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The flow of time in Gensokyo has stopped, literally. The Shrine Maiden of Paradise; Reimu and the Ordinary Magician; Marisa suspects Sakuya to be the evil mastermind, however it appears that isn't the case. Due to the nature of this event, Sakuya sets out together with the protagonists to investigate the sudden stop of time.

Hollow Song of Birds is a collaborative fan-game between raichu, ido, and Shijimi Nono. They are mainly known for their work such as Book of Star Mythology, Riverbed Soul Saver, and Fairies of Sorcery respectively. The music composition this time around is directed by WanWan, whom is known for his work in ido's Touhou game series.

HSoB boasts a total of 7 sub-weapons which are as follows:
Red - Shots inflict burn on enemies
Orange - Grazing produces homing shots
Yellow - Additional options
Green - Shooting gradually increases movement speed
Aqua - Shots do splash damage
Blue - Shots slow and freezes enemies
Violet - Ability to warp from one side to the other, similarly to Yukari's partner ability in SA.

Bomb plays similar to MoF in nature, however the potency and effect varies with each sub-weapons. Live and bomb resources are obtained through points and grey crystals respectively. Collecting resources (ex: grey crystals) also charges your superbomb which is displayed beneath the graze meter. The superbomb can be activated by pressing the 'C' button.

Additionally, you can access another 2 sub-weapon by pressing up in the sub-weapon select screen:
White - Gain extra 2 options. Bomb meter also fills quicker than usual.
Black - Vanilla mode. No sub-weapons.

Note that superbomb is also disabled when using white or black sub-weapon.

All in all, I'm really liking what I'm seeing in this trial version. The music has that signature WanWan-style that I'm familiar and liked a lot. Stage 3's Boss in overall is pretty cute and has a pretty catchy theme. The different sub-weapons are fun to use, though some are clearly stronger than others. If anything, I feel that the orange sub-weapon is a little too strong as it chews through spellcards really quickly. Anyhow, I'm certainly excited to see how this game turns out.

You can obtain the trial version here:
http://th-jss.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2018/05/post-3c6b.html
NOTE: The download page (axfc) may contain NSFW ads. Recommended to use adblock when accessing it.

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Player: kkcwkoh
Pilot: Sakuya // Blue sub-weapon
Difficulty: Hard