Touhou Genso Wanderer -Lotus Labyrinth R- Reviews

I procrastinated 2 years to play this game when I found out it doesn't feature Nitori Fusion like its predecessors. Great things about the game: +Probably the best soundtrack ever. The music is so good at some parts that the entire atmosphere is elevated. +Prettier than Reloaded. Everything is more lively and the tiles are now animated. +Having dozens of partners sounds awful, but it works. Switching strategies are pretty fun and the leader mechanic makes it not tedious to defeat enemy groups. Quantity doesn't ruin the quality. +Chances that you throw your valuable items away on accident like a dummy is very slim now compared to Reloaded, due to the enhanced item system. Bad: -The story is pretty lazy and overly dramatic. Everyone is way too emotional and expressive that everything becomes too cheesy to be bearable. Reloaded at least had consistency, but here the chapters are completely isolated and the tension is all over the place. Chapter one reaches a very high high that never is reached again. -This game changes the length of dungeons. Instead of it being 5 huge levels like in Reloaded, it uses many smaller levels. However, they are so similar to each other in terms of gameplay and restrictions that most dungeons feel like they drag on unnecessarily. So, I actually prefer the five big chapters. Sorry, but Reimu was the way cooler protagonist.