Imperfect Game: Touhou 14 Double Dealing Character.

Welcome to imperfect game, less a review blog and more of an excuse to talk about my favorite games and today am covering Touhou 14 Double Dealing Character, it came out in 2013 and was made by Team Shanghai Alice aka ZUN. The story is that the yokai are revolting and Reimu has to stop them from screwing up the balance of Gensokyo. the music is great even by touhou standards and the bosses are unique and memorable (except for the four stage's bosses, their kinda meh.) you have three playable characters Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame and Sakuya Izayoi. each character has two shot types based on if they choose to use their new living weapons or not. for the most part it's easier to play the game without the living weapons (expect for Sakuya, sword missiles for the win!) I would argue that most of the boss designs are the most fun in that you have a mermaid, a werewolf and a dullahan or Rokurokubi if you want to be technical. you have a troublesome yokai that can reverse things as a power and even uses this in their boss fight. Overall, I loved playing Touhou 14 and treasure it as my favorite entry for the music and yokai designs alone.

Sources

https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Double_Dealing_Character