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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.
• 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

  Mar 13, 2022

  As has been said in countless other reviews, if you like Etrian Odyssey even a bit, you should buy this. This game has the best and most fun turn-based combat mechanics I've ever seen in a JRPG/dungeon crawler. It uses an ATB system combined with swapping party members in/out to adapt to the situation at hand. You have 4 "active" members that can perform actions/take hits/receive buffs with 8 members in reserve for a total party size of 12 members. If all active members die you lose the fight. Each character has a limited set of moves and passives that often leave a few gaps in their gameplan. In this sense, your party of 12 becomes a wildly versatile toolbox that you can adapt on the fly. And as the game gives you more characters to choose from, you get more freedom in how you design this toolbox of yours to tackle the challenge at hand. (Once you've beaten the game you can play through the game with all party members unlocked, which adds a lot of replay value) Most of the fun comes from constructing your 12-girl (or 11-girl and 1-man)-party, and seeing if the party can execute the plan you had in mind. This is without even taking into account the amount of customization you can do on each character's stats, levels and equipment as well as the subclass system which can slightly expand each character's options. The main draw here are specifically the boss and FOE fights which require increasing amounts of strategy and party optimization. Almost every boss fight (assuming you fight them at/below the recommended level) is like a small puzzle and they're incredibly fun. Random encounters mostly come down to outspeeding monsters and hitting them with AoE moves they're weak to. Luckily animations and transitions are fast, and you can even force encounters to make grinding a breeze. The story is nothing to write home about, but the dialogue is very entertaining (and very meta at times). Prior experience with the Touhou universe is not required but does make some jokes/relationships easier to understand. Good character art, good music. The actual act of exploring the dungeon is very basic, but it's fast and on occasion has some interesting switch and teleport puzzles. My only two critiques are some of the postgame content being horribly imbalanced and/or grindy if you're going for 100%. And the other critique being that it's borderline impossible to unlock all characters/bosses without the help of an external guide. Some of the unlock requirements are not made clear to the player at all, so you either fulfill the requirements by dumb luck or by using a guide. Luckily the Touhou Wiki has a fantastic page with all the info you could possibly need and I highly recommend you use it.
• gamedeal user

  May 15, 2022

  I've had quite the adventure with this game. I've gotten to the semi final boss in the dlc late game, accidentally saved over my main save, and now I'm playing through the whole game again. I love this game, and it's one of the few games where I actually gifted it to a friend. There is always something to do and the challenge is fair. It's a bit grindy, but I don't mind it. It also introduced me to one of my favorite characters [spoiler] Yuugi [/spoiler]. You don't need a understanding of the Touhou universe either, you can just start playing. I full heartedly recommend getting and playing this game.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 18, 2022

  I'll keep it short, I've played this game before it was released on Steam (gone on 300 hours or so), and I will say it's an excellent game all things considered, ithe few bad things it has are that characters will vary in performance over time as the game's context changes (that is, how far in on the game are you) and that it can get a little grindy at times, but that's pretty much standard fare for this kind of game. Otherwise? Give it a shot, excellent, gameplay rich game, if you're into optimizing your party for a given situation this game very much scratches that itch.