Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Aug 22, 2022

  法力颜色的设定很有新意，每个角色也有至少2种以上的大体套路。完成度很高的东方同人佳作。
• gamedeal user

  Aug 24, 2022

  It's good. English translation not out yet but I couldn't wait the extra halfyear/year. Google translate through my phone pointed at the screen works well enough to understand 95% of the mechanics and allow me to win on Lunatic difficulty. Supposed to be a mod in progress that gives a basic translation to English, hopefully out soon, check the forums.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 23, 2022

  How to turn english on? Game is good, but I can't turn on language I understand on. It is a bit of problem for me.
• 欢

  Nov 19, 2022

  slay the spire but girls are now praying
• gamedeal user

  Nov 21, 2022

  A very fun and comprehensive Slay the Spire-like (And that's not just me making the comparison. The game literally says that you should turn on tutorials and play easy mode if you never played Slay the Spire before), but now with a Touhou twist! The game's supporting cast covers a refreshingly wide array of characters from across the entire Touhou series, and all the events/items/cards/fights you'll encounter feel so varied and spot-on for each of them that this game hardly feels like a "ripoff" of Slay the Spire. It's also incredibly well-polished, with great music and graphics and SFX. My only complaint at this particular time is that some of the enemies and bosses might need some more balancing, since there are some that can feel a bit unfair if you don't have a totally busted build. But the game's still in Early Access so I imagine this will all get fine tuned soon.
• Cba

  Nov 21, 2022

  It's just fun
• otheofoolo

  Nov 21, 2022

  If you enjoy the touhou mods for slay the spire you will love this. Pretty sure creators of those mods made this game. Currently very unpolished but the devs understand what make deck builder rouglikes fun.
• Kuroh1ge

  Nov 24, 2022

  Good game like slay the spire
• pokedoh

  Nov 25, 2022

  I've had my eye on this game for a while, and now that it has English translation I finally pulled the trigger and don't regret my purchase at all (I bought this game last night and already have 9 hours in it at the time of this review so you could say I like it). None of the other English reviews (at the time of me writing this) seem to go too in depth so I figured I'd write one myself. I do want to say now that you really don't need to know anything about Touhou characters or games to enjoy this one, I basically know nothing about the franchise and the game is still very fun for me. Quick note, the game is obviously in Early Access, but it doesn't feel like it in terms of stability or anything, the game is bug free as far as I can tell. As far as what you get in terms of content, there are three playable characters right now (Reimu, Marisa, and Sakuya), with two more playable characters being worked on for later (Cirno and Koishi), with each character having two "loadouts". There's also a "Story Mode" option that currently isn't available, not sure how different that'll be but I if I had to guess I assume it will add some more story scenes to the game (currently when you start your very first run you do get a short "cutscene" of various Touhou characters at an exhibit one of the characters is holding when the titular "Branch of Legend" ends up being stolen). There are actually difficulty settings in this game as well; Easy Mode (which the devs say to play if you haven't played StS), Normal, Hard, and Lunatic, with the latter two needing to be unlocked per character (and for reference Lunatic actually adds new attacks to encounters to make things even scarier). Onto the actual gameplay, the game is very much similar to Slay the Spire. The other reviews mention this, I'm not going to really elaborate on all the ways it is similar; I'd rather talk about the differences that set this game apart. The biggest immediate difference is that in this game, you don't just have one mana pool that all cards draw from equally. The game actually has a mana base system very similar to MTG (no Lands to worry about though) where each character starts with a different base of colored mana depending on their loadout (e.g. Reimu starts with either three red and two white mana or vice versa) and cards cost different combinations and amounts of colored or generic mana. Some of the Shining Exhibits (aka boss relics) can also add a color of mana to your character's pool that they didn't start with (e.g. adding a black mana to Reimu's mana pool) as well as allow another character's cards to start showing up from that point of the run. As I've mentioned each character has what are essentially loadouts (two for each character), with each option having a different mana distribution, Spell Card, starting Exhibit (relic), and deck that tend to focus more towards one playstyle. I really like this choice as it makes the characters and runs feel very different depending on which loadout you pick, and helps the game's content feel fresh. Speaking of Spell Cards, those are another unique addition to this game. Essentially, whenever you finish a combat encounter, you get some Power, and it costs 100 Power to cast your Spell Card (you can store 200 Power maximum though so you can't just hoard all of your Power until the final boss). Which Spell Card you have, again, depends on the loadout you picked. Reimu, for example, in one loadout has a Spell Card that deals 15 damage to one enemy three times, and in her other loadout her Spell Card gives her 15 Barrier as well as dealing 10 damage to all enemies and applying 2 Weak (which is the same effect as in STS) to them. The Spell Cards really work as a good "oh shit" button, and help offset the lack of potion equivalents, as there are no in-battle consumables at all. Speaking of Barrier, this would also be a good time to mention that Branch of Legend has two different sources of damage absorption. There's Block, which works exactly the same as STS, but also Barrier, which is Block that doesn't expire at the end of your turn. At the moment I've only seen this on Reimu's cards, but again, with the right Shining Exhibit you could get Reimu's cards in other runs. As a general point, I really like the idea of being able to get cards from other character's pools, I haven't utilized this option too much yet but I can definitely see the potential. Those are probably the biggest additions to the formula, although there are plenty of other little things as well. There's some new effects like "Graze" which makes it so you take 0 damage from X amount of hits, Burst which gives you 3 philosopher's mana (basically rainbow mana, can be used for any cost) and doubles the damage of all your attack cards, some "take an extra turn" spells, etc. that all spice things up. There's also some funny pop culture references in the game that I won't spoil, and I actually found a couple of Exhibits that are straight up Dota2 references which was cool. Also, while I still really like STS to this day, at least for me the music and art weren't winning any awards...but in this game, I really like the art and the soundtrack fucking slaps. I'm surprised I haven't seen more people mention the soundtrack tbh, all the music is super good. Overall, I'd highly recommend this game to anyone who's a fan of STS, as a lot of things will come naturally and feel familiar while still doing just enough to distinguish itself in the genre and make itself a unique experience. In their announcement post regarding the release of the English translation, they also mention that Cirno is currently under development so the game's development being abandoned shouldn't be a concern.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 25, 2022

  literally slay the spire but with a touhou skin. Mana colors add a slight twist, but otherwise the mechanics are pretty similar. I do like the bigger focus on "neutral" cards, rather than StS's focus on mostly character-specific cards; it feels kind of like a permanent mini-prismatic shard. Graphics/music are a nice touch for longtime touhou players. tl;dr If you're in the target market, you've probably already made up your mind to buy this game.