Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!
You navigate through mazes and dungeons from a first-person perspective, mapping out the layout as you progress. The dungeons feel distinct, with a sense of exploration and discovery. Navigation starts slowly but becomes more streamlined as you gain access to helpful tools and upgrades.
The turn-based combat system lets you attack, use skills, items, or attempt to "Hijack" enemy Sleepers (the game's version of demons) to recruit them. Hijacking requires playing a bullet hell-style minigame against each enemy, adding an engaging and unique twist to combat as you learn and exploit each Sleeper's bullet pattern.
Building and customizing your party of Sleepers is deep and rewarding. You can fuse Sleepers together to create new, more powerful ones, and transfer skills between them. This allows for flexible team composition, as you can tailor your party to suit different situations and challenges. The ability to use almost every Touhou character as a Sleeper adds to the appeal for fans.
The game introduces a smartphone battery as a limited resource for accessing your Sleeper party and map, adding an extra layer of strategy as you must carefully manage your battery usage and come prepared with backup options.
The difficulty curve is well-balanced, starting out challenging but fair, and ramping up as you progress. The combat system rewards strategic thinking and exploitation of enemy weaknesses, requiring you to carefully plan your approach to battles. The game is difficult enough to provide a satisfying challenge, but not so punishing as to feel unfair.