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Which religion is the best?
This poll is closed.
Shintoism 59 9.58%
Buddhism 77 12.50%
Taoism 66 10.71%
FEAR CLOWNPIECE 414 67.21%
Total: 616 votes
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Darox
Nov 10, 2012


Subterranean Animism is kicking my rear end. I've done 1cc normal runs for 6-10 but I'm getting absolutely wrecked here, barely reaching the third level. All of the shot types feel really weak as well. The one exception is Patchouli - switching modes and firing sideways/backwards sounded lousy at first but it seems to have better focused damage and coverage than everything else. Is there something I am missing the makes the other five partners good?


I do like that the best option happened to be the dork magician though.

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Nook
Jan 27, 2015

every option in sa that isn't reimu/yukari is bad

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Reimu A and arguably Marisa A (BOMBSSSS) are the only actually decent shots, everything else is gimmicky garbage. And yes, even the two good shots are still much weaker than what games prior would've given you. I feel like it was ZUN backing off from the absurdity of MoF.

SA really ramps up the puzzle aspect of spellcards, so sheer DPS really isn't the answer as much as just knowing how to beat the cards is.

EDIT: If you're curious, yes, technically Marisa B is the best shot in the game since it has overwhelming coverage and the highest DPS if you abuse the bugged damage on Wood level 3. But unless you are a robot or TASing, there is no way you are going to be able to be to swap on the fly to the appropriate element while dodging things so you're never going to use it to its full potential. Reimu C has similar issues.

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Nov 8, 2016

lick it or ticket
Apr 12, 2013

When you want to laugh cry as hard as you can, when you want to cry laugh all you can. When you see rain, just think of it as the world laughing with you, and laugh until you can't anymore.
https://twitter.com/mefomefomefo/status/795931748638961664

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
I feel like Marisa C is okay if you're semi-reliable at deathbombing (which is a skill you should probably have from every other game), simply because it gives you more effective lives. The shot itself is meh, but extra lives are always good. Honestly, I find it better than Marisa A, because A's bombs are so small that you're pretty likely to still be in danger after bombing.

Zoness
Jul 24, 2011

Talk to the hand.
Grimey Drawer
deathbombing is my only skill because my first game was IN :rip:

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

I feel like IN doesn't help you learn deathbombing at all, since it's such an outlier in how much easier it is to pull off.

Zoness
Jul 24, 2011

Talk to the hand.
Grimey Drawer
it did take me a while to get used to the deathbomb window in other games

also im bad

Nook
Jan 27, 2015

in doesn't help you learn how to play

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Source: Me, I'm no good at it but can still pull it off every time in IN

Meowywitch
Jan 14, 2010

Fight for all that is beautiful in the world

It wasn't until I busted my rear end against SA enough to get a 1cc that I realized that it is, in fact, the best toho game


WARNING

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

It's lunatic time

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
God loving damnit who put Sagume in charge of the polls

Pureauthor
Jul 8, 2010

ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST
i hate clownpiece now

filthychimp
Jan 2, 2006
Damned dirty ape

amuayse
Jul 20, 2013

by exmarx
Seija won

CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Going to Gensokyo, might see you in four years, assuming the world still exists by then:

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

horriblePencilist
Oct 18, 2012

It's a Dirt Devil!
Get it?
Out of nowhere the mexican population in Gensokyo skyrockets

leather fedora
Jun 27, 2004

The closest acceptable translation is
"die properly"

WarpedNaba posted:

Why is Aya asking Marisa to write articles
I finally picked up the game and got around to playing her story. Basically, Aya spent too much time partying to get a paper ready in time, so after trying to get Sakuya to stop time just for her, she instead gets everyone to write an article for her. So yeah, that's actually part of the story and not a translation flub.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
I can't believe a proud tengu would trust any of these semi-literate plebs with that.

leather fedora
Jun 27, 2004

The closest acceptable translation is
"die properly"
Yeah, the conflict in the storylines overall are more forced than usual, and the translations being what they are have a tendency to add to the confusion at times.

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
clownpiece

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

throw to first DAMN IT
Apr 10, 2007
This whole thread has been raging at the people who don't want Saracen invasion to their homes

Perhaps you too should be more accepting of their cultures

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
After a disgustingly long delay on my part (I was playing Pokemon even when the raws were available and the script proofread), Wild and Horned Hermit 36. In which Reimu's crazy money making scheme is brought down by something other than her own hubris.

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

Pureauthor
Jul 8, 2010

ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST
Number of times Reimu has canonically been defeated: +1

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Hungry man is my new favorite nameless villager

Sorry drug addict man


E: me irl

El Burbo fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Nov 30, 2016

Rectus
Apr 27, 2008

Some serious food porn there. :swoon:

It must have been an immensely strong spirit to be able to make Reimu succumb to hunger. You'd think she of all people would be used to it.

NO LISTEN TO ME
Jan 3, 2009

「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」


whats she sellin

Pureauthor
Jul 8, 2010

ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:



whats she sellin

If it's anything like the last festival, plain water.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
Traditionally, Cirno sells unflavored shaved ice. IE: Ice.

Hokuto
Jul 21, 2002


Soiled Meat
I was hoping she sold actual frozen frogs.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Is Reimu learning actual business skills?? That's crazy!

KazigluBey
Oct 30, 2011

boner

Dunno if this is the right thread to ask in, but I've been looking for a remix track I heard ages ago and haven't managed to place; it's an acoustic guitar take on The Gensokyo the Gods Loved, for two guitars. It's not anything on like, the first 10 pages or so of remixes for the song, even narrowed down. It sounded, if memory serves, quite a lot like Optical (one of the highest ranked hits for GtGL remixes in the acoustic category) but it had less strumming if that makes any sense? Cheers if anyone has any ideas.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

When'd you listen to it, that could help narrow it down. I'm usually good at finding these things

Golden Battler
Sep 6, 2010

~Perfect and Elegant~
Might be this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzYOupZPSo

KazigluBey
Oct 30, 2011

boner

El Burbo posted:

When'd you listen to it, that could help narrow it down. I'm usually good at finding these things

Uhhh maybe 3 or 4 years ago? poo poo, might have even been longer. I used to have it saved to my YT fav list but the account that uploaded it either got nuked or deleted it, it was one of those big channels similar to the one below that uploaded Optical.

Golden Battler posted:

Might be this?

Nope, it had nothing save for the two acoustic guitars, no beat or drum-line or anything else.

That's what I meant about Optical being very, very similar to it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8dPOJRK2l4

But as previously mentioned, no strumming as far as I can remember when compared to Optical.

The other distinguishing fact I can remember is that close to the end when the chorus kicks in both guitars go silent for a second and then only one very slowly and deliberately picks the notes to the chorus once before the second one joins back in for a second rendition of the chorus.

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El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Ah okay that confirms my suspicions that you were thinking of this track by forest306 (relevant time code linked)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgLtlcgZ2I&t=1433s

e: woops wrong time code. fixed

El Burbo fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Dec 5, 2016

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