Touhou: Fearless Frogslayer

9/9, the strongest remains the strongest

turn all frogs into popsicles

Game is so tuff i could cry, fights are surprisingly super dynamic cause of animations and graze system, really enjoyable. Would be better if the "GAME OVER" screen was skipable. Also if you hold Z while going in one direction you wouldn't be able to walk in any other untill you stop holding it, hope it'll be fixed

nice

A short and simple turn based RPG set in Gensokyo. The combat is quite fun and can be challenging at times. The game is fairly short only around 5 hours, but there is plenty of replayability with the boss rush mode.

really good game; short, but sweet. like shaved ice i guess. battles were incredibly fun; surprisingly difficult, but not overly punishing; learning how to perfectly time dodges and how to use abilities to the fullest was really satisfying; do you risk getting an attack in and trying to perfectly dodge everything, or do you just defend and (hopefully) take less damage? do you decide to defend and tank another hit so you can live to fight another turn, while also getting to full power? battles never felt boring, which is probably one of the highest compliments one can give a turn based combat system (i jest). some enemies can take a few tries to get used to though, theres some amount of learning the timing to enemy attacks, though the game does its best to telegraph these. i liked the 'small' focus of the story; it really does feel extremely in-character. i appreciate how well cirno and daiyousei were written in this, seeing them get easily distracted, and cirno ultimately not really caring about [spoiler]the premium ice being a scam[/spoiler]. oh also really damn good soundtrack. personal favourite track was def the arrangement of [spoiler]maiden's capriccio that plays in the first half of the Reimu boss fight[/spoiler]. don't go into this expecting like a 20-40 hour long adventure with an in-depth story and high stakes, but as a short RPG experience with incredibly solid combat, a goofy story, and a good soundtrack, it is really good. (while you probably could enjoy this without much experience with/knowledge of touhou project, it def does assume some familiarity with the series, and there are things you probably won't have context for; just keep that in mind. it does help that this game doesn't have the most complex story however.)

9/9