No.696
>>168Normally you should start with 6 (first windows game) and work your way up in numerical order. If it's too hard for you play 7 or 8 and then go back to 6. You should play the PC-98 games (1-5) only after you get familiar with the series.
No.697
>>168Start with 8. It's not so tough as other games. Also, there is plenty of famous and popular characters, like Eirin, Mokou and others.
Also you can start with 6. If you somehow beat it, then every other touhou will be a piece of cake for you lol
No.699
>>170>If you somehow beat it, then every other touhou will be a piece of cake for youYeah except for LoLK, SA and UFO
No.700
>>170I dunno man, EoSD was my first touhou game and I didn't find 7 that much easier than it, probably because it's more consistent in its difficulty in my opinion rather than 6 where the first three stages are piss easy and then it fucks you.
Still one of my favourite touhou games just because of it's simplicity. You just dodge bullets.
>>169This except just grind out 6 until you beat it on normal. Then move on
No.701
>>169>>170>>173alright then, i'll start with 6.
No.703
>>1758
PCB
No.704
>>1758
PCB
No.705
>>1758
PC 98
No.706
Start with the 6th and work your way up. After you can decide if you want to play the first 5 or not. Also If you crave more Touhou afterwards,read the official print works.
No.707
>>1758
Lotus Land Story
No.708
>>1759Dunno, when I first started playing Touhou games I knew next to nothing about the series. So I just started playing the games in order. I don't think it affected my experience with the series negatively.
>>179>Also If you crave more Touhou afterwards,read the official print worksWell, unless by "more Touhou" you mean more games like Touhou. Then you could start with Seihou Project (game series inspired by Touhou), then Kiki Kaikai/Pocky & Rocky (game series that inspired Touhou). There's also a newer Touhou clone – Len'en Project. You can later try out some classic shmups.
No.709
>>1758
Suicide
No.711
I liked Perfect Cherry Blossom the most. It's the only one I've been able to 1CC so I'm a bit biased but I honestly think it has the best music overall in the series. IN is a close second.
No.712
>>711I agree when it comes to all the danmaku games. But I'll say that the game in the entire franchise with the best soundtrack of all has to be PoFV. Pretty much every single soundtrack there is iconic and has taken the internet by storm like Flowering Night, hell, the most recent one was Yuuka's PoFV track remixed.
It also has the best version of what I say is the best track in the game after Fantastic Legend of Tohno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOQ3ccmiAFg No.713
>>709You could've just said LoLK…
No.714
>>713>LoLKI have no bombs yet I must die
No.717
No.718
>>716i have other thing i need to sort out first before i get fully back to 1CCs. i hope the anons from 4/jp/'s Touhou Gameplay Threads didn't all just vanish. gameplay threads on all the alt chans seem pretty dead unless it's multiplayer stuff
No.724
>>722I'm on 8chan and Kissu mostly
also
https://voca.ro/1a7Xc2O5cfpo No.725
I hate the antichrist
No.727
>>710I've been 1cc'ing the Windows games in numerical order until I got to th12 and man this shit is hard. Video related was the closest I've gotten to beating Byakuren
https://litter.catbox.moe/bq4ruh.mp4 No.742
>>741Character threads are allowed (I'll update the sticky to reflect this)
No.744
>>741>>742Oh well, can't say I'm happy about such neighbourhood but I'm really not in position to choose it nowadays. But now I have to ask, would potential /v/hu thread be allowed here too? Examples of these can be found by searching "glory to the CCP" in /v/ archive, though compared to 4chan variation I imagine quite a few falseflaggers-shitposters will be left out due to specifics of this place
they won't be really missed.
No.746
>>744Those threads seem copypaste and low quality and as such would probably not be allowed. Just to clarify, when I said character threads I meant like /c/ type stuff that's relaxed, not spammy/obnoxious
No.761
>windows error song and banner
was not epexcting that all but greatly appreaciated. I was just thinking about that song the other day
No.782
>>721I mostly use this place to play soku but use 8chan for touhou stuff since most /jp/anons went there and I need a place to get the latest news about the series.
So far I like this altchan a bit better because it's faster, 8chan has too much clutter, I wish I could move the people who went there here.
No.785
>>719>phantasm no bombExcellent taste, that was my first big one too
>PD no bombYou're a glutton for punishment, but GG
For me it's 2-miss Phantasm, 2-miss Flandre, and clearing Shoot the Bullet
Also, SA being my first lunatic clear
https://files.catbox.moe/x97ata.mp4 No.855
>>695Touhou 4 and 10 are probably the easiest. But if you don't mind more difficult games, you can start with the first Windows games. PCB was actually my second 1cc (LLS being my first) and I kept improving so I could beat EoSD (I did it in hard and extra mode but I'm much more consistent in normal). I still can't beat normal IN most of the time though.
No.1147
Touhou 20 trial is out now and it's difficulty-wise pretty close to SA
No.1150
I just started playing this series and started with 6. I read that future games in the series penalize you for using bombs, so should I try and get used to playing the series without using them? I'm actually doing better at this game than I expected. Not saying much though since I can only get to the second level so far before needing to continue but the fact that I can actually enjoyably play the game is more than I was expecting.
No.1152
>>1150> I read that future games in the series penalize you for using bombsThat's MoF and SA (th10 and th11), they take 1 power level from you for each bomb. In other games there is no penalty aside from moral one (you won't get spellcard capture and you will think you suck at the game).
No.1153
>>1152If you're good enough, you can bomb some spellcards and then replenish your power level back to what it was when the boss drops the Ps. Kanako's Mountain of Faith is absolutely brutal though since she's immune to bombs and you're just making yourself weaker against a pretty tough spellcard.
No.1228
All Touhou official AI art discussion is being moved to
>>1179since it is overtaking this thread
Please stay on topic here
No.1231
>>1228I can stay on topic here but people should know that 19 and 20 are using AI in their production.
No.1235
That's fine I just don't think the flame war is helping people figure out which game to start with (no offense)
No.1238
>>1235Ironically, gameplay and soundtrack wise I consider 20 one of the best ones to start with so far alongside MoF and PCB. Going back to basics with just Reimu and Marisa, all the shot types being references to the previous games, and the soundtrack and bosses being genuinely great makes it feel a pretty good beginner candidate game. The wonder stones just have to be tweaked to have less health though.
I could be saying this with some bias though since my first game was UFO.
No.1239
>>1238> I could be saying this with some bias though since my first game was UFO.Most definitely you are. 20 so far is quite difficult game compared to others, around or a bit easier than SA, which isn't exactly beginner-friendly level.
No.1240
>>1238It is ironic but also is a shame it is stained so much.
No.1241
Can someone recommend me strategies for beating one of the clean ones like EoSD? I get to the Patchouli stage and I die immediately each time I get to the boss. On normal.
https://youtu.be/mBEc028gGpI?si=TjIN7ycVjUKFJQLv&t=917 this one kills me too much
No.1242
>>1239I consider it at around the same difficulty as EoSD which is the game most have played, just less RNG on boss spellcards but on wonder stones.
No.1246
>>1241I don't know if you've played IN yet but Mystia teaches you where to focus your gaze for dense patterns like this.
https://youtu.be/V747Azfw_pI?&t=87Putting your face physically closer to the screen can also help.
Otherwise, there's no shame in bombing through it.