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Undefined Fantastic Object (2009)

Duration: 26:04

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Undefined Fantastic fucking Object.

Intro - 0:00
Stage 1 - 0:03
Stage 2 - 3:07
Stage 3 - 6:33
Stage 4 -10:23
Stage 5 - 15:23
Stage 6 - 20:20
Final Boss [Byakuren Hijiri] - 22:09

Replay: http://replay.lunarcast.net/replay/th12_ud1548.rpy

This game ate up a TON of my college time. I just couldn't put it down.
I even stopped playing Osu because I felt it was interfering with my consistency, and boy is this game hard to get consistent.
UFO drops are essentially static but you, the player are not, and so improvising was a major part for a successful run-through.

~5 days ago, I had accidentally conjured up a run that had max lives by Stage 4, but I game over'd to Byakuren's final spell, LFS. I was upset that I choked, but I told myself I wouldn't back down now.
It was rough afterwards. I wouldn't stop choking. Dying to Pendulum, GOing to Ichirin/Murasa, 3-5missing Shou, the works.
I GOd two times in a row to LFS today, even.
However, this run was magical. I feel like a curse had been uplifted from me, once I captured LFS to defeat Byakuren once and for all. See you when I grow the balls to get to you on Lunatic.



I originally planned to 1cc this game on Hard, after having done the rest of the series on Hard beforehand; I was warned this game was no fucking joke. They were correct. However, a certain really damn good player on the Touhou Project Discord told me otherwise, and that he would help me along the way.
And help me did he do.
Thanks, ZM: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjbvmLOsdEd7AcI2C5xs0nA

Another thanks to the Touhou Project Discord server for helping me out with this game. They somehow could bear the bitchin' and moanin', and I appreciate them very much:
https://discord.gg/touhou


Where do I start with this game...
I love it. It's hard as FUCK but I love it so much.
ZUN's art here is actually pretty decent. He had shown notable improvement here.
The soundtrack is oozing with bangers. Flames of Hokkai and Cosmic Mind are legendary, forever baked in my memory.
The resource system I have a love/hate relationship with. UFOs can be the most annoying fuckers to try and collect. If you go for just reds, chances are that one will blue-ball the shit out of you and there go your two life-pieces.
UFO offers a LOT of resources when played right, but damn, will you need them. This game loves to kick you in the nuts with only two bombs per life, ~0.93 powerloss per death, and tons of bullet spam sections that even UFO kills can't get rid of, sometimes. Even with max lives by Stage 4, you still won't know if you're gonna clear. This game is brutal and you can see ZUN knowing this, with WBaWC's animal spirit system being essentially UFOs but not CBT once you get one wrong.
The cast this time around is relatively balanced, but I chose SanaeB this time around because her bomb is fucking amazing; combined with her shotgun abilities, she can speedrun bosses in record time. Plus, her Murasa/Byakuren fights are cake compared to ReimuB, my otherwise favorite shottype.

In conclusion, UFO Hard is dead. Cheers!

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