It's promising. There's some issues with Sannyo's difficulty and the scoring system, but it's going to be really fun for casual play. Tips from a Lunatic player: 1. For 1cc and No Bombs, use Sanae. She has the easiest stages and a slightly lower DPS than Marisa. I found Shanghai and Wolf to be the best for me (Shanghai isn't the best familiar for DPS, but she'll kill things you usually can't). Wolf just powers up your main shot. 2. For Score, use Sakuya. She has a bomb that allows you to take full advant...

I'm new thsi genre. I heard Touhou is a good series for shmup. Should I start with a Tohou game and if so which one? If not Tohou then what other game? I'm a beginner.

Do these games ever go on sale? Just wondering.

Is that possible? I think I can download a pirated version and play it through THCRAP using Wine, but I would like to use the Steam version if possible (since I paid for it). I tried different things yesterday but none seemed to work. Today, I think I'll try to patch it in a virtual machine, copy/paste the files in the Steam game directory on my Linux filesystem and run it through THCRAP using Steam Proton. I know that there is a way to launch the game with THCRAP through Steam on Windows since I did it ...

So what are your favorite card combos to use? Have you found anything with great synergy yet?