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DragonClaw01 posted...

Yeah, I never understood the love for PCB. Lame story, characters & dialogue (like the only ones people even care about are Yukiko & Youmu and even thier exchanges aren't too memorable) uninteresting patterns and annoying stages with all the invisible enemies sniping at you. I hate the spastic bosses that move all over the place, forcing me to play Sakura A, I hate that Youmu feels like a two bit knock off of Sakura with the whole "za-worldo" gimick. Heck, even the music is full Zun trumpet to the point of parody and outside of a few songs, is a weak entry for him. And if that isn't bad enough, it is preceded by 6 and proceeded by 8, two of the best entries. Just not great

I think it's because PCB was the start of the mechanics being standarized. EoSD was the beginning of the reboot but it was a bit of a clunky start. EoSD didn't have visible hitboxes, its bullets are a bit weirder than the future games, no spell practice, it doesn't show the line where items are auto-collected, its way of getting 1-ups was by reaching score thresholds that aren't visible to the player while PCB has visible ways to get 1-ups like almost all subsequent games, requires v-sync patch or otherwise the game runs at 1000 fps etc. PCB is the game that sets the standard for all the future games.
Also its cherry mechanic is apparently really enjoyable for scorerunners but I'm not a scorerunner so I wouldn't know. I do personally think its music is high tier though.