東方心綺楼 Hopeless Masquerade (TH13.5) - Discussion

[Savory]

Like I said somewhere else, my guess is that, judging from the screenshots, the characters don't seem to be voiced.

Wait, "judging from the screenshots"? Even if the characters were voiced, how would you come to that deduction from the screenshots alone?

[Shikieiki]

"In the wake of so many incidents beyond their control, the Human Village has fallen into disorder and nihilism. Believing that religion can restore order, some of Gensokyo's most prominent adherents of Buddhism, Taoism and Shinto all want to take this chance to expand their particular faith's influence."

Ooh.

[Tengukami]

"In the wake of so many incidents beyond their control, the Human Village has fallen into disorder and nihilism. Believing that religion can restore order, some of Gensokyo's most prominent adherents of Buddhism, Taoism and Shinto all want to take this chance to expand their particular faith's influence."

The final boss is

Spoiler:

Christopher Hitchens

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[Miffy]

Oh my god, OHHH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. I'm so hyper cause of this. *Jump in a roll chair and go in a circle*. Hopefully new character <69

[Freeze-Ex]

This time i actually got excited about a new fighting game
reason being the story of this game play interacts the characters that will appear with the mixture of Religion
compare to the last fighting game,
they just randomly putting characters in the game and make up storys that nothing to do with the old TH 10.5 character  :/
i might be wrong though but we will see how this will turn out \<OwO >/

[shadowbringer]

Wait, "judging from the screenshots"? Even if the characters were voiced, how would you come to that deduction from the screenshots alone?

I was joking about that sentence. How the characters' voices sound like, canonically, are (afaik) left open to interpretation, which seems good for fanworks (versatility, etc.), but that's just my bias, or opinion, or whatever it's called here.

I was thinking of something today. Tasofro might (as an option, mind you) focus on presenting characters that haven't appeared in previous fighting games to introduce new playstyles, and then (with more time) put an expansion/patch with the "veteran" characters, because if they invert this process (let's say, having most of the previous characters), it could be more difficult to make the game feel fresh (people could focus their attention on the differences/similarities between the moves/playstyle from this new game and the other ones and some could feel that they're playing "more of the same thing").

tl;dr: the opportunity is there, for the coming of lots of "new" characters in a touhou fighting game (with the revamp of sprites/backgrounds/code/system/etc.)

[gammaraptor]

"In the wake of so many incidents beyond their control, the Human Village has fallen into disorder and nihilism. Believing that religion can restore order, some of Gensokyo's most prominent adherents of Buddhism, Taoism and Shinto all want to take this chance to expand their particular faith's influence."

Ooh.

I like this idea for the story, fits well with TH12 and 13. I'm quite excited to see some gameplay or demos, and hopefully a release date .

[Darkness1]

And also: KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNN :getdown:

That might actually be plausible.

PC-98 character plz

[Amraphenson]

Hermit...ARRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMM

[Prime32]

Hermit...ARRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMM

DAISHARIN HERMIT ARM!

Her final spell card makes her wrap the arm-bandages around herself. :V
(a Lotus is fine too)

[cuc]

Reimu is no longer grumpy (new twitter icon of Unabara, Tasofro's designer and leader).

[KrackoCloud]

Reimu is no longer grumpy (new twitter icon of Unabara, Tasofro's designer and leader).

This has gotten me hyped all over again.

[Hakurou Tengu]

This has gotten me hyped all over again.

I know that feeling, man  :getdown:

That new image appears to be awfully "bouncy". Perhaps the gameplay IS in the air, as some have speculated. I am all for this idea~
Unless Reimu normally breathes that heavily. I am also all for happy Reimu... or, happier Reimu

[teefa85]

It's nice to see her happy for once, considering how grumpy she usually is.

[HakureiSM]

T-t-t-t-totally late to the party

Reimu is no longer grumpy

This looks marvelous <3

[Error]

idk why but I'd like to see Yuugi in this one.

[Totaku]

Reimu is no longer grumpy (new twitter icon of Unabara, Tasofro's designer and leader).

So does that make Reimu "the grump" and Marisa "the not so grump?"

Joking aside yes seeing that image has my hyped like crazy. Since  I now know they are going for something rather detailed animation. (At least the ideal animation) I can see this is going to be an extensive work load. Now to wait for gameplay footage!

[fondue]

Reimu is no longer grumpy (new twitter icon of Unabara, Tasofro's designer and leader).

Oh my god if I don't get this game I will die

[Phlegeth]

She looks slightly older, that awesome.

[PapillonReel]

She looks slightly older, that awesome.

Now that you mention it: isn't Reimu supposed to be in her twenties at this point? It has been almost ten years since the scarlet devil incident; maybe this is ZUN wanting to age Reimu and Marisa up a little bit.

[Gpop]

Now that you mention it: isn't Reimu supposed to be in her twenties at this point? It has been almost ten years since the scarlet devil incident; maybe this is ZUN wanting to age Reimu and Marisa up a little bit.

ZUN never gave an age to Reimu or Marisa because he doesn't want them to age. If they have no age, they can't age, according to him.

[Zengeku]

ZUN never gave an age to Reimu or Marisa because he doesn't want them to age. If they have no age, they can't age, according to him.

I highly approve of this logic.  :]

[Zil]

Grumpy loli Reimu ftw.

[Tengukami]

You know, if anything, that hair makes me think of PC-98 Reimu. Back when she had 90s pop singer hair:



and

[Totaku]

ZUN never gave an age to Reimu or Marisa because he doesn't want them to age. If they have no age, they can't age, according to him.

This and also the fact that in one of the books it mentions that time flows in Gensokyo differently compared to the outside world since Yukari can view Cherry Blossoms falling twice a year on occasions.

[teefa85]

Heck, it's more reasonable an excuse that most main characters have for not aging (I've read series spanning years where the characters are all the same age...and are given an actual age as well).

[Desu_Cake]

You know, if anything, that hair makes me think of PC-98 Reimu. Back when she had 90s pop singer hair:

Back when she had AWESOME HAIR you mean.

[Amraphenson]

The sprite tells me we're seeing floaty reimu. Whether that means permanently flying around or just floating on the ground but still 'standing', who knows.

[HakureiSM]

Back when she had AWESOME HAIR you mean.

[Ikari]

This and also the fact that in one of the books it mentions that time flows in Gensokyo differently compared to the outside world since Yukari can view Cherry Blossoms falling twice a year on occasions.

Yukari can view Cherry Blossoms falling twice a year because spring in Gensokyo isn't like spring in the human world; it's not at the same time. Gensokyo's time flows the same, only a bit later/earlier.