A remaster of Double Focus
After getting sucked into a magical book, Aya and Momiji must find their way back home. Swap between the two girls in battle, so you can utilize their abilities to gain the advantage. Explore every nook and cranny to unravel the mystery of the Book World!
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You might want to play Touhou Luna Nights instead.
It's...eh. The nicest things I can say is that the characters are pretty faithful and that it's a short game. Shout-out to obscuring the settings behind a touchpad slide (including the respawn option).
i dont know if i could say this game deserves 3 stars. i was debating between 3 and 3 and a half for a while, and have decided on the lower of the 2, especially after the final boss.
the good: an aya and momiji metroidvania where you swap between the 2 for puzzles
the bad: most puzzles are solved by switching to momiji, as well as most combat situations
the ugly: the combat balancing is horrible. the only reason to play as aya is byakurens boss because she can do her floaty thing. in every other boss, momiji is better because she deals more damage, has a shield, and has status effects. normal enemies can kill you in 2 hits and bosses 1 attack. you have like 2 iframes between hits. the basic strategy for most bosses is just hit them with a status effect and then hit them until you run out of stamina, then either dodge or shield. sometimes it has to be both. with enemies you dont have any reason to kill them after daiyouseis quest to kill 50, so aya is at least good for dodging them.
the uglier: there is one save point in the entire game. meaning, if youre lost in shitass nowhere and really gotta go, you either have to find where you dropped your last portal, which could be in the next room or half the area away or you have to totally waste a portal book which are very limited.
overall, i dont think any of my complaints can really detract from the fact that the map is (FOR THE MOST PART) pretty good, and theres an undeniable charm. it was charming enough to get me to waste 20 fucking dollars on genso wanderer (with sakuya dlc) despite not liking mystery dungeon much, so theres that at least.
the good: an aya and momiji metroidvania where you swap between the 2 for puzzles
the bad: most puzzles are solved by switching to momiji, as well as most combat situations
the ugly: the combat balancing is horrible. the only reason to play as aya is byakurens boss because she can do her floaty thing. in every other boss, momiji is better because she deals more damage, has a shield, and has status effects. normal enemies can kill you in 2 hits and bosses 1 attack. you have like 2 iframes between hits. the basic strategy for most bosses is just hit them with a status effect and then hit them until you run out of stamina, then either dodge or shield. sometimes it has to be both. with enemies you dont have any reason to kill them after daiyouseis quest to kill 50, so aya is at least good for dodging them.
the uglier: there is one save point in the entire game. meaning, if youre lost in shitass nowhere and really gotta go, you either have to find where you dropped your last portal, which could be in the next room or half the area away or you have to totally waste a portal book which are very limited.
overall, i dont think any of my complaints can really detract from the fact that the map is (FOR THE MOST PART) pretty good, and theres an undeniable charm. it was charming enough to get me to waste 20 fucking dollars on genso wanderer (with sakuya dlc) despite not liking mystery dungeon much, so theres that at least.
Who thought that its a good idea to release this fucking piece of crap which runs at 46 fps with audio glitches
It took me so long to realize that the PS4's touch pad had some very important functions in this game.