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Purestarfall posted...

I'm interested in dipping a toe into the Touhou universe to see what it's like, though the main games don't really interest me since I'm not into purely bullet-hell games. Though I still do want to have the bullet-hell aspect in the first game I play since that's still a major part of the series, so I have New World on my Steam wishlist for me to get around to buying eventully and have that be my first Touhou game since that one is grabbing me more.

I feel like the bullet hells, particularly the patterns that ZUN makes are kind of the soul of the series imo. I like the characters and remixes and all but I can only get into the ones that ZUN has officially made. If you're not aware, games like Luna Nights and New World are pure fangames with no involvement by him. They are definitely much more accessible, in much more familiar genres, than bullet hells though and they do still serve as a decent introduction to the series and usually primarily uses remixes of the main game soundtracks.