Is this ZUN's worst addition to the Touhou Project series to date?

Is this ZUN's worst addition to the Touhou Project series to date?

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Yes, it's pretty okay.

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It's a numbered game so if you were expecting something on par with a mainline game you were only setting yourself up for dissapointment

it is better than the 98 games

if you only meant HRtP and PoDD I'd understand that but the other three are at least alright

Mima?

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it's alright

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The mechanics in those games were awful.

Me on left you on right

Honestly yeah. It's the only 2hu game I've played where I had no desire to go back and replay it once I was done. Even VD had some cool patterns here and there.

Me on the left you on the right

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Well that was unexpected

>official ZUN drawn marisa feet

its revolutionary

BONK!

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this kills the janny

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Let's list off all the reasons why Touhou 18.5 is bad:

* RNG based makes the game a MASSIVE pain in the ass. It can take multiple runs to get the spell card or boss you want. Good for speed running I guess, but whether it is fun or not is debatable
* Boss indicators don't show up properly, suggesting the game was rushed in preparation for Comiket
* Subpar music like holy shit ZUN is declining
* No explanation for Marisa's red eyes
* No explanation in general - just seems like RNG bosses slapped in with no intent to create a story or plot. Very little dialogue to keep the player wondering what the fuck is even the protagonist's reason for going a mass killing spree.
* Copy and pasted portraits and spellcards with the exception of Nitori
* Boring spellcard attacks from the bosses; a big part of 2hy I liked the older Touhou games were the awesome attack patterns the bosses had. Now this just feels like a hastily put together boss attack rush with no thought put into how the spells would turn out.
*As always, ZUN refuses to translate the meager amount of text in his games into English, localize and encourage westerners to purchase his games instead of going with the more convenient option of pirating and patching it. It's even worse in this case because this game has virtually no dialogue.

Anything else?

my wife

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Mima-less

Double Spoiler is the last good spin-off.