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• gamedeal user

  Oct 15, 2021

  As of yesterday, I can finally fully recommend the Steam version of Labyrinth of Touhou 2. Before then, the Comiket release of 2013 had been the definitive way to play for any westerner. But now that everything with turning the english fan-translation into the official one worked out, the new Steam version is perfectly viable. Labyrinth of Touhou 2 has been known as one of the most relevant Touhou fangames for years. It is an extremely deep and challenging RPG with exciting dungeon-crawling and some of the best designed boss encounters I've ever seen. You have a huge character roster of 55 Touhou girls and 1 Touhou boy to recruit, so your top favourites are pretty certain to make an appearance. Not only is the gameplay great, but this title also doesn't mistake being complex and involving with being unnecessarily archaic: Wiping in the dungeon loses you no progress, only your current money/experience/droprate multiplier. If you've made a mistake in a character's build or a situation simply forces you to reassign their skillpoints, you can do that with no penalty whatsoever. Apart from that, Labyrinth of Touhou 2 looks good and sounds good. It even has a better, more serious story than its predecessor, especially during its expansion. While Labyrinth of Touhou 1's expansion actually joked around that there's no point for the Gensokyans to even be dungeoneering anymore, the story here actually peaks at around the 25th floor. Lastly, not only is LoT 2 really fun, but it's fun for a very, very long time. To see absolutely everything, about 300 hours are required. That might sound like too much of a good thing, but it never grew stale for me. Overall, it's a must-play for any Touhou and/or RPG fan.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 18, 2021

  WIll Update this as I play more, because this game is incredibly deep, and has an insane amount of content. I have no idea what Touhou is, nor do I still really. It's anime shrine maidens, and some not shrine maidens as well. Whatever. I don't really like SHMUPs, but i do LOVE DRPG's, specifically the etrian odyssey series. I've played so many other DRPGs, but none of them even come close to the complexity that comes with the team building and fun combat that etrian has, and instead usually rely on being half a visual novel to supplement the less then stellar gameplay mechanics, which is fine imo, but these games just aren't as good as EO. There is where this game comes in. I saw some mention it was similar to EO and that it was finally officially released in english, so I just decided to pick it up, and refund it if I felt like it was too low budget, or I was confused/lost about the world and characters. I'm only about 14 hours in so far, and only on the fifth floor, but this game is insanely fun, and easily rivals EO in its complexity and team building. You don't need to understand the Touhou universe, as the story in this game is mostly non-existent and very self-aware. I (think) this is a fan game technically, but regardless, it's amazing. Instead of creating characters there are an insanely large roster of characters you recruit with their own class. You can further customizae these characters with subclasses, but I haven't really gotten into that yet, so I won't touch on it here. Even without touching on this aspect though, the customization is already incredibly deep. You travel with a party of 12 into the dungeon, and the synergies and strategies you can pull off with these characters is already so interesting this early in. Bosses are challenging and require the right units and equipment to beat, even this early on. I'm not that far in, but this game is fantastic, if you're a fan of EO, you'll love this game. If you enjoy games with high levels of customization, big numbers (max level is 12,800 for instance), infinitesque replay value, etc. this will be something you like. Half this game is just sitting in menu's, tweaking your characters stats and equipment and skills, and I love every second of it. For the amount of content you get in this, it's also a great price point. Don't be scared off by the fact it's from a weird series you don't know about, or that it looks kind of low budget. This game is easily worth every penny and I'm so glad someone recommended it to me.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 1, 2021

  Dungeon Crawling ✅ Touhou ✅ F.O.E.s ✅ Death ✅
• gamedeal user

  Nov 5, 2021

  Do you like Etrian Odyssey? Do you like Touhou? Do you like not being punished for dying? Play this. It's a great, chill time.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 6, 2021

  Probably one of the best JRPG / DRPGs I've played, the depth of content is incredible and the game is challenging. + Boss fights are very challenging (especially if you try to stay at the challenge level) and you actually have to plan out a team to counter some of the bosses. You can kind of grind to out level / overpower bosses but you'll typically still have to plan a team to counter a boss. You'll wipe on some of the bosses multiple times, but you'll learn the boss' skillset and counters and re-arrange / re-kit your team accordingly. + I like the idea of having a large party and making use of swapping characters in / out of the main 4 as well, it adds a lot of depth to how you handle battles and the dungeon crawling in general. + Large variety of items, skills, and subclassing, lets you build characters in multiple ways. + Good skill variety on characters, each has their advantages and disadvantages depending on the scenario. Most characters fill a specific niche (or multiple depending on how you build them). + Dungeons are designed well, there's some puzzles too although they typically aren't too hard. + Character art is good, my only complaint is that there's only 1 portrait for each character. Cons: - Mobs feel so easy compared to bosses. You can one shot an entire enemy party of mobs with a well built character but do 0 damage to a boss / foe on the same floor. There are random encounters with stronger enemies, but they're still usually not a threat and nowhere near as powerful as foes / bosses. I wish that there were random encounters with mini-boss-esque enemies it'd make the crawling / grinding more interesting. ** Note this becomes less relevant at higher floors as mobs can actually get kind of scary and make you plan your lineup accordingly, but applies for pretty much everything prior to ~floor 16. - The game can feel kind of grindy at times if you're wanting to improve the stats of / get gear for your lesser used characters. This isn't a big negative though as I usually don't mind having to grind some and the game has ways to speed up the grinding process.
• Chompy

  Nov 26, 2021

  One of the most fun JRPG I have played in years! It has an enormous amount of content (over 200 hours!) and it's fun and exciting from start to finish. I'd give it a 9.5/10! You have a continuously expanding roster of very unique characters that you build a 12 character party with, and a massive amount of customization available for each of them, this makes the team building and strategy development really fun, the difficulty is spot on, you will have to figure out a specific strategy for every single boss, which makes beating them feel very rewarding. You are constantly getting new features and new characters along the way, so it never feels stale. Only cons I could list is that a few maps feel a bit tedious to traverse, and the "Infinity Corridor", which is the game's infinite dungeon you unlock late into the post game, gets stale after a couple hundred floors, and it's annoying that you can't save while inside it. Otherwise it's a stellar JRPG, can't wait for the sequel!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 26, 2021

  I remember the first time I played this game's predecessor when it first came out. Instantly fell in love with it. Same with this one. It's one of those games that is too well-made considering that it was made by a few people. Then, I replayed it when it was first translated. And now it's on Steam too. Of course I had to play it once again! -Amazing and fluid gameplay -LoTs and LoTs of floors to explore -LoTs of characters to recruit, with some of them having a very unique playstyle -Stellar soundtrack What's not to like?
• gamedeal user

  Dec 29, 2021

  I adored this game. Anything to boost this title in the eyes of the Steam discovery algorithm. You do not need to know anything about the Touhou universe to play this game. This is my first Touhou game, and while I'm sure I'm missing some things on character interactions, you'll be able to follow the plot and everything. However; the plot takes a backseat to the dungeon crawling and combat. Majority of your time will be spent building characters, mapping out floors, and fighting. This is where the game shines. Labyrinth of Touhou has to be one of the most mechanically complex dungeon crawlers I've encountered. You can unlock up to 50 something characters, all with their own unique skills and damage formulas for their abilities. In addition, they can all be given subclasses and the Plus Disk adds even more options for character building. This allows for a massive amount of customization in filling out the 12 person party (4 front line, 8 reserve). The combat is turn-based and based on speed - however, there are no items - so boss fights can turn into a very MP oriented balance, as well as swapping a character in for a few turns and swapping them out. It is very engaging and tactical. I was able to kill all the bosses up to the post-game plus disk content by altering my strategy without ever needing to grind and always killed them at or below the recommended level. Some of the bosses in the post-game plus disk content were far ahead of me stats/level wise upon first encountering them which is the only part where I ever felt like grinding a bit was necessary. There’s tons of floors with different enjoyable puzzles, although the Sokoban puzzle made me want to bash my head into the wall. Great music, not just for the boss encounters, but also the ambient music for all the different floors. Really just a phenomenal package here for the price. If you’re looking to do all the content, easily upwards of around 150+ hours and I loved nearly all of it. My two negative would pretty much be the following: The information on the damage formulas for all the different spells is not available in game and you will need to consult the wiki. Luckily, the wiki is very in depth, but I always wish for this information to be present in game. The Infinity Corridor in the Plus Disk is pretty boring. You get a boss fight every ten floors, but most of them are reskins of their heaven counterparts and the unique boss fights are too far inbetween. You could ask why I just didn’t skip it, but the Infinity Corridor is mandatory for accessing parts of certain floors as well as for unlocking new abilities for your characters.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 16, 2022

  As a somewhat casual fan of both Touhou and JRPGs, I would say that this game is excellent in both aspects. I have only played the game a little bit, but I like the game a lot. As far as JRPGs go, Labyrinth of Touhou prevents itself from getting stale by offering a variety of ways to build your team, all the while creating bosses with challenging gimmicks and resistances that encourages players to try new strategies. It also has an optional hard mode that puts a maximum level cap for party members in order to discourage grinding excessively to trivialize fights. Part of what makes this game awesome is the fact that it doesnt punish you for experimenting with how you build your characters. You dont need to worry about wasting skill points on a specific skills that might seem helpful for a boss your struggling on, because if it proves to be a bad choice, a characters skill points can be refunded free of charge. The game has a lot of characters to choose from, and each have different passive and active skills that make them feel very different from each other. In terms of Touhou stuff, The game features characters from Touhou 6 to Touhou 13.5 (Yes, I looked up a list of playable characters before I bought the game), along with some characters that originate from Touhou's printed works. I haven't played all of the Touhou games, so I cannpt say how lore accurate their personalities are, but I can say that nothing feels blatantly out of character. The only thing that bothers me is that Marisa's dress isn't her Iconic look from most of the games, but rather a dress that she apparently wears in Curiosity of Lotus Asia (one of the printed works). Its a super minor thing, but it kinda threw me off. Overall, 9/10. It would be 10/10 if it weren't for the fact that the game doesn't do a good job explaining how the stats work. Its not too hard to figure out or look up, since there is a lot of information on the wiki, but I would prefer if this information was more readily available in the game itself.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 24, 2022

  This game has a lot of similarities to the Etrian Odyssey series, but there are a lot of things that make it unique. I'll just list things I like and things I don't like about this game: Like: - It has Touhou characters and the portrait artwork is wonderful. - Difficulty is just right (playing Normal), not piss easy but also not frustratingly difficult. - Gameplay is very fun and rewarding. - Re-speccing is very easy in case you screw up building a character. It also doesn't cost anything so the game encourages you to experiment with different setups and strategies. - Sanae, Youmu, Aya, and Reisen, in that order Dislike: - I wish the map had more icons and landmarks. You'll start wanting to rip your hair out when you get to a floor with teleport tiles and you forgot which tile went to what tile. FOEs are unmarked on the map even if you've charted the entire floor. Being able to view maps of other floors aside from the one you're currently in would also help, especially for floors with pits. - Quest givers or event tiles sometimes don't even tell you what they want or what you need to do to trigger the event. - Character skills could use a little variety. On average most characters have 3 to 4 active skills only (before subclassing) and everything else are passives. I feel like most of the characters are out to do one thing only and nothing else. - The music is a okay. It's not bad, but I think I would've preferred Touhou arranges for BGM instead. Touhou Puppet Dance Performance executed this wonderfully. That aside this is an amazing game well worth the price, I think I'm about to fight the final main story boss at 55 hours, but it's obvious with the achievement descriptions that there is still a lot of things to explore in the postgame content.