Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

mods good

roguelike deckbuilder with insanely high replayability

the production quality (music, art, etc) is good quality, lots of funny/meme-y references to other series as well

would highly recommend if you like any of roguelikes, deckbuilders, or touhou

Even if you dont like 2hu, its a pretty damn good deckbuilder, if still cooking a bit.

toehoes

Great game and artwork. Pretty enjoyable even now and can't wait to play the complete version!

Love the game. Can't wait for more characters.

good

Roguelike Deckbuilder like Slay the Spire but with currently 4 Touhou characters, at the time of this review, each with their own unique play-style. Pleasantly visual attack animations/effects accompanied by great soundtrack. Game's still in "early access" and continues to modify/change existing cards and add playable characters once in a while. Once you get a good run going and have "exhibits" that work super well, game is a blast. Would recommend.

Slay the Spire with more unique character mechanics, each character has 2 different starting play styles, and the ability to mix character abilities mid run. Even in early access, there's a lot to discover and enjoy.

This is my favorite deckbuilding roguelike and it's not very close. Nevermind the music, art and writing. It's a Touhou game, that's obviously good. But despite playing a lot og games that attempt to do the StS thing with new gimmicks, this game just has one: MTG mana colors. Not even lands, just mana colors.

You might not think this is a big deal, but I promise, it is.

1. Having different color costs make turn sequencing and deck building far more interesting. You might have enough number of mana but not enough colors. Now, decisions have to made. The many ways the game plays with this system is also very interesting.

2. The game has to be designed around generic synergies. This game is color balanced, not character balanced. This makes it completely possible to mix and match specific and neutrals in so many interesting ways. These cards are some of the most interesting I've seen specifically because how they match together isn't always obvious. There's so few duds, anything can work if you try for it. It's FUN to deckbuild in this game. This is the pinnacle of deckbuilding roguelikes to me. Haven't seen anything before or since that comes close.

In the end, you could say that this is a Touhou-themed Slay the Spire clone. But in my opinion, it blows Slay the Spire out of the water. And I don't make a claim like that lightly.

Worth playing just for the music. Really well done. The game is good too ig.

I blinked and I poured 8.8 hours on my first day

10/10

i love slay the spire
i love touhou
i really love this game

It's got some pretty solid mechanics, I'd recommend it. When you manage to get your deck just right its pretty cool :).

Pros:
-Great art
-Great music
-Great gameplay
-Touhou
Cons:
-I can't relive my fantasy of playing as Mokou and successfully fulfilling Kaguya's impossible requests (yet)

Very Fun.
Btw this is my first Roguelike Deckbuilder, but got me really into it.

Amazing work on the Roguelite Deckbuilder Genre. The functionality of the cards and the interplay between the enemies and how you have to consider your deck and how you build it, rivals the great titans of the genre and is all displayed with great visuals and has an incredible soundtrack to back it all up. This is the work that will have ZUN proud!

Touhou Slay the Spire but with mechanics that feel more like casual Magic the Gathering than a usual deckbuilding game. Even if you're not a fan of the series the mechanic variety and enjoyably unbalanced gameplay (Think RoR2 or any Soulslike, cheesy and hard but you just gotta cheese back harder)

Currently not anywhere close to unlocking everything... but I *want to* and that's reason enough for me to give a thumbs up

Its better than skyrim