Post by aka Cthulhu on Mar 6, 2016 11:39:24 GMT -5
What, just hours after finishing the LP of Touhoumon you're already starting a new LP? You crazy, Cthulhu. ...well, not really, I'm planning to start this LP in a few days, but before that I'll set up a poll to decide on something. Of course, might as well make the first post of this thread to serve as a tiny bit of infodump to inform you readers on what I'll be LPing. Also, like the Touhoumon LP, this'll first post will soon have the links to each individual episode.
Basically, the title of this game is Gensou Shoujo Taisen, or Fantasy Maiden Wars. It's a Touhou fangame that kind of combines the Touhou universe with the gameplay style of Super Robot Wars. There are no super robots in this game, by the way, it's just that the game uses the gameplay elements of SRW with a couple of things changed to fit the Touhou-verse. I'm not exactly familiar with SRW, but apparently this game (or at least the highest difficulty) is as hard as the original games.
With regards to the story of this game, Fantasy Maiden Wars is a series of four games that retell the events of Touhou 6 to 11, while at the same time attempting to link together the stories of those games. For this LP, I'll be playing the first installment, Kou/E, which stands for Koumakyou/Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, which is Touhou 6, the first game of the Windows era Touhou games.
That's about it. Like Touhoumon, this will pretty much be a blind run for the majority of the game. I tried the game out for the first stage, just so I won't stumble around like a buffoon when I LP this a few days from now, but beyond that I don't know how the game will unfold, or how hard it will be.
In any case, starting the game makes me choose between two of the main heroines of the series. A quick glance shows that both scenarios are different, and you that's where you come in, reader of this post. Via poll, you go and decide which main character I'll play the game as. When I finish the game, I may choose the other character, but for the first run the main character will be decided via poll.
Will it be the shrine maiden of Gensokyo, Reimu Hakurei?
Or will it be the ordinary magician, Marisa Kirisame?
In the official games, Reimu is slower but has access to homing projectiles, while Marisa is faster and stronger, but her shots mostly just fire straight ahead. Reimu also has a smaller hitbox, making her dodge the incoming bullets easier.
Also, the game has four difficulty modes, three of which are available. I have no real experience with SRW, but I'm tempted to try the currently hardest mode just for kicks.
Anyway, that's it. The poll is set, and see ya all in a few days!
For now... dance, Koa, dance.
