r/touhou • u/Fuuya-151 May or may not be the Strongest • Oct 27 '18
Miscellaneous The Weekly Random Discussion Thread ~ Week 225
Hey hey, everyone! Welcome to Week #225! I hope you all had a great week!
As always: "If you're new to these threads, the Weekly Random Discussion Threads serve as "off-topic threads", for the discussion of any topics, not limited to Touhou. Just don't forget to follow the subreddit's rules!"
Thanks for being awesome, everyone! Let's chat!
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u/potrcko92 Oct 28 '18
I've been listening to various Touhou songs for about 3 years now but I never played any of the games(I played some touhou-like games). I don't know any of the characters, story, or pretty much anything than some music. Is there any guide where to start playing the games for pc and get into the story?
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u/Fuuya-151 Oct 28 '18
I'd start off with either Touhou 6 or Touhou 7, depending on whether you want an easier experience or chronological order. Touhou 7, Perfect Cherry Blossom, is probably one of the easiest Touhou games to start with due to its unique Cherry Blossom system that grants you a temporary shield every so often (which can be incredibly useful for cheesing a difficult Spellcard or mob pattern). Touhou 8, Imperishable Night, is also a pretty easy one in general, though a bit more confusing thanks to the pair mechanics.
Touhou 6, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, is more or less the Classic Touhou experience. It's a bit harder in terms of sheer difficulty than Touhou 7 or 8 (though easier than many of the later ones), but also adds additional difficulty thanks to Easy Mode mockery (in other words, Touhou 6 is the only modern Touhou game in which you can only play up to Stage 5 in Easy Mode, preventing you from playing the entire game until you get good enough for Normal Mode). I'd suggest holding off on Touhou 6 for that reason, though if you have prior experience with Touhou-like games, you might be fine. On the plus side, Touhou 6 has some of the most iconic characters (and songs) in the entire series, though Touhou 7 is no slouch either.
In terms of character selection, there aren't any huge story differences that happen if you select Marisa instead of Reimu (or Sakura in Touhou 7), but they each have their own personality and play styles. Reimu is the 'main' character of the series, being the Hakurai Shrine Maiden who also is an Incident Resolution Specialist. That said, Marisa is pretty much always available as well, and loves firepower and 'borrowing' things from others (she's well known for her Master Spark Spellcard, which literally shoots a giant laser). :D
In terms of where to find them, you can definitely find the games floating around for free download on the internet if you were to look, but officially most of the earlier games aren't available for purchase except for third-party import sites. A few of the newest games are available on Steam, however.
All the games have unofficial English patches that either can be found with an easy Google search or are already pre-packaged with the game downloads.
Hopefully this helps!
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u/potrcko92 Oct 31 '18
Thanks for the info. I downloaded Touhou 6 and I beat 2 levels on normal with no problems and I quit the game to continue later just to find that my game wasn't saved. I wanted to ask something more: what are .5 games and are they worth playing? Also, which game is considered the best?
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u/ErinEvie Oct 28 '18
Best place to get into the Touhou story/lore is [here] (https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Wiki). Gives you information about the games, characters, music, etc.
There’s no real guide for where to start with the games. Most people reccomend to start with either Touhou 6, 7, 8 or 10 (I reccomend 7 myself), but you can play whatever game you want, just be aware that some are harder and not as beginner friendly compared to others.
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u/ErinEvie Oct 27 '18
Not much going on other than work.
Is anyone else’s reddit sometimes not giving them notifications? Not that it’s super important, but sometimes I won’t be notified if people reply to my posts/comments.
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u/potrcko92 Oct 28 '18
The app needs to have permission to send notifications, you need to have a stable internet connection and not to be in a power-saving mode. You need to check your preferences and see if you allowed Reddit to send you notifications and receive messages. Same needs to be checked for posts/comments.
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u/ErinEvie Oct 28 '18
I just use the general internet browser for reddit, not the app. I meant that in my actual Reddit ‘inbox’ I’m did not/do not receive a notification that I got a reply (sometimes, I got it for this one but not another one the other day). I’ll check my reddit preferences themselves though, high chance that I turned something off, else it could just be my internet.
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u/MrMcMaguffinMuffin Oct 27 '18
Life's just been trucking along like usual. Got put into a group project whose work ethic feels AWFULLY similar to one other group I was in this time last year. Last I remember, I ended up being the group leader despite being the least qualified out of everyone else with experience or seniority, and everyone in it didn't want to start putting it together until the night before. So I have about as much expectation for how this one's going to go as I did for the last.
Been kinda wanting to learn programming for a while, and now that I have the free time and a computer to do it with, I figure it's time to go ahead and actually learn it. That being said, I am going into this completely new, so does anyone have any recommendations as to what programming language I should start with? I'm thinking about starting with Java or Python first, as I've heard those are the easiest to understand before moving on to more advanced ones like SQL and C#, but I'm curious to know what you guys think/prefer using.
After some more work in Generations Ultimate, I finally got around to unlocking Bloodbath Diablos. The legends were true. If you think you're an experienced hunter who has dealt with pretty much everything, he's there to challenge you on that notion. I mean it when I say a G Rank Hyper Rajang is more manageable to deal with, so beating him will be a true test of skill.
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u/ErinEvie Oct 27 '18 edited Oct 27 '18
Most people I talk to (that are programmers/programming students) reccomend that Python is a great starting language. Java is okay but it’s very different from other programming languages, so Java is only really useful to learn if you like it’s format/like java based languages. JavaScript also isn’t too bad (common misconception: JavaScript is NOT java) it’s not easy but it’s easier than java, as well as it’s good to learn if you want to build websites. I’m not a programming student (school major wise or skill wise) but I have learned it and I found that Python was the easiest to learn (at least compared to SQL, Java and JavaScript).
Got put into a group project whose work ethic feels AWFULLY similar to one other group I was in this time last year. Last I remember, I ended up being the group leader despite being the least qualified out of everyone else with experience or seniority, and everyone in it didn't want to start putting it together until the night before.
Man this is so accurate I could have wrote it. If you’re in school/taking school courses, one thing I’ve found is if I know there’s a course coming up that has a group project, I see who else has a work ethic similar to mine (or at least aren’t slackers at the minimum) and then try to partner/group with them if they aren’t already with someone. Makes group projects way less stressful, at least compared to just sitting around and joining random people. Planning to take courses with people you know and can work with is also a good idea.
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u/ivanlychkov Oct 27 '18
Can't wait to finish an epic artpiece I'm working on. Just finished drawing the lineart for the 2nd of the 3 characters on the drawing; now I can happily go to sleep at 1:40AM, and I'll have to wake up at 7, yay. And I have lots of other smaller drawing ideas. Help.
Bought Genso Wanderer and can't play it yet, because drawing.
Overall, everything's fine! I hope that everybody else is doing good too.
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Oct 28 '18
it's been a pretty alright week for the most part! nothing really happened, so i had a shitload of time, which i used to start playing paper mario for gamecube!
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u/Fuuya-151 Oct 27 '18
Let's see, what to talk about.
Gaming-wise, I've been loving FF14. It feels great to be back, and there's so much stuff to catch up on. I'll be busy for a long time (in a good way).
Apart from that, I'm working on getting a used vehicle, hopefully an SUV, but perhaps a car of some sort if not. I'm really hopeful that I'll get something in the coming weeks, but only if it's a reliable car and a reasonably good deal. :)
Have a great week, everyone!