Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

Team Shanghai Alice · 2015

A merciless bullet-hell test that rewards mastery

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The WhatsNext verdict

If you enjoy brutally demanding bullet hell where repeated deaths become practice, this is for you, especially if you already know Touhou’s patterns. Skip it as a first Touhou game if steep, sometimes punitive difficulty will frustrate you.

What it does best

  • A merciless bullet-hell test that rewards mastery

  • Retry-friendly bullet hell built around learning from failure

  • Session-by-session improvement you can hear and feel

  • A soundtrack that makes the lunar nightmare unforgettable

What might put you off

  • Difficulty that overwhelms rather than teaches

  • Pointdevice Mode’s power-loss penalty

The setup

What you are walking into

Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom is the fifteenth official installment of the Touhou Project. It was announced by ZUN on his personal blog on April 22, 2015, at 20:57 JST. A playable demo was released in May 10, 2015, at Reitaisai 12.

Where it lives

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genre

ShooterAdventureIndieArcade

Vibe

ActionFantasy
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