Mystic Square allows the player to select from among four unique protagonists, each hailing from one of the 2 prior danmaku shooting games in the series. Series mainstays Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame are joined by former enemies Mima and Yuuka Kazami for a journey reaching to the depths of the Makai. Mystic Square also marks the first appearance of Alice Margatroid as an opponent, who later stages a comeback in Perfect Cherry Blossom. Although limited by the PC-98 hardware, Mystic Square is the most refined of the PC-98 Touhou titles, and features gameplay quite similar to Windows Touhou games. It employs a variant of Lotus Land Story's Dream Bonus system, rewarding the player for taking risks (i.e. collecting point items from the top of the field area). Its rank system, however, is more lenient than Lotus Land Story's.
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This is definitely the most definitive PC-98 Touhou game. It took everything great from the last Touhou game and improved tremendously. There are now 4 characters that you can play as and all of them are incredibly fun and addicting. The game features charming story, characters and dialogue just like in the 4th game, which I'm guessing will be the kind of plot future games are going to have. The game's music is pretty good, like always and, of course the gameplay - it's incredible.
One of the best things about this game's gameplay is its difficulty. At times it might feel like the game is unfair with the amount of bullets it's shooting at you. But with some trial and error you'll definitely be able to overcome any level this game throws at you. All you need is just a little practice and get serious...
And so, all PC-98 Touhou games are finally finished and it was definitely the best game that ZUN could finish the PC-98 series with. And now, it's time to start the games that most people are familiar with...
Shoutouts to Stage 4 having enemies that shoot bullets with the same color pallet as the background, very cool