>>1044244 1CC'd PCB on normal using Reimu A. There isn't as much RNG bullet patterns on this one, and the deathbomb window is pretty generous. At stage 6 I was doing fine until the very last spell card where Yuyuko ate all my lives. Merry Christmas

>>1054138 1cc congrats and merry christmas

>>1053319 None of the characters really recurrently reappear in later games except for the 4-5 main ones &Cirno

>>1057309 >spoiler DAS RITE

I tried to install Touhou Six via lutris and even though it show's it's installed it doesn't show the game for some reason and still records play time. Did I do something wrong? I thought I was suppose to choose the Vpatch.exe file?

>Lutris If that doesn't work then just install it manually like you would on Windows, the pre-patched 2hu 6es floating around the Internets should install and work out of the box though .wav playback can sometimes be broken. The Nipponese original requires the msgothic and msmincho fonts from Japanese Windows 95+ to display moonrunes and read filenames along with LANG=ja_JP.utf8 as the CLI locale. t. has never used a wine launcher.

>>1057683 For Lutris is the setup file suppose to be vpatch? I checked and it appeared that's the one it should be but it gave me an error instead? What would be the proper setup file. I did use a prepatched english version of it. >The Nipponese original requires the msgothic and msmincho fonts from Japanese Windows 95+ to display moonrunes and read filenames along with LANG=ja_JP.utf8 as the CLI locale. I don't have that currently, is there a locale emulator I can use for linux?

>>1057671 I never did it through Lutris. I just launch it with >env LANG="ja_JP.UTF-8" wine vpatch.exe

>>1057671 >>1057733 Ignore everything else. Download the version of 06 from here: https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/13-touhou-6-koumakyou-the-embodiment-of-scarlet-devil/ It's pre-patched with the auto-patcher (ThCRAP), english-patch, v-sync, pre-converted from dx8 to dx9 and the fix for the japanese local shit. Open it with vanilla wine, or proton if you prefer, and it just werks.

>>1057776 Thanks anon

>>1057776 Turns out the issue I have is related to region locale since my client even though I have Japanese language built into it I can't transform the text into proper Japanese.

>>1057863 Hope you have fun playing Touhou 6 when you get everything figured out, anon! Make sure to let us know what you think of it if you'd like.

>>1057868 I managed to make some progress by setting the game's locale to Japanese and as a result I'm able to play the game as it's installing but if I close the game I can't play it again due to some type of error.

Made even more progress with selecting the english executable on ludris after choosing Japanese locale.

It's promising so far but I'm expecting the same result in the end.

>>1057683 I generally recommend the Touhou collection: https://nyaa.si/view/1743411

>>1057868 I finally managed to get it installed by choosing 1st pic on the left. I managed to get as far as stage 5 On both easy and normal mode and managed to fight Sakuya Izayoi on the former, I didn't win unfortunately.

>>1058566 Finally managed to complete and beat Sakuya though I had to exploit a bunch of bomb after dying so many times. Unfortunately I did this all on easy mode and got the bad ending where the fog has yet to be lifted. Game's as fun and hard as I remembered it. First time I managed to reach an ending in this game.

>>1058656 Try to learn to use bombs. I even have problems with properly using them. You get a few in each life. On normal you should also be able to get 1-2 extra lives before Sakuya. I've been attempting Lunatic, got to Stage 5 so far...

Finally Managed to reach the sixth stage on normal mode but so far I've only managed to get the second bad ending. I barely managed to beat Remilia Scarlet by the skin of my teeth with zero lives left in the end.

>>1054138 I 1CC'd IN 6B on normal using Reimu and Yukari as usual. I didn't 1CC Eirin the first time. In my second attempt, the game crashed when I got hit by her last spell. FUCK. This one is piss easy. Enemies drop bombs more often, but it gets balanced out by needing 2 bombs instead of 1 whenever you deathbomb. Enemy bullets clear more often as well. And you can have about 7 extra lives if you change it in the settings. Marisa is my favorite boss. I find it really funny that one of her spell cards is clearly stolen from Patchouli. I dunno if Earthlight Ray is a reference to Rumia's Moonlight Ray spellcard. Tewi has a surprisingly difficult pattern to dodge. I should prolly try 2hu 7.5 before I move on to 2hu 9.

>>1061944 >I should prolly try 2hu 7.5 before I move on to 2hu 9. Those games play differently, so I decided to come back and 1CC 2hu 6 extra stage using Reimu A. Healthy Patchouli isn't messing around, I bombed all her spell cards to make sure I made it to Flan with enough lives. Flan is an absolute nightmare, especially with Reimu A. In her first spell card, the homing amulets don't track her down, so I had to aim manually. Even with all the shit I had to do to maximize survivability, like the Starbow Break safe spot, I barely made it with only 2 bombs left at the end. At least I got to see Flan's clothes get torn apart .

2hu fans mostly didn't even play 2hu lmao

>>1068554 At least the ones that didn't jump on board until around the mid 2010s, when the japs started migrating all their MMDs, music and meme shit to jewtube, certainly.

>>1030988 I've been trying to 1CC EotSD with Marissa so I can get the true ending before moving on to the other games, any recommendation besides GitGud? I tend to do decently but then I lose my first life and then I just tilt and don't play as carefully resulting in a domino that quickly leads to a continue and render the run moot. I get up to Meiling with losing a life or two at most but then Patchouli comes down and just smacks my shit and then Sakuya's goons on stage 5 take any bombs and lives I have left with their pseudo-tracking bullshit.

>>1068554 That's the power of ZUNs musical compositor genius and his drunk poorly drawn little mongol grills. After all he said it himself that the games are just a driving vehicle for his music. also it's how you tell apart between real fans and terminally online brainrotten cooooomers

>>1068698 >then Sakuya's goons on stage 5 take any bombs and lives I have left with their pseudo-tracking bullshit. Which ones? If you mean these ones that shoot in a circle, then all you need to do is not move at all while they shoot, and then just give a slight step to the side between waves of firing. If you mean the clusterfuck that comes after the Sakuya midboss fight, you can make that shorter by deliberately dragging out Sakuya's first pattern.

>>1068554 I've been trying, takes a while to get good at shmups after not taking them seriously for years. This is how much of a filthy casual I am after a little over a year of on and off progress. These extra stages are absurd

>>1068698 >any recommendation besides GitGud? Make sure to download thprac. https://github.com/touhouworldcup/thprac/releases/tag/v2.2.1.9 It took me about 4 months of practicing to 1CC 2hu 6. GitGud is the best advice. The skills you learn can also be applied to other games, so if you can 1CC 2hu 6, you can 1CC pretty much any game other than 2hu 12 and 15. >I tend to do decently but then I lose my first life and then I just tilt and don't play as carefully resulting in a domino that quickly leads to a continue and render the run moot. Try to stay calm. I find myself having a harder time dealing with nerves more than any bullet pattern. >Meiling Her final spell card is RNG, just bomb if you don't want to deal with it. >Patchy What shot type are you using, btw? Patchouli has different spell cards depending on what shot type and character you use. >Stage 5 2nd pic rel, you can safespot above the red fairies that shoot random bullets. >>1068877 (checked) What this guy said, but instead of dragging out Sakuya's first pattern, you have to capture both patterns when you only have 10-5 seconds left so you can skip the clusterfuck entirely. 3rd pic rel, you still have to deal with the aimed circles that come afterward, which shouldn't be a problem if you know how to dodge aimed bullets. Make sure to capture Sakuya's midboss spell card to get an extra life. Stage 5s are often 1CC enders, but 2hu 6 stage 5 becomes one of the easier stage 5s once you learn about the safespot and timeout.

>That stage 5 advice Thanks, will try that when I'll play through those again at some point. >>1068877 >Which ones? If you mean these ones that shoot in a circle, then all you need to do is not move at all while they shoot, and then just give a slight step to the side between waves of firing. At any point in the stage really, though the start filters me a bit and then when I get used to their initial pattern they change shit up the later ones and catch me offguard as I'm parsing the smaller shitters with their rice grains. Sometimes I can get through the wave of fairies unscathed but it's really inconsistent. Really I'd propably be able to get more done if I used the bombs I acquire more but it's more that I make a small mistake thinking I have the situation under control and lose 3+ bombs that I'd have used. >>1068921 >What shot type are you using, btw? Patchouli has different spell cards depending on what shot type and character you use. I bumrushed to the bad ending with Reimu A by spamming bombs at Remilia but I wanted to do a legit run with Marissa B, as her bomb is very good and the damage helps shred the littler shits and then do Reimu B legit with the accumulated experience. It's not Patchouli's adjusted spellcards so much as her beam bullshit that gets stacked with the weak tracking shots, forcing really awkward movements.Spell cards I can scathe by with some difficulty but her cross beams completely fucks me over if I'm on the wrong side of the screen, something that gets increasingly harder to keep track of as I to dodge shots and try to keep the hurt on. Sure I can try to bomb them as Patchouli's HP is relatively small but that's side stepping the issue and leaves me naked for Sakuya's stage and her pseudotracking in the midstage boss period.The actual fight I can deal with some lost lives, but the mid stage boss fight just coats the screen in kunai and knives and the gaps become increasingly smaller if you don't bait her properly.

>>1069017 >Sakuya stage shower These are probably the easiest to handle. Some of her spellcards are fun and that's where it gets interesting. >Patchy's Koa original You just need to get good intuition on when and where to move, or just bomb it. The beams always start in 2 different positions sequentially. All these other particles, you have to figure out a certain feeling for it. >mid stage kunai There is a very simple trick that you will need in every single game. They are all aimed at you, meaning, if you simply wait it out until the last bullet, you get a pretty normal pattern that you just need to dodge. I do not remember whether you're supposed to do that with focusing, but you basically aim between the big knifes at a tiny gap that gets created by simply standing still.

>>1069071 >>1069017 I have forgotten to mention, that only 6 makes it extremely difficult to deathbomb, which may rescue you many times. Another tip is to use bombs if you have them, since they get replenished with each life you lose. You will waste them regardless by dying, which is worse. Later games give you enough reaction time to deathbomb. But 6 is the most pure, so it is the best to start from, unless you want PC98 autism.

>>1069017 >Patchouli's laser nonspells Pic 2 related. The arrow indicates where the lasers are heading. 1. I stay in place and wait for Patchy to shoot aimed bullets at me. 2. Move to a different spot to bait another attack. 3. It creates a gap big enough for me to move through. Pic 3 is a riskier move, which is to take advantage of Marisa's fast movement speed to aggressively move through the small gaps. Just focus on dodging and don't worry too on trying to deal damage. Marisa should be able to deal more than enough damage as long as you happen to move under Patchy. 1/2

>>1069017 >>1069312 >Sakuya's nonspell Pic 2. You can stay above Sakuya and just wait it out, but Sakuya will skip her spell card, and you won't be able to get the extra life as a result. Pic 3. There will always be gaps between the kunais and knives. You'll always be able to move from right to left or vice versa through the gaps depending on which direction they're thrown. This is the best option imo. You can also move through the tiny gaps between the kunais, but I don't recommend it. >Sakuya's Misdirection spell card Just bomb. Due to the nature of Marisa Bs shot type, you won't be able to deal enough damage without losing a life or time running out. 2/2

I know the meme is that no one plays shmups, but does any actually play the 2hu fighting games?

>>1085568 I play both. I don't like the newer ones though, except 17.5. >gifs are not allowed Come on man.