
It never really feels like progress to me
It's always pure luck whether I die in on Stage 2 of make it to stage 6. Odds are I won't manage this again for a while

>>21169375
Which one and which difficulty? Spellcards work a bit differently through IaMP to Soku.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=45783
Finally done with this abomination.
It's strange that the last word that you need 30 Last Spells cleared to unlocked isn't unlocked yet for me, despite having apparently cleared 30 of them. Am I doing something wrong?

>>21168914
Lazyness.

>>21171527
The wiki cites 30 different Last Spells in Spell practice mode. Dunno if it helps.
Good job on the cap, I'd say the second hardest or so, next to Fantasy Nature.

I unironically think Double Spoiler is the best touhou game.

>>21173050
that's a funny way to spell IN

>>21173197
that's a funny way to spell SA

>>21173203
Best
>>21173197
Second best

if only LoLK didn't have such a fucking shitty final stage

Why is IN stage 4 such bullshit?

I managed to see Imperishable Shooting. Now, I "simply" need to clear Hourai Elixir in Hard. Oof.

>>21173325
Hourai Elixir Hard done and it just unlocked me both spell 212 and 220 at the same time. Was worth almost having a cardiac arrest.

Does anyone else plays IN with the 9 stages patch?

How do I get good at Patchy?

It's like I attract her bullets.

I really want to avoid using bombs.

>>21173909
>>21173913
>>21173916
Why would someone use unregistered fraps to record game footage in 2019?

i'm almost at the end of touhou 06 , i'm becoming stronger and in each run i arrive at remilia's boss fight but i lose against her because of my lack of life ( that i lose in previous stages ) the worst part in her fight is when she uses Scarlet gensokyo were bombs are useless ( i always lose at that part ) Guys don't give up ! The end is near

>>21173916
you should stop play at the bottom/corners of your screen , you should be more aggresive and play in the middle . Im' not peronnaly a good touhou player but this is an advice every good touhou players will give you

was this the intended method or did ZUN just leave in a somewhat obvious safespot? either way Aya could make a fortune with all these tenshi pantyshots.
>>21173916
like the other dude said, try to play slightly forward. If you're hugging the bottom of the screen you can only dodge in 3 directions while if you're up more you can dodge in 4. In cases where the bullets form a wall you can pull back and wait for them to form an opening rather than trying to thread the needle

>>21140358
Oh, I'm still taking requests for what to put in the next thread's OP, if I get to make it. Doesn't have to be no focus or whatever; come up with some interesting challenge that would be fun to try.

>>21173050
I think Double Spoiler has the best aesthetic and flair of all the games and the pattern design is top notch. I can relate to this opinion.

Hooray for shitty normal clears!

>>21173909
>>21173913
Basically stop being scared of being unfocused in fights, especially when you have so much space. Been there.

>>21175025
not a request, but if you're looking for new challenges and enjoy timeout phases (and if you haven't already tried this) then you can freeze boss timers and see which attacks become interesting after their normal timeout period.

sinkable vortex is the only one i remember offhand that produced interesting results, but i'd guess that any attacks that progressively change over time will continue to change after their ordinarily allotted time.

>>21140358

How the heck do i beat this?

Any advice to clear IN in Hard with Reimu? Kaguya eats all my resources and I die at Rainbow Danmaku because this spell is a shitfest.

>>21175344
spell practice

>>21175025
I found a normal hell eclipse no focus I did, but I'm not sure how great of an accomplishment that is
the webm isn't amazing quality either

>>21175461
you have to mostly nofocus hell eclipse normally anyway, that's what makes it so hard

>>21175209
https://files.catbox.moe/mqwsdp.webm
Didn't know this was a thing. Pretty interesting. Gets a little too hard for me past ~50 seconds at which point I can only pray that Murasa moves in a cooperative manner so this is the best I could do. No clue how to fit this into a 3MB webm though.

Just started playing EoSD (also my first time playing touhou). Should I just start from hard or begin with normal (right now I'm playing on hard and see a bit of progression but not tons). I like to play games on hard difficulties from the start but not sure if touhou is a good game for that.

>>21176545
Have you ever even played a bullet hell before? Much less a SHMUP for that matter? If not then always start with easy. If you can complete easy mode without using continues, then you move on to normal.

The day has come, souldfags are gonna invade and try hard their way to touhou lunatic

>>21176589
hi :)

How do I delete stage 2 from HSiFS?

I had another 200 attempts on Mamizou's card in ISC today
I feel like I'm actively getting worse, the more I try, the less damage I seem to do

>>21176982
Post some replays.

>>21176982
If it just stop being fun, don't hesitate to take a break from ISC and practice your skills on another game for a while.

>>21176982
—Please tell us about your training and anything else you did for the clear.

MON: If you lose your concentration its all over, so I did things like take naps, keep my blood sugar up with snacks, and cool my brow with cold compresses if it was hot. I also made sure my position relative to the screen, like where I held my joystick and the position of my head, was always the same. (laughs)

>>21177013
https://files.catbox.moe/62mcly.mp4
here's one
most attempts either fail by the fourth or so wave, and the ones that make it past that will usually get to nearly a quarter left before my concentration blows

>>21177097
You are not even unfocusing to get out of the circle, step it up anon

>>21177556
every time I try I slam into a red bullet or one of the blue fucks will coincidentally be moving directly into my path

>>21175250
This is what I do. Maybe there is a easier way

>>21177941
You have the right idea but you'll need to move around more to kill more yinyangs in a real run. Spell practice for this one has a lot less health for some reason, enough that you can just do webm related, which doesn't actually work in a run.

>>21176545
lmao ur gonna get wrecked on easy mode for like 2 weeks nigger

Fuck Eiki and fuck PoFV

>>21178677
eiki and POFV are not just super easy but also super forgiving

the game only gets hard when you play the pseudo extra stage as eiki where losing once is a continue

I beated remilia for the first time twice today but i can't get her without using continues . I realy want to unlock her little sister's stage ( and beat her ) so i can finaly move to Touhou 7 , guess it's not for today ... reassure me that the next touhou games are more easy

>>21178698
you'll literally be able to 1cc hard and maybe even lunatic before you can beat most extra stages

also yes, IN and PCB are slightly easier, every game after that is usually either slightly harder or insanely hard by comparison

>>21178712
Flandre is that hard ?

>>21178726
all extra stages are

you get 2 lives to get through 9 of the hardest spell cards in the game

>>21178726
Guy's talking out of his ass. Extra's about as tough as Hard for all games. That said they're usually more gimmicky but you can easily counter that by studying replays.

>>21173977
Thank you for the advice anon.
>>21174070
Yes. I've tried that before. I just didn't quite notice the difference back then.

Gosh, Remi's sprite is so cute...

>>21178824
wrong

t. can 1cc hard and almost lunatic and dies to ran in 3 spells

>>21178840
this video is very helpfull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31GRjxuLraM

>>21178843
Ran's first spell is literally just streaming, second is "stay in the relatively safe area", and third is a simple misdirect. You being too stupid to figure out gimmick spells and/or too stubborn to study a replay doesn't mean it's difficult.

>>21178691
I really thought that would be the case after 1ccing touhous 2-8 on normal but I find it incredibly easy to get walled in in this game. I think the consistency of the other games spoiled me a bit.

>>21168970
>10-4
That one is just plain ISC. Just like Kanako's one.

>>21178874
pofv sometimes just walls you
that's probably why you need to get hit literally 40 times to have to continue

>>21178892
>plain ISC
What does this even mean?

>>21178698
If it's too frustrating it is a good idea maybe to just go on to touhou 7. FLandre has no part of it just Sakuya. You never know you could 1cc PCB perhaps before eosd, and then try ran's extra stage.

I played a bit of all the third classic games first before I ever got to beating flandre (eventually did).
I think it was more fun than to just repeat on one game over and over.

>>21178949
Impossible. I can't git gud enough for both of them. Those are the only two I'm missing for a no-items run.

>>21178989
Gotcha.
By Kanako's one do you mean 9-1? There's a trick for that one that makes it very doable.

>>21179025
I just bruteforce it. Start just from outside the ring, start going up until pointblank when onbashiras come and when rice bullets comes just move down through the path that was opened by the up movement earlier.
That's what I'm doing. Is there any trick in the stage?

>>21179035
That up movement is what I meant by the trick, though I guess it could be the intended method.

>>21179049
Guess I just have to git gud. The sudden burst of yellow rice after the onbashiras always walls me in crucial moments.

FINALLY BEAT THAT STUPID GODDESS
Now all that's left is the impossible vampire.

Well, no luck here. I'll just consider it done with the fact I've beaten it with two items and call it a day.

>>21179140
Have you cleared the spin even once yet?
Also it's pretty normal to need a 4 digit number of attempts to get it so don't feel bad about it.

>>21179167
Nope. Those fifteen clears were from the lamp and the doll. The farthest I've made it on the spin is the top, and those were only ten lucky times. Most of them I can't even last 2 seconds.

>>21178843
then you're just dumb

>>21178843
>dies to ran in 3 spells
For me, the only truly difficult Ran spell is Charming Siege, since it can wall you hard. All the others are just direction and git gud.

>>21176323
it's worth a laugh to let that one go a while longer (with invincibility and not erasing bullets). it gets to a point where the only way to read anything is to move your eyes with the bullets, which is wild. and when you've had enough, you can kill the spell for a bit more silliness.

if you really wanted a webm, you could record a few seconds of pure-skill dodging once things have gone to plaid. but i only brought it up for the challenge and because it's something that folks might not know about.

haven't had any luck finding others. checked mof s4/s6 and ufo s4-s6. i think i checked eosd s3-s6 a few months ago and the only thing that was affected was meiling's midboss spell, which completely broke (although circling a few times would indeed be a challenge, to say the least).

>>21179322
You're not wrong. It's like I'm getting rained on at this point. Doubt I could last 5 seconds in this, really.
First thing I thought to try was that one Yuyuko spell in TD but it turns out it doesn't get any faster than it does in a normal timeout.

Can someone give tips on MoF stage 4? It's long as fuck and I can't seem to survive the initial waterfall section with enough lives. What should I be bombing?

>>21179417
That whole stage is fucking cancer. It's so fucking fast and chaotic, I hate it.

>>21179426
I think my problem is not being able to discern from streamable patterns and random ones.

>>21179433
Protip. Except Momiji and the last with the crows, all of them are (fast) streamable. But it's still cnacer since they can wall you if you don't start and move in certain ways.

>>21179451
Thanks anon, which part of the screen should I start? I think I can figure out the rest.

MoF, whats the practical difference between Reimu B and C? C seems better overall since you can shotgun and still have decent spread.

>>21179464
I don't know how often you get to shotgun on normal but there's very few places where you can shotgun on lunatic.

>>21179454
I forgot the ocassional fat fairy inverse Matarah Dukkha-like spam. Besides that, everything is streamable.
As for where to start, look up any perfect lunatic run. Most of them start right and work their way from there. This of course assumes you already have the stage progression layout in your mind. Though you should see if it's doable for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2J1Ehbj7LE&t=533

>>21179392
that not moving at all is killing me
perfectly conveys the "..."

>>21176323
that doesn't sound like touhou music

>>21179516
It's music from a visual novel. I don't think I've listened to touhou while playing touhou for a very long time.

>>21179535
heretic, I wouldn't even play touhou if the music was that garbage

>>21179543
Would you play len'en with len'en music?

>>21179556
I don't play len'en

>>21179560
And you shouldn't. Shit's too random and quick, yo.

>>21179589
this
>attempts to replicate touhou
>fails on music
>fails on gameplay
>fails utterly on replicating ZUN aesthetic

>>21179595
it's impossible to imitate genius

>>21179595
Worst thing is that some stages are too easy and some are lunatic of lunatic levels of hard. I'm looking at you, motherfucker.
The extra is MoF-tier, tho, until you get to the fucking survival.

>>21179605
>pants
doomed from the start

>>21179607
Now that I think about it, everyone except the MC's companion uses pants.

>>21179628
>pants and short skirt
another lost soul who cannot understand why touhou is good in the first place yet attempts to copy it

>>21179589
>random and quick
now i'm interested.

>>21179645
just play lunatic TD

>>21179637
i'll play devil's advocate
it only attempts to copy it for the first game
it seems to be going its own route after that
the author seems to be a huge touhoufag, tho

>>21179647
Attempting to go anywhere near touhou's style will inevitably become contaminated by touhou. You're probably better off going for a sci-fi shmup with flat colors and reflective surfaces instead of touhou's signature watercolor look.

>>21179646
i quoted "random and quick", not "shit".

>>21179660
same thing :^)

>>21179543
>garbage
But it's good! Please don't bully.
https://files.catbox.moe/3lnejt.ogg
Imagine this playing during the lull between bouts of exploration within a somber forest on a rainy, endless night with a small penlight and the moon as your only sources of illumination. Oh, and humanoids that only have a mouth for a face with tentacle penises are lurking around every corner waiting to violate our two heroines.
Isn't it great?

>>21179670
it might work in a VN but that stuff is really just garbage played over touhou when the original music fits it literally perfectly

>>21179645
story is shit, tho
the plot is literally WELCOME OTHERWORLDER, HAVE THIS POSITION OF POWER

>>21179657
from what i've seen, a sci-fi atmosphere wouldn't fit the story, as shit as it is

yes officer kotohime, >>21179664 is the one.

>>21179677
naturally when you switch the style so completely you change the story

not that we are pretending that touhou's story is anything other than adequate when the main attraction is the labyrinthine characters created by a combination of the fandom and later works both game and print by ZUN

>>21179679
NO PLEASE
STAY BACK FOUL DEMON

>>21179670
which VN is that?

>>21179682
and the music, don't forget the music
god, now that i think about it, what the fuck is with len'en and trumpets?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X53gqt82Glw&t=180

>>21179676
You'll get over it a couple hundred hours in, I promise. Nobody I know who's played for a while listens to the original music while playing.
>>21179690
https://vndb.org/v23863
It ended up being something that's halfway between a horror game and and a philosophical commentary but the atmosphere and the production values were great.

>>21179708
>Nobody I know who's played for a while listens to the original music while playing
please kill yourself and die

>>21179478
>PERFECT
I hate dumb niggers that do this only to get more views from equally dumb niggers

>>21179543
You clearly havent played more than 200 hours in any of the games

>>21179708
>>21180055
In the thousands of hours spent across all the games, I've never used anything other than the original music. It often serves as an excellent cue or reminder for things during stages while score playing.

>>21180055
The music is incredibly helpful for timing and memorization. I'll often lower the volume and listen to podcasts or some such, but i never turn the music off.

>>21179708
>You'll get over it a couple hundred hours in, I promise. Nobody I know who's played for a while listens to the original music while playing.
remove yourself

I've always listened to the original music while playing and it's not gonna change anytime soon. Been playing for years now. The only time you MIGHT want to turn it off is when you attempt the same Last Word over and over again without stopping.

>>21179417
It's definitely the hump of that game. Just remember to bomb. If your first death of the run is to Aya then you're fine, and Aya and the rest of the game aren't even really that hard compared to most 2hu late stages.

>>21179645
Just play Raiden, Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION Boost, Dangun Feveron or even Seihou, better stages and scoring systems, the only thing Len'en has going for it is some of the bosses. I still don't understand how after so many updates the games are still unpolished as shit.

>>21179417
Lots of streaming and redirection. Try to find the gaps where you can safely redirect. Just bomb the section right after the mid-boss if you feel unsafe, but Momiji herself is actually easier than she looks. Don't panic.
You might want to bomb when the big fairies spam a lot of stuff on your screen after that.

Does anyone have any tips for Lunatic Impact? After some practice I can do reasonably well up to that point but that spell is a run ender. It's pretty much the only thing between me and the clear.

>>21179478
Stop shilling

>>21181118
First of all, practice until you can perfect the stage portion. It's not that hard, either. You'll need those lives and bombs.
As for Lunatic Impact, just try to time the moons' impact so they move at the same time. You won't want the three of them walling you at different times.
Other than that, Hecatia portions are only a bit harder than Suwako.

>>21181387
I don't think that's true since I can clear every other Extra easily and Suwako only gave me trouble with her first survival since I couldn't be arsed to learn a route for it, but Hecatia's nonspells become really hard when she moves too low. The blue kunai one feels like something I'd see on a Hard/Lunatic boss. Oh well, after watching a video I saw that I'm not supposed to try to damage her until the three moons are out so I'll try to focus on syncing them before that happens.

>>21141654
you lead around the fairies chasing you, particularly easy when you have a shot than can attack the back or sides

>>21177991
kek, i'll try it.

>>21168537
if you're fine with actual gameplay you could check youtube,there's a guy who's currently reuploading his videos for every single game, once a day, along with a 2x weekly new video.

odds on ZUN releasing a demo for the new 2hu game that will probably be coming out at reitaisai

>>21182426
100%

>>21182426
0%
decimal games don't get demo cds

>>21182426
If it's being released there, probably no demo, if it's not being released there, probably a demo there,

>>21182130
Name of the guy? I probably checked his stuff already, maybe it's the one who inserts "commentary dialogues" into the gameplays?

Also you know more content like this?>>21168608

>>21182533
his most recent video is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOFsoH7UB8c

and the the only other touhou content I know about aside from official games are videos like these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R72VIKi-nJc

guy who can't beat mamizou in ISC here
AT LEAST I MANAGED THIS

>>21182845
Anon, if you are having a hard time on Normal it'll be impossible for you to clear ISC with no items. You should give DS a shot instead.

>>21182845
Congrats anon! but I agree with the other anon, you should wait until you level up a bit before taking on ISC no item stuff, day 10 is in a complete different level of pain compared to mami you know

>>21182845
Nice job bruh, but christ, itemless ISC probably qualifies as an health hazard at this level. It's up to you, but taking your time and progressing on 1CCs, keeping ISC for later, might be more enjoyable. Mad props to your patience on Mamizou in any case.

pay no mind to the listed difficulty, for he is most certainly a lunatic

>>21182548
I already checked up his stuff. Don't you know something about the doujin circles?

A prank today by Soundholic is so fucking cute I keep looking for similar videos on NND everyday.

>>21182975
>>21182938
>>21182969
trust me, I've got no plans to go anywhere near the final day, or hell even day 9 for a long time
it's just this mamizou card that I want, and hell, that's mainly because I've been trying it for so damn long

>>21183082
There are levels you need to do before you can challenge bigger ones, and I don't mean stages of the game, but rather your own skills. Take a little break to practice other things, FW, DS, StB are good ways to practice your overall skills like micrododging, streaming, stream change, macrododging, mob control, etc., otherwise you'll never make it for the lack of skills.

Think of it as if you are trying to kill a boss in a game where you damage is not enough to pass over the boss healing skill, you won't make it unless you train before and level up some more.

fuck pofv

Why are stage 4 survivals a thing?

>>21184211
pleb filter anon

https://kourindou.exblog.jp/28205045/

>>21182426
we are now confirmed for a demo for 17 May 5th.

I have repeated seen people (well, /jp/sies) say that playing the photo games made them worse at the main series. How can that be? The photo games train you dodge with no bombs to resort to.

>>21185572
>The photo games train you dodge
no

>>21185572
>The photo games train you dodge with no bombs to resort to.
Yes and no, a big mechanic of the photo games is using the camera to nullify bullets, so you are incentivized to do dash in>take picture as they fire>dash out which destroys most of the bullets meaning you have to dodge less.

New to the games, how do I get better? Ive been trying to beat TD for a while now, and have stopped making progress past stage 4.

>>21185572
The photo games are puzzle games, ZUN uses them to create special patterns which wouldn't work in a regular game.

>>21185572
>playing the photo games made them worse at the main series
That sounds dumb, I can understand people claiming that photo games won't give you a skill boost for the main games but you just can't get worse like that, either.

>>21184924
I liked the UFO mechanic in UFO so this looks great
>>21185572
they're probably just shitters, but the photogames do play somewhat differently than the main games. Since you're not shooting you have much more freedom to move around rather than just staying below the boss to shoot them and the games encourage riskier play for bigger photos which give more points and charge back.

Today, I managed to make it to Byakuren on all of my hard runs but I keep dying to her. Last time I tried this, I gave up and took a long break from the games but now I feel like I might be able to do it one of those days, if I keep at it.

Man I just switched PCs and had to find the fucking mature dot doding pack again. Whatever happened to Hutina?

will 144hz improve my touhou experience?

>>21184924
So at least 9 more chart boxes to tick off, huh? Looking forward to it.

>>21182507
I knew it. Can't wait to put my Willy Beast inside the Weakest Creature (who'll probably be Youmu)

>>21187820
>Youmu
>Weakest Creature
Rude.

>>21184924
nico.ms/sm34987552

>>21167823
It is. The only meaningful criteria for comparing game difficulty is perfect survival play and EoSD is significantly harder because of the luck involved on Patchouli and Remilia.

>>21192739
>The only meaningful criteria for comparing game difficulty is perfect survival play
Nah mate, there's 3 ways to judge difficulty scoring, basic clear and NMNB. A basic clear of IN is easier than EoSD for sure, in a NMNB run shit like books and Remilia will fuck up a lot of runs while IN biggest obstacle is Keine and Erin/Kaguya, IN scoring is probably harder though.

>>21192799
>while IN biggest obstacle is Keine and [...]
How much does it change from person to person? Myself I'd say the real killers before stage 6 are Mystia's Moth Dance and the following non, Marisa's random ass third non and Tewi first pattern. Keine's only tough pattern is Ephemerality 137, but now I can capture it very reliably.
I don't know much about survival EoSD though.

>IN scoring is probably harder
This involve doing Kags' last spells unfocused right? Because then I have no trouble believing this.

>>21193517
>How much does it change from person to person?
A lot, some people are better at reading others at following routes there's a japanese wiki that lists the games difficulty but there's a ton left out due to community disagreements.
And now for my retarded opinions on IN, Keine's nons are piss easy but I have trouble being consistent on some of her spells, Ephemerality 137 is just memo the laser's and make a route, Mystia's Moth Dance but I consider Marisa to not be that hard since the hitboxes are just so small unless you get shit RNG which forces you to actually dodge something and not just follow a route but Tewi first non is scary stuff.

>This involve doing Kags' last spells unfocused right? Because then I have no trouble believing this.
Can't remember from memory so when I have the time I'll look it up.

>>21193622
*Mystia's Moth Dance is not that bad but I have trouble reading some diagonal bullets which result in stupid clip deaths

>>21193622
>Ephemerality 137 is just memo the laser's and make a route
Ephemerality is random and there is no lasers, you are thinking of her last spell.
>>21193632
>Moth Dance
How about this beauty here?

>>21193712
I felt fucking fancy figuring out that leading Mystia to end Moth Dance in a precise spot makes this nonspell a lot easier. I still hope it's not just me imagining things.

>>21193712
If you play a team shot you can kill a lot of the ghost things unfocused.

I just died after finishing Utsuho's final spell
I think I'm actually gonna cry

What's with the huge influx of new players I see?

>>21193996
okay never mind I did it
I was so jumpy by the last spell that I ended up bombing a little more than I would have liked

>about to get my first 1cc
>windows 10 fucks me in the ass
WHY REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>21194460
What a post.

>>21179595
I like some of the music

>>21182033
Holy shit anon, that's going to help a lot, thanks

i need a new keyboard after my stock HP keyboard of 10 years shit the bed
do you guys have any recommendations or anything special that can give me that TOUHOU EDGE?

>>21195098
keyboard quality doesn't really have a bearing on touhou desu

>>21195098
regardless of memes, mechanical is actually pretty good since it means you can micrododge a little better. I find myself unable to make the smallest movement on my laptop's membrane keyboard compared to my PC's mechanical keyboard

>>21195098
If possible try the switches before buying a keyboard. My first mechanical keyboard had red switches and I absolutely hated it. The force required to press the keys was so low I accidentally ran into bullets all the time. My gameplay improved so much after I bought one with brown switches.

>>21194337
Congrats anon.

>>21195105
>>21195161
I actually know fucking nothing about mechanical keyboards, switches and all that hooplah
is there some thread on /g/ or a good wiki I can read more about them?

>>21142419
Flonduri

>>21156150
I'm currently starting PCB.
I should give this a shot.

>>21165458
I would be really proud of this, so don't get mad at yourself.

1 more shot and I'll have PCB's chart complete!

>>21195314
naisu

>>21195195
google about "corsair cherry mx" keyboards

Jesus fuck, the amount of miraculous shit I had to pull just to survive for three minutes against Eiki and then lose makes the final bosses of the previous games feel piss easy.

I would compare normal mode Eiki to hard mode Yumemi. I can get both down to half an orb of health, survive for another tense minute, and then lose.

>>21196153
in case you didn't know, the AI straight up cheats and is near impossible to beat on your first life. the general strategy is to lose your first life on purpose which lowers her difficulties and makes it much more manageable.

Or you could do the smart thing and not play shit games like Phantasmakuso of Garbage View

imagine playing anything other than pcb and mof

>>21196244
>>21196255
Yeah if I could get to her with more than two lives I could probably pull it off, but for now I'm gonna say fuck it and move onto MoF before I burn myself out.

>>21195314
Which shot?

>>21196269
this

imagine actually playing the games instead of just watching 1cc NBNM Lunatic playthroughs on youtube and shitposting about them

>>21198895
ReimuB, she is really nice

How can I get the games to run on Linux?

>>21200148
Install Wine

I know I'm literally decades late to the party, but I just found out that Mystic Square is a really good game.
Are all the PC-98 games this good?

which of these am I supposed to use for PBC?
I'm guessing 4 or 7

Ahhh fuck rings.

>>21200776
you see that file labeled "instructions"

>>21200867
yeah nevermind Im retarded its been a long day, sorry

>>21200454
ehhh. the first 2 aren't that good really and the 3rd is a phantasmagoria. 4 is okay but really 5 is the best of the pc-98 games.

>>21201143
I'll have to check out 4 then.
Also, I just managed to 1cc it with reimu. The extra is fun too.

How do I fix the problem with the character in the replays of SA dying whenever they reach stage 6?

>>21203111
It's a known bug. There's not really a fix but starting the replay from stage 5 and letting it play without fastforward should stop the game from getting confused.

>>21203636
can ff until start of s6 and then again during okuu fight without desync

Yay.

I sorta feel bad when I shoot down Alice's dolls. She must have worked for hours making them.

>>21206450
Good work anon

>>21142398
have sex you incel

>>21206994
especially considering that she also uses her dolls for chores around her house, you're not only destroying her hard work, but also inconveniencing her daily life.

>>21207462
>>21206994
maybe she should think twice before having her little dipshits appear at the top of my screen

don't know shit about 2hu aside from lewd or cute youmu art
i'm not into shumps though, any 2hu games in other genres I can play to learn about the characters

>>21207553
No. Play the games.

>>21207553
there are fighting games too

>>21207553
you are a secondary if you don't play any of the Danmaku games or HRtP. It really is just as simple as that. There's nothing wrong with it but this probably ain't the thread for you

>>21207553
the fighters exist, you can even play as youmu in the first few.

>>21207553
the fighting games aside there isn't anything else thats canon, you might as well go play luna nights and/or other fangames instead

>>21207553
read the manga, ZUN isn't the best writer in the world but you can get to know the cast
but you need to 1cc a game to really "get" touhou if you ask me, they're pretty different from normal shmups.

>>21178796
Maybe except HSiFS? I beat the extra stage when I still haven't beat any normals with 2 lives left

I'm going to finally get a cc tonight, I just feel it.

>>21207924
better order some pizza

I'm going to finally get a cc tomorrow, I just feel it.

>>21207924
>>21208253
The evolution of man.

Esc
R

i've done nothing but play touhou all day most time i'm at home for weeks and i feel like a little old slot machine lady

>>21208528
eosd :(

1CCed Ten Desires today and I'm proud. I'll continue with SA or MoF.

>>21210369
Well SA and MoF are arguably the hardest and easiest games respectively.
If you can 1cc TD then you can probably beat MoF just fine, especially if you bomb spam.

>>21208567
Literally me years ago when people actually cared about scoring and the danmaku games.

>>21210387
Don't call it spam, it's strategic use of weaponry!
I can beat stage 1-3 fine but the waterfall fucks me up good.

>take a break to watch some youtube before yuyuko
>sudden 2000 fps after unpausing
Lost all my lives within a second. Tnx w10.

How does TD almost make me fall asleep?

Why are Danmakufu fangames slow as balls?

Abyss Soul Lotus makes a compelling case for Unity being the future of maintaining 60fps.

Hell, even something like the engine for Shining Shooting Star would be good enough.

>>21213923
I find both danmakufu and luaSTG to be awful and only the chinese can make competent fangames.

>>21213953
I find it ridiculous that a game can drop to 40fps when my hardware isn't even being stressed or throttling.

Fruits, MPP, HSoB, etc.

They all have the same problem. I'm not even sure how people stream them.

>>21213923
>>21213965
Legendary Japanese code unoptimized over a thousand times

>>21213965
>40 fps
You are like a little baby.
WATCH THIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcCEf5ExfbU&t=1805

>>21214062
I know its not why you posted that video, but I love how the spell right after involved the 5 major fairies.

>>21214062
This game looks awful. Not even because of the lag (though it doesn't help). Do these fags just like NOT understand how ZUN designs his characters or bullet patterns? These fan games need to step it up with their bullet pattern game and stop focusing on making shitty OCs.

>>21214189
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
IS THIS NOT WHY YOU'RE HERE
But seriously, people mostly make fangames to show off their OCs. Though I liked the TLB in BoSM.

>>21214062
it's like i'm watching a cave game

>>21214189
I feel the same way but I can't really put my finger on why they're so boring.

MPP had good OCs.
I also quite enjoyed the not-Sanae from RSS.

I prefer Touhou fangames that aren't Touhou. Like Len'en. It even got a music CD. The guy really loves his trumpets, tho. But there are also some nice slow songs.

I wouldn't have figured out at least half of Kanako's spells without Youtube.

>>21214453
What? Kanako spells were very obvious in my first time. Still, I died to them because my reflexes were shit.
Maybe it's because I played the games in order, not starting with any until I got at least a Hard 1cc on all the previous ones.

>>21214474
I shouldn't say half. I first played MoF months ago before getting any 1cc's in any games, and back then I couldn't figure out any of them. But then I went back and 1cc'd 2-8 and most of her spells seemed obvious. This time around it was just Miyasama Hunting Shrine Ritual and Miracle of Otensui.

>>21214612
>Miyasama Hunting Shrine Ritual
But that one is pretty obvious. Even the first time I attempted normal, through dumb instinctive luck, I cleared it.

>>21210387
UFO or GFW are the hardest normals. SA isn't much worse than MoF if you play ReimuC and abuse her bomb on all of the difficult patterns.

>>21140358
how do i cap this shit

>>21215115
Princess Tenko is a pretty easy spellcard, senpai. When she shoots out her bullets, you just move in a circle to any area between the butterfly bullets. Repeat until she's dead. You DO know that you can sit on her and move through her when she spawns, right? She's got no hittbox for this spellcard iirc.

>>21215151
>She's got no hittbox for this spellcard iirc.
WEW LAD

>>21215115
See >>21215151. If you want a dummies explanation, first you have to grasp the moment to move just before she shotguns you. When you get it, start the card.
>1: sit on the center
>2: before the shot, move N,S,W,E or a mix (in a position so that the ring doesn't hit you)
>3: wait until she comes
>4: go to 2
And that's about it.

I've normal 1cc'd nearly every other game and I can still only get past parsee without bombing roughly 10% of the time. Fuck this godawful garbage heap of a game, fuck having to deal with UFO level patterns with the literal worst bombs and shot types in the entire series, and fuck this stupid ass stage 2 boss that is harder than most stage 3s. I honestly forget that I'm only on the 5th stage whenever I actually get to it because my brain thinks I've just dealt with a whole game's worth of bullshit. I've literally never even gotten to Utsuho without continues, and I must have made nearly 100 attempts by now. FUCK SA.

>>21214296
SSS has the best girls

>>21216155
Parsee is piss easy, she's a gimmick boss and probably the easiest Stage 2 boss. You aren't shooting the clone like a retard, right?

>>21216694
>the easiest Stage 2 boss
Hina would like a word with you.

>>21216793
and i'd like a word with her!

>>21216155
What exactly are you struggling with?
The only Parsee spell I've ever really struggled with is her first one, and that can be beaten through really careful streaming to stop it hitting you before you can sneak through the gaps
Yuugi is the real casual filter for SA

>>21216155
Post a replay. Easier to help you if we see how you're approaching the patterns.

>>21216582
Is this game worth playing for anything other than getting disappointed that there isn't ample fanart of the girls?

>>21217416
Personally its by far my favorite fangame and I like it more than some of the mainline games too, so recommend it. Make sure to get Polished Shooting Star if you do.

It seems there are a lot of new players lately. This warms my soul.

>>21218056
Possibly from the new game and/or older games releasing on steam.

>>21218061
In that case there would be a lot of posts about Clownpiece or dancers.

>>21218211
It could simply be that new game/steam releases pique people's interest in the series and they don't actually start with those games.

>>21186678
I did it.

>>21218693
With one life to spare too, nice one!

so rikako destroys the ai almost as badly as reimu and yumemi do.
pity, since managing her charge is an interesting challenge.

>>21218693
congrats anon