Oracle of Forgotten Testament (demo) - Vs. Rin Kaenbyou

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Published on February 20, 2018 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQdsdokZbEM

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Oracle of Forgotten Testament (2018)

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Oracle of Forgotten Testament is a Touhou RPG developed by Dragon Emperors and published by Blazing Fanfish. It's coming to Steam in March 2018 and, judging from its demo, could be very interesting. It combines an ATB system with action commands that test your finger speed and accuracy. It's also already looking to be quite challenging. Rather than just barely surviving through it, I got better acquainted with the mechanics of the demo's final boss fight against Hell's Traffic Accident, Orin.
Since annotations are no longer available on Youtube, the description will have to do for my gameplay tips:

Before you even start the fight, make sure you've found Marisa's hat at her home and the amulet at the southwest niche of the log-pushing puzzle of the Magic Forest. With those, you should have the same HP-values as in the video.
For the first phase, Orin will only guard, use standard attacks or her Cat's Walk. Only the last of these is really threatening, will hit both Marisa and Reimu for respectable damage and has a high chance to lower their action speed. It's generally smart to start off with your medium strength spellcards, Evil Sealing Circle and Stardust Reverie.
Slow down just before you bring Orin down to the 50% health threshold. Before you do so, you want to cast Reimu's Duplex Barrier for a defensive bonus. The physical talisman you'll likely still have won't help you much, as Orin's physicals are not too noteworthy. Pass on it. Heal up with potions at this point if you need to and then get your opponent under half health, ideally with Reimu's Fantasy Seal. You want to use that one up because it's a grave mistake to use in phase 2.
On Orin's first turn under half health, she'll summon two ghosts to fight for her. On the turn right after, she'll always cast her most powerful spell, Rekindling of Death Ashes. If you cast Duplex Barrier too early and it's run out by now, this will wipe you. If not, you should be able to win if you follow up with a decent damage output. Do not accidentally destroy any of the summoned ghosts! They will explode on death and most likely wipe your party as well. That's why you want to use up Fantasy Seal before they appear.
Marisa's Master Spark should be your battle-ending spell, as your instincts would tell you. All of Marisa's spells are single-target, Reimu's will hit Orin and the ghosts. If you have to, let Reimu hit Orin with regular attacks rather than destroying the ghosts with her spells. They will live through exactly one Evil-Sealing Circle, but not anything more.
That's basically it, not yet a very complicated fight, but one that can go terribly wrong if you're overconfident. I'm looking forward to what else will be in the game. From a certain dream sequence, it might actually get very dark and tragic...we'll see!

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