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2024-08-31 15:08 UTC
@raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place @Moosader@mastodon.gamedev.place Raptor: Call of the Shadows predates DonPachi by a year and that's what i was playing at the time.
i'm not saying the mainline Touhous don't have some merit. i spent a few weeks happily failing at beating Mountain of Faith. but wow they are rough.
the real strength of the Touhou franchise is the fans, not Zun. they've taken some doodles and sticky-note-sized chunks of plot and spun it out into a Whole Huge Thing and i think that's amazing!
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@raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place 2024-08-31 15:21
@vyr@princess.industries @Moosader@mastodon.gamedev.place I like Raptor but it's a completely different type of game, bullet hell is generally more about music and patterns/bosses, raptor was more of just a normal schmup with progression. (not to mention that that's also comparing games made by two of the biggest AAA devs of the time to a one man indie release). Again the main difference is mostly just time, for it's time most of the touhou games stood out for their stunning graphics and music, the fan games are almost 20 years newer.