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So, there's no thread about Touhou, so I made one.

So... The Touhou Project is a Japanese doujin game series focused on bullet hell shooters made by ZUN, who makes mostly all the graphics, music, and programming.

The first 5 games were made for NEC PC-9801 computers.
Starting from 6, games were Windows.

Now, I guess you don't know what bullet hell means, right?
If you think of bullets shooting from all sides, and when you first see it, you think of nothing but OH GOD I CAN'T DO THIS, then you are sort of right.

Because this, is what a huge bullet hell is like:


That was one of the hardest, if not the hardest spellcard from Touhou 7 (Perfect Cherry Blossom)'s Phantasm Stage.
If you found out that it's not impossible, let's see.
I made this thread for those who would like to know more, or for those who already played, and want to discuss.

Also, if you think the one above is a huge demotivator, let me find you an easier one.


And that's Easy mode, Touhou 7 (Imperishable Night)'s Stage 2 Spellcard.

And since it's Easy mode, and not Hard or Lunatic, it's easy.

So you see, it's not that bad!

The main goal of the game is actually to beat it without continuing, and on Normal difficulty or higher (Easy < Normal < Hard). It's different from Some shoot 'em ups with the fact, that there's SO MUCH BULLETS, and your hitbox isn't as big as your sprite. The bullets mustn't hit your hitbox, and if they do, you lose a life.
If you lose all the lives, you lose!
But you can save yourself by using a "bomb".
It will immediately start to remove bullets on collision, and you will have a chance to save yourself. There's different bombs, and effects of them vary.

Now, let's just say:
If you want to talk about Touhou, you can do it, here.
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What the hell is this?
This is Bullet hell, Touhou.
Looks crazy, doesn't it? :3

It's pretty fun when you get the point of it, it tests your reflex, your eyesight, and other things. It's neat!

Oh yeah, I think screens aren't enough.

Touhou 6 Final stage Lunatic

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heh i heard about this game from a few AMV music vids on u tube but I never actually saw it b4. Looks like leet fun >:3 Gona have to find a DL for it when I get some spar time

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If you two are going to try, I recommend starting with Imperishable night, then Perfect Cherry Blossom, and Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.

Imperishable Night is considered the easiest game, and it has a spell practice mode, where you can practice spells.

Don't even try Subterranean Animism till you do at least 3 games on normal. It's considered the hardest, and it would be just too hard for you.

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Cool has written
ZUN makes kick-ass music as well.


True, so true...
And that's why I don't get why is there an option to turn off the music in the games. Who in the world would do that? Maybe a deaf person. Who knows.

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Looks a bit like Mushihimesama.

Hmm, IIRC, is Mushihimesama the purple bullet overload thing?
Well, I guess it is. It looks a bit similar because it's the same genre.

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Massive Images are now hidden in spoilers. Hope that will be enough. If not, tell me and I'll resize them after.

What games did you clear so far, then?

I'm not that good but I did EoSD, PCB, IN, MoF on Normal, and currently trying UFO. Also, pretty close to beating MoF extra aswell.

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Well Touhou skins for team fortress is pretty frigging cool in my opinion on top of that the skins are very well made

As for the vid I know its calm its the fact that the guy made the animation into stop motion & perfectly timed it to the song which makes it awesome.

If I wanted an epic song Id play this one for starters

UN Owen Was Her- Full version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJZA-O_B78

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Hartmann's Youkai Girl goes well, too.
And I just love the feel of it when I get past Koishi's noobfilter, it goes well to my dodging.

And if we're talking about epic..
Necrofantasia anyone?

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Well, I like them all.

But if I were to give reasons why I like some of them, I would get stuck at the 10th one or so.
I'll try.

•Right now, I totally like Mystia after a long time, she's just, cute. And she's a bird.
•I also like Eirin, yes. Zun made her a nice face, and I like that face, so Eirin is one of my favorites.
•Okuu too, she's got badass powers and is just badass.
•Of course, CHEEEEEEEN is also awesome, she makes everyone nosebleed or die of HNNNG.
•Byakuren too, she's not evil, and her deeds are indeed nice.
•But somehow, I like Alice very much. She makes dolls, she controls them, and those dolls are just cute.
•Koishi and Satori are great obviously, they are both totally different than the other, and yet they are familiar.
•I like Yukari too, she makes gaps and that's just great.
•Cirno, because eye can and it's free.
And so on.

You pretty much can't hate any Touhou. And it's freaking hard to have a favorite. I can't say I'm a fan of someone, because I just like all of them. Suika, Mima, everyone. My opinion changes.

Now, tell me, what difficulty are you mostly playing on?

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I played one of these games..
It's epic and awesome! The bullets just spraying everywhere! My fingers were strained from moving too much..
Uh.. too much emotion?

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@Pupp3t
Uh, everytime I do something exciting, my fingers start pulsating and that's cause I breathe too much.
So, you're not alone.
Also, can I ask which game was that?
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