This run is kinda meaningful to me for personal reasons- UFO was the first Touhou game I ever played, I've been through phases of loving it and of hating it, and this specific run is something I've wanted to get for months, maybe over a year now. And because I'm stubborn, I insisted on doing it with SanaeA, even once I realized that I'd probably be better off using other shots.
SanaeA isn't a terrible shot, but she doesn't have a ton going for her. Her bomb is probably the best thing here- fullscreen coverage, clears the screen of bullets on Byakuren final (although it doesn't remove offscreen bullets)- the only other shot that does this is MarisaB, every other shot clears a reduced range of bullets. Her bomb also doesn't slow you down, so it's great for collecting UFOs. The homing is kinda nice, although it's not too reliable for damage on bosses.
Some notably good/bad points in the run:
Nazrin final is really annoying on hard mode- definitely harder than the lunatic version- but it would've been better to bomb than to die here. I decided to just keep going because i was ticked off and didn't want to play stage 1 again.
Stage 4 midboss capture is always nice, you get an extra life if you don't die or bomb.
Stage 4 second half went pretty well, I managed to get a bunch of resources without spending too many bombs.
Murasa non 2 and spell 2 captures were exciting, though I probably should have been using bombs more... I ended up dying with 2 bombs in stock to non 3 so it pretty much evens out, resource wise.
I would've liked to survive longer on murasa final without dying but eh, whatever... there are routes for doing this on Lunatic but they don't work on lower difficulties due to Murasa not moving as far iirc.
Capturing Shou final is always exciting!
The death to Magic Butterfly was unfortunate; Byakuren as a whole was kinda rough but at least I didn't gameover.
9 сен 2024
