Adventures of Scarlet Curiosity by あんかけスパ.
My poor Radeon HD5770 can't handle this game on the highest settings. I had to settle for Medium-lowish settings in order to run at a smooth 60 FPS. For an action RPG, a steady 60 FPS is a must; especially in a game like this where I'll be expecting tons of bullets to be on the screen during bosses. My Surface Pro 1 could barely handle this game. I had to turn all the graphics settings down, AND I had to lower the resolution in order to get the 60 FPS. Despite the lowered settings, the game still looks fantastic and is a serious improvement in graphics over their previous game, Enchanting Swordplay Reverie. In addition to the amazing graphics, Adventures of Scarlet Curiosity also has some really well arranged soundtracks, done by Hachimitsu-Lemon. I've listened to a couple of their albums before, but never really liked their works. However from what I am hearing in the game, they've done a fantastic job for the game's OST. I have a feeling that I'll be playing this game a lot, once I'm done with Enchanting Swordplay Reverie. The two playable characters are Remilia Scarlet and Sakuya Izayoi, so I think I'll start with Remilia! Most importantly, the download link can be found on Doujinstyle's C86 game download thread, along with the download link for AREA-ZERO's Magical Battle Arena NEXT (I won't touch that game yet due to the complexity of it and all the settings). Also... read more for some initial screenshots from the game! 106 attempts and going. Yeeeep. Sloooowly making progress. So frustrating... yet so rewarding. The video shows some footage of my battles with the first four bosses: Reisen, Futo, Nue, and Yuugi. See the Shrine Maiden's thread on the game for more info and details.
Remember this post from a while ago? Yeah, LION HEART released a patch last month that introduced the training mode, combo attack mode, boss rush mode, lunatic boss rush mode, and achievements that unlock artwork. Playing through this game on Easy mode is just ridiculous... most of the normal enemies die in 1 hit and as you can see, EVERYTHING stacks up onto each other. Basically everything just melts once half the screen is filled with your weapons.
It's still pretty fun though, just wrecking everything onto the screen. I got up to Stage 5 and was facing Utsuho when my game crashed :(. Will have to try to beat Easy mode again something this weekend without crashing. Download Link I've listened to two albums so far: Alstroemeria's Cloud 9 and foxfactory's -Chireiden no Oto-. Sometime later once I've gone through all the reitaisai 11 stuff that I want to go through, I'll have a post-reitaisai 11 page with my end thoughts and reviews. As always, music download links can be found on the doujinstyle's reitaisai 11 thread. Circle: Alstroemeria Records Album: CLOUD 9 Genre: Electronic, EDM, Trance, Vocals Rating: 4.5/5 Alstroemeria is back with some sweet upbeat trance! Much less EDM this time around compared to his last few albums. It's quite a relief that this album turned out good, as Alstroemeria was headed towards the dark side with all that bad EDM. I think the non-vocal tracks were much weaker than the vocal tracks in this album and keeps the album from being a 5/5 out of me. The new vocalist, Takanashi Toriko, from track #4 ECCENTRICITY does a fantastic job in this album. Though the track was arranged by a guest, Camellia, I think it may be my favorite track out of the album thus far with the mix of Camellia's style and Toriko's vocals. The other vocal tracks come pretty close though, as the veteran vocalists performed very well for their respective tracks. This album is definitely worth a listen for fans of alstromeria record's older works and those who are interested in electronic arrangements. Overall the album is just lots of fun to listen to! Circle: foxfactory Album: Touhou Gensoukai -Chireiden no Oto- Genre: Orchestral Rating: 5/5 Christian was over in my room when we listened to this album using our UERMs and it was just fantastic. Right after we finished the last track, I told him "5/5 easy and maybe the best reitaisai 11 album" he agreed! The only album that can top Chireiden no Oto for us would be CROW'SCLAW's Caramel Crunch. Featuring the themes from Subterranean Animism, Yukkie brings us arrangements of popular themes such as Satori Maiden, Nuclear Fusion, Last Remote, etc. The style of the album is very similar to Fuujinroku no Oto in that the album is evenly paced with exciting tracks and relaxing ones inbetween. However in this album, Yukkie has really outdone himself with the arrangements. I feel like they're more creative than ever before, and it's simply impossible for me to pick a favorite track out of the album. This album is a must-listen for anyone who enjoys Touhou music, but most especially foxfactory fans. In addition... I found a download link for Shoot Shoot Nitori and have re-uploaded it here. It's... a unique game xD. I lost all of my lives on the second stage unfortunately, where things got a lot more hectic. Seems like when you kill enemies, you collect their weapons and use them. If your weapons get hit a few times, they disappear. As long as you have weapons, Nitori doesn't lose any lives. I'll have to play a bit more later this week.
I'm a little late on the Reitaisai 11 preview post as the event already happened yesterday, but here it is! These are the albums that I am looking forward to listening to when they're available on Doujinstyle. I'll have a seperate post for impressions / mini reviews of the Reitaisai 11 albums at a later time when I've listened to the albums.
Music will be available at Doujinstyle as they're uploaded. Update 1 - Shoot Shoot Nitori, Strawberry Bose Read more for the whole post. |
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