东方雪莲华 ～ Abyss Soul Lotus (Trial v0.51) - Lunatic 883m Scorerun (ReiYukariA)
123Apparently I missed a lot opportunities to score in this game. Despite it's not perfect, this run should cover the most optimal* run for ASL's Trial version (*looking at recent dev's video, it may not be the best one, but still better than nothing~). In the description I covered mechanics and the route itself. If it was ideally performed run, 950m would be possible. Enjoy~!
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Okay, there - we - go! Abyss Soul Lotus Trial is finally here! Oh my, it was probably the most awaited fangame this year~. After fixing a lot of bugs (I mean, A LOT of bugs), doing some balancing, it got its trial before year's end.
And it's really great, don't get me wrong, I am aware how difficult at the first glance it seems to be. Yet, survival-wise ASL is quite a bit harder than any standard Touhou game, due to the fact you need to plan carefully your route. If you manage to find optimal route it shouldn't be a problem anymore - clearing enemies, thus cancelling bullets, is the key.
(About scoring I'll mention later~)
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About the game & mechanics:
First of all, let's talk about the plot. While translation is in progress, we can't say much about it. What is known is there occurs an incident in which Hakurei Border begins to fall apart. In order to prevent complete collapse, Hakurei Reimu with help of manipulating borders youkai, Yakumo Yukari, investigates the matter and resolve the incident.
In this trial we get Reimu and Yukari duo, for final release there is planned one or maybe two more pairs. Unfortunately, it's not going to have Marisa - she doesn't fit the plot. Other than that four difficulties, three stages for the trial, six planned + extra. Common thing.
Since the description would be waaay too long, part covering mechanics is in the comments section. Thanks for understanding.
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Talking about the route:
Since my last video there wasn't even a day of delay, wow. But, thanks to williewillus, I finally learned what is the bottom right bar for and finally I could make use of it. Yatta~!
Because of that, I polished up my route to include the usage of it. So, it differs from my previous run significantly, especially at later parts of stages 2 and 3.
What I actually failed in the run is a lack of border at 8:43 (I should have 300% at the time), and failing Snowy's last Spellcard. Again. Geez, she really hates me...
I won't cover whole the route since I'm not really good at talking about strats. Yet, looking closely at the replay should make the work. There isn't much mysterious things needing sophisticated explanations, it's quite noticeable in which places I did particular things and how.
- In short, a lot of border releases and character switches. The rest you need to assume from the video~
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