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Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (2015)

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Let me start by saying that this is a terrible run.
I made countless mistakes, and many strats I fail to execute properly... but Reisen has a 'Get out of Jail Free' card. Every. Time.
The fact I managed to 1cc with 4 extra lives is just…baffling.
See this as more humorous than any depiction of skill, as Reisen will never not be cheese.
Funny how I struggled to get to Stage 5 without continues for the whole week as Reimu/Sanae/Reisen, then I decided it would be a good idea to count Reisen's shield hit SFX so I can re-bomb. This video is a result of that decision... that epiphany.


Thanks again 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


But let me talk about LoLK; man do I have mixed feelings with this game.
The core gameplay is fun. Needing to graze and collect P for extends is something I wish to see more of, as it makes early stage fishing for resources much more enticing. I love the music. I love the setting. People hate Junko but I like her shtick too; she's fair for the most part.

However.
There are lots of issues I have from a game design perspective, as I am a prospective one.

Pointdevice is fun in concept but is executed painfully with the powerloss. Lemme elaborate with an instance that definitely didn't happen to me, nope haha
When you've expended all your bombs and you gotta capture Junko's final, and every death makes the next attempt harder, it's a vicious cycle. I get that this game was inspired by IWBTG, but ZUN… don't hit me while I'm down.


There is very poor difficulty scaling with this game. I know this isn't new in the series; SA Normal and Hard being barely any different is an example. But it rears its ugly head here.
The worst offender, you guessed it. Normal Stage 5 and Clownpiece are barely off the cusp of Lunatic-tier.
Normal Junko is brutal too and is the hardest boss of her respective stage for the series as well, but Normal Clownpiece is..
Her nons are fun but she's bullshit for Normal standards.
The fact that there is a video on this site comparing the two difficulties is emblematic of this scaling problem.
It doesn't help that bullet hitboxes are wonky as hell this time around. Again, Clownpiece and her star bullets for example. Or Junko during MDSW, where depending on the color, the flame hitbox is a different size. Why.

ZUN, my nibba. Please playtest your games.


Thank you for reading. Thank you for watching. Have a damn good one.

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